综合类B级职称英语真题试题
D.celebrity.
【答案】A
33.【题干】Yao Ming had to undergo a series of TCM treatments because_____
【选项】
A.his right foot had been hurting.
B.he wanted to make a more rapid recovery.
C.the surgical operation had been a failure.
D.he couldn't afford all the medical expenses.
【答案】B
34.【题干】Which statement about Yao Ming is NOT true?
【选项】
A.He missed the Athens Olympics.
B.He is an NBA player.
C.He fractured his left foot.
D.He is an international figure.
【答案】A
35.【题干】In general, the Western experts' attitude towards TCM is_____.
【选项】
A.indifferent.
B.positive.
C.negative.
D.doubtful.
【答案】D
第二篇
Ethnic Tensions in Belgium
Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn Rene Magritte (surrealist artist), the saxophone(萨克斯管)and deep-fried potato chips that are somehow called French.
But the story behind this flat, twice-Beijing-size country is of a bad marriage between two nationalities living together that cannot stand each other. With no new government, more than a hundred days after a general election, rumors run wild that the country is about to disappear.
"We are two different nations, an artificial state. With nothing in common except a king, chocolate and beer." Said Filp Dewinter, the leader of the Flemish Bloc, the extreme-right Flemish party.
Radical Flemish separatists like Mr Dewinter want to divide the country horizontally along ethnic and economic lines: to the north. Flanders—where Dutch (known locally as Flemish) is spoken and money is increasingly made; to the south. French-speaking Wallonla, where today old factories dominate the landscape.
The area of present-day Belgium passed to the French in the 18th century. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815. Belgium was given to the kingdom of the Netherlands, from which it gained independence as a separate kingdom of the Netherlands, from which it gained independence as a separate kingdom in 1830.
Since then, it has struggled for cohesion(结合).Anyone who has spoken French in a Flemish city quickly gets a sense of the mutual hostility that is part of daily life there.
But there are reasons Belgium is likely to stay together, at least in the short term.
The economies of the two regions are tightly linked, and separation would be a financial nightmare.
But there is also deep resentment in Flanders that its much healthier economy must subsidize(补贴)the south, where unemployment is double that of the north. French speakers in the south, meanwhile, favor the states quo(现状).
Belgium has made it through previous threats of division. Although some political analysts believe this one is different, there is no panic just now.
"We must not worry too much." said Baudouln Bruggeman, a 55-year-old school-teacher." Belgium has survived on compromise since 1930. You have to remember that this is Magritte's country, the country of surrealism. Anything can happen."
36【题干】Who was Magritte?
A.A French novelist
B.A saxophonist
C.A separatist
D.A surrealist artist
【答案】D
37.【题干】when did Belgium become an independent kingdom?
A.in 1800
B.in 1830
C.in 1815
D.in 1930
【答案】B
38【题干】Which statement about Belgium is NOT true?
A.it is twice as big as Beijing.
B.it has two major ethnic groups.
C.it has gone through quite a few threats of division.
D.it has no government.
【答案】D
39【题干】what does the passage main talk about?
A.Surrealist artists.
B.Belgium's economy.
C.Cultural clashes in Belgium.
D.Music in Belgium.
【答案】C
40【题干】The word "stand" in Paragraph 2 means_____.
A.handle
B.meet
C.combine
D.bear
【答案】D
第三篇
Medicine Award Kicks off Nobel Prize Announcements
Two scientists who have won praise for research into the growth of cancer cells could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine when the 2008 winners are presented on Monday, kicking off six days of Nobel announcements.
Australian-born U.S. citizen Elizabeth Blackburn and American Carol Greider have already won a series of medical honors for their enzyme research and experts say they could be among the front-runners for a Nobel.
Only seven women have won the medicine prize since the first Nobel Prizes were handed out in 1901. The last female winner was U.S. researcher Linda Buck in 2004, who shared the prize with Richard Axel.
Among the pair's possible rivals are Frenchman Pierre Chambon and Americans Ronald Evans and El wood Jensen, who opened up the field of studying proteins called nuclear hormone receptors. As usual, the award committee is giving no hints about who is in the running before presenting its decision in a news conference at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
Alfred Nobel, the Swede who invented dynamite, established the prizes in his will in the categories of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace. The economies prize is technically not a Nobel but a 1968 creation of Sweden's central bank.
Nobel left few instructions on how to select winners, but medicine winners are typically awarded for a specific breakthrough rather than a body of research.
Hans Jornvall, secretary of the medicine prize committee, said the 10 million kronor (US $1.3 million) prize encourages groundbreaking research but he did not think winning it was the primary goal for scientists.
"Individual researchers probably don't look at themselves as potential Nobel Prize winners when they're at work," Jornvall told The Associated Press. "They get their kicks from their research and their interest in how life functions."
In 2006, Blackburn, of the University of California, San Francisco, and Greider, of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, shared the Lasker prize for basic medical research with Jack Szostak of Harvard Medical School. Their work set the stage for research suggesting that cancer cells use telomerase to sustain their uncontrolled growth.
36.【题干】Who is most unlikely to win this year's Nobel Prize in medicine?
【选项】
A.Elizabeth Blackburn.
B.Carol Greider.
C.Linda Buck.
D.Pierre Chambon.
【答案】C
37.【题干】Which is NOT true of Alfred Nobel?
【选项】
A.He was from Sweden.
B.He was the inventor of dynamite.
C.He established the prizes in his will.
D.He gave clear instructions on how to select winners.
【答案】D
38.【题干】Originally the Nobel Prizes did not include?
【选项】
A.The medicine prize.
B.The literature prize.
C.The peace prize.
D.The economics prize.
【答案】D
39.【题干】The word "kicks" in line 6 from the bottom probably means_____
【选项】
A.excitement.
B.income.
C.motivation.
D.knowledge.
【答案】A
40.【题干】Telomerase may play a key role in_____
【选项】
A.the unchecked growth of cancer cells.
B.the killing of cancer cells.
C.the division of cancer cells.
D.the transmission of viruses.
【答案】A
完形填空
Cultural Differences
People from different cultures sometimes do things that make each other uncomfortable, sometimes without realizing it. Most Americans have _____(51) Been out of the country and have very_____(52)experience with foreigners. But they are usually spontaneous(由衷的), friendly and open, and enjoy_____(53)new people, having guests and bringing people together formally. They tend to use first names_____(54)most situations and speak freely about themselves. So if your American hosts do something that_____(55)you uncomfortable, try to let them know how you feel. Most people will_____(56)your honesty and try not to make you uncomfortable again. And you'll all _____(57)something about another culture!
Many travelers find_____(58)easier to meet people in the U.S. than in other countries. They may just come up and introduce themselves or even invite you over _____(59)they really know you. Sometimes Americans are said to be superficially(表明上)_____(60). Perhaps it seems so, but they are probably just having a good time. Just like anywhere else, it_____(61)time to become real friends _____(62)people in the U.S..
If and when you_____(63)with American friends, they will probably _____(64)introducing you to their friends and family, and if they seem proud to_____(65)you, it's probably because they are. Relax and enjoy it!