2004年职称英语等级考试综合类(C级)试题及答案

第三篇
Sleepless at Night
  It was a normal summer night．Humidity(湿气)hung in the thick air．
   I couldn’t go to sleep，partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day．My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise．
   Sweat stuck to my aching body．Finally,  gathered enough strength to sit up．I looked out of my small window into the night．There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic light．
   I couldn’t stand the pressure anymore，SO I did what I always do to make myself feel better．I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste．I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow．Back and forth，up and down．
  Then I  walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement，some life．Gladiator, my cat,  frightened me as he meowed(喵喵地唱出)his sad song．He was on t11e old orange couch(长沙发)，sitting up on his front legs，waiting for something to happen．He looked at me as if to say I“I’m lonely, pet me．I need a good hug(紧抱)．”Even the couch begged me to sit on it．
  In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch．This couch represented my parents’marriage，my birth，and hundreds of other little events．
  As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily．My mind was flooded with questions：What’s life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator’s body，I had a new thought；each touch sang a different song．
  I forgot all about the heat and the next day’s surprise．The atmosphere was SO full of warmth and silence that I sank into its alms．Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms，I felt all my worries slowly move away．
1 The author of the passage could not go to sleep partly because
A  it was too cold．
B it was too dry．
C he had a cold．
D  he had a fever
2 What was the weather like that night?
A It was chilly．
B It was windy．
C It was fine．
D It was cloudy．
3 The author brushed his teeth over and over
A to relieve himself of the pressure．
B to ease his toothache．
C to shake off the cold．
D to remove the dirt．
4 Gladiator was the name of
A a movie．
B a pet．
C a couch．
D a song．
5 What did the “couch” represent?
A A new thought．
B Different songs．
C A comfortable life．
D Happy memories．
第5部分：补全短文  (第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)
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The Joy of Living Alone
More and more Americans are living alone．Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner．——(46)According to a recent U．S．census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U．S．are made up of just one person．This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago．
The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely．——(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone．They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family．
   It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone．As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one．Person household．——(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often．
   The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it．“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others．’’David C’Debaca， agrees． (49)
 Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please．
(50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a
chance more and more Americans are taking.

A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays
B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone．
C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to．
D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream
E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U．S．are under the age of 35
F He says，“I like being by myself．”

第6部分：完形填空  (第5l~65题，每题1分，共15分)
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Migrant(移民的)Workers
In the past twenty years，there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from
one country to another．While some countries have restricted most         (51)to local
people，others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers．This is particularly the case in the Middle East，        (52)increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in
outsiders to improve local facilities．Thus the Middle East has attracted oil．workers      
(53)the U．S．A．and Europe．It has brought in workers from many countries,      
(54) South Korea and Japan．
In view of the difficult living and working        (55)in the Middle East，it is not
surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers．Many engineers and technicians call       (56)at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they Can in their own
country, and this is a major       (57)．
     Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating(补偿的)advantage．For example，the      
(58)living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to
        (59)on each other for safety and comfort．In a similar way, many migrant workers
Can save large sums of money partly because of the       (60)of entertainment facilities．
The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely       (61) I greater
challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do routine work in their home country．
 One major problem which       (62) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their
jobs are temporary ones．They are nearly always on        (63)，so it is not easy for them
to plan ahead with great confidence．This is to be        (64) since no country welcomes a
large number of foreign workers as permanent residents．In any       (65),migrant workers accept this disadvantage，along with others，because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive．

51   A  cases          B   jobs          C   activities          D   uses
52   A  which          B   what          C   who                 D   where
53   A  from           B   with          C   in                  D   of
54   A  opposing       B   limiting      C   including           D   asking
55   A  parts           B   conditions      C   methods           D   clothes
56   A  earn            B   borrow          C   change            D   cost
57   A  role            B   difficulty      C   event             D   attraction
58   A  necessary       B   normal          C   difficult         D   good
59   A  depend          B   look            C   base              D   go
60   A  range           B   lack            C   lot               D   number
61   A  presents        B   accepts         C   takes             D   meets
62   A  invites         B   affects         C   needs             D   reflects
63   A  investment      B   strike          C   contract          D   duty
64   A  suggested       B   reported        C   indicated         D   expected
65   A  time            B   attempt         C   way               D   case

满分100分，其中：
1一15每题1分；
16—30每题1分0
3l--45每题3分0
4缸_50每题2分；
51--65每题1分。
2004年职称英语等级考试
综合类(C级)答案
1.A    2.B    3.C    4.D     5.D
6.C    7.B    8.A    9.B    10.C
11.   12.C   13.B   14.A   15.B

16.B   17.A   18.A   19.C   20.A   21.C   22.A

23.F    24.B     25.E     26.C    
27.D    28.E     29.C     30.A

31.D    32.A     33.C     34.C      35.A
36.B    37.D     38.A     39.D      40.D
41.C    42.C     43.A     44.B      45.D

46.C    47.E     48.B     49.F      50.D

51.B    52.D     53.A     54.C      55.B
56.A    57.D     58.C     59.A      60.B
61.A    62.B     63.C     64.D      65.D