第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
Petitions
Petitions(请愿，请愿书)have long been a part of British political life．Anyone who wanted to change something would get a list of signatures from people who agreed to the idea and either send them to the government or deliver them personally to the Prime Minister’s house in London． They are always accepted at the door by one of the PM'S officials．What happens then? Nothing much，usually．But petitions have always been thought of as a useful way for those who govern to find out what the people really think．
That’s why the UK government Launched its“e—petition”site in November 2006．Instead of physically collecting signatures，all anyone with an idea has to do now is to make a proposal on the government website，and anyone who supports the idea is free to add his or her signature． The petitions soon started to flow in．The idea was for the British people to express their constructive ideas．Many chose instead to express their sense of humor．
one petitioner called on Tony Blair to stop the Deputy Prime Minister eating SO much”．Another wanted to expel(驱逐)Scotland from the United Kingdom because Scottish football fast never support England in the World Cup．
other petitioners called on the Prime Minister to abolish the monarchy．Some wanted to give it more power．Some wanted to oppose the United States．others wanted to leave the European Union．Some wanted to send more troops to Iraq and others wanted them all brought home．Some wanted to adopt the Euro(欧元)．Others wanted to keep the pound．
Yet if some petitions are not serious。others present a direct challenge to government policy．A petition calling on the government to drop plans to charge drivers for using roads has already drawn around 1．8 million signatures．1n response to that，a rival petition has been posted in support of road pricing．And that is also rapidly growing． There are about 60 million people in Britain．So it is understandable that the government wants to find out what people are thinking．But the problem with the e-petition site seems to be that the British people have about 70 million opinions，and want the Prime Minister to hear all of them．Perhaps he could start a petition asking everyone to lust shut up for a while．
16. A petition needs to be signed A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 17. The Prime Minister reads petitions every day A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18. A petition has to be mailed to the Prime Minister's house in London A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19. Petitions have been taken to be one of the ways for the British people to express their ideas.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20. No other governments have launched their e-petition sites A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 21. All petitions are serious
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22. It is impossible for the Prime Minister to hear all of the opinions
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned 2008年职称英语真题之综合类C级概括大意:
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每题1分，共8分) 下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23~26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第27---30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
Ways to Reduce Exposure to Air Pollution
1 A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution．It suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the 1 986 Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster．The report was published by the UK’S Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution．But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot，it turns out．
2 Avoid walking in busy streets．Choose side streets and parks
instead．Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source—exhaust furies(废气)．Also don’t walk behind smokers．Walk on the windward(顶风的)side of the street where exposure of pollutants(污染物)can be 50 percent less than on the downwind(顺风的)side．
3 Sifting on the driver’S side of a bus can increase your exposure by 1 0 percent，compared with sitting on the side realest the
pavement．Sifting upstairs on a double—decked(双层电车)can reduce exposure．It is difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or worse than taking the bus．Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic(有毒的)than that at street level，because underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles(粒子)thrown up by wheels hitting the rails，while diesel(柴油机)and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants．
4 When you are crossing a road，stand well back from the curb(路缘)while you wait for the light to change。Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic．As the traffic begins to move，fumes can be
reduced in just a few seconds。So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference，even though it might sound silly．
5 There are large sudden pollution increases during rush hours．Pollution levels fall during nighttime．The time of year also makes a big
difference．Pollution levels tend to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest．Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cause a build—up of pollutants． 23 Paragraph 2_________ 24 Paragraphs 3_________ 25 Paragraph 4_________ 26 Paragraph 5________
A When you get up
B Where you stand while waiting to cross a road C Where you walk
D Where you sit on a bus and how you travel E When you go to bed
F When pollution levels rise and fall
27 Air pollution can be as harmful to one's health___________
28 Traveling on an underground train can reduce exposure___________ 29 Pollution levels are lower__________
30 It's wise to stay away from heavy traffic____________ A on the downwind side B during rush hours C in spring and autumn D to toxic air
E between autumn and winter
F as exposure to nuclear radiation
2008年职称英语真题之综合类C级阅读理解: 第4部分：阅读理解(第31—45题，每题3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇Stop Eating Too Much
Clean your plate! ”and“ Be a member of the clean—plate club! \about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or
grandparent．Often，it's accompanied by an appeal：“Just think about those starving orphans(孤儿)in Africa!”Sure，we should be grateful for every bite of food．Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites． Instead of staying“clean the plate”，perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow．
According to news reports，US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies (肚子)．A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the
government；according to a USA Today story．Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants tyro give them that． They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little．
Barbara Rolls，a nutrition(营养)professor at Pennsylvania State
University, told USA- faddy that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1 970s，the same time that the American waistline(腰围)began to expand．
Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions.Now， apparently, some customers are calling for this too．The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4，000 people surveyed believed restaurants served portions that were too large；23 percent had no opinion；20 percent disagreed．But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions．Seventy percent of those earn at least $150，000 per year prefer smaller portions；but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25，000 want smaller． It's not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy．It's just that，after long hours at low—paying jobs，getting less on their