历年职称英语理工类A级-真题及答案(3)

37．What can be inferred from paragraph 2? A．The iceman was killed while working．

B．The iceman could have died from the wound in the head．

C．The iceman lived a poor life．

D．The iceman was struck dead from behind． 38．All the following are assumptions once made about iceman EXCEPT_____________．

died?Everybody had a different answer to these A．he was a soldier in World War I questions．Some people thought that it was from this century，

B．he came from Italy

C．he was a Swiss woman's long-lost father D．He was born about a thousand years ago

39．The scientists made the deduction that the iceman_________．

A．was hit in the shoulder by an arrowhead B．was probably in some kind of a battle C．had got a wound on the back of his head D．has a tiny hole in his skin causing his death． 40．The word"bandits"in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by________． A．robbers B．soldiers C hunters D．shooters 第三篇

Scientists Make Sweet Discovering

Good news for chocoholics：the treat preferred by millions all over the world is good for you， according to California．Chocolate contains substancescalled flavonoids that can help maintain a healthy heart and good circulation．The researchers havediscovered that cocoa acts like aspirin and that eating a bar of chocolate has also been shown to release endorphins in the body：these chemicals help to reduce pain and stress and make you feel happy. The Olmec Indians of Mexico and Central America were the first to grow cocoa beans，in about1500 BC，and the Mayas were drinking unsweetened coca hundreds of years before it became fashionable in Europe．

In 1544，a delegation of Mayan nobles visited Philip of Spain and gave him jars of cocoa as a gift．Cocoa soon became fashionable in Spain and Portugal．The Spanish were the first to add sugarto their cocoa drink．

By the middle of the century，solid chocolate was becoming familiar．In 1765，James Baker and John Hanan opened the first chocolate mill in the United States，introducing chocolate to the average citizen．In 1896，in Switzerland，Daniel Peter had the idea of adding milk in the chocolate-making process and produced the first milk chocolate．

Since then，chocolate has grown enormously in

popularity．One of the biggest chocolate-eatingnations is Britain where the average man，women，and child eats nine kilos of chocolate a year．Infact，chocolate is the number one comfort food and there are more chocoholics in Britain than any where else in the world．Researchers warn that although chocolate is good for you，it should be eatenin small quantities and with no added milk．

41．Why is chocolate good for heaa and circulation? A．It reduces pain and stress．

B．It containS substances called flavonoids． C．It releases endorphins in human body． D．It acts like aspirin to protect heart．

42．When cocoa was first introduced to Europe_________，it soon became fashionable． A．as a drink B．as a gift C．as food D．as a medicine

American researchers at the University of 43．What does James Bakers and John Hanan do about

chocolate?

A．They produce the first mild chocolate． B．They introduce chocolate to Europe． C．They add sugar to make chocolate bars． D.They make chocolate accessible to average man． 44．Which is the following statement is not true according to the passage?

A．Chocolate contains substances that make people feel happy．

B．Chocolate is good for health if it is eaten with added milk．

C．Eating chocolate occasionally contributes to a healthy diet．

D．Chocolate is loved by millions of people worldwide． 45．What iS the author's tone about eating chocolates? A．ambiguous B．negative C．positive D．humorous

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I Just Know How You Feel

were synonyms．That list was whittled down to 412，arranged in24 groups．from"afraid"to"wanting"．

Once the emotions were classified．a DVD seemed the

most efficient way to display them．In Mind Reading，each Do you feel sad?Happy?Frustrated?Insouciant?Exonerated?Infuriated?Do you think that the way you display these emotions is unique?Well，think again．Even the expression of the most personal feelings CaB be divided into groups，classified，and perhaps，taught．This week sees the publication of Mind Reading，an interactive DVD-rom displaying every possible human emotion．It demonstrates 412 distinct ways in which we feel：the first visual dictionary of the human heart． The attempt to classify the human heart began with Darwin．His The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals，published in 1872，divided the emotions into six types-anger，fear，sadness， disgust，surprise and enjoyment．________(46)．

Every other feeling，of which there may be thousands，was thought to derive from this six-strong group．More complex expressions of emotion were likely to be learned and therefore more specific to each culture．An incredulous or indignant Pacific islander might not be able to show an Essex girl exactly how she felt．

But now it is believed that，whereas gestures do not cross cultural boundaries well，many more facial expressions worldwide．___________(47)．The Mind Reading is a systematic record of each of these expressions being acted out．

The project was conceived by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of the autism research centre in Cambridge as an aid for people with autism，who have difficulty both reading and expressing emotion．But it quickly became apparent that it had broader uses．Novelists，actors and portrait painters all need to draw upon a wide range of emotional express …… 此处隐藏：5528字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……