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2017年职称英语考试真题及解析

1．Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality．

A)demand B)rely on C)prepare for D)create

rely on：依靠。We have to rely

I have been preparing

1．A insist on：坚持。与demand(要求；强求)意思比较接近。The Labour Party has demanded

an explanation from the government．工党已要求政府作出解释。

for the final exam．我一直在准备期末考试。

on him for the tickets．我们不得不靠他搞票。prepare for：为,,做准备。

interest in England．他的作品在英格兰引起很大关注。

2．Since the Great Depression，the United States government has protected farmers from damaging

drops in grain prices.

A)slight B)surprising C)sudden D)harmful

harmful(有害的)意思相近。The rays of the sun，in excess，

slight：少量的。He has a slight German

2．D damaging：有损害的。与

accent．他有一点德国口音。

create：产生；创建。His work created enormous

can be very harmful．过量的阳光可能会非常有害。

answer this question．小女孩能回答这个问题，

surprising：令人吃惊的。It was surprising that the little girl could

令人吃惊。sudden：突然的。There was a sudden

drop in the temperature last night．昨夜气温突然下降。

3．Cement was seldom used in building during the Middle Ages.

A)crudely B)rarely C)originally D)symbolically

3．B seldom：很少；不常。与rarely(难得；不常)意思相近。I rarely get up early on Sundays．星

期天我很少早起。crudely：粗糙地；粗野地。Everyone was dressed in crudely sewn shorts and

shirts．人人都穿着缝制得很粗糙的短裤和衬衫。originally：原来；创造性地。I stayed longer

symbolically：象征性地：The than I had originally planned．我逗留的时问比原来计划的要长。

park was decorated symbolically.公园只是象征性地装点了一下

4 Nerve signals may travel through nerve or muscle fibers at speeds as high as two hundred miles

per hour.

A)velocities B)impulses C)ratios D)atrocities

impulse：冲动。0n impulse，I went into the

30比1。

4．A speed：速度。与velocity(速度；快速)的意思相近。Scientists spent years studying the

velocity of light．科学家们花了许多年研究光速。

shop and bought this expensive watch．在一时冲动下，我走进商店，买下了这块昂贵的手表。

ratio：比，比率。The ratio of pupils to teachers is 30 to 1．学生与教师之间的比例是

atrocity：暴行。They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities

蛮、最不人道的暴行。

5．The poet William Carlos Williams was a New Jersey physician．

A)doctor

居民。

B)professor C)physicist D)resident

5．A physician：内科大夫。doctor：大夫。professor：教授。physicist：物理学家。resident：

．他们犯有最野

6．Medicine depends on other fields for basic information，particularly some of their specialized

branches．

A)conventionally B)obviously C)especially D)inevitably

People in the

6．C particularly和especially意思近似，表示“特别，尤其”。I like the country，especially

in spring．尤其是春天，我特别喜欢农村。conventionally：传统地，常规地。

countryside still wear their hair short and dress conventionally．乡下人仍然留短发，穿传统的服

装。obviously：明显地。inevitably：不可避免地。

7．We shall take the treasure away to a safe place．

A)clean B)pretty C)distant D)secure

7．D safe和secure意思相近：安全的。She believes that her position is quite secure．她相信

她的岗位是相当稳固的。clean：干净的。pretty：漂亮的。distant：远处的

8．An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service，a branch of the

Department of State．

A)a unity B)a division C)all embassy D)an invasion

8．B branch和division意思相近：分支，分支机构。He’s in charge of the State Department’

s African Affairs Division．他管国务院(美国)非洲事务部。unity：整体，联合。embassy：使

馆。invasion：入侵，侵略。

9．The child’s abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor．

A)bad B)frightening C)repeated D)unusual

Smoking is certainly bad for your health．抽烟有害

repeated：重复性的。

．尽管不断给约翰送去催

9．D abnormal：不正常的。unusual：不平常的。He is a scholar of unusual ability．他是个

有非凡才能的学者。bad：坏的，不好的。

你的健康。frightening：令人害怕的。It was a very frightening experience but every one of us was

courageous．这是一个令人害怕的经历，不过，我们每个人都很勇敢。

John apparently did not return the money, despite repeated reminders

单，显然他还没有还钱

l0．There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country．

A)a steady B)a plentiful C)an extra D)a meager

plentiful：丰富的。Fish is plentiful in the lake．湖中有10．B abundant：大量的，丰富的。

大量的鱼。steady：平稳的，持续的。A student doesn’t have a steady income．学生没有固定

收入。extra：额外的。You’11 get extra pay for extra work．额外的工作，我们付额外的报酬。

meager：很少，不足。Their food supply is meager．他们食品供应短缺

11．In order to improve our standard of living，we have to accelerate production.

A)step up B)decrease C)stop D)control

安全工作正在加快。decrease：降低。Population

11．A accelerate：加快。step up：加快。Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase

in violence．为了对付日益增长的暴力事件，

stopped three times．她的心脏三次停止跳动。

growth is decreasing by l.4％each year．人口正以每年1.4％的速度下降。stop：停止。Her heart

control：控制。The federal government tried to

control rising health-care cost.联邦政府试图控制日益增长的医疗费用。

12．Gas does accumulate in the mines around here．

A)increase B)spread C)collect D)grow

12．C accumulate：积累，积聚。collect：收集；积聚。Dust collected on the furniture．家

具上积了灰尘。increase：增加。Japan’s industrial production increased by 20％last year.去年

日本工业生产增长了20％。spread：展开：蔓延。Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck

火势迅速蔓延。grow：增长，长满。The path grew exploded．一辆装载化学物品的卡车爆炸后，

with weeds．小径长满了野草。

13．Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments.

A)assign B)persuade C)ask D)order

persuade：劝说。They were eventually persuaded by the police

ask：请求。We asked her to

13．A allocate：分配；分派。assign：分配；指派。The company commander assigned me to

stand guard．连长派我去站岗。

to give themselves up．警察最终成功地说服了他们去投案自首。

sing．我们请求她唱歌。order：命令。The police ordered them to wait right there．警察命令他

们就在那儿等着。

14．Her behavior is extremely childish．

A)simple B)immature C)beautiful D)foolish

14．B childish：幼稚的。immature：不成熟的。She is emotionally immature．她在情感上

尚不成熟。simple：简单的。He lives a very simple life for a man who has become incredibly rich.

对于一个已经令人难以置信的富裕的人来说，他的生活是极其简单的。beautiful：美丽。She

is a very beautiful woman.她是一个非常美丽的女人。

it．在这件事上她很傻。注意该句和下句的区别：

foolish：傻。She is being very foolish about

She is very foolish．她很傻。用一般现在时，

说明傻是她的特征；用现在进行体，说明她在某个具体事情上犯傻，傻并非她的本质。

15．We also want to use the water to irrigate barren desert land．

A)hairless B)bare C)empty D)bald

hairless：没有毛

15．B barren：贫瘠。bare：赤裸的，光秃的。That probably is the most bare and inhospitable

island I’ve ever seen．那可能是我见过的最荒凉的、最不宜居住的岛屿了。

is bare and empty．房间空荡荡的。

发的。His body is smooth and hairless．他的躯体光溜溜的，并且不长毛。empty：空。The room

bald：秃的。She is going bald．她日渐秃顶。