[導(dǎo)讀]2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題
為了讓廣大考生準(zhǔn)確把握考試方向，小編整理了“2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題”，供考生備考。
2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)選擇題
1.第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)
He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress.
A. despair
B. difficulties
C. need
D. danger
2.It's all advisable idea to get out of the dispute.
A. wise
B. urgent
C. useless
D. proper
3.There was no alternative but to close the road.
A. way
B. means
C. choice
D. reason
4.He seems bizarre these days.
A. unusual
B. absent-minded
C. crazy
D. lunatic
5.We're happy to collaborate with you in the project.
A. compete
B. cooperate
C. coordinate
D. contend
6.This text is too difficult to comprehend.
A. understand
B. digest
C. summarize
D. read
7.The room is small but cozy.
A. cold
B. splendid
C. comfortable
D. gorgeous
8.The leader's corruption undermined the image of the company.
A. establish
B. damage
C. strengthen
D. consolidate
9.The novel depicts the history of the nation.
A. narrates
B. illustrates
C. describes
D. exemplify
10.Civil rights are embodied in the platform.
A. included
B. excluded
C. expressed
D. emerged
11.She likes to visit exotic islands.
A. distant
B. interesting
C. remote
D. backwards
12.The food we have is inadequate.
A. too much
B. too many
C. not enough
D. not short
13.Many people in the region have died from the epidemic disease.
A. infectious
B. inferior
C. infinite
D. inevitable
14.She is incapable of doing the demanding job.
A. qualified of
B. incompetent with
C. good at
D. ignorant of
15.It's just a petty mistake.
A. major
B. important
C. serious
D. minor
2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題：綜合題。
1.第2部分：閱讀判斷
Resources Crisis
If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.
Sagan believes that before the earth's resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and to create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there.
Sagan proposes that algae （藻類） organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be bred in conditions similar to those on Venus. As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceships will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.
When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for men to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.
16. In the long run, the most insoluble （不能解決的） problem caused by population growth on earth will probably be the lack of space.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. On Venus there is a lot of oxygen and water.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. The population on the earth continues to increase.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. Scientists are planting algae on Venus to create a new world for human beings.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. Man can land on Venus only when it rains there.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. Living on Venus can be realized in the 21st century.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. Algae are plants that can produce oxygen.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.第3部分：概括大意與完成句子
Population
1. The world's population continues to grow. There now are about 5 billion of us on earth. The figure could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in another 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such a growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?
2. A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world's birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations.
3. Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy①. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth.
4. China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970.
5. Each Chinese family is now urged to have no more than one child. And the hope is to reach a zero population growth with the total number of births equaling the total number of deaths, by the year 2000.
6. Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing number of retired people.
Notes：
①pregnancy n. 懷孕
23. Paragraph 1. ________.
24. Paragraph 3. ________.
25. Paragraph 4. ________.
25. Paragraph 6. ________.
A. The situation in China
B. Fewer population in Europe
C. Growing population in the world
D. New situation
E. Reasons for lower birth rate
F. Family planning program
27. In the future, Europeans will have to pay ________.
28. Drop in birth rate is happening ________.
29. Now men and women get married ________.
30. Families generally are ________ than before.
A. larger
B. smaller
C. higher taxes
D. around the world
E. at a much later time
F. lower taxes
3.第4部分：閱讀理解
Human Wants
Human wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view.
The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the "life-enriching" level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called "luxury" items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental① care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?
A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages②, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
Notes：
①dental a. 牙齒的，牙科的
②garage n. 汽車間，修車廠；車庫(kù)
31. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when _______.
A. he has saved up enough money
B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter
C. he has satisfied his hunger
D. he has learned to build houses
32. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans _______.
A. were very rich
B. lived in poverty
C. had the good things on the first three levels
D. did not own automobiles
33. Which of the following is NOT related to "physical satisfaction"? _______.
A. A successful career.
B. A cozy home.
C. A good service.
D. A family car.
34. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level? _______.
A. The more goods the better.
B. The more mental satisfaction the better.
C. The more "luxury" items the better.
D. The more earnings the better.
35. The author is inclined to think that a fifth level _______.
A. would be little better than the fourth level
B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four
C. can be the last and most satisfying level
D. will become attainable provided the government takes actions
4.第4部分：閱讀理解 第二篇
Merge
Representatives of Callahan Media Associates （CMA） announced today that the news agency would attempt to buy the National Broadcasting System （NBS）, the second largest television and radio network in the United States. Ronald Callahan, son of Jessica Callahan, who started CMA, told reporters that he expected his company's of offering price to be high enough to win out over other offers. He indicated that NBS executives had already discussed reorganization plans that might result from a CMA takeover.
A native of the United Kingdom, Jessica Callahan began to buy newspapers, magazines, and radio stations in the United States eight years ago, and CMA now owns or controls more than fifteen news organizations here. Before she became a leader in media in this country, she had established her family-owned company as one of the most important forces in British TV and newspapers. Callahan started her news career more than twenty-five years ago, and she had worked as a reporter on three different papers when she took the job of editor of England's Birmingham Herald （伯明翰先驅(qū)報(bào)）, a newspaper that had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Her success in raising the news reporting standards as well as making the Herald into a profitable business gained Callahan the attention and respect of the British news establishment. By the time she was 35, she had become a publisher and started CMA, which is now one of the Miami Journal almost eight years ago, but she had been reading the newspaper for several years, and she said that she liked the paper's style. After she had owned the Journal for just over a year, she bought a small radio station in Georgia, and in the next five years she went on to acquire news organizations in several different parts of the country.
If CMA becomes the owner of NBS, for the first time it will have controlled over a nationwide TV network. In all interview last week, Philip Rosen, the president of NBS, said that he was not very happy about the purchase. He agreed that Callahan and CMA had done a lot to help American newspapers become more financially secure, but he expressed fears that the new management was going to make news coverage on NBS irresponsible. He stated that he hoped he could remain with NBS but said that this might not be possible.
36. The writer thinks that CMA's offer to buy the National Broadcasting System is probably ________.
A. the only one
B. a good one
C. unacceptably low
D. of great competition
37. Jessica Callahan captured the confidence of the press after she became the editor of Birmingham Herald because ______.
A. she was experienced
B. she had strong financial background
C. since then it started to make money
D. she enjoyed good popularity
38. Jessica Callahan has never ________.
A. visited the United States
B. owned a national TV network
C. worked as an editor
D. read the Miami Journal
39. The attitude of NBS top executive to the CMA takeover was that ________.
A. he was opposed to the purchase
B. he hoped the takeover would not affect the system's fame
C. he was afraid NBS would suffer serious financial loss
D. he could not leave his present position
40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? ________.
A. Jessica Callahan－a Successful Woman
B. CMA－from British to USA
C. CMA Buying NBS?
D. CMA's Attractive offer to NBS
5.第4部分：閱讀理解 第三篇
Oceanography has been defined as "the application of all sciences to the study of the sea".
Before the nineteenth century scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings but he was reluctant① to go to sea to further his work.
For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone② to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile of the route to estimate the length of the cable that had to be manufactured.
It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned in 1853 for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings amused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.
The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs, it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper points of the sea.
Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition, which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.
Notes：
①reluctant a. 不愿的，勉強(qiáng)的
②let alone 更不用說(shuō)
41. The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ______.
A. for oceanography studies
B. for business considerations
C. for military purposes
D. for investigating the depths of the oceans
42. It was ______ that asked Maury for help in oceanography studies.
A. the American Navy
B. some early intercontinental travelers
C. those who earned a living from the sea
D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable
43. The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was ______.
A. to make some sound experiments in the oceans
B. to collect samples of sea plants and animals
C. to estimate the length of the cable that was to be made
D. to measure the depths of two oceans
44. "Defied" in the 5th paragraph probably means ______.
A. doubled
B. gave proof
C. to challenged
D. agreed to
45. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. the beginnings of oceanography
B. the laying of the first undersea cable
C. the investigation of ocean depths
D. the early intercontinental communications
6.第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文
Exploration
Landing men on the moon captured the public imagination like few other events this century. It had less to do with science than with demonstrating superiority during the cold war, but the appeal of the adventure meant that the Russians, who retrieved lunar rock samples far more economically using robots, came off very much second best. No one has been back to the moon since the Apollo astronauts left in 1972, so the mission has retained its glamour （魅力）.
（46） ______. Most spacecraft are unmanned these days but missions are still unpredictable; a spacecraft was destroyed on the approach to Mars only last month.
Our sights are set on Mars because people still hope to find life there－not the movie director's idea of a Martian （火星）, but rather microscopic forms of life hidden beneath the surface to protect them from the cold. Another possible home to life is Jupiters moon, Europe, which seems to have slush （雪泥, 爛泥） beneath its ice crust that is kept warm by tides. （47） ______.
Using our near-space environment is the aim for the foreseeable future, people are even setting up businesses to offer trips in space to rich members of the general public. （48） ______ .It builds on the success of the space shuttle （航天飛機(jī)）, which proved very flexible and allowed masses of scientific experiments in micro-gravity; and also on Mars, which told us a lot about the physical effects of long duration space flight. The Russians kept it going much longer than anyone expected－you were almost blase （玩膩了的） about the latest crisis.
以上是小編整理的2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題，恭祝大家考試順利通過(guò)！
為了讓廣大考生準(zhǔn)確把握考試方向，小編整理了“2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題”，供考生備考。
2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題：?jiǎn)雾?xiàng)選擇題
1.第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)
He expressed concern that the ship might be in distress.
A. despair
B. difficulties
C. need
D. danger
2.It's all advisable idea to get out of the dispute.
A. wise
B. urgent
C. useless
D. proper
3.There was no alternative but to close the road.
A. way
B. means
C. choice
D. reason
4.He seems bizarre these days.
A. unusual
B. absent-minded
C. crazy
D. lunatic
5.We're happy to collaborate with you in the project.
A. compete
B. cooperate
C. coordinate
D. contend
6.This text is too difficult to comprehend.
A. understand
B. digest
C. summarize
D. read
7.The room is small but cozy.
A. cold
B. splendid
C. comfortable
D. gorgeous
8.The leader's corruption undermined the image of the company.
A. establish
B. damage
C. strengthen
D. consolidate
9.The novel depicts the history of the nation.
A. narrates
B. illustrates
C. describes
D. exemplify
10.Civil rights are embodied in the platform.
A. included
B. excluded
C. expressed
D. emerged
11.She likes to visit exotic islands.
A. distant
B. interesting
C. remote
D. backwards
12.The food we have is inadequate.
A. too much
B. too many
C. not enough
D. not short
13.Many people in the region have died from the epidemic disease.
A. infectious
B. inferior
C. infinite
D. inevitable
14.She is incapable of doing the demanding job.
A. qualified of
B. incompetent with
C. good at
D. ignorant of
15.It's just a petty mistake.
A. major
B. important
C. serious
D. minor
2011年職稱英語(yǔ)理工類模擬試題：綜合題。
1.第2部分：閱讀判斷
Resources Crisis
If the population of the earth goes on increasing at its present rate, there will eventually not be enough resources left to sustain life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st century, if present trends continue, we will have used up all the oil that drives our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on earth will make it necessary for us to look for open space somewhere else. But none of the other planets in our solar system are capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem, however, has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan.
Sagan believes that before the earth's resources are completely exhausted it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and to create a new world almost as large as earth itself. The difficulty is that Venus is much hotter than the earth and there is only a tiny amount of water there.
Sagan proposes that algae （藻類） organisms that can live in extremely hot or cold atmospheres and at the same time produce oxygen, should be bred in conditions similar to those on Venus. As soon as this has been done, the algae will be placed in small rockets. Spaceships will then fly to Venus and fire the rockets into the atmosphere. In a fairly short time, the algae will break down the carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon.
When the algae have done their work, the atmosphere will become cooler, but before man can set foot on Venus it will be necessary for the oxygen to produce rain. The surface of the planet will still be too hot for men to land on it but the rain will eventually fall and in a few years something like earth will be reproduced on Venus.
16. In the long run, the most insoluble （不能解決的） problem caused by population growth on earth will probably be the lack of space.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
17. On Venus there is a lot of oxygen and water.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
18. The population on the earth continues to increase.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
19. Scientists are planting algae on Venus to create a new world for human beings.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
20. Man can land on Venus only when it rains there.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
21. Living on Venus can be realized in the 21st century.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
22. Algae are plants that can produce oxygen.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned
2.第3部分：概括大意與完成句子
Population
1. The world's population continues to grow. There now are about 5 billion of us on earth. The figure could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in another 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such a growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?
2. A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world's birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations.
3. Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy①. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth.
4. China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth. China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970.
5. Each Chinese family is now urged to have no more than one child. And the hope is to reach a zero population growth with the total number of births equaling the total number of deaths, by the year 2000.
6. Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing number of retired people.
Notes：
①pregnancy n. 懷孕
23. Paragraph 1. ________.
24. Paragraph 3. ________.
25. Paragraph 4. ________.
25. Paragraph 6. ________.
A. The situation in China
B. Fewer population in Europe
C. Growing population in the world
D. New situation
E. Reasons for lower birth rate
F. Family planning program
27. In the future, Europeans will have to pay ________.
28. Drop in birth rate is happening ________.
29. Now men and women get married ________.
30. Families generally are ________ than before.
A. larger
B. smaller
C. higher taxes
D. around the world
E. at a much later time
F. lower taxes
3.第4部分：閱讀理解
Human Wants
Human wants seem endless. When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs and pleasure beats dance into view.
The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. The first and most basic level of wants involves food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans. Then a third level appeared. It included such items as automobiles and new houses.
By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the "life-enriching" level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement, and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called "luxury" items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical and dental① care, and entertainment. Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
On the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?
A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. After filling our stomachs, our clothes closets, our garages②, our teeth, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure to enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
Notes：
①dental a. 牙齒的，牙科的
②garage n. 汽車間，修車廠；車庫(kù)
31. According to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only when _______.
A. he has saved up enough money
B. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelter
C. he has satisfied his hunger
D. he has learned to build houses
32. It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War II most Americans _______.
A. were very rich
B. lived in poverty
C. had the good things on the first three levels
D. did not own automobiles
33. Which of the following is NOT related to "physical satisfaction"? _______.
A. A successful career.
B. A cozy home.
C. A good service.
D. A family car.
34. What is the main concern of man on the fourth level? _______.
A. The more goods the better.
B. The more mental satisfaction the better.
C. The more "luxury" items the better.
D. The more earnings the better.
35. The author is inclined to think that a fifth level _______.
A. would be little better than the fourth level
B. may be a lot more desirable than the first four
C. can be the last and most satisfying level
D. will become attainable provided the government takes actions
4.第4部分：閱讀理解 第二篇
Merge
Representatives of Callahan Media Associates （CMA） announced today that the news agency would attempt to buy the National Broadcasting System （NBS）, the second largest television and radio network in the United States. Ronald Callahan, son of Jessica Callahan, who started CMA, told reporters that he expected his company's of offering price to be high enough to win out over other offers. He indicated that NBS executives had already discussed reorganization plans that might result from a CMA takeover.
A native of the United Kingdom, Jessica Callahan began to buy newspapers, magazines, and radio stations in the United States eight years ago, and CMA now owns or controls more than fifteen news organizations here. Before she became a leader in media in this country, she had established her family-owned company as one of the most important forces in British TV and newspapers. Callahan started her news career more than twenty-five years ago, and she had worked as a reporter on three different papers when she took the job of editor of England's Birmingham Herald （伯明翰先驅(qū)報(bào)）, a newspaper that had been experiencing financial difficulties for several years. Her success in raising the news reporting standards as well as making the Herald into a profitable business gained Callahan the attention and respect of the British news establishment. By the time she was 35, she had become a publisher and started CMA, which is now one of the Miami Journal almost eight years ago, but she had been reading the newspaper for several years, and she said that she liked the paper's style. After she had owned the Journal for just over a year, she bought a small radio station in Georgia, and in the next five years she went on to acquire news organizations in several different parts of the country.
If CMA becomes the owner of NBS, for the first time it will have controlled over a nationwide TV network. In all interview last week, Philip Rosen, the president of NBS, said that he was not very happy about the purchase. He agreed that Callahan and CMA had done a lot to help American newspapers become more financially secure, but he expressed fears that the new management was going to make news coverage on NBS irresponsible. He stated that he hoped he could remain with NBS but said that this might not be possible.
36. The writer thinks that CMA's offer to buy the National Broadcasting System is probably ________.
A. the only one
B. a good one
C. unacceptably low
D. of great competition
37. Jessica Callahan captured the confidence of the press after she became the editor of Birmingham Herald because ______.
A. she was experienced
B. she had strong financial background
C. since then it started to make money
D. she enjoyed good popularity
38. Jessica Callahan has never ________.
A. visited the United States
B. owned a national TV network
C. worked as an editor
D. read the Miami Journal
39. The attitude of NBS top executive to the CMA takeover was that ________.
A. he was opposed to the purchase
B. he hoped the takeover would not affect the system's fame
C. he was afraid NBS would suffer serious financial loss
D. he could not leave his present position
40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage? ________.
A. Jessica Callahan－a Successful Woman
B. CMA－from British to USA
C. CMA Buying NBS?
D. CMA's Attractive offer to NBS
5.第4部分：閱讀理解 第三篇
Oceanography has been defined as "the application of all sciences to the study of the sea".
Before the nineteenth century scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between. Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings but he was reluctant① to go to sea to further his work.
For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone② to ask what lay beneath the surface. The first time that the question "What is at the bottom of the oceans?" had to be answered with any commercial consequence was when the laying of a telegraph cable from Europe to America was proposed. The engineers had to know the depth profile of the route to estimate the length of the cable that had to be manufactured.
It was to Maury of the US Navy that the Atlantic Telegraph Company turned in 1853 for information on this matter. In the 1840s, Maury had been responsible for encouraging voyages during which soundings were taken to investigate the depths of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Later, some of his findings amused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.
The cable was laid, but not until 1866 was the connection made permanent and reliable. At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs, it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper points of the sea.
Within a few years oceanography was under way. In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition, which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea. Their classification and analysis occupied scientists for years and led to a five-volume report, the last volume being published in 1895.
Notes：
①reluctant a. 不愿的，勉強(qiáng)的
②let alone 更不用說(shuō)
41. The passage implies that the telegraph cable was built mainly ______.
A. for oceanography studies
B. for business considerations
C. for military purposes
D. for investigating the depths of the oceans
42. It was ______ that asked Maury for help in oceanography studies.
A. the American Navy
B. some early intercontinental travelers
C. those who earned a living from the sea
D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable
43. The aim of voyages Maury encouraged in the 1840s was ______.
A. to make some sound experiments in the oceans
B. to collect samples of sea plants and animals
C. to estimate the length of the cable that was to be made
D. to measure the depths of two oceans
44. "Defied" in the 5th paragraph probably means ______.
A. doubled
B. gave proof
C. to challenged
D. agreed to
45. This passage is mainly about ______.
A. the beginnings of oceanography
B. the laying of the first undersea cable
C. the investigation of ocean depths
D. the early intercontinental communications
6.第5部分：補(bǔ)全短文
Exploration
Landing men on the moon captured the public imagination like few other events this century. It had less to do with science than with demonstrating superiority during the cold war, but the appeal of the adventure meant that the Russians, who retrieved lunar rock samples far more economically using robots, came off very much second best. No one has been back to the moon since the Apollo astronauts left in 1972, so the mission has retained its glamour （魅力）.
（46） ______. Most spacecraft are unmanned these days but missions are still unpredictable; a spacecraft was destroyed on the approach to Mars only last month.
Our sights are set on Mars because people still hope to find life there－not the movie director's idea of a Martian （火星）, but rather microscopic forms of life hidden beneath the surface to protect them from the cold. Another possible home to life is Jupiters moon, Europe, which seems to have slush （雪泥, 爛泥） beneath its ice crust that is kept warm by tides. （47） ______.
Using our near-space environment is the aim for the foreseeable future, people are even setting up businesses to offer trips in space to rich members of the general public. （48） ______ .It builds on the success of the space shuttle （航天飛機(jī)）, which proved very flexible and allowed masses of scientific experiments in micro-gravity; and also on Mars, which told us a lot about the physical effects of long duration space flight. The Russians kept it going much longer than anyone expected－you were almost blase （玩膩了的） about the latest crisis.
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