2005年职称英语等级考试综合类(A级)试题及答案

　　37 why do researchers estimate elephant numbers in an area by counting dung piles?
　　  a  because elephants are difficult to catch
　　  b  because it is not possible to count elephants from a plane．
　　  c  because it is not possible to keep track of elephants．
　　  d  because elephants are shy animals
　　38 piles of dung can’t be relied upon when it comes to estimating elephant numbers because
　　  a they are different in size
　 
　  b they scatter an over the region．
　　  c they are different in decay rate．
　　  d they are different in quality．
　　39 according to plumptre，the region over which a dung—pile census is carried out should be
　　a  small enough
　　b  well protected．
　　c  carefully monitored．
　　d large enough
　　40 the first word“he”in paragraph 6 refers to
　　  a  andrew plumptre
　　  b  katy payne．
　　  c  anthony chifu nchanji．
　　  d the writer of the article．

　　第三篇
　　more than just money
　　  when patricia rochester decided to go back to school after ten years as a staff nurse at
　　toronto western hospital．her employer not only cheered her on．but also paid her tuition and gave her a day off with pay every week to study．throughout her years at the hospital，rochester
　　has also taken workshops on everything from coaching peers to career development——courses
　　that she believes have helped her advance at work．“i’m now head of the mentoring(指导)
　　program for new hires．students and staff nurses．”she says．“there’s a lot of room for personal improvement here．”
　　  perhaps as important，rochester says her employer supports and values her work．‘‘if you put in overtime．”the nurse points out．“you get your meals—they’11 order in pizza or greek food or chinese．”and if staffers feel stiff and stressed from too many hours on the ward．they can call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage(按摩)or even sign up for an eight-week
evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief．if that’s not enough，employees can take
advantage of five family days a year that can be used if the kids come down with the flu or an
aging parent needs ferrying to an important doctor’s appointment and they have access to a
range of perks(好处)such as special rates on hotel rooms，drugstore purchases，and scholarships
for employees’children．
　　  you might wonder how an organization can provide such resources and still survive．but
university health network is one of a number of progressive employers in canada that have
discovered that investing in staff is good business．
　　  if such initiatives help companies cut down on turnover(人员更替)alone，they’re well
worthwhile．says prem benimadhu，a vice—president at the conference board of canada．it costs
　　anywhere frmn$3．300 to rehire support staff，an average$13，300 for technical staff and a
　　whopping(巨资)$43，000 for an executive position，according to one study of conference board members innovative initiatives help companies attract talented employees，cut down on sick days
　　(which cost canadian businesses an estimated$17 billion a year,or an average of$3，550 per
　　employee)and keep employees more interested in their work．with the substantial talent shortage that already exists in canada and the prospect of mass retirement over the next five years—as many as 50 or 60 percent in some sectors—benimadhu says that intelligent employers are putting a renewed focus on the people who work for them．
　　41 when rochester decided to go to school，her employer
　　  a persuaded her to change her mind
　　  b  fired her．
　　  c  cheered her on．
　　  d discouraged her．
　　42which of the following is not mentioned as a way to ease one’s stiffness and stress?
　　a to take an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief．
　　b to call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage．
　　c to use five family days
　　d t0 ask for sick leave
　　43 investment in staff has been motivated
　　  a to attract the public’s attention
　　  b  to reduce staff turnover,
　　  c to solve labor disputes．
　　  d to show off financial resources
　　44  canada has been short of
　　  a talented people．
　　  b timber．
　　  c  flesh water．
　　  d  money．
　　45 in paragraph 2，the phrase“come down with’’could be best replaced by
　　    a  “shake off’
　　    b  “get rid of\'’．
　　    c  “get”．
　　    d  ‘‘cure”．