在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Which word would you use to describe the author’s tone in this passage
A．Supportive
B．Objective
C．Critical
D．Indifferent

【单选题】Man: Let’s see if the basketball has started yet.
Woman: Started It must be clear who is winning by now.
Question: What does the woman mean
A、The same team always wins.
B、The game began some time ago.
C、They had better see who is winning.
D、Now is a good time to start playing.

【单选题】Most of our fears are unreasonable, but we find ______.
A．it impossible to erase them
B．that they can not erase
C．them to erase impossible
D．erasing them impossible

【单选题】Experiments in the photography of moving objects ______ in both the United States and Europe well before 1990.
A．have been conducting
B．were conducting
C．had been conducted
D．are conducted

【单选题】The Warranty Holdings Group, aEuropean leader in mechanical breakdown insurance and a researcher and commentator on trends in motoring, says that the motorists’ world 20 years from now will be marked by more cars, more choice and more technology.Built-in safety features will increase and will include night-vision and collision-avoidance system, and monitoring devices to stop drivers falling asleep at the wheel.
A、growth in tele-working and home shopping should cut the numbers of trips in a car made by most motorists and "fun" sports cars will become popular as private motoring becomes more recreational in nature.
The survey results show that despite years of research into alternative fuel sources for vehicles, no clear winner has emerged for a replacement for the conventional petrol-engined car. Gas and electricity are the best possibilities, with Toyota’s design division in Japan claiming it already has an electric car that will drive up to 250km on a single charge.
However, while electric and "hybrid" powered vehicles will be far more in evidence in the future, it will take a major technological breakthrough to steer the car industry away from its current path of gradual improvements to the petrol-driven internal combustion engine.
Professor Garel Rhys, of theCardiffBusiness School in Wales, says engine fuel injection systems of the future will be far more frugal than anything that exists at the moment. "It will be like putting a pipette of petrol into the cylinders, rather than just throwing it in by the bucket load, which is almost what we do at the moment when you compare it with what could be possible. "
Some environmentalists point to the Twingo, the small car developed by France’s Renault company, to show that what could be achieved by the world’s car industry if it moved away from a trend towards bigger and more powerful cars and radically cut the fuel consumption of its products. Public opinion polls in many countries show motorists wanting access to this kind of environmentally-aware car.
A、prototype environmental car, the SmILE、(smaller, intelligent, lighten. efficient) has been put together by the environmental group Greenpeace. The group hopes the concept will catch on. It depends heavily on supercharging or forcing fuel mixture into the cylinders at higher than normal pressure. Some experts say this is a good way to extract high performance and high fuel efficiency from small engines.
Cutting the fuel consumption has had no negative effect on the handling or performance of the car, according to the designers. Top speed, flexibility and acceleration from the engine is as good or better than the original Twingo. They say the technology used to create the Twingo SmILE、could just as easily be used on other brands of car.
What remains to be seen is whether the enthusiasm of environmental designers catches on with the dollar-driven international car industry, and whether motorists back up with their chequebooks their desire for "greener" cars.
This passage can be best entitled ______.
A、New Trends inCar Industry
B、EnvironmentalCar under Scrutiny
C、The Future ofCar Industry
D、GreenCars: Is It Possible

【单选题】

Customs oFFiCErs At A lonDon Airport yEstErDAy FounD $ 500 000 worth oF Drugs whiCh wErE BEing smugglED intoBritAin in BoxEs mArkED "urgEnt mEDiCAl suppliEs. " thE{{u}} (51) {{/u}}might hAvE suspECtED For somE timE thAt thE Drugs wErE BEing Brought into thE Country in this wAy. thE{{u}} (52) {{/u}}is BEliEvED to BE thE work oF A wEll-orgAnizED intErnAtionAl group. Four mEn wErE ArrEstED At thE Airport AnD hElD For quEstioning, {{u}} (53) {{/u}}it is unlikEly thAt thEy ArE orgAnizErs. in FACt, thEy DEClArED thAt thEy wErE{{u}} (54) {{/u}}oF whAt thE BoxEs ContAinED AnD hAD ACtED in gooD FAith in Bringing{{u}} (55) {{/u}}intoBritAin. this is thE thirD timE in six months thAt AttEmpts hAvE BEEn mADE to smugglE{{u}} (56) {{/u}}gooDs throughCustoms By DEClAring thEm to BE mEDiCAl suppliEs. thEy ArE FrEquEntly{{u}} (57) {{/u}}in spECiAl ContAinErs AnD A wArning is givEn thAt thEy mAy BE{{u}} (58) {{/u}}iF thEy ArE not hAnDlED with CArE. thEy ArE DEtErminED to put A{{u}} (59) {{/u}}to this prACtiCE, sAiD onE oF thECustoms oFFiCErs toDAy. {{u}} (60) {{/u}} is no wAy thEsE pEoplE ArE going to gEt AwAy with this Any lon- gEr. wE hAvE thE Full CoopErAtion oF thE intErnAtionAl poliCE who ArE As Anxious As wE ArE to trACk Down thE mAin sourCE oF supply.

A．unConsCious
B．unAwArE
C．unFAmiliAr
D．unknown

【单选题】
{{B}}pAssAgE onE{{/B}}

DEspitE muCh loosE tAlk ABout thE nEw gloBAl EConomy, toDAy’s intErnAtionAl EConomiC intEgrAtion is not unprECEDEntED、thE 50 yEArs BEForE thE First worlD wAr sAw lArgE Cross-BorDEr Flows oF gooDs, CApitAl AnD pEoplE. thAt pErioD oF gloBAlizAtion, likE thE prEsEnt onE, wAs DrivEn By rEDuCtions in trADE BArriErs AnD By shArp FAlls in trAnsport Costs, thAnks to thE DEvElopmEnt oF rAilwAys AnD stEAmships. thE prEsEnt surgE oF gloBAlizAtion is in A wAy, A rEsumption (恢复) oF thAt prEvious trEnD、thE EArliEr AttEmpt At gloBAlizAtion EnDED ABruptly with thE First worlD wAr, AFtEr whiCh thE worlD movED into A pErioD oF FiErCE trADE protECtionism AnD tight rEstriCtions on CApitAl movEmEnt.During thE EArly 1930s,AmEriCA shArply inCrEAsED its tAriFFs, AnD othEr CountriEs rEtAliAtED (报复), mAking thE grEAtDEprEssion EvEn grEAtEr. thE volumE oF worlD trADE FEll shArply. intErnAtionAl CApitAl Flows virtuAlly DriED up in thE intErwAr pErioD As govErnmEnts imposED Controls to try to insulAtE (隔离) thEir EConomiEs From thE impACt oF A gloBAl slump. CApitAl Controls wErE mAintAinED AFtEr thE sEConD worlD wAr, As thE viCtors DECiDED to kEEp thEir ExChAngE rAtEs FixED on ArrAngEmEnt known As thEBrEtton wooDs systEm, nAmED AFtEr thEAmEriCAn town in whiCh it wAs ApprovED、But thE Big EConomiC powErs Also AgrEED thAt rEDuCing trADE BArriErs wAs vitAl to rECovEry. thEy sEt up thE gEnErAlAgrEEmEnt on tAriFFs AnD trADE (gAtt), whiCh orgAnizED A sEriEs oF nEgotiAtions thAt grADuAlly rEDuCED import tAriFFs. gAtt wAs rEplACED By thE worlD trADE orgAnizAtion (wto) in 1995. trADE FlourishED、 in thE EArly 1970s, thEBrEtton wooDs systEm CollApsED AnD CurrEnCiEs wErE AllowED to FloAt AgAinst onE AnothEr At whAtEvEr rAtEs thE mArkEts sEt. this signAlED thE rEBirth oF gloBAl CApitAl mArkEt.AmEriCA AnD gErmAny quiCkly stoppED trying to Control thE inFlow AnD outFlow oF CApitAl,BritAin ABolishED CApitAl Controls in 1979 AnD jApAn (mostly) in 1980. this is pArt oF thE rEAson why ContinEntAlEuropEAns tEnD to worry morE ABout thE powEr oF gloBAl CApitAl mArkEts.AmEriCA hAs BEEn ExposED to thEm For muCh longEr. two ForCEs hAvE BEEn Driving thEsE inCrEAsED Flows oF gooDs AnD monEy. thE First is tEChnology. with thE Costs oF CommuniCAtion AnD Computing FAlling rApiDly, thE nAturAl BArriErs oF timE AnD spACE thAt sEpArAtE nAtionAl mArkEts hAvE BEEn FAlling too. thE sEConD Driving ForCE hAs BEEn liBErAlizAtion.As A rEsult oF Both thE gAtt nEgotiAtions AnD unilAtErAl (单方面的，单边的) DECisions, Almost All CountriEs hAvE lowErED BArriErs to ForEign trADE. most CountriEs hAvE wElComED intErnAtionAl CApitAl As wEll.

thE gloBAl CApitAl mArkEt DiDn’t Flourish until ______ .A．thEBrEtton wooDs systEm wAs EstABlishED
B．thEBrEtton wooDs systEm CollApsED
C．gAtt wAs sEt up to rEDuCE import tAriFFs
D．gAtt wAs rEplACED By wto

【单选题】There are many kinds of synthetic materials, ______ plastics are the most common.
A、between which
B、of which
C、in which
D、among which

【单选题】{{B}}pAssAgE thrEE{{/B}}

A、ChAin oF shops inEAst yorkshirE,EnglAnD hAs BEEn tolD thAt it woulD BE A CriminAl oFFEnCE to sEll thousAnDs oF tuBEs oF toothpAstE mADE By A lEADing FrEnCh mAnuFACturEr simply BECAusE thE smAll print giving thE Firm importing it DoEs not inCluDE thE lEttErs "uk". unDEr CosmEtiCs rEgulAtions implEmEnting 25 sEpArAtEEuropEAn union instruCtions, unlEss thE ADDrEss is lonDon, whiCh is "A mAjor City", thE lEttErs uk must BE ADDED、thE suppliErs rEsponsE, whEn gorDon roDgErs’sA2z ChAin AskED thEm to tAkE BACk thE toothpAstE, wAs thAt this woulD posE no proBlEm, BECAusE trADing stAnDArDs oFFiCiAls ElsEwhErE inBritAin Do not BothEr ABout suCh FAult-FinDing to A vEry minutE DEtAil. A2z, whiCh sElls A rAngE oF morE thAn 10 000 housEholD itEms From its 14 DisCount storEs in hull AnDEAst yorkshirE, First stumBlED into thEsE mystErious rEquirEmEnts oF CosmEtiC lABElling whEn summonED ByEAst yorkshirE trADing stAnDArDs oFFiCiAls on A CriminAl ChArgE oF sElling tuBEs oF thE sAmE BrAnD oF toothpAstE, mEntADEnt, DEsignED For thE southAFriCAn mArkEt. thEsE CArriED thE nAmE oF A gErmAn DistriButor But no uk suppliEr. thE CounCil hAD no ComplAint ABout thE toothpAstE itsElF. it is Common AnD lEgAl prACtiCE For supErmArkEts AnD DisCount storEs to Buy up A wiDE rAngE oF BrAnDED proDuCts pACkAgED By lEADingEuropEAn AnDAmEriCAn mAnuFACturErs For non-Eu mArkEts. thEsE CAn thEn BE solD At priCEs lowEr thAn thosE rECommEnDED For iDEntiCAl proDuCts inEuropE, whiCh ArE only morE ExpEnsivE BECAusEEu ConsumErs CAn supposEDly AFForD to pAy morE. CounCil oFFiCiAls wErE quiCk to point out thAt thEy support thE ContriBution this grAy EConomy mAkEs to "hEAlthy CompEtition". thE only proBlEm wAs thAt importErs’ DEtAils must BE givEn By thE rEgulAtion FormulA、For A mAjor City suCh As lonDon only A postCoDE is nECEssAry, But For othEr CitiEs AnD towns thE lEttErs uk must BE ADDED、 whEnA2z AskED how it wAs ExpECtED to ExAminE thE smAll print on thE lABElling oF EACh oF 10 000 proDuCts it CArriEs,EAst yorkshirE rEpliED thAt it wAs up to thE Firm to improvE thE quAlity oF thEir inspECtion proCEDurEs.A2z thEn suppliED thE CounCil thrEE wEEks running with ExAmplEs oF similAr proDuCts CArrying "illEgAl lABElling", Bought From mAjor supErmArkEts in thE sAmE ArEA, Asking why thEsE lArgE Firms wErE not Also prosECutED、thE CounCil sAiD it "DiD not hAvE thE rEsourCEs" to ChAsE up EvEry CAsE oF illEgAlity, to whiCh mr. roDgErs rEsponDED thAt hE "DiD not hAvE thE rEsourCEs" to improvE thE quAlity oF thEir inspECtion proCEDurEs, whiCh thE CounCil wAs Asking oF him. lAst wEEk his Firm’s CAsE wAs ADjournED、

whAt wAs wrong with thE toothpAstE thAtA2z BoughtA．wrong proDuCt nAmE.
B．mislEADing DEsCription.
C．DistriButor’s nAmE not inCluDED in thE smAll print.
D．suppliEr’s nAmE not givEn in DEtAil or not inCluDED、

【单选题】人类历史上最早专门论述教育问题的著作是我国的
A．《学记》
B、《大学》
C、《论语》
D、《中庸》