2015职称英语综合类A级考试真题及答案

　　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。

　　Teaching Is “One of the Least Popular Jobs in the UK”

　　1 The UK government has just published a report on the future of secondary- school teaching (pupil aged 11-16)，and the conclusion of the report is that many secondary schools now face great difficulties in finding people who want to be teachers. Since the 1980s，the number of graduates who say they would “seriously consider” teaching as a career has fallen sharply, from 64% in 1982 to just 17% today. The report suggests that urgent action needs to be taken in order to encourage more intelligent young graduates into teaching.

　　2 The main drawback of secondary teaching, according to the report, is the low salary, Earnings in teaching are much lower than in many other jobs, and this means that fewer and fewer, young people decide to be teachers. Joanne Manners, 24，is a good example: “I graduated in maths last year，and I was thinking of doing a teacher-training course to become a maths teacherbut when I looked into details, it became clear that teaching isn’t a very lucrative (赚钱的)job these days. I saw I could earn twice as much if I worked in marketing or advertising, and so I decided not to become a teacher•”

　　3 It’s not just about the money, however. The survey concluded that another reason why people don’t want to be teachers is that some teenagers behave very badly in school. A lot of schools have problems with discipline, and it seems clear that children do not have the same respect for teachers as in the past. Here’s the view of Dave Hallam，an accountant from London: “I think parents are to blame. They should have stricter rules with their children at home and also teach their children to have more respect for teachers.”

　　4 “I love teaching; it’s my passion. I’ve been a secondary-school teacher of Spanish for ten years now, and although it’s a very demanding job, it’s very satisfying. When I see my students passing their Spanish exams, or singing along to Spanish pop songs, it makes me feel so proud,” says Brian Jones, who works in a secondary school in London. So what does he think the government should do to encourage more people to become teachers? “My view is that the government should reduce the burden of work on teachers. I find that I always have too much work to do.”

　　5 The report is clear that the problem of teacher shortage is a very serious one. It says that the government should raise teachers’ pay significantly, to catch up with workers in other professions. It also suggests that the government could launch a nationwide publicity campaign, with some advertisements on TV and in the newspapers, to show the positive sides of teaching to young people. Another solution could be set a maximum number of hours per week that teachers can work, in order to reduce stress on teachers. “HopefUlly，” the report concludes, “these solutions can improve the poor image of secondary teaching, and increase the number of young people who want to become teachers in the fliture.”

　　22. Paragraph 1

　　23. Paragraph 2

　　24. Paragraph 3

　　25. Paragraph 4

　　A. A nationwide publicity campaign

　　B . Heavy workload on teachers

　　C. Students，bad behavior and lack of discipline D • Improvement of children behavior

　　E. A report on teacher shortage

　　F. The problem of low salary

　　26. More and more young people are held back from teaching

　　28. Parents are encouraged to back the teacher up when there are

　　29. The government should reduce the workload on teachers to ease

　　30. The government should promote teaching as a career by advertising

　　A. because of it low pay

　　B .their stress

　　C. its benefits

　　D their childhood memories

　　E. discipline problems

　　F.more training

　　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 What’s killing the Bats

　　First it was bees. Now it is bats. Biologists in America are working hard to discover the cause of the mysterious deaths of tens of thousands of bats in the northeastern part of the country. Most of the bats affected are the common little brown bats (Myotis lucifiigus，)but other species, such as the long-eared bat, the small-footed bat，the eastern pipistrelle, and the Indiana bat have also been affected. In some caves, more than 90 percent of the bat populations have died.

　　One possibility is disease. A white fungus (真菌)known as fusarium has been found on the noses of both living and dead bats. However, scientists don’t know if the fungus is the primary cause of death, a secondary cause of death，or not a cause at all, but the result of some other conditions.

　　Another possible cause is a lack of food. For example, bats typically eat a large number of moths (蛾)，and in some states such as New York, the number of moths has been declining in recent years. If bats can’t eat enough food, they starve to death.

　　Still other scientists believe that global wanning is to blame. Warmer temperatures in recent years have been walking up hibernating (冬目民)bats earlier than usual. If bats break their hibernation at the wrong time, they might not find their expected food sources. The weather might also turn cold again and weaken or kill the bats.

　　Scientists might not agree on the causes of the bat die-off，but they do agree on the consequences. Bats are an important predator of mosquitoes; a single brown bat can eat 1,000 or more insects in an hour. They also eat beetles and other insects that damage plant crops. If there aren’t enough bats, damage will be great from the insects they eat while bats live a long time for their size---the little brown bat can live for more than 30 years---a female bat has only one baby per year, so bat populations grow slowly. Many bat species in the United States are already protected or endangered.

　　How can you help? Do not disturb sleeping or nesting bats. If you discover bats that seem to be sick or that are dead, contact your lock Fish&Wildlife Department with the details. However, be careful not to touch the animals.

　　29. what is the main idea of this passage?

　　A. All species of bats in North America are dying.

　　B. Scientists already know the cause of the deaths of bats

　　C. The bat deaths are a serious problem

　　D. There are many possible causes of the deaths of bats.

　　30. What does the first sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

　　A. Bees have been dying mysteriously

　　B. The first article on the website is about bees.

　　C. Bees usually die before bats

　　D. It was bees that caused the deaths of bats.

　　31. The word “pipistrelle” in Paragraph I refers to

　　A. a kind of ftmgus