第二篇 The Only Way Is Up
Think of a modem city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true that some cities don't permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
When people gather together in cities, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means building upwards.
The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.
Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought us the lift-or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egyptians used to create the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he spent a number of years exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds, giving people the chance to try them out before selling the idea to architects and builders.
A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now. Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would just be boring. Yet psychologists and others who study human behavior find lifts fascinating. The reason is simple. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos. The nearest they can get to that with humans is in observing them in lifts.
%us -- and you just can't choose to move away,\says workplace psychologist, Gary Fitzgibbon. Being trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions, he says. Some people are scared of them. Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss. Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the comers. Most people try and shrink into the background. But some behave in a way that makes others notice them. There are a few people who just stand in a comer taking notes.
Don't worry about them. They are probably from a university.
36. \
A) are worried about their past.
B) have a glorious past to be proud of. C) want to maintain their traditional image. D) are very interested in their own history.
37. The difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19th century lies in
A) the shortage of money. C) backward technology.
B) the lack of a device to carry people upward. D) mountains taking up land space. 38. When Otis came up with the idea of a lift,
A) he sold it to the architects and builders immediately
B) the Egyptians used it to build the Pyramids. C) it was accepted favorably by the public.
D) most people had doubt about its safety.
39. Which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now?
A) Fascinating.
B) Uninteresting. C) Frightening.
D) Exciting.
40. Psychologists find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour because
A) here humans behave the way animals do.
B) people in a lift are all scared. C) here some people take notes.
第三篇 Sino—Japan Animosity Lessens
Chinese and Japanese people view each other slightly more positively than last year, according to a survey released on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing.
The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily and Genron NPO, a Japanese think tank similar to the American Council on Foreign Relations. It also found overwhelming agreement in both countries that Sino-Japanese relations were important.
The survey is a part of the Beijing-Tokyo Forum, an annual gathering of senior government officials and representatives from Chinese and Japanese NGOs designed to improve communication and understanding between the two countries.
Conducted every year for five years now, the survey focused on two different groups of people: ordinary citizens, and intellectuals. In China, the intellectual group was comprised mainly of university students from well-known schools like Peking University. In Japan, the “intellectual” group was mainly made up of previous members of Genron NPO.
Among ordinary Chinese polled, 35.7 percent said they have “very good” or “relatively good” impressions of Japan, a 5.5-percentage-point increase compared with last year. 45.2 percent of Chinese students had a positive impression of Japan, two percentage points more than last year. Only 26.6 percent of Japanese have a positive impression of China, however.
Still, an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country said Sino-Japanese relations were “important” and wanted their leaders to deepen talks and cooperation with each other.
D) in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks.
But 51.9 percent of ordinary people and 42.4 percent of students in China said they saw no change in relations between the two countries over the last year. In Japan, 64.8 percent of those ordinary people and 53.4 percent of intellectuals surveyed shared the view that there was no improvement in bilateral ties this year.
Historical issues and territorial disputes remain two major obstacles to improving bilateral relations, the survey found. What concerns the Chinese most are historical issues, visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine, and the Nanjing Massacre.
Perceptions on economic and trade relations, have improved, though. About 47 percent of ordinary Japanese said China had been “helpful” this year in fighting the global economic crisis compared with just 30 percent last year．The percent of Japanese intellectuals who said Chinese economic growth was good for Japan increased from 65．8 percent to 8 1．4 percent this year．
Cooperation in East Asian issues，trade and investment，energy, and the environment and climate change top the list of common concerns that people in China and Japan want their leaders to talk about in bilateral meetings，the survey found．
Civil exchanges were regarded by the most people from the both countries as an important way to improve relations．90．7 percent of the students and 85．7 percent of the ordinary people in China and 95．8％of intellectuals and 74．8％of the ordinary people in Japan viewed civil exchanges as “important” or “relatively important”．
Chinese and Japanese both learn about each other’s countries mostly through television news and newspapers，the survey found．
41．Which of the following statements about the survey is true?
A)The survey was conducted on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing．
B)The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily, Genron NPO and the American Council on Foreign Relations．
C)The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that the relationship between the two countries is important．
D)The survey mainly focused on two different groups of people：ordinary citizens，and the university students．
42．According to the passage，the Beijing—Tokyo Forum
A)is held every year in Beijing．
B)aims at promoting communication between the two countries．
C)mainly attracts representatives from the governments of the two countries． D)releases a survey on Sino—Japanese relation every five years．
43．In the last year, ％of ordinary Chinese and ％of Chinese students have a
positive impression of Japan． A)35．7；45．2 B)51．9；42．4 C)5．5；26．6 D)30．2；43．2
44．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the major obstacles to improving bilateral ties?
A)territorial disputes B) trade frictions
C) visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine
D) the Nanjing Massacre 45. The survey found that
A) most Japanese had good or relatively good impressions of China.
B) the bilateral relationship was perceived as being improved over last year by the majority of respondents from the both countries.
C) an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed that the Civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations.
D) The territorial issue ranked among the top list of common concerns that people in both countries want their leaders to talk about in bilateral meetings.
第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）
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False Fear of Big Fish
Many people believe sharks（鲨鱼）are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans. ____46____ A shark exhibition at the National Aquarium（水族馆）in Baltimore，US，proves this. Visitors can touch young sharks, see their eggs develop and watch a dozen different species swim smoothly around a huge tank.
Most people fail to realize that shark attacks don't happen very often. Humans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark.. ____47____ There, kids can learn, from an early age, not to fear sharks.
\\years and play an important role in the ocean's food chain. We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection.\
____48____ A study, published in January in the US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past 8 to 15 years.
Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for special foods, such as shark fin（鱼翅）soup. And many others get caught in nets, while fishermen are hunting other fish. ____49____ \the manager of the aquarium's ocean health programme. ____50____ A They can watch them develop inside their eggs and feel the skin of the older swimmers. B A shocking 100 million sharks are killed every year around the world by humans. C In fact, 94 percent of the world's 400 species are harmless to humans.
D It is a worrying Situation and some areas have put measures in place to protect these special fish.
E And to make this point clear, the museum has set up a special touching pool for children. F More than half of the sharks caught are smaller than I metre long.
第6部分：完形填空（第51～65题，每题l分，共15分）
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On the Net Friends Come and Go, Talking of...
The young woman was visibly 51 and clearly wanted to get something off her chest. \ 52___. \
Now \ I am not familiar. I have been befriended 54 and befriended- many people since arriving in Beijing. But defriended ?
It turns 55 this is a new word created by the Internet-savvy younger generation specifically in relation to the worldwide social networking phenomenon, Facebook.
Those who join can invite friends to become members of the site,56. They can then share photographs, \swap messages and observations and perform a host of other mutually accessible applications.
I've seen some people's sites _57.__ hundreds of friends, all moments away down a fiber optic Cable, providing they are logged on to their computers or hooked up to a high-spec cell phone.
It creates the possibility of \anyone in the world who has online access. Currently, Facebook has 150 million users. That means there's a lot of \
The 58 is that you can be \site someone who had previously invited to be his or her friend. And you can do it without the potential for instant recrimination.
Where once, in the school playground, one child might have petulantly shouted 59 another, \performed remotely with the click of a button.
A 60 aspect of \are you thinking about?\posting a digital depository of the often dire, 61 , dull and desperate, no message is sent out alerting you or your contacts about the change in status. You only find out you have 62 when you try to visit a \longer get in. the delay of the discovery is all too often doubly hurtful.
Just as bombs are dispatched impersonally __63 an unseen enemy in modem warfare, 64 relationships are blown out of the window with the same callous disregard, without the risk of any face-to-face comeback. One second you are there, 65 you are deleted.
51. A) satisfied B) friendly C) moved D) upset 52. A) complained B) explained C) inquired D) argued 53. A)with which B) in which C) which D) that , 54. A) on B) by C) with D) in 55. A) about B) out C) around D) in 56. A) too B) either C) yet D) neither
57. A) exaggerating B) overstating C) boasting D) showing off 58. A) benefit B) advantage C) downside D) merit 59. A) at B) in C) on D) farward 60. A) neutral B) controversial C) astonishing D) remarkable 61. A) exciting B) dreary C) cheerful D) bright 62. A) been dumped B) dumped C) being dumped D) dumping
63. A) forward B) for C) into D) against 64. A) and B) since C) so D) but 65. A) the next B) the last C) the first D) a next
2010年全国专业技术人员职称英语等级考试模拟试题(综合类)
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