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职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题（通用9套）

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 1

　　阅读下面的短文。每篇短文后面都有七句话，请根据短文的内容判断这些话是正确、错误，还是在短文中没有提到。(总分7分，确保得到4-5分，掌握方法和技巧)

　　Smoking

　　Since 1939, numerous studies have been conducted to determine whether smoking is a ealth hazard. The trend of the evidence has been consistent and indicates that there is a serious health risk. Research teams have conducted studies that show beyond all reasonable doubt that tobacco smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy1.

　　Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important

　　actor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat and is believed to be related to cancer of some other organs of the body. Male cigarette smokers have a higher death rate from heart disease than non-smoking males. Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smoke so deeply.

　　Apart from statistics, it might be helpful to look at what tobacco does to the

　　human body. Smoke is a mixture of gases, vaporized chemicals, minute particles of ash and

　　other solids. There is also nicotine, which is powerful poison, and black tar. As smoke is breathed in, all those components from deposits on the membranes of the lungs. One point of concentration is where the air tube and bronchus divides. Most lung cancer begins at this point.

　　Filters and low tar tobacco2 are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only slightly reduce, not eliminate the hazards.

　　词汇：

　　vaporize [vepraz] v. (使)蒸发 nicotine [nkti:n] n. 尼古丁

　　membrane [membrein] n.膜 bronchus [brks] n. 支气管

　　注释：

　　life expectancy: 预期寿命

　　low tar tobacco: 焦油含量低的烟草

　　1. It is easy to determine whether smoking is hazardous.(一段)

　　A. Right

　　B .Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　2. Smoking reduces one’s life expectancy.(一段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　3. Smoking may induce lung cancer.(二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　4. There is evidence that smoking is responsible for breast cancer.(无)

　　A. Right

　　B .Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　5. Male smokers have a lower death rate from heart disease than female smokers(二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　6. Nicotine is poisonous.(三段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　7. Filters and low tar tobacco make smoking safer.(四段)

　　A. Right

　　B .Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　答案与题解：

　　1. B 该题说的是，判断抽烟对健康是否有危害是容易的，但是，文章的第一句话是这么说的：自1939年以来进行了许多次研究，其目的都是为了判断抽烟对健康是否是一种危害，可以看出判断抽烟对健康是否是一种危害并不容易。

　　2. A 该题说的是：抽烟会缩短人们的预期寿命。该题源于第一段最后一个句子中的子句：tobacco smoking is associated with a shortened life expectancy(抽烟与人的预期寿命缩短有关)。

　　3.A 该题说的是：抽烟有可能诱发肺癌。文章的第二段和第三段都讲到了抽烟与肺癌的关系。

　　4.C 该题说的是：有证据说明入选爱是抽烟诱发的。文章并未提及。

　　5.B 该题说的`是：男性烟民死于心脏病的比率小雨女性烟民死于心脏病的比率，文章没有直接比较男性烟民和女性烟民死于心脏病的比率，但有这么一句话：Female smokers are thought to be less affected because they do not breathe in the smke so deeply. 据认为女性烟民并不把烟吸得很深，因此烟对她们的影响小于男性烟民。从中可以推断出的是：男性烟民死于心脏病的比率高于女性烟民死于心脏病的比率。因此该题的命题是错误的。

　　6. A 该题说的是：尼古丁是有毒的。答案可在第三段找到。

　　7. B 该题说的是：有了过滤嘴和焦油含量低的烟草，抽烟时安全的。文章的最后一段(也是最后一句)是这么说的：据称，过滤嘴和焦油含量低的烟草在某种程度上使抽烟变得较为安全，但是它们只是略微减少危害而不是消除危害。因此该题的命题是错误的。

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 2

　　Plants and Mankind

　　Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. We dont know what our Stone Age1 ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of preindustrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient2. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes3, medicines, shelter, and many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon4 recognize hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them botany has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of "knowledge" at all.

　　Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge5, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid6. When our Neolithic7 ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away8 .

　　词汇:

　　botany [btni] n.植物学

　　yield [ji:ld] n. 产量，收益

　　detailed [di:teild] adj.详细的，详尽的

　　marvel [mɑ:vl] n. 令人惊奇的事(人)，奇迹

　　property [prpti] n. (1)特征(2)财产，资产

　　logical [ldikl] adj. 逻辑的，合乎逻辑的

　　variety [vraiti] n.(1)品种，变种 (2)变化，多样化

　　pyramid [pirmid] n.金字塔职称英语考试

　　welfare [welfε] n. 福利，幸福，康乐

　　accumulate [kju:mjuleit] vt.积累，积聚

　　intimacy [intimsi] n. 亲近，亲密

　　注释：

　　1. Stone Age: 石器时代

　　2. …a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient:…… 对植物及其特点的详细了解一定非常久远。

　　3. dye : 染料

　　4. the Amazon :亚马孙河

　　5. Yet everyone comes unconsciously on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge … 而每个人都会在无意识中获得大量的.植物知识，……come on : (偶然)遇见;(偶然)发现。又如：I came on this idea by pure chance. 我有这个想法纯偶然。

　　6. orchid: 兰花

　　7. Neolithic: 新石器时代

　　8. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the controlled production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the accumulated knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and intimacy with plants in the wild would begin to fade away:从那时起，人类就越来越多地从可控制的几种植物的种植中获取生计，而不是从野生的众多种类中东采一点，西摘一点。在数万年的经验中积累起来的知识以及与大自然中各种植物的紧密联系也就开始消失。 take their living from…:靠……过活。

　　1. It is logical that a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient.(一段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　2. People can not survive without plants. (一段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　3. Tribes living today in the jungle of the Amazon teach botany to their children at school. (一段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　4. Our direct contact with plants grows with the process of industrialization. (二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　5. Today people usually acquire a large amount of botanical knowledge from textbooks.

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　6. People living in the Middle East first learned to grow plants for food about 10,000 years ago. (二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　7. Once mankind began farming, they no longer had to get food from many varieties that grew wild. (二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　答案及题解：

　　1.A 文章第一段第三句话中的指示词“This”回指上一句话中的陈述，即“关于植物及其特点的详细知识一定由来已久”。

　　2. A 第二段降到植物对于人类而言是极为重要的，为人类提供了食物、衣服、工具、药物等生活必需品。

　　3. B 第一段结尾部分提到现今仍生活在亚马孙丛林中的部落能识别成百上千种植物及其特性，但在他们的词汇中还没有“植物学”这个词，甚至有可能不承认“植物学”是专门的知识。因此在学校中不可能设该课。

　　4. B 第二段第一句话说工业化的程度越高，我们与职务的直接接触就越少。

　　5. B 第二段中说人们无意识地获得了大量植物学知识，由此可以退出这些知识不是从教科书中获得的。

　　6. A 第二段提到当生活在大约一万年前中东地区的人们发现从某些禾本植物中可以收获粮食，并且播种后下一个收获季节还能产出更多的粮食时，农业就出现了。

　　7. B 第二段末尾讲从大约一万年前开始从事农耕时起，人们逐渐地停止采食也过，这是因为萌芽时期的农耕技术还十分落后，人们还不能从中获得足够的粮食。

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 3

　　Will Hillary Be the Next American President?

　　Back in 1969，US President Richard Nixon confidently predicted：“In the next 50 years，we shall see a woman president，perhaps sooner than you think1.”

　　Today，not too far off Nixon’s deadline，America is looking at that possibility. Over the weekend，Hillary Rodham Clinton，wife of former president Bill Clinton，announced her run for 2008 presidency.

　　US polls indicate that Americans feel comfortable with a female president. A New York Times survey found nearly all Americans saying they would vote for president if she were qualified.

　　However，accepting the theoretical notion of a female leader is quite different from voting an actual woman. In fact，there is still widespread distrust of a woman in the top position.

　　This is partly due to the biased thinking that women are weak on national security，though they might be strong on education and health care. This damages their prospects as a presidential contender.

　　“There’s still an inherent nervousness on the part of voters putting a woman in as the ultimate decision-maker. Control of the army and border security are sorts of traditionally male jobs，” commented Amy Walter，an American campaign analyst. “That’s where! think voters consciously or unconsciously have difficulties with women candidates.”

　　Women have held the top job in other major Western countries. In 1979，Britain elected Margaret Thatcher prime minister .Last year，Germany made Angela Merkel its first female chancellor.

　　In the US，no woman has succeeded in being nominated as a presidential candidate. One woman did make the attempt：Elizabeth Dole. In 1999，she tried to get the Republican Party nomination. But Dole could only raise $ 5 million for her bid-compared with the $ 56 million George W. Bush raised.

　　So Barriers lie ahead for Hillary if she wants to make history by becoming the first female US president. With the Iraqi war underway，she’ll find it even harder.

　　“I don’t feel that our society is ready for a woman president. The enemy we face does not respect females the same way we have come to see them as equals. If we were not in this war，I would support a woman president2，”said Chris Dildy，a computer engineering student.

　　词汇：

　　bias [bais] v.& n.(有)偏见 analyst [nlist] n.分析工作者

　　chancellor [t∫ɑ:nsl] n.(德国、奥地利等)总理

　　注释：

　　1. “In the next 50 years，we shall see a woman president，perhaps sooner than you think.”在下一个五十里，我们将会看见一个女总理，或许比我们想的要快些。

　　2.If we were not in this war，I would support a woman president.如果我们不在打一场战争，我会支持选一位女总统的。意思也就是说，现在不支持。

　　练习：

　　1. Up to the present，no woman has been elected president in the US.(一段，二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　2. Bill Clinton will strongly support Hillary to run for the 2008 presidency. (二段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　3. American people will elect a woman president of the United States in 2008. (四段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　4. One of Hillary’s campaign promises is to reform the nation’s health care system. (五段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　5. Germans elected a woman chancellor last year. (七段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　6. Hillary has already raised a large amount of campaign fund. (八段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　7. Chris Dildy will vote for Hillary. (最后一段)

　　A. Right

　　B. Wrong

　　C. Not mentioned

　　答案与题解：

　　1.A 句子说的是：迄今为止在美国没有一个女人选举为总统。选A。文章的第一个句子是这么说的：Backin 1969，US President Richard Nixon confidently predicted：“In the next 50 years，we shall see a woman president，perhaps sooner than you think.”早在1969年，美国总统Richard Nixon很有信心地预测：“在下一个五十年里，我们将会看见一个女总统，或许比我们想的要快些。”

　　2.C 句子说的.是：Bill Clinton将强力支持Hillary参加2008年总统选举。文章没有提到。因此选C。

　　3.B 句子说的是：美国人民在2008年将选一位女总统。这个命题是错的。文章第四段是这么说的：However，accepting the theoretical notion of a female leader is quite different from voting an actual woman. In fact，there is still widespread distrust of a woman in the top position.然而，接受女总统作为一个理论概念跟选举女总统是两回事。事实上，人们仍然普遍不信任女人能任领袖的。

　　4.C 句子说的是：Hillary的一个竞选许诺是改革国家的医疗制度。文章讲到女人做教育和医疗方面的工作有优势，但没说Hillary的一个竞选许诺是改革国家的医疗制度。

　　5.A 句子说的是：德国去

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 4

　　阅读下面这篇短文，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A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选B;如果该句的.信息文章中没有提及，请选C.

　　Going Back to Its Birthplace

　　No sporting event takes hold of the worlds attention and imagination like the Olympic Games. The football World Cup fascinates fans in Europe and South America; baseballs World Series is required viewing in North America; and the World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asia.

　　But the Olympics belong to the whole world. Now， after travelling to 17 countries over 108 years， the summer Games are returning to Athens， the place where the first modern Olympics was held.

　　Participation in the Games is looked on not only as an achievement， but also as an honour. The 16 days between August 13 and 29 will see a record 202 countries compete， up from Sydneys 199. Afghanistan is back， having been banned from Sydney because the Taliban government didnt let women do sports. There is also a place for newcomers East Timor and Kiribati.

　　A total of 10，500 athletes will compete in 28 sports， watched by 5.3 million ticket-paying viewers as well as a television audience of 4 billion.

　　Athens is to use its rich history and culture to make the Olympics as special as possible. The Games will open with cycling events which start in front of the Parthenon and Acropolis monuments. The final event will be a historic mens marathon following the original route run by Phidippides in 490 BC to bring news of victory over the Persians.

　　The ancient stadium at Olympia， first used for the Games nearly three centuries ago， will stage the shot put competitions. And the Panathenian Stadium， where the first modem Olympics was held， is to host the archery(射箭) events.

　　If the well-known ancient sites deliver a great sense of history to the Games， the 39 new venues add a modern touch to the city of Athens. The main Olympic stadium， with a giant glass and steel roof， is the landmark(标志) building of the Olympics.

　　"We believe that we will organize a magical Games，" said Athens 2004 President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki. "Our history with the Olympic Games goes back nearly 3，000 years， and Athens 2004 could be the best ever."

　　1 The World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asian countries.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　2 Participation in the Olympic Games is looked upon as an honor as well as an achievement.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　3 Many state leaders will attend the opening ceremony.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　4 The Games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the worlds attention.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　5 The first modern Olympics was held nearly three centuries ago.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　6 The Panathenian Stadium is the landmark building of Olympics.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　7 Athens 2004 has been proven to be the best Olympic Games

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　参考答案：1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. C

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 5

　　阅读判断题

　　阅读下面这篇短文，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A;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选B;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请选C.

　　Going Back to Its Birthplace

　　But the Olympics belong to the whole world. Now， after travelling to 17 countries over 108 years， the summer Games are returning to Athens， the place where the first modern Olympics was held.

　　A total of 10，500 athletes will compete in 28 sports， watched by 5.3 million ticket-paying viewers as well as a television audience of 4 billion.

　　1 The World Table Tennis Championships attracts the most interest in Asian countries.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　2 Participation in the Olympic Games is looked upon as an honor as well as an achievement.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　3 Many state leaders will attend the opening ceremony.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　4 The Games will open with cycling events because these events will take hold of the worlds attention.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　5 The first modern Olympics was held nearly three centuries ago.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　6 The Panathenian Stadium is the landmark building of Olympics.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　7 Athens 2004 has been proven to be the best Olympic Games

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　参考答案：1. A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. C

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 6

　　Even ancient Egypts mighty pyramid builders were powerless in the face of the famine that helped bring down their civilian around 2180BC. Now evidence gleaned from mud deposited by the River Nile suggests that a shift in climate thousands of kilometers to the south was ultimately to blem -- and the same or worse could happen today.

　　The ancient Egyptians depended on the Niles annual floods to irrigate their crops. But any change in climate that pushed the African monsoons southwards out of Ethiopia would have diminished these floods.

　　Dwindling rains in the Ethiopian highlands would have meant fewer plants to establish the soil. When rain did fall it would have washed large amounts of soil into the Blue Nile and into Egypt, along with sediment from the White Nile.

　　The Blue Nile mud has a different isotope signature from that of the White Nile. So by analyzing isotope differences in mud deposited in the Nile Delta, Michael Krom of leeds University worked out what proportion of sediment came from each branch of the river.

　　Krom reasons that during periods of drought, the amount of the Blue Nile mud in the river would be relatively high. He found that one of these periods, from 4,500 to 4,200 years ago, immediately predates the fall of the Egypts Old Kingdom.

　　The weakened waters would have been catastrophic for the Egyptians. Changes that affect food supply dont have to be very large to have a ripple effect in societies, says Bill Ryan of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory in New York.

　　Similar events today could be even more devastating, says team member Daniel Stanley, a geoarchaeologist from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Anything humans do to shift the climate belts would have an even worse effect along the Nile system because the populations have increased dramatically.

　　1. Why does the author mention pyramid builders?

　　A. because they once worked miracles.

　　B. because they were well-built

　　C. because they were actually very weak

　　D. because even they were unable to rescue their civilization

　　2. Which of the following factors was ultimately responsible for the fall of the civilization of ancient Egypt?

　　A. Change of climate

　　B. famine

　　C. food

　　D. population growth

　　3. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. The White Nile is the trunk of the River Nile

　　B. The White Nile is the trunk of the Blue Bile

　　C. The White Nile a branch of the Blue Nile

　　D. The White Nile and the Blue Nile are branches of the River Nile

　　4. According to Krom, Egypts Old Kingdom fell

　　A. immediately after a period of drought

　　B. immediately after a period of flood

　　C. just before a drought struck

　　D. just before a flood struck

　　5. The word devastating in the last paragraph could be best replaced by

　　A. frustrating

　　B. damaging

　　C. defeating

　　D. worrying

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 7

　　Can You Hear This?

　　When something creates a sound wave in a room or an auditorium, listeners hear the sound wave directly from the source. They also hear the reflections as the sound bounces off the walls, floor, and ceiling. These are called the reflected wave or reverberant(反射)sound, which can be hearde ven after the sound is no longer coming from the source.

　　The reverberation time of an auditorium is determined by the volume orinterior size of the auditorium. It is also determined by how well or how poorly the walls, ceiling, floor, and contents of the room(including the people) absorb sound. There is no ideal reverberation time, because each use of an auditorium calls for different reverberation. Speech needs to be understood clearly; therefore rooms used for talking must have a short reverberation time. The full-sound performance of music such as Wagner operas or Mahler symphonies should have a long reverberation time. The light, rapid musical passages of Bach or Mozart need a reverberation time somewhere between.

　　Acoustic problems often are caused by poor auditorium design. Smooth, curved reflecting surfaces create large reflections. Parallel (平行的）walls reflect sound back and forth, creating a rapid, repetitive pulsing effect. Large pillars (柱）and comers can cause acoustic shadows as the sound waves try to pass around the object. Some of these problems can be solved by using absorbers and reflectors to change thereverberation time of a room. For example, hanging large reflectors, called clouds, over the performers will allow some sound frequencies to reflect and others to pass to achieve a pleasing mixture of sound.

　　41 This passage is mainly about

　　A．Sound waves and their effects.

　　B．the types of music or chestrasplay.

　　C．walls of an auditorium.

　　D．the design of an auditorium.

　　42．Wagner operas and Mahler symphonies with full-sound effect have.

　　A．a short reverberation time.

　　B．an intermediate reverberationtime.

　　C．no reverberation time.

　　D．along reverberation time.

　　43．This passage suggests that a good auditorium should

　　A．get rid of all reflections.

　　B．not have absorbers.

　　C．achieve a pleasing mixture of sound

　　D．have smooth surfaces.

　　44．Large pillars and corners may

　　A．make sound rich and full.

　　B．be cures for sound problems.

　　C．be sources of sound problems.

　　D．function as effectively asclouds.

　　45．The word" acoustic" in the last paragraph has something to dowith

　　A．performance

　　B．sound

　　C．audience

　　D．weather

　　41．D　文章主要讲述在礼堂内声波的传播与效果问题，并探讨了各种设计会带来不同的效果。

　　42．D　文章第二段提到“The full-sound performance of music such as Wagner operas or Mahler symphonies should have a long reverberation time”，所以答案为D。

　　43．C　文章最后一句话提到“For example, hanging large reflectors, called clouds, over the performers will allow some sound frequencies to reflect and others to pass to achieve a pleasing mixture of sound”，可知C为正确选项。

　　44．C　原文中提到“Large pillars (柱）and corners can cause acoustic shadows as the sound waves try to pass around the object.”，由此可知大柱子与角落会导致声音问题。

　　45．B　“acoustic”意为听觉的'、声音的，全文也在讲声音的问题，因此sound意思与acoustic最接近。

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 8

　　Deforestation and Desertification(沙漠化）

　　The Sahel zone lies between the Sahara desert and the fertile savannahs(热带大草原）of northern Nigeria and South Sudan. The word sahel comes from Arabic and means marginal or transitional , and this is a good description of these semi-arid(半干旱）lands, which occupy much of the Western African countries of Mail, Mauritania, Niger, and Chad.

　　Unfortunately, over the last century the Sahara desert has steadily crept southwards eating into once productive Sahel lands. United Nations surveys show that over 70 percent of the dry land in agriculture use in Africa has deteriorated over the last 30 years. Droughts have become more severe, the most recent lasting over twenty years in parts of the Sahel region. The same process of desertification is taking place across southern Africa as the Kalahari desert advances into Botswana and parts of South Africa.

　　One of the major causes of this desert advance is poor agricultural land use, driven by the pressures of increasing population. Over grazing一keeping too many farm animals on the land一means that grasses and other plants cannot recover, and scarce water supplies are exhausted. Over cultivation一trying to grow too many crops on poor land一 results in the soil becoming even less fertile and drier, and beginning to break up.Soil erosion (侵蚀)follows, and the land turns into desert.

　　Another cause of desertification is loss of tree cover. Trees are cut down for use as fuel and toclear land for agricultural use. Tree roots help to bind the soil together, toconserve moisture, and to provide a habitat for other plants and animals. When trees are cut down, the soil begins to dry and loosen, wind and rain erosion increase, other plant species die, and eventually the fertile topsoil may be almost entirely lost, leaving only bare rock and dust.

　　The effects of loss of topsoil and increased drought are irreversible. They are, however, preventable. Careful conservation of tree cover and sustainable agricultural land use have been shown to halt deterioration of soils and lessen the effects of shortage ofrainfall. One project in Kita in south-west Mali funded by UNDP has involved local communities in sustainable management of forest, while at the same time providing a viable(有活力的）agricultural economy. This may be a model for similar projects in other West African countries.

　　36．The Sahel zone is an area which ___.

　　A．is covered with sad and grass

　　B．has a long history

　　C．occupies much of South Nigeria

　　D．belongs to Sudan

　　37．What is the situation about the desertification in Africa?

　　A．The deserts are replaced with grasslands

　　B．The deserts are expanding

　　C．the deserts are moving northwards

　　D．the deserts are being deserted

　　38．The word “deteriorated ” in paragraph 2 means ___.

　　A．deepened

　　B．suffered

　　C．slipped

　　D．worsened

　　39．What is the root cause of desertification?

　　A．poor farming

　　B．overpopulation

　　C．radical climate change

　　D．disappearance of rare plant species

　　40．In order to prevent desertification, the author proposes ___.

　　A．making good use of international aids

　　B．developing a sustainable agricultural economy

　　C．gaining international support

　　D．converting agricultural land into forest

　　36．A　文章首段提出“TheSahel zone lies between the Sahara desert and the fertile savannahs(热带大草原）of northern Nigeria and SouthSudan.”指明了萨赫勒地区被沙子和草地覆盖着。

　　37．B　第二段提到了“Unfortunately,over the last century the Sahara desert has steadilycrept southwards eating into once productive Sahel lands.”crept…eating into都生动形象的表明了沙漠化正在扩张。

　　38．D deteriorated“恶化”，deepened“使加深”， suffered“遭受”，slipped“打滑”，worsened“恶化”，所以选D选项。

　　39．A　文章第三段第一话“Oneof the major causes of this desert advance is poor agricultural land use,driven by the pressures of increasing population.”表明了造成植被退化的`主要原因之一是poor agricultural land use,即poor farming，故选A项。

　　40．B　文章最后一段讲的是作者提出的如何预防沙漠化的恶化，从“sustainable management of forest”中作者提议可持续发展农业经济，可以选出B选项。

　　职称英语综合类阅读判断练习题 9

　　Sports Star Yao Ming

　　If Yao Ming is not the biggest sports star in the world, he is almost certainly the tallest. At 2.26m, he is the tallest player in the National Association (NBA) and holds the record as the most towering Olympian ever tocompete in the Games.

　　But what really stands out about the giant center is his celebrity(名气). Few, if any, Chinese athletes are as well-known as Yao around the world.People across the globe are fascinated with Yao, not only for his basketball prowess (杰出的才能) but also for being a symbol of international commerce.

　　When Yao joined the Houston Rockets as the No.1 pick in the 2002NBA draft (选拔), he was the first international player ever to be selected first. Hisassets on the court are clear enough — no NBA player of his size has ever possessed his mobility, so he is a handful (难对付的人）for opponents on either end ofthe court. But what makes Yao invaluable to the Rockets organization is his roleas a global citizen and as a bridge to millions of potential basketball fans in China.

　　When it was announced in February that Yao would miss the rest of the NBA season and possibly the Olympics with a stress fracture (骨折）in his left foot, a collective shudder (震动) spread across China. After considerable debate and discussion, Yao opted to get his foot surgically treated in an operation that placed several tiny screws across the bone, to offer his over burdened foot more support. The surgery was a success, and though the estimated four-month recovery period will leave him little time to prepare with Team China, Yao has vowed to be ready for the Beijing Olympics.

　　Yao wrapped up a 10-day trip to China, where he underwent a series of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments, hoping to accelerate his recovery process. Western experts are generally skeptical of TCMs benefits, although new research from the University of Rochester suggests that a certain compound derived from shellfish may speed stimulate bone repair.

　　"There is no reason to dismiss TCM," Yao told a press conference in Beijing. “It’s been used in our country for thousands of years. I dont think that it’s shorton science.”

　　31．The word "towering" in Paragraph 1 means

　　A．large.

　　B．fat.

　　C．tall.

　　O．great.

　　32．Opponents find it very difficult to control Yao Ming because of his

　　A．mobility.

　　B．assault

　　C．defense.

　　D．celebrity.

　　33．Yao Ming had to undergo a series of TCM treatments because

　　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 couldnt afford all the medical expenses.

　　34．Which statement about Yao Ming is NOT true?

　　A．He missed the Athens Olympics.

　　B．He is an NBA player.

　　C．He fractured his left foot.

　　D．He is an international figure.

　　35．In general, the Western experts attitude towards TCM is

　　A．indifferent.

　　B．positive.

　　C．negative.

　　D．doubtful.

　　31．C　文章第一段提到“At 2.26m, he is the tallest player in the National Association (NBA) and holds the record as the most towering Olympian ever to compete in the Games.”句中的tallest和most towering 对应，所以选择C选项。

　　32．A　文章第三段提到“…no NBA player of his size has ever possessed his mobility,so he is a handful (难对付的人）for opponents on either end of the court.”，明确指出了答案。

　　33．B　文章第五段提到“Yao wrapped up a 10-day trip to China, where he underwent a series of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments, hoping to accelerate his recovery process.” accelerate是加速的意思，因此选择B选项，加快恢复速度。

　　34．A　A选项意思是姚明错过了雅典奥运会。文中提到的快邻近北京奥运会时他才受伤，而且根据已知消息，姚明参加了雅典奥运会。所以A选项关于姚明的'陈述是错误的。

　　35．D　文章第五段提到“Western experts are generally skeptical of TCMs benefits…”，这句话表明了西方专家对TCM的态度，skeptical“怀疑的”与doubtful“怀疑的”可以替换，故选D。

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