2015职称英语综合类C级考试真题及答案
三、概况大意与完成句子
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。(第23-30题，每题1分，共8分)
Interview with Allan Gray
1 I was working for a multinational company in the early 1980s, and my brother asked me if I was interested in going into partnership with him to set up a language school. I’d always wanted to work for myself, and I was a bit fed up with working for someone else, so I said yes. Primarily, I wanted the freedom to make my own decisions, I wanted room to be creative, and also I wanted to be able to get the credit and keep the profits if things went wrong. These things are not possible if you work as an employee in a large organization.
2 I had to borrow money to help start the business, but we were lucky because we also had some outside capital to put into the business. These days it can be really hard to persuade banks to lend money to people who want to start a company, so we were fortune. It was fairly easy to set up the business, because we had a very clear idea of what we wanted to do. The problem was, all our preconception(预想)about what it would be like to run a business were wrong. We made lots of mistakes, and we almost went bankrupt(破产的`) at the beginning .At one point, we only had two students in the school.
3 Far too long! We lost money for the first four years and, as I was saying, we nearly went out of business. It took quite a long time to start making profit. The best thing we did，through. was that we hired some really good people to work for us. In fact, some of those people are still working for us, 24 years later. Now we’re doing well, but it was very risky at first.
4 One is financial constrain(约束). It can be very tough. I think all small business have cashflow problems—it often takes a long time to get paid by your customers. The second big problem is marketing. It takes a lot of funds to market your business, and you have to get your name known and build a reputation. But the biggest challenge is managing the people. All businesses are about people, and you have to learn how to deal with all kinds of people-and I think we’ve been extremely good at getting the best of our staff.
23.Paragraph 1_____
A.Strategies in expanding a small business
B.Right people to run a business
C.Time-consuming experience of being successful
D.Challenges of running a business
E.Difficulties in starting the business
F.Reasons for working for oneself
【答案】F
24.Paragraph 2_____
A.Strategies in expanding a small business
B.Right people to run a business
C.Time-consuming experience of being successful
D.Challenges of running a business
E.Difficulties in starting the business
F.Reasons for working for oneself
【答案】E
25.Paragraph 3_____
A.Strategies in expanding a small business
B.Right people to run a business
C.Time-consuming experience of being successful
D.Challenges of running a business
E.Difficulties in starting the business
F.Reasons for working for oneself
【答案】C
26.Paragraph 4_____
A.Strategies in expanding a small business
B.Right people to run a business
C.Time-consuming experience of being successful
D.Challenges of running a business
E.Difficulties in starting the business
F.Reasons for working for oneself
【答案】D
27.If you made a bad decision as a boss, you had_____.
A.to lose your house
B.to manage your employees
C.to keep independent
D.to lend you money
E.to take the responsibility for it
F.to make profit
【答案】E
28.The difficult thing to start a business is to persuade banks_____.
A.to lose your house
B.to manage your employees
C.to keep independent
D.to lend you money
E.to take the responsibility for it
F.to make profit
【答案】D
29.If you hire the right people, you'll probably be able_____.
A.to lose your house
B.to manage your employees
C.to keep independent
D.to lend you money
E.to take the responsibility for it
F.to make profit
【答案】F
30.Besides financial and marketing challenges, you must know how_____.
A.to lose your house
B.to manage your employees
C.to keep independent
D.to lend you money
E.to take the responsibility for it
F.to make profit
【答案】B
四、阅读理解
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31——45题，每题3分，共45分)
Why Buy Shade-Grown Coffee?
When people argue about whether coffee is good for health, they're usually thinking of the health of the coffee drinker. Is it food for your heart? Does it increase blood pressure? Does it help you concentrate? However, coffee affects the health of the human population in other ways, too.Traditionally, coffee bushes were planted under the canopy(树冠)of taller indigenous(土生土长的)trees. However, more and more farmers in Latin America are deforesting the land to grow full-sun coffees. At first, this increases production because more coffee bushes can be planted if there aren't any trees. With increased production come increased profits.
Unfortunately, deforesting for coffee production immediately decreases local wildlife habitat. Native birds nest and hide from predators(捕食者)in the tall trees and migrating birds rest there.
Furthermore, in the long term, the full-sun method also damages the ecosystem because more chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed to grow the coffee. The fertilizers and pesticides kill insects that eat coffee plant, but then the birds eat the poisoned insects and also die. The chemicals kill or sicken other animals as well, and can even enter the water that people will eventually drink.
Fortunately, farmers in Central and South America are beginning to grow more coffee bushes in the shade. We can support these farmers by buying coffee with such labels as "shade grown" and "bird friendly." Sure, these varieties might cost a little more. But we're paying for the health of the birds, the land, ourselves, and the planet. I think it's worth it.
31.What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee.
B.Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce.
C.Shade-grow coffee is more expensive than sun-grow coffee
D.People should buy shade-grown coffee.
【答案】A
32.The function of the word "Traditionally" in Paragraph 2 is to show_____.
A.the positive effects of coffee.
B.a change of coffee growth
C.something that is the most important.
D.how coffee production used to be.
【答案】B
33.What does increased production of full-sun coffee bring about?
A.More insects.
B.Better quality coffee.
C.Larger farms.
D.Higher profits.
【答案】D
34.How do farmers find more land for growing full-sun coffee?
A.They buy more land from other farmers.
B.They cut down trees.
C.They move to another country.
D.They turn grassland into farmland.
【答案】B
35.The full-sun method may affect the following EXCEPT_____ full sun.
A.insects
B.air
C.birds
D.Humans
【答案】B