2012年職稱英語閱讀理解考試復(fù)習(xí)資料(3)

21: Spacing in Animals1

1. Which of the following is the most appropriate definition of Flight Distance?

C)Distance between an animal and its enemy before fleeing.

2. If an animal’s critical distance is penetrated 突破, it willA)begin to attack.

3. According to the passage, social distance refers to B)psychological distance.

4. Which of the following could best replace the word “band” in “We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group” (in Paragraph 3)?A)strip條, 帶 of land.

5. The example of the children holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows that

D) social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.

22：Some Things We Know about Language

1. In the second paragraph the author thinks thatC)any human race, whether backward or not, has a language.

2. According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have ______languages.A)complicated

3. The author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are

B)just as sophisticated as some well-known languages.

4. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?D)Some languages are better than other languages.

5. According to the author, language changes are most likely to occur inC)vocabulary.

23： The Only Way Is Up

1. "...these are cities concerned with the past" in the first paragraph refer to cities that

C) want to maintain their traditional image.

2. The difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19t~ century lies in

B) the lack of a device to carry people upward.

3. When Otis came up with the idea of a lift, D) most people had doubt about its safety.

4. Which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now?B) Uninteresting.

5. Psychologists find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour because

D) in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks.

24：Clone 克隆 Farm

1. Which statement is the description of the new era of factory farming according to the first paragraph?

C)Cloned chickens are bulk大批 -produced with the same growth rate, weight and taste.

2. Which institution has offered $4.7 million to fund the research?

A)The US’s National Institute of Science and Technology.

3. In the third paragraph, by saying “Producers would like the same meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get there. ” Mike Fitzgerald means that he wishes

D)chickens could grow to the same weight but with less feed.

4. Which of the following statements about Origen and Embrex is correct according to the fifth paragraph?

C)Origen has joined hands with Embrex in producing cell-injecting machines.

5. The technology of freezing stem cells干細(xì)胞 from different strains of chicken can do all the following EXCEPT that A)farmers can order certain strains of chicken only.

25： Income

1. This passage is mainly aboutB)the difference between national income and personal income.

2. Which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph?

D)The money that goes for capital consumption is not regarded as income.

3. It can be easily seen from this passage that the government levies tax on A)corporation profits

4. According to this passage, the money you get as interest from government bonds is

B)the money not earned but received.

5. The passage implies thatD) people pay taxes somewhat unwillingly.

26: Forecasting Methods

1. What factor is NOT mentioned in choosing a forecasting method?A)Imagination of the forecaster.

2. Persistence堅(jiān)持, 持續(xù) method will work wellB)if weather conditions do not change much.

3. The limitation of the trends method is the same as the persistence method in that

D)the weather features need to be constant for a long period of time.

4. Which method may involve historical weather data?

C)Both climatology method and analog類似物, 相似體 method.

5. It will be impossible to make weather forecast using the analog method

A)when the current weather scenario想定 differs from the analog.

27：Importance of Services

1. The first paragraph intends to tell us that B)services are important.

2. Between 1966 and 1986, the United States created about A)32.4 million service jobs.

3. Many economists, business and labor leaders and politicians believe that

B)most of the fast growth in the service sector is in low-paying jobs.

4. The importance of services can be shown

C)by money spent on business services as well as on consumer services.

5. What does the writer of this passage disapprove of regarding services now? C)Their prices.

28:The National Park Service

1. Why are America’s national parks like old friends? A)Because they are always out there

2. Which of the following statements is true about uniformed rangers?. D)They protect the National Park System.

3. The National Park Service does all of the following EXCEPT B)molding the Nation.

4. What is this passage about? B)It is about the National Park Service.

5.What will the paragraph following this passage most probably discuss?

C)The work that has been done by the partners.

29：Find yourself packing It On? Blame Friends

1. Who had the greatest influence on people who became obese? A Their friends.

2. Which of the following statement about a friend’s influence is false according to the report?

C people were not like to lose weight when they have skinny friends.

3. According to Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, what is the explanation for friends being the greatest influence?

D Friends affected each others’ feelings of fatness.

4. Which factor of becoming obese is not mentioned in this report?C Life style.

5. In what way is obesity contagious and epidemic?A Social networks let the obesity spread rapidly.

30：Wikipedial Imposes New Curbs On Editing Articles

1. What is the latest change of Wikipedia?

C) Some of the pages will not register changes without the approval of an experienced Wikipedia editor.

2. Why has Wikipedia set the criteria for “experienced editor” status relatively low?

C) Because stricter criteria may discourage legitimate editing.

3. Which statement about Robert Byre false?D) He used to edits entries in Wikipedia.

4. Which of the following statements about Wikipedia is true?

C) The current discipline imposed on the editing of articles is too lax so that a lot of embarrassments have been caused.

5. Pierre Omidyar isD) an enterpriser