第4部分：閱讀理解(第31～45題，每題3分，共45分)
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第二篇 Benefits of Educating Girl
The benefits of educating girls are numerous — to individual girls both when they are young and when they become adult women, to their future families, and to society as whole. Education enables women to contribute more fully to the social and economic development of their societies. A girl's education is also an investment in future generations. The more educated a mother is, the more likely are her children — particularly her daughters — to roll and stay in school.
The higher level of education attained by women is strongly associated with lower child death. Experts believe more educated women practice better hygiene and nutrition(營養(yǎng)), use health services more frequently, and survive better. Woman with more schooling tend to be healthier themselves. Perhaps reflecting their improved ability to avoid frequent childbearing (分娩)and to take advantage of available health services during pregnancy(懷孕).
The educational level achieved by women, like family planning services, has the most powerful influence on family size. The impact of education on family size is strongest and most consistent for women who have completed some secondary schooling. Educating girls is three times more likely to lower family size than educating boys. Education appears to affect family size in many ways. More educated women not only want fewer children than their less educated husbands, but also are more likely to use effective contraception(避孕) successfully and to limit their families to the number of children, which contribute to smaller family size.
Family size is ideal and child death rates are lowest, therefore, in countries that combine strong family planning and health programs with high levels of education for women.
31 According to the article, families and the whole society benefit from women's
A work.
B education.
C effort.
D health.
32 According to the article, mother's education has an effect on children's
A personality.
B experience.
C grades in school.
D years of schooling.
33 Lower death rate of children owes to all of the following except women's
A good health.
B frequent visits to health services.
C better utilization of nutrition.
D management of family resources.
34 In what way do women contribute to the small family size according to the text?
A By educating their children.
B By marrying late.
C By supporting the small family.
D By educating their husbands.
35 It can be concluded from the passage that educating girls
A has great influence on boy's growth.
B is helpful to the stability of families.
C can raise women's social status.
D contributes to the development of society.
第二篇 Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills
Australia's foreign language skills are declining, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13 percent of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.
Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia's economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies in its language skills.
Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world's economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to/fade with Asian countries, it is very important for them to
learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.
But students have different opinions about Asian language learning. Pippa McCowage, a 22-year-old Australian student, says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign languages, and the language curriculum is often weak. "While we're encouraged in high school to learn another language, it's not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it," said McCowage. "For example, I learned Japanese in high school, when I went on an exchange in Year 10, I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense, it almost discourages you.
At present, about 70 percent of Australia's major exports go to Asia and the Australian government has been keen on developing closer economic and diplomatic ties with Asia. Academics say that, as Asia becomes one of the world's economic powerhouses, Australia needs to improve its language skills if it is to take full advantage of the business opportunities on its doorstep.
36. How much percent of high school graduates were proficient in foreign languages forty years ago?
A) 70.
B) 13.
C) 40.
D) 6.5.
37. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A) Australia has rich deposits of minerals.
B ) Australia is essentially a self-sufficient country.
C) Australia has no intention to trade with Asian countries.
D ) Australian students are not required to leam a foreign language.
38. What does Dilip Dutta think language skills can do?
A) Improve your relation with your partner.
B) Help settle international conflicts.
C) Remove barriers in negotiations.
D) Increase trading opportunities.
39. Why has the Australian government been keenly interested in strengthening ties with Asia?
A) Because Asia is where Australia is located.
B) Because Asia is where Australia's major exports go.
C ) Because Asia is where Australians go and spend their holidays.
D ) Because Asia is where Australia can play a big role in international affairs.
40. The word faculty in paragraph 3 can be replaced by
A) college.
B) institute.
C) university.
D) department
第三篇 Pool Watch
Swimmers can drown in busy swimming pools when lifeguards fail to notice that they are in trouble. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that on average 15 people drown in British pools each year, but many more suffer major injury after getting into difficulties. Now a French company has developed an artificial intelligence system called Poseidon that sounds the alarm when it sees someone in danger of drowning.
When a swimmer sinks towards the bottom of the pool, the new system sends an alarm signal to a poolside monitoring station and a lifeguard’s paper. In trials at a pool in Ancenis, near Nantes, it saved a life within just a few months, says Alistair MeQuade, a spokesman for its maker, Poseidon Technologies.
Poseidon keeps watch through a network of underwater and overheard video cameras. AI software analyses the images to work out swimmers trajectories. To do this reliably, it has to tell the difference between a swimmer and the shadow of someone being cast onto the bottom or side of the pool. “The underwater environment is a very dynamic one, with many shadows and reflections dancing around.” Says McQuade.
The software does this by “projecting” a shape in its field of view onto an image of the far wall of the pool. It does the same with an image from another camera viewing the shape from a different angle. If the two projections are in the same position, the shape is identified as a shadow and is ignored. But if they are different, the shape is a swimmer and so the system follows its trajectory.
To pick out potential drowning victims, anyone in the water who starts to descend slowly is added to the software’s “pre-alert” list, says McQuade. Swimmers who then stay immobile on the pool bottom for 5 seconds or more are considered in danger of drowning. Poseidon double-checks that the image really is of a swimmer, not a shadow, by seeing whether it obscures the pool’s floor texture when viewed from overhead. If so, it alerts the lifeguard, showing the swimmer’s location on a poolside screen.
The first full-scale Poseidon system will be officially opened next week at a pool in High Wycombe. Buckinghamshire. One man who is impressed with the idea is Travor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio. Baylis runs a company that installs swimming pools—and he was once an underwater escapologist with a circus. “I say full marks to them if this works and can save lives,” he says. But he adds that any local authority spending £30,000-plus on a Poseidon system ought to be investing similar amounts in teaching children to swim.
41. AI means the same as
A. an image. B. an idea.
C. anyone in the water. D. artificial intelligence.
42. What is required of AI software to save a life?
A. It must be able to swim.
B. It must keep walking round the pool.
C. It can distinguish between a swimmer and a shadow.
D. It can save a life within a few months.
43. How does Poseidon save a life?
A. He plunges into the pool. B. It alerts the lifeguard.
C. He cries for help. D. It rushes to the pool.
44. Which of the following statements about Trevor baylis is NOT true?
A. He runs.
B. He invented the clockwork radio.
C. He was once an entertainer.
D. He runs a company.
45. The word “considered” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by
A. “thought”. B. “rated”. C. “regarded”. D. “believed”.
第5部分：補全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
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Home Schooling
All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. 46 There are about 300, 000 home-schoolers in the United States today. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they do not believe that public schools teach the correct religious values;others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. 47
David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in school. 48 For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal(去除)equipment, Alaska, polar bears(北極熊), and winter tourism. A spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space program. 49
Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools, but critics say that home-schoolers are outsiders who might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. 50 However, most parents don't have the time or the desire to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education.
A Interestingly, results show that home-schooled children quite often do better than average on national tests in reading and math.
B Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children.
C Learning starts with the children's parentsinterests and questions.
D Children who are educated at home are known as “home-schoolers”.
E In some countries, however, children are educated by their parents.
F If the Brazilian rain forests are on the TV news, it could be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, and how deserts are formed.
第6部分：完形填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
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New Ideas
Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson is trying to drive carbon dioxide underground to 51 its release into the air.
Over the next two years, a team of scientists will try to 52 carbon dioxide-charged water into the rock underground. Scientist theory says this should work. The CO2 will react with the rock to form a stable mineral that remains in the 53 for millions of years.
If the experiment succeeds, Iceland could give the world a new 54 to reduce CO2 emissions.
Sigurdur Gislason, a university professor in Iceland, says his country has an 55 over other countries: "We have enormous amounts of clean 56 and a small society. You can do experiments here that you can't do anywhere else."
In an attempt to cut back on the use of air conditioners during summer, the Japanese government in 2005 57 a campaign to keep office temperatures at 28℃ degrees in summer. Men were also encouraged to change business suits for 58 wear. In other words, no more ties.
"The 59 is meant to show the government's resolve to achieve Japan's target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.
The 60 has cut an estimated 79,000 tons of carbon dioxide gas emissions each year.
As the country's 2005 Energy Policy Act 61 into force this year, more Americans will be encouraged to use 62 cars and energy sources.
According to the new law, those who buy hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius can earn tax credits; or rebates, of 63 to $2,600 a year. Homemakers can also save when they renovate, claiming tax rebates 64 up to $500 simply by fitting their homes with energy-saving insulation. If they.--65-- in solar water heating, the payoff at tax time is equal to 30 percent of the appliance's cost or a maximum of $2,000.
51 A) reduce B) narrow C) interrupt D) interfere
52 A) spread B) splash C) inject D) flow
53 A) air B) rock C) water D) soil
54 A) era B) period C) page D) way
55 A) merit B) benefit C) profit D) advantage
56 A) oil B) energy C) gas D) solar-power
57 A) mounted B) called C) opened D) held
58 A) decent B) formal C) casual D) fashionable
59 A) pledge B) move C) promise D) statement
60 A) campaign B) war C) activity D) move
61 A) makes B) takes C) bring D) comes
62 A) fast B) cheap C) expensive D) environment-friendly
63 A) under B) up C) on D) from
64 A) putting B) worth C) building D) buying
65 A) spend B) give C) invest D) donate
全國專業(yè)技術(shù)人員職稱英語等級考試綜合類（B級）模擬試題(一)參考答案
1 A 2 B 3 D 4 A5 C 6 A 7 B 8 D9 B 10 C 11 A 12 D13 B14 D 15 C
16 C 17 A 18 B 19 B 20 A 21 A 22 C 23 D 24 C 25 B 26 A 27 B 28 A 29 D 30 F
31 B 32 D 33 D 34 C 35 D 36 C 37 A 38 D 39 B 40 D 41 D 42 C 43 B 44 A 45 B
46 D 47 A 48 C49 F 50 B 51 A 52 C 53 B 54 D 55 D 56 B 57 C 58 C 59 B
60 A 61 D 62D 63B 64 B 65 C
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每題后面有4個選項。請仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
第二篇 Benefits of Educating Girl
The benefits of educating girls are numerous — to individual girls both when they are young and when they become adult women, to their future families, and to society as whole. Education enables women to contribute more fully to the social and economic development of their societies. A girl's education is also an investment in future generations. The more educated a mother is, the more likely are her children — particularly her daughters — to roll and stay in school.
The higher level of education attained by women is strongly associated with lower child death. Experts believe more educated women practice better hygiene and nutrition(營養(yǎng)), use health services more frequently, and survive better. Woman with more schooling tend to be healthier themselves. Perhaps reflecting their improved ability to avoid frequent childbearing (分娩)and to take advantage of available health services during pregnancy(懷孕).
The educational level achieved by women, like family planning services, has the most powerful influence on family size. The impact of education on family size is strongest and most consistent for women who have completed some secondary schooling. Educating girls is three times more likely to lower family size than educating boys. Education appears to affect family size in many ways. More educated women not only want fewer children than their less educated husbands, but also are more likely to use effective contraception(避孕) successfully and to limit their families to the number of children, which contribute to smaller family size.
Family size is ideal and child death rates are lowest, therefore, in countries that combine strong family planning and health programs with high levels of education for women.
31 According to the article, families and the whole society benefit from women's
A work.
B education.
C effort.
D health.
32 According to the article, mother's education has an effect on children's
A personality.
B experience.
C grades in school.
D years of schooling.
33 Lower death rate of children owes to all of the following except women's
A good health.
B frequent visits to health services.
C better utilization of nutrition.
D management of family resources.
34 In what way do women contribute to the small family size according to the text?
A By educating their children.
B By marrying late.
C By supporting the small family.
D By educating their husbands.
35 It can be concluded from the passage that educating girls
A has great influence on boy's growth.
B is helpful to the stability of families.
C can raise women's social status.
D contributes to the development of society.
第二篇 Declining Interest in Developing Foreign Language Skills
Australia's foreign language skills are declining, Voice of America has reported. New figures show that only 13 percent of high school graduates can speak a foreign language. But four decades ago, 40 percent had foreign language skills.
Professor Elise Tipton, from the University of Sydney, says increasingly students do not feel the need to learn another language to boost their career. She believes that Australia's economic boom, which is driven by red-hot demand for its minerals, is helping mask serious deficiencies in its language skills.
Australia does business very successfully in English with most of its trading partners. But as the world's economic power shifts to emerging regions such as Asia, its language gap could soon be exposed. According to the new figures, less than 6.5 percent of high school graduates are proficient in an Asian language. Academics worry that this means Australia will increasingly be isolated from its economically important Asian neighbors. Dilip Dutta, from the economics and business faculty at Sydney University, says language skills can enhance trading opportunities. If Australians want to/fade with Asian countries, it is very important for them to
learn the language that will help them to get closer to the culture.
But students have different opinions about Asian language learning. Pippa McCowage, a 22-year-old Australian student, says many young Australians have a half-hearted approach to foreign languages, and the language curriculum is often weak. "While we're encouraged in high school to learn another language, it's not really apparent to me as a realistic expectation that you will have to speak it," said McCowage. "For example, I learned Japanese in high school, when I went on an exchange in Year 10, I found that the Japanese students of my age had a much greater proficiency in English than I did in Japanese. So in that sense, it almost discourages you.
At present, about 70 percent of Australia's major exports go to Asia and the Australian government has been keen on developing closer economic and diplomatic ties with Asia. Academics say that, as Asia becomes one of the world's economic powerhouses, Australia needs to improve its language skills if it is to take full advantage of the business opportunities on its doorstep.
36. How much percent of high school graduates were proficient in foreign languages forty years ago?
A) 70.
B) 13.
C) 40.
D) 6.5.
37. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?
A) Australia has rich deposits of minerals.
B ) Australia is essentially a self-sufficient country.
C) Australia has no intention to trade with Asian countries.
D ) Australian students are not required to leam a foreign language.
38. What does Dilip Dutta think language skills can do?
A) Improve your relation with your partner.
B) Help settle international conflicts.
C) Remove barriers in negotiations.
D) Increase trading opportunities.
39. Why has the Australian government been keenly interested in strengthening ties with Asia?
A) Because Asia is where Australia is located.
B) Because Asia is where Australia's major exports go.
C ) Because Asia is where Australians go and spend their holidays.
D ) Because Asia is where Australia can play a big role in international affairs.
40. The word faculty in paragraph 3 can be replaced by
A) college.
B) institute.
C) university.
D) department
第三篇 Pool Watch
Swimmers can drown in busy swimming pools when lifeguards fail to notice that they are in trouble. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that on average 15 people drown in British pools each year, but many more suffer major injury after getting into difficulties. Now a French company has developed an artificial intelligence system called Poseidon that sounds the alarm when it sees someone in danger of drowning.
When a swimmer sinks towards the bottom of the pool, the new system sends an alarm signal to a poolside monitoring station and a lifeguard’s paper. In trials at a pool in Ancenis, near Nantes, it saved a life within just a few months, says Alistair MeQuade, a spokesman for its maker, Poseidon Technologies.
Poseidon keeps watch through a network of underwater and overheard video cameras. AI software analyses the images to work out swimmers trajectories. To do this reliably, it has to tell the difference between a swimmer and the shadow of someone being cast onto the bottom or side of the pool. “The underwater environment is a very dynamic one, with many shadows and reflections dancing around.” Says McQuade.
The software does this by “projecting” a shape in its field of view onto an image of the far wall of the pool. It does the same with an image from another camera viewing the shape from a different angle. If the two projections are in the same position, the shape is identified as a shadow and is ignored. But if they are different, the shape is a swimmer and so the system follows its trajectory.
To pick out potential drowning victims, anyone in the water who starts to descend slowly is added to the software’s “pre-alert” list, says McQuade. Swimmers who then stay immobile on the pool bottom for 5 seconds or more are considered in danger of drowning. Poseidon double-checks that the image really is of a swimmer, not a shadow, by seeing whether it obscures the pool’s floor texture when viewed from overhead. If so, it alerts the lifeguard, showing the swimmer’s location on a poolside screen.
The first full-scale Poseidon system will be officially opened next week at a pool in High Wycombe. Buckinghamshire. One man who is impressed with the idea is Travor Baylis, inventor of the clockwork radio. Baylis runs a company that installs swimming pools—and he was once an underwater escapologist with a circus. “I say full marks to them if this works and can save lives,” he says. But he adds that any local authority spending £30,000-plus on a Poseidon system ought to be investing similar amounts in teaching children to swim.
41. AI means the same as
A. an image. B. an idea.
C. anyone in the water. D. artificial intelligence.
42. What is required of AI software to save a life?
A. It must be able to swim.
B. It must keep walking round the pool.
C. It can distinguish between a swimmer and a shadow.
D. It can save a life within a few months.
43. How does Poseidon save a life?
A. He plunges into the pool. B. It alerts the lifeguard.
C. He cries for help. D. It rushes to the pool.
44. Which of the following statements about Trevor baylis is NOT true?
A. He runs.
B. He invented the clockwork radio.
C. He was once an entertainer.
D. He runs a company.
45. The word “considered” in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by
A. “thought”. B. “rated”. C. “regarded”. D. “believed”.
第5部分：補全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
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Home Schooling
All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law does not say they have to be educated at school. A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. 46 There are about 300, 000 home-schoolers in the United States today. Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they do not believe that public schools teach the correct religious values;others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. 47
David Guterson and his wife teach their three children at home. Guterson says that his children learn very differently from children in school. 48 For example, when there is heavy snowfall on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading about climate, snow removal(去除)equipment, Alaska, polar bears(北極熊), and winter tourism. A spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space program. 49
Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools, but critics say that home-schoolers are outsiders who might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. 50 However, most parents don't have the time or the desire to teach their children at home, so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education.
A Interestingly, results show that home-schooled children quite often do better than average on national tests in reading and math.
B Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children.
C Learning starts with the children's parentsinterests and questions.
D Children who are educated at home are known as “home-schoolers”.
E In some countries, however, children are educated by their parents.
F If the Brazilian rain forests are on the TV news, it could be a perfect time to talk about how rain forests influence the climate, and how deserts are formed.
第6部分：完形填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
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New Ideas
Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson is trying to drive carbon dioxide underground to 51 its release into the air.
Over the next two years, a team of scientists will try to 52 carbon dioxide-charged water into the rock underground. Scientist theory says this should work. The CO2 will react with the rock to form a stable mineral that remains in the 53 for millions of years.
If the experiment succeeds, Iceland could give the world a new 54 to reduce CO2 emissions.
Sigurdur Gislason, a university professor in Iceland, says his country has an 55 over other countries: "We have enormous amounts of clean 56 and a small society. You can do experiments here that you can't do anywhere else."
In an attempt to cut back on the use of air conditioners during summer, the Japanese government in 2005 57 a campaign to keep office temperatures at 28℃ degrees in summer. Men were also encouraged to change business suits for 58 wear. In other words, no more ties.
"The 59 is meant to show the government's resolve to achieve Japan's target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 6 percent," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda.
The 60 has cut an estimated 79,000 tons of carbon dioxide gas emissions each year.
As the country's 2005 Energy Policy Act 61 into force this year, more Americans will be encouraged to use 62 cars and energy sources.
According to the new law, those who buy hybrid cars such as the Toyota Prius can earn tax credits; or rebates, of 63 to $2,600 a year. Homemakers can also save when they renovate, claiming tax rebates 64 up to $500 simply by fitting their homes with energy-saving insulation. If they.--65-- in solar water heating, the payoff at tax time is equal to 30 percent of the appliance's cost or a maximum of $2,000.
51 A) reduce B) narrow C) interrupt D) interfere
52 A) spread B) splash C) inject D) flow
53 A) air B) rock C) water D) soil
54 A) era B) period C) page D) way
55 A) merit B) benefit C) profit D) advantage
56 A) oil B) energy C) gas D) solar-power
57 A) mounted B) called C) opened D) held
58 A) decent B) formal C) casual D) fashionable
59 A) pledge B) move C) promise D) statement
60 A) campaign B) war C) activity D) move
61 A) makes B) takes C) bring D) comes
62 A) fast B) cheap C) expensive D) environment-friendly
63 A) under B) up C) on D) from
64 A) putting B) worth C) building D) buying
65 A) spend B) give C) invest D) donate
全國專業(yè)技術(shù)人員職稱英語等級考試綜合類（B級）模擬試題(一)參考答案
1 A 2 B 3 D 4 A5 C 6 A 7 B 8 D9 B 10 C 11 A 12 D13 B14 D 15 C
16 C 17 A 18 B 19 B 20 A 21 A 22 C 23 D 24 C 25 B 26 A 27 B 28 A 29 D 30 F
31 B 32 D 33 D 34 C 35 D 36 C 37 A 38 D 39 B 40 D 41 D 42 C 43 B 44 A 45 B
46 D 47 A 48 C49 F 50 B 51 A 52 C 53 B 54 D 55 D 56 B 57 C 58 C 59 B
60 A 61 D 62D 63B 64 B 65 C