2014年职称英语考试综合类B级真题及答案

　　2014年职称英语等级考试真题（综合类B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个词或者短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

　　1．Afterwards there was just a feeling of let down．

　　A．excitement B．anger C．calm D．disappointment

　　2．The committee was asked to render a report on the housing situation．

　　A．copy B．furnish C．publish D．summarize

　　3．The curriculum was too narrow and too rigid．

　　A．hidden B．inflexible C．traditional D．official

　　4．Heled a very moral life．

　　A．honorable B．human C．intelligent D．natural

　　5．The majority of people around here are decent．

　　A．real B．honest C．normal D．wealthy

　　6．His knowledge of French is fair．

　　A．very useful B．verylimited C．quite good D．rather special

　　7．The group does not advocate the use of violence．

　　A．limit B．regulate C．support D．oppose

　　8．The worst agonies of the war were now beginning．

　　A．pains B．parts C．aspects D．results

　　9．Itwas a magic night until the spell was broken．

　　A．time B．charm C．space D．opportunity

　　10．They are trying to identify what is wrong with the present system．

　　A．prove B．discover C．consider D．imagine

　　11．Several windows had been smashed．

　　A．cleaned B．replaced C．broken D．fixed

　　12．She felt that she had done her good deed for the day．

　　A．homework B．act C．justice D．model

　　13．London quickly became a flourishing port．

　　A．major B．large C．successful D．commercial

　　14．His professional career spanned 16 years．

　　A．started B．changed C．moved D．lasted

　　15．His stomach felt hollow with fear．

　　A．empty B．sincere C．respectful D．terrible

　　第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题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。

　　 TheMost Wonderful Islands

　　由于暂时找不到文章，欢迎大家提供原题，谢谢！

　　迪拜的人造棕榈岛

　　The Palm Islands are the largest artificialislands in the world and are under construction in Dubai, in the United ArabEmirates

　　

　　16．Some Dutch engineers are experienced in reclaiming land from the sea．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　17．The islands are being built in the deep water of the sea．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　18．Rocks for building the breakwater were taken from the World of Islands．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　19．All the luxury homes on Palm Jurneriah were sold．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　20．The water theme park in Jebel Ali will attract more tourists．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　21．The Palm Deria will be the same size as Paris．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　22．The World Islands are bigger than the Palm Jurneriah．

　　A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned

　　第3部分：概括大意和完成句子（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个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；（2）第27 ~ 30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。

　　 TheStoryteller

　　1． Steven Spielberg has always had one goal: totell as many great stories to as many people as will listen．And thats what hehas always been about．The son of a computer scientist and a pianist, Spielbergspent his early childhood in New Jersey and, later, Arizona．From the verybeginning, his fertile imagination filled his young mind with images that wouldlater inspire his filmmaking．

　　2．Even decades later, Spielberg says he has clearmemories of his earliest years, which are the origins of some of his biggesthits．He believes that E．T．is the result of the difficult years leading up tohis parents 1966 divorce, It is really about a young boy who was in search ofsome stability in his life．He was scared of just about everything, recalls his mother, LeahAdler．When trees brushed against the house, he would head into my bed．Andthats just the kind of scary stuff he would put in films like Poltergeist．

　　3． Spielberg was 11 when he first got his hands onhis dads movie camera and began shooting short flicks about flying saucers andWorld War battles．Spielbergs talent for scary storytelling enabled him tomake friends．On Boy Scout camping trips, when night fell, Spielberg became thecenter of attention．Steven would start telling his ghost stories, saysRichard Y．Hoffman Jr．, leader of Troop 294, and everyone would suddenly getquiet so that they could all hear it．

　　4． Spielberg moved to California with his fatherand went to high school there, but his grades were so bad that he barely graduated．Both UCLA and USC film schools rejected him, so he entered California StateUniversity at Long Beach because it was close to Hollywood．Spielberg wasdetermined to make movies, and he managed to get an unpaid, non-creditinternship（实习）inHollywood．Soon he was given a contract, and he dropped out of college．Henever looked back．

　　5． Now, many years later, Spielberg is stilltelling stories with as much passion as the kid in the tent．Ask him where hegets his ideas, Spielberg shrugs．The process for me is mostly intuitive (凭直觉的), he says．There are films that I feel I need to make, for a variety ofreasons, for personal reasons, for reasons that I want to have fun, that thesubject matter is cool, that I think my kids will like it．And sometimes I justthink that it will make a lot of money, like the sequel(续集) to Jurassic Park．

　　A．Inspirations for his movies

　　B．The trouble of making movies

　　C．A funny man

　　D．Getting into the movie business

　　E．Telling stories to make friends

　　F．An aim of life

　　23．Paragraph 1___F___

　　24．Paragraph 2____A_____

　　25．Paragraph 3____E_____

　　26．Paragraph 4____D_____

　　A．almost everything

　　B．telling scary stories

　　C．a number of reasons

　　D．making children laugh

　　E．his childhood memories

　　F．a lot of money

　　27．Some of Spielbergs most successful movies came from ____E___

　　28．When Spielberg was a boy, he used to be scared of ____A_____

　　29．Spielberg is very good at _____B____

　　30．Spielberg says he makes movies for ____C____　　

　　第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

　　下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

　　第一篇 Approaches toUnderstanding Intelligences

　　(本次考试理工B阅读其中一篇)

　　31．What is the main idea of this passage?

　　D．How tounderstand intelligence．

　　32．Which of the following statements is true concerning general intelligence?

　　A．People doingwell on one type of intelligence test do well on other tests

　　33．Gardner believes that ______．

　　C．children havedifferent intelligence．

　　34．According to Gardner, schools should ______．

　　A．promotedevelopment of all intelligences．

　　35．Gardner thinks that his theory has a ______．

　　C．biologicalfoundation．

　　第二篇 The Makingof Success Story

　　IKEAis the worlds largest furniture retailer, and the man behind it is IngvarKamprad, one of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs．Born in Sweden in1926, Kamprad was a natural businessman．As a child, he enjoyed selling thingsand made small profits from selling matches, seeds, and pencils in hiscommunity．When Kamprad was 17, his father gave him some money as a reward forhis good grades．Naturally he used it to start up a business一IKEA．

　　IKEAsname comes from Kamprads initials (I．K．) and the place where he grew up (and )．Today IKEA is known for its modern, minimalist furniture1, but it wasnot a furniture company in the beginning．Rather, IKEA sold all kinds ofmiscellaneous goods．Kamprads wares included anything that he could sell forprofits at discounted prices2, including watches, pens and stockings．

　　IKEAfirst began to sell furniture through a mail-order catalogue in 1947． Thefurniture was all designed and made by manufacturers near Kamprads home．Initialsales were very encouraging, so Kamprad expanded the product line．Furniturewas such a successful aspect of the business that IKEA became solely afurniture company in 1951．

　　In1953 IKEA opened its first showroom in Almhult, Sweden．IKEA is known today forits spacious stores with furniture iti attractive settings, but in the early1950s, people ordered from catalogues．Thus response to the first showroom wasoverwhelming: people loved being able to see and try the furniture beforebuying it．This led to increased sales and the company continued to thrive．By1955, IKEA was designing all its own furniture．

　　In1956 Kamprad saw a man disassembling a table to make it easier to transport．Kamprad was inspired．The man had given him a great idea: flat packaging3．Flatpackaging would mean lower shipping costs for IKEA and lower prices forcustomers．IKEA tried it and sales soared．The problem was that people had toassemble furniture themselves, but over time, even this grew into an advantagefor IKEA．Nowadays, IKEA is often seen as having connotations ofself-sufficiency．This image has done wonders for the company, leading tobetter sales and continued expansion．

　　Todaythere are over 200 stores in 32 countries．Amazingly, Ingvar Kamprad hasmanaged to keep IKEA a privately-held company．In 2004 he was named the worldsrichest man．He currently lives in Switzerland and is retired from theday-to-day operations of IKEA．IKEA itself, though, just keeps on growing．

　　（来自于2014职称英语教材综合类C级概括大意与完成句子第一篇）

　　36．Kamprad established IKEA with

　　A．his personalsavings

　　B．his fathers reward for his school performance

　　C．large profitsfrom selling things

　　D．his schoolssupport

　　37．The author states in Paragraph 5 that flat packaging

　　A．needs largespace to assembly fumiture

　　B．is a businessconcept inspired by Kamprad

　　C．helps reduce transportation costs

　　D．makes thecompany self-sufficient

　　38．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

　　A．IKEAexperienced rapid expansion since the late 1950s．

　　B．IKEA designedits own products since 1955．

　　C．Kamprad sold his company after retired．

　　D．IKEA sold allkinds of miscellaneous goods．

　　39．What is the authors attitude towards IKEAs future according to the lastparagraph?

　　A．indifferent

　　B．Optimistic

　　C．Doubtful

　　D．Pessimistic

　　40．The passage is developed primarily in terms of

　　A．sequence of events

　　B．analysis of aprocess

　　C．examples thatillustrate a problem

　　D．comparison andcontrast

　　第三篇 The WorkersRole in Management

　　Traditionally,it has been the workers role to worker and managements role to manage．Managers have planned and directed the firms operation with little thoughtconsulting the labor force．Managers have rarely felt compelled to obtain theworkers opinions or to explain their decisions to their employees．At most,companies have provided suggestion boxes in which workers couldplace ideas for improving procedures．In recent years, however, many managementspecialists have been arguing that workers are more than sellers of labor-they havea vital stake in the company and many be able to make significant contributionsto its management．Furthermore, major company decisions profoundly affectworkers and their dependents．This is particularly true of plant closings,which may put thousands on the unemployment lines．Should workers, then, play astronger role in management?

　　Workersshould have a role in management．At the very least, the labor force should beinformed of major policy decisions．(A common complaint among rank-and-fileworkers is the lack of information about company policies and actions．) Between1980 and 1985 about five million workers were the victims of plant closings andpermanent layoffs, often with no warning． At least 90 days notice ought to begiven in such instances so that workers have time to adjust．Management shouldconsult workers before closing a plant, because the workers might be able tosuggest ways of improving productivity and reducing costs and might be willingto make concessions that will keep the plant operating．

　　Itshould become a general practice to include workers in some managerial decisionmaking．There ought to be representatives of the workers on the firms board ofdirectors or other major policymaking groups．If rank-and-file workers aregiven a voice in the planning and management of the work flow, they will helpto make improvement, their morale will rise, and their productivity willincrease．As a further incentive, they must be given a share in the companysprofits．This can be done through employee stockownership plans, bonuses, orrewards for efficiency and productivity．Finally, when a plant can no longeroperate at a profit, the workers should be given the opportunity to purchasethe plant and run it themselves．

　　（来自于2014职称英语教材综合类B级阅读判断第十篇）

　　41．It can be inferred from the passage 1 that managers

　　A．were not qualified

　　B．disliked suggestion boxes

　　C．seldom obtained workers opinions

　　D．never consulted the labor force

　　42．In recent years, many management specialists have been arguing that workers

　　A．are no longer sellers of the products

　　B．are less affected by company decisions than before

　　C．are able to make final decisions for the company

　　D．should have a way in management of the company

　　43．The word rank and file paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to

　　A．ordinary

　　B．senior

　　C．intelligent

　　D．capable

　　44．According to the passage, what happened between 1980 and 1985?

　　A．Managers consulted workers before closing a plant．

　　B．Workers did not make necessary concessions

　　C．About five million workers were laid off without advance notice．

　　D．Many companies were closed because of strikes．

　　45．If not given a voice in managerial decision making workers

　　A．cannot get a share in the companys profits

　　B．can still get bonuses for efficiency and productivity

　　C．may lack the incentive to increase their productivity

　　D．will not have the opportunity to purchase the plant．

　　第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）

　　下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章面貌。

　　 TheDay a Language Died

　　WhenCarlos Westez died at the age of 76, a language died, too．Carlos Westez, morecommonly known as Red Thunder Cloud, was the last speaker of the NativeAmerican language Catawba．Anyone who wants to hear various songs of theCatawba can contact the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D．C．, where,back in the 1940s．Red Thunder Cloud recorded a series of songs for futuregenerations．Some people might even try to learn some of these songs byhearts．(46 F) They are all that is left ofthe Catawba language．The language that people used to speak is gone forever．

　　Weare all aware of the danger that modern industry can do to the worlds ecology（生态）． However, few people are awareof the impact that widely spoken languages have on other languages and ways oflife．English has spread all over the world．Chinese, Spanish, Russian, andHindi have become powerful languages as well．As these languages become morepowerful, their use as tools of business and culture increases．（47 D）When this happens, hundreds oflanguages that are spoken by only a few people die out．

　　Scholarsbelieve there are around 6,000 languages around the world, but more than halfof them could die out within the next 100 years．There are many examples． Arakiis a native language of the island of Vanuatu, located in the Pacific Ocean．Itis spoken by only a few adults, so like Catawba, Araki will soon disappear．Manylanguages of Ethiopian will have the same fate because each one has only a fewspeakers．Papua New Guinea is an extremely rich source of differentlanguage, but more than 100 of them are in danger of extinction（灭绝）．（48 C）In the Americas, 100 languages,each of which has fewer than 300 speakers, also are dying out．

　　RedThunder Cloud was one of the first to recognize the threat of language deathand to try to do something about it．He was not actually born into the Catawbatribe, and the language was not his mother tongue．However, he was afrequent visitor to the Catawba reservation in South Carolina, where he learnedthe language．（49 A）The songs he sang forthe Smithsonian Institution helped to make Native American music popular．Nowhe is gone, and the language is dead．

　　Whatdoes it mean for the rest of us when a language disappears? When a plant,insect, or animal species dies, it is easy to understand what weve lost and toappreciate what this means for the balance of the natural world．However,language is only a product of the mind．To be the last remaining speaker of alanguage, like Red Thunder Cloud, must be a lonely destiny, almost as strangeand terrible as being the last surviving member of a dying species．For therest of us, when a language dies, we lose the possibility of a unique way ofseeing and describing the world．（50 B）

　　46．F．Some people might want to try to learn some of these songs by heart．

　　47．D．As these languages become more powerful, their use as tools of business andculture increases．

　　48．C．Papua New Guinea is an extremely rich source of different language, but morethan 100 of them are in danger of extinction（灭绝）．

　　49．A．However, he was a frequent visitor to the Catawba reservation in SouthCarolina, where he learned the language．

　　50．B．For the rest of us, when a language dies, we lose the possibility of aunique way of seeing and describing the world．

　　【E．These languages donthave many native speakers．】

　　第6部分：完形填空（第52～65题，每题1分，共15分）

　　下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。

PublicRelations

　　【来自于2014职称英语教材综合类B级补全短文第8篇】

　　Publicrelations is a broad set of planned communications about the company, includingpublicity releases, designed to promote goodwill and a favorable image．

Publicitythen is part of public relations when it is initiated by the firm, usually inthe (51) form of press releases or press conferences．Since publicrelations involves communications with stockholders, financial analysts, governmentofficials, and other noncustomer groups, it is usually (52) placedoutside the marketing department, perhaps as a staff department or outsideconsulting firm reporting to top management．This organizational placement canbe a (53) limitation because the public relations department orconsultant will likely not be in tune with marketing efforts．Poorcommunication and no coordination may be the (54) consequences．Althoughthe basic purpose of public relations is to provide positive influence on thepublic image, this influence (55) generally may be less than (56) thatprovided by the other components of the public image mix．

　　Publicitymay be in the form of news releases that have (57) favorable overtonesfor the company initiated by the public relations department．Publicity on theother (58) hand should not be divorced from the department marketing asit can (59) provide a useful adjunct to the regular advertising．(60) Furthermore,not all publicity is initiated by the firm; some can (61) result from anunfavorable press as a reaction to certain actions or lack of (62) actionsthat are controversial or even downright ill-advised．

　　The(63) point we wish to emphasize is that a firm is deluding itself if itthinks its public relations function, whether within the company or an outsidefirm, can take (64) care of public image problems and opportunities．Many factors impact on the public image．Many of these have to do with the waythe (65) firm does business, such as its product quality, the servicingand handling of complaints, etc．