2010年职称英语考试综合A模拟试题(4)

　　四、阅读理解

　　1.

　　Memory

　　It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It includes not only “ remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile.

　　Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for late use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words”--- strings of alphabetic or numerical characters---ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.

　　The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　(1).What do the sentences at the beginning of the passage suggest?

　　A. Memory is useful

　　B. Memory is important

　　C. There is a relationship between memory and habits

　　D. The past is connected with the present by memory

　　(2).According to the passage, memory is helpful in our daily life in the following aspects except

　　A. involving the change in the behavior

　　B. keeping information for later use转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　C. warning people not to do things repeatedly

　　D. remembering events that happened in history.

　　(3).With respect to the memory storage capacity, what is the author’s idea about the comparison between human beings and computers?

　　A. Computers have no memory at all.

　　B. Computers are more powerful than adults.

　　C. Teenagers are inferior to computers.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　D. Human beings are far superior to computers.

　　(4).What is the major characteristic of a human being’s memory capacity according to the text?

　　A. It can be expanded by language.

　　B. It can remember all the combined words.

　　C. It may keep all the information in the past.

　　D. It may change what has been stored in it.

　　(5).According to the passage, human beings make themselves different from other animals by

　　A. having the ability to realize danger.

　　B. having a special memory capacity.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　C. having a distinguished memory capacity.

　　D. having the ability to control himself.

　　2.

　　Road Trip Vacations

　　It’s summer. In the United States, it’s the season of swimming pools, barbeques, camping and road trips.

　　Road trip vacations where the car journey is part of the fun are especially popular with college students, who like to explore the country on wheels. These budget trips are ideal for students who often have plenty of free time but little money.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　"Ever since I went to college, I’ve been traveling around a lot, exploring the country," said Austin Hawkins, a 19-year-old college student from New York. This summer, Hawkins and his friends have spent weekends traveling in New England.

　　The best part about car trips, said Hawkins, is that you can be spontaneous. "On a road trip, if you get interested in things you see along the way you can stop and explore."

　　Matt Roberts, a 20-year-old student from Ohio who drove to Montreal, Canada, agrees. "With road trips you dont have to plan in advance, you can just get into a car and drive."

　　Even with high gas prices, driving with friends is cheaper than flying. Roberts paid about 40 dollars for gas, but a round trip plane ticket would have cost nearly 400 dollars.

　　Driving trips first became popular in the 1920s. Newly paved roads and improved, cars made it possible to travel longer distances. Motels started appearing outside cities.

　　By the 1950s, car ownership became the norm. Construction of the US interstate highway system began in 1956 and motel and restaurant chains popped up everywhere making long distance trips easier.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　Today, the US has the highest car ownership rate in the world. Only 8 percent of American homes have no car, according to the most recent US census.

　　Though many college students dont own a car, most have access to one. On many of Hawkins trips, they used a borrowed van.

　　Hawkins most memorable road trip took place over spring break. He and two friends drove from New York to New Orleans to volunteer, helping rebuild the city after Hurricane Katrina hit it last July. They crossed the country in two days and slept in their car in church parking lots.

　　Roberts road trip to Canada last winter was even more eventful. Upon arriving in Montreal, they were lost in a blizzard and shivering in the -25°cold. To find their hotel, they turned on a laptop and drove around in circles until they found a spot with wireless Internet coverage.

　　"I know we should have planned better, but were young. Now, when I see those guys I always say: Remember when we were lost in the snow storm! Ill never forget that."转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　(1).Which of the following statements is NOT true of American college students?

　　A. They have little money

　　B. They like traveling by bike

　　C. They like to explore the country

　　D. They often have plenty of free time

　　(2).What will Hawkins do when he sees something interesting on a road trip?

　　A. He will turn back

　　B. He will drive around

　　C. He will stop to explore转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　D. He will stop exploring

　　(3).When did motels suddenly appear?

　　A. After the work to build the interstate highway system started

　　B. When driving trips became popular

　　C. After many roads were paved

　　D. After new cars were made

　　(4).Which of the following words can best describe Hawkins trip to New Orlends?

　　A. Eventful转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　B. Colourful

　　C. Delightful

　　D. Unforgettable

　　(5).The word blizzard in paragraph 12 can be replaced by

　　A. snowstorm

　　B. hurricane

　　C. mist

　　D. fog转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　3.

　　From Sundials to Multi-functional Watches

　　It was probably around 3,000 years ago that people first began inventing ways to help themselves measure the time. Having observed that shadow move around trees as the sun moves across the sky, someone drew a circle and put a stick in the center. As the sun passed overhead, he marked even division on the circle as the shadow of the stick crossed it. Then people could tell which part of the day it was by noticing which mark on the circle the shadow fell across. These circles were called “sundials”.

　　A water clock was another way to tell time. A container had a line with a number beside it for every hour. It also had a tiny hole in the bottom. The container was filled with water that dripped through the hole. When the water level reached the first line, one hour had passed. Each time the water level fell to another line, one more hour has passed.

　　It was about 600 years ago that the first clock with the face and an hour hand was made. Watches came into use as soon as clocks were made small enough to be carried. Then in the last century came automatic watches, electric watches and quartz watches, etc.转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　It is interesting to review briefly the history of the clock and watch development. Now, people have some new conception about watches. They think that watches don’t just tell you the time, they also make a statement about your personal style, and even your character. They reveal the taste, personal preferences and hobbies of the person that wear them.

　　Now we bring you the latest offerings from a famous Japanese watchmaker so you won’t be behind the times.

　　Casio watches are mostly digital, a good choice for those who prefer to stay in the digital age.

　　The Forester series is designed to suit hikers: bands made of leather or cloth, outer shell in frosted metal. A watch of this type has an automatic lighting function. If you turn it 30 degrees in the dark, the light on the back of the dial will come on.

　　There is a series for women, too. Light colours and streamlined design add some feminine flavour to the stiff numbers of the range.

　　The Data Bank series is a great help to those with bad memories. You can store as many as 30 phone numbers in it, and set five alarms.

　　Another Casio offering is a Futurist series with square dials. Two in this range have a vibrating function in the place of an alarm so that their reminder won’t go unnoticed even in noisy environment and you can avoid embarrassing noisy alarm calls on occasions requiring quiet.

　　Those in the Pela series are also named film watch, because they are super-thin. They have plenty of function: dial time, phone number memory and stopwatch.

　　Casio has announced its new wrist audio player has been launched to the market. MP3 music documents can be downloaded from the Internet, or CD through computer and then played on the new watch. This “ first wrist audio player” will undoubtedly be equipment for the new generation.

　　Baby-G series offers an interesting feature --- fortune-telling. Your luck, health, personal relationships and everything can be divined through the piece’s index.

　　(1).A sundial is a device to tell people the time by using

　　A. the sun

　　B. the tree

　　C. the stick

　　D. the circle

　　(2).What is the main feature of the Casio Forester series?

　　A. The music function

　　B. The automatic lighting function

　　C. The memory function

　　D. The compass function

　　(3).Where are the two types of the Futurist series most suitably used?

　　A. A place requiring intelligence.

　　B. A place requiring feminine flavour

　　C. A place requiring politeness

　　D. A place requiring silence

　　(4).What does the word film mean? ( Paragraph 3 from the bottom )

　　A. Movies转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com转自环 球 网校edu24ol.com

　　B. Something used in picture taking

　　C. Extra-thin

　　D. Shooting pictures

　　(5).The audio player has all the following functions EXCEPT that

　　A. you can wear it on your wrist

　　B. it can play music

　　C. it can tell you the time

　　D. it can record the phone message

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