2024年5月4日发(作者：)

职称英语综合类A级-18

(总分100,考试时间90分钟)

第1部分：词汇选项下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定

1个意义最为接近的选项。

1. She read a poem which depicts the splendor of the sunset.

A. declares B. asserts

C. announces D. describes

2. Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.

A. posted B. sent

C. handed D. given

3. Canada will prohibit smoking in all offices later this year.

A. remove B. ban

C. eliminate D. expel

4. Reading the job ad, he wondered whether he was eligible to apply for it.

A. able B. fortunate

C. competent D. qualified

5. He was elevated to the post of prime minister.

A. promoted B. pulled

C. lifted D. treated

6. The curious looks from the strangers around her made her feel uneasy.

A. different B. proud

C. unconscious D. uncomfortable

7. The latest census is encouraging.

A. statement B. assessment

C. count D. evaluation

8. The change in that village was miraculous.

A. amazing B. conservative

C. insignificant D. unforgettable

9. You should have blended the butter with the sugar thoroughly.

A. mixed B. spread

C. beaten D. covered

10. The industrial revolution modified the whole structure of English society.

A. destroyed B. broke

C. changed D. smashed

11. Her speciality is heart surgery.

A. region B. site

C. platform D. field

12. Customers often defer payment for as long as possible.

A. make B. demand

C. obtain D. postpone

13. From my standpoint, this thing is just ridiculous.

A. point of view B. field

C. knowledge D. information

14. France has kept intimate links with its former African territories.

A. private B. friendly

C. strong D. secret

15. She was a puzzle.

A. girl B. woman

C. mystery D. problem

第2部分：阅读判断

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，如果该句提的是正

确信息， 请选择A；如果该句提的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息句的信息文中

没有提及，请选择C。

TV Game Shows

One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be

on the "best seller" lists with a sale of fewer than 100, 000 copies, hut a popular TV show might

have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well-known overnight.

This is the principle behind "quiz" or "game" shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a

game for prizes and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands

of dollars in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English

instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career

as a television personality . But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It

turned out that the show's producers who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most

popular contestants (竞争者) beforehand . Why? Because if the audience didn't like the person

who won the game, they turned the show off. The result of this cheating was a huge scandal.

Based on this story, a movie under the title "Quiz Show" is on 40 years later.

Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they

aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows

that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight

on TV, or that punish losers by humiliation (羞辱) them. The entertainment now is to see what

people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an

audience of millions.

16. TV can make a beggar world-famous overnight.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

17. The principle behind "quiz" and "game" shows is to put ordinary people on TV to play a game

for prizes and money.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

18. Prizes and money are usually provided by TV stars and **panies for winners.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

19. One of the TV personalities, Charles Van Doren was proved to be cheating by persuading the

Show's producers to give him the answers beforehand.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

20. The huge scandal of cheating in TV game shows was not exposed until 40 years later in the

movie "Quiz Show".

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

21. Nowadays game shows are not treated as seriously as they used to be.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

22. Winners of present-day TV game shows no longer get money from the shows.

A. A. Right

B. B. Wrong

C. C. Not mentioned

第3部分：概括大意与完成句子

下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为第1～5段各其

中4段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第 27～30题要求从所给的4个选项中为每个句子确定1个最

佳选项。

The Making of a Success Story

1. IKEA is the world's largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is Ingvar Kamprad, one of

the world's most successful entrepreneurs (企业家). Born in Sweden in 1926, Kamprad was a

natural business man. As a child, he enjoyed selling things and made small profits from selling

matches, seeds and pencils in **munity. When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money

as a reward for his good grades. Naturally he used it to start up a business — IKEA.

2. IKEA's **es from Kamprads'initials (I. K.) and the place where he grew up (E and A). Today

IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist (最低限要求者) furniture, but it was not a **pany in

the beginning. Rather, IKEA sold all kinds of miscellaneous (杂货) goods. Kamprad's wares

included anything that he could sell for profits at discounted prices, including watches, pens and

stockings.

3. IKEA first began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947. the furniture was

all designed and made by manufactures near Kamprad's home. Initial sales were very encouraging,

so Kamprad expanded the product line. Furniture was such a successful aspect of the business that

IKEA became solely a **pany in 1951.

4. In 1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden. IKEA is known today for its

spacious stress with furniture in attractive settings, but in the early 1950s, people ordered from

catalogues. Thus response to the first showroom was overwhelming (地法抵抗的) : people loved

being able to see and try the furniture before buying it. This led to increased sales and **pany

continued to thrive. By 1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture.

5. In 1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling (分解) a table to make it easier to transport.

Kamprad was inspired. The man had given him a great idea: flat packaging. Flat packaging would

mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices for customers. IKEA tried it and sales

soared. The problem was that people had to assemble furniture themselves, but over time, even

this grew into an advantage for IKEA. Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations (内

涵)of self-sufficiency. This image has done wonders for **pany, leading to better sales and

continued expansion.

6. Today there are over 200 stores in 32 countries. Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad has managed to

keep IKEA a privately-**pany. In 2004 he was named the world's richest man. He currently lives

in Switzerland and is retired from the day-to-day operations of IKEA. IKEA itself, though, just

keeps on growing.

A. Ingvar Kamprad — a Born Businessman

B. Success brought by the introduction of Showrooms

C. The origin Of IKEA

D. Specialization in Selling Furniture

E. Flat packaging — a Feature of IKEA

F. World-wide expansion of IKEA

23. Paragraph 2______

24. Paragraph 3______

25. Paragraph 4______

26. Paragraph 5______

27.

28. ______, and years later became a **pany specialized in manufacturing and selling of furniture.

29. Customers liked the idea of IKEA's showrooms because______.

30. As flat packaging saves money for both IKEA and the customers,

第4部分：阅读理解

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

The beginning of American literature

American has always been a land of beginnings. After Europeans " discovered" America in the

fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life,

an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as a nation,

America begins with that hope. When, however, does American literature begin?

American literature begins with American experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived,

before Christopher Columbus, before the Northmen who found America about year 1,000, Native

Americans lived here. Each tribe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and

reflected the unmistakably (不会弄错的) American experience of lining with the land. Another

kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports that

Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English. In addition, the journals of

the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness (荒野) tell unforgettable tales of

hard end sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years.

Experience, then, is the key to early American literature. The New World provided a great

variety of experiences, and experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider

variety of early American writers. These writers included John Smith, who spent only two-

and-a-half year. on the American continent. They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd,

who thought of themselves as British subjects, never suspecting a revolution that would create a

United States of America with a literature of its own. American Indians, explorers, Puritan

ministers, frontier wives, plantation owners — they are all the creators of the first American

literature.

31. What does "that hope" in the first paragraph refer to?

A. The hope that America would be discovered.

B. The hope to start a life.

C. The hope to see the mysteries of the New World.

D. The hope to find poverty here.

32. When did American literature begin?

A. Before the American natives lived there.

B. When Columbus and other explorers gent reports back home.

C. When the Northmen found America in about year 1,000.

D. Long before the year 1,000.

33. What can we learn from the literature of the tribes of the native Americans?

A. About the everyday life of the native Americans.

B. About the arrival of Columbus.

C. About the experience of the first European settlers.

D. About the experience of those who died in the New England wilderness.

34. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to tell the readers that

A. in the early days most American writers were from Great Britain.

B. people with rich life experience became writers.

C. there were many writers in the early days of American history.

D. early-day experience provided the foundation for American literature.

35. According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is true about America

literature?

A. Some British writers started American literature.

B. Early-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.

C. Some British writers had doubts about the future of American literature.

D. Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literature.

第二篇

Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving

Four weeks ago US children dressed as monsters and asked for sweets. That was Halloween. In

a few weeks, American houses will be red and green and filled with presents for Christmas.

As if all this isn't enough, on Thursday this week, America will enjoy another festival —

Thanksgiving.

Children will have two days off school, shops will close and houses will be filled with families

enjoying mountains of food.

Every year, in Gainesville, Florida, all entire class celebrate Thanksgiving together. The class

dresses up and puts on plays for their families. After the plays the families share a feast of

traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey and pumpkin pie (南瓜派).

Dean Foster, an 11-year-old boy will take part in this celebration. He said: "I love Thanksgiving

because it means time off school, lots of nice food and a happy family."

His brother Ben, nine, said :"the best thing about Thanksgiving, is that when it is finished, it is

time to start Christmas."

But behind the food and the large amount of money spent there is another message. On

Thursday evening, Dean and Ben's family will make a basket and put it on the table as they eat

their evening meal.

Each of them will write a list of things that they are thankful for and place the paper in the

basket. The family will read the pieces of paper and take time to thank God and each other for

providing them **fortable and happy lives.

Thanksgiving is a traditional festival that started in 1621 ,when the first pilgrims (朝圣的人)