2007年度全国职称外语等级考试试卷

英　语

（综合类C级）

　　第1部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）
　　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.At midnight,we were aroused by a knock at the door.

　　ted　　ed　　　　d

　　2.She was awarded a prize for the film.

　　　　ed　　　　ed

　　3.Smoking will be banned in all public places here.

　　den　　d　　ted　　ed

　　4.That guy is intelligeng but a bit dull.

　　e　　l　　　　

　　5.She is a highly successful teacher.

　　　　　　　　tely

　　6.We should not sacrifice environmental protections to foster economic growth.

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　　7.There is a growing gap between the rich and the poor.

　　ct　　n　　　　ntation

　　8.I am very grateful to you for your assistance.

　　l　　l　　l　　ul

　　9.You will be meeting her presently.

　　y　　tly　　　　ly

　　10.Attitudes to mental illness have shifted in recent years.

　　yed　　　　d　　trated

　　11.I have been trying to guit smoking.

　　 up　　 up　　 up　　 up

　　12.Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.

　　　　d　　sed　　d

　　13.The weather is a constant subject of conversation in Britain.

　　on　　m　　　　

　　14.This is not typical of English,but is a feature of the Chinese language.

　　ular　　teristic　　able　　tic

　　15.It is virtually impossible to persuade him to apply for the job.

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　　第2部分：阅读判断（第16~22题，第题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.

Scotland:A Land of Wisdom

　　In the 1740s,the famous French philosopherVoltaire said“We look to Scotland for all our ideas ofcivilization.”That's not a bad advertisement for any country when itcomes to attracting people to search for a first-class education.

　　According to the American author Arthur Herman,theScots invented the modern world itself.He argues that Scottish thinkersand intellectuals worked out many of the most important ideas on whichmodern life depends-everything from the scientific method to marketeconomics.Their ideas did not just spread among intellectuals,but tothose people in business,government and the sciences who actuallyshaped the Western world.

　　It all started during the period that historianscall the Scottish Enlightenment（启蒙运动）,which is usually seen as takingplace between the years 1740 and 1800.Before that,philosophy was mainlyconcemed with religion.For the thinkers of the ScottishEnlightenment,the proper study of humanity was mankind itself.

　　Their reasoning was practical.For the philosopherDavid Hume,humanity was the right subject for philosophy because we canexamine human behavior and so find real evidence of how people thinkand feel.And from that we can make judgments about the societies welive in and make concrete suggestions about how they can beimproved,for universal benefit.

　　Hume's enquiry into the nature of knowledge laidthe foundations for the scientific method-the pursuit of truth throughexperiment.His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh,AdamSmith,famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in whichmankind does business.Trade,he argued,was a form of infrmation.Inpursuing our own interests through trading in markets,we all come tobenefit each other.

　　Smith's idea has dominated modern views ofeconomics.It also has wide applications.He was one of the philosophersto point out that nations can become rich,free and powerful throughpeace,trade and invention.

　　Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a longtime ago,the ideas which evolved at that time stillunderpin（构成……的基础）our theories of human exchange and enquiry.It alsoexists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combinesacademic excellence with orientation（方向）.

　　16.Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　17.According to Arthur Herman,the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　18.Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　19.David Hume was the first philosopher to study mankind.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　20.Smith's idea has extensive applications.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　21.Our current theories of human exchange andenquiry have nothing to do with the ideas developed during the ScottishEnlightenment.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　22.Smith died in 1800.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　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。

Ceasing to Wear Ties

　　1It's useless.It's dirty.It spreads disease.That'swhy the British Medical Association in the UK recently called forhospital doctors to stop wearing ties.

　　2That leads to another question.Why does anyonewear a tie?Ties serve no purpose.They do not cover any part of yourbody and keep you warm.They always seem to get covered in foodstains.Perhaps that is the purpose of the tie.It lets everyone know what you just ate.

　　3Ties have an odd history.Soldiers from Croatia,inEastern Europe,served as mercenaries（雇佣军）in various conflicts in the17th century.They were identified by brightly colored pieces of silkworn around the neck.Known as cravats（围巾）,these became a popularfashion item in France and evertually evolved into the tie.

　　4It's an interesting story,but it doesn't tell uswhy men want to put useless pieces of cloth or silk around theirnecks.The answer seems to be about identification（身份证明）.In the19th-century Britain,ties were used by universities,militaryregiments（团）,sports clubs,schools and gentleman's clubs.Each tie was ina particular set of colors which identified the wearer as a member ofthat organization.Wearing ties was also the mark of Britain's mostpowerful classes.That made the tie itself a symbol of power andrespect.And that led it to be adopted by a much larger class-thebusiness class.

　　5You cannot wear a tie if you work withmachinery.So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who usedhis brain to make a living,rather than his hands.It showed you wereserious.It showed you were a professional.It meant that everyone whowanted a job in business had to wear one.It was just impossible to takeseriously a man who did not wear a piece of colored silk around hisneck.This is how millions of people came to wear ties across the world.

　　6Is there a future for ties?The signs are notpromising.Many political leaders,including British Prime Minister TonyBlair,now go without ties.

　　23.Paragraph 2　　　　.
　　24.Paragraph 3　　　　.
　　25.Paragraph 4　　　　.
　　26.Paragraph 6　　　　.
　　A　Origin of the tie
　　B　British ties
　　C　Uselessness of the tie
　　D　Old-fashioned ties
　　E　Role of the tie
　　F　Signs of a tieless era

　　27.The British Medical Association suggested that.
　　28.Ties were first worn by the Croatian soldiers.
　　29.People wore different ties in Britain in the 19th century to show that.
　　30.British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a man.
　　A　they were workmen
　　B　they wrere members of different organizations
　　C　hospital doctors stop wearing ties
　　D　who does not always wear a tie
　　E　who served as mercenaries in many conflicts in the 17th  century
　　F　who does not want to live like a king