2014年职称英语考试理工类B级模拟冲刺题二

　　23、Paragraph 2__________.

　　24、Paragraph 3__________.

　　25、Paragraph 4__________.

　　26、Paragraph 5__________.

　　A.Necessity for developing adult education

　　B.Early days of adult education

　　C.Ways of receiving adult education

　　D.Growth of adult education

　　E.Institutions of adult educati'on

　　F.Definition of adult education

　　27、Some adults want to learn__________.

　　28、There are various forms of adult education, including__________.

　　29、Adult education has been made necessary by__________.

　　30、The earliest organized adult education originated in__________.

　　A.by social and economic Changes

　　B.guided self -study and correspondence courses

　　C.by studying together with children

　　D.what they did not manage to learn earlier

　　E.dates back to the eighteenth century

　　F.mass production

　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。

　　31、根据材料，完成31-36题。

　　第一篇

　　Optimism

　　Ever won the lottery? No? But did that stop you buying another lottery ticket? If the answer is another "no", you might call yourself an optimist.

　　According to researchers at University College London, human beings are sanguine creatures. It is all in the brain, they say. A study suggests that human brain is very efficient at processing good news: about 80% of people have a tendency to see the glasses half-full, not half-empty, even if they don't consider themselves to be optimists.

　　The good news is that this brings a health benefit. Having a positive outlook on life reduces anxiety. A study of nearly 100, 000 women showed a lower risk of death from heart disease among optimists.

　　But there are problems in always having an optimistic attitude. The authors of the study point out that the 2008 financial crisis may have been caused by analysts overestmafing their assets' performance even in the face of clear evidence to the contrary.

　　There are personal health risks too. Dr Tali Sharot, lead researcher, said: " Smoking Kills' messages don't work since people think their chances of cancer are low. There's a very fundamental tendency in the brain. "

　　But, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. Even if seeing the world through rose-colored glasses poses a risk to our health, it's not something that is likely to cause us to lose sleep. Let's just keep our chins up and keep smiling!

　　What does "sanguine" (Para. 2) mean?__________.

　　A.depressed

　　B.cheerful

　　C.lucky

　　D.emotional

　　32、The study mentioned in Paragraph 2 indicates that people__________.

　　A.are more optimistic than they believe

　　B.are less optimistic than they believe

　　C.like good news more than they' think

　　D.like good news less than they think

　　33、What mistake might analysts have made during the 2008 financial crisis?

　　A.Collecting false information.

　　B.Overemphasizing evidence.

　　C.Misjudging the situation.

　　D.Giving a pessimistic forecast.

　　34、The author suggests in the last paragraph that we

　　A.adjust our goals in life

　　B.learn to release bad mood

　　C.avoid being overoptimistic

　　D.maintain a positive attitude

　　35、What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A.People tend to be optimistic even in crisis

　　B.Optimists enjoy life better than pessimists.

　　C.Being optimistic has both benefits and risks.

　　D.Optimism is what keeps us going forward.

　　36、根据材料，完成36-41题。

　　第二篇

　　IOC's Official Problems

　　The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has launched an investigation into allegations that its officials in more than 50 countries have been selling London Olympics tickets on the black market for profit. The IOC met at an emergency session on Saturday to look into a pile of evidence uncovered by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. The paper claims that high-ranking Olympic officials have been selling tickets for the games at hugely inflated prices. The highest priced tickets on the black market were for the men's 100-meter final. The IOC has issued a statement saying it "takes these allegations very seriously and has immediately taken the first steps to investigate. "

　　IOC rules forbid national Olympics committees from selling tickets, overseas, increasing ticket prices or selling tickets to unauthorized, third-party resellers. Despite this, Sunday Times undercover reporters posing as illegal ticket sellers say they have recorded evidence of 27 officials selling tickets distributed to 54 countries. One of the most serious allegations was against the Greek Olympic Committee president Spyros Capralos. He denies saying he had "pulled strings" with the head of the London Olympics Sebastian Coe even though the paper posted videos of its reporters' negotiations with Capralos on its Website. Mr Capralos has so far refused to comment.

　　The IOC is investigating its own officials for__________.

　　A.running the black market

　　B.secretly meeting reporters

　　C.illegally selling tickets

　　D.criticizing Sunday Times