2017年职称英语(理工类)考试之补全短文每日一练(12月26日)

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2017年职称英语(理工类)考试之补全短文每日一练（12月26日）

补全短文第一题： Wignall calculated the “killing efficiency” for these volcanoes by comparing the proportion of life they killed off with the volume of lava that they produced. He found that size for size， older eruptions were at least 10 times as effective at wiping out life as their more recent rivals.

The main idea of this paragraph is__________. A.Killing Power of Ancient Volcanic Eruptions

B.Accounting for the Killing Power of Older Eruptions C.Calculation of the Killing Power of Older Eruptions D.A Mass Extinction 【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】 本段第一句话是说：Wignall calculated the “killing efficiency” for these volcanoes„；Wignall 计算了这些火山的“灭绝效率”„„；其中killing efficiency与killing Power意思差不多，属于同义词转换，因此选择B或C，但是account for 意思是：（在数量方面）占；说明（原因等）不符合句意，因此不选择B.

补全短文第二题： Home schooling is often more interesting than regular schools， but critics say that home-schoolers are outsiders who might be uncomfortable mixing with other people in adult life. ________. However， most parents don't have the time or the desire to teach their children at home， so schools will continue to be where most children get their formal education.

A.Critics also say that most parents are not well qualified to teach their children. B.A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school. C.Children who are educated at home are known as “home-schoolers.” D.Others believe they can provide a better educational experience for their children by teaching them at home. 【正确答案】 A 【答案解析】 本段大意是“对 home schooling 提出了质疑”，需要注意前面说到了“critics say”，空格处与之对应的是“Critics also say”。

补全短文第三题： “Geochemists just want an intuitive sense of what‘s going on with the elements，” says Albert Galy from the University of Cambridge ________.

A.An earth scientist has rejigged the periodic table（元素周期表）to make chemistry simpler to teach to students.

B.The traditional periodic table was well drawn.

C.“I imagine contour lines would be good for undergraduates.”

D.But he has added contour lines to charge density， helping to explain which ions react with which.

【正确答案】 C

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【答案解析】 这一段是剑桥大学的Albert Galy的原话，我们可以从引号这个关键点得出答案。即：“地学化学家们只想通过直觉判断元素的活动。我想等高线对学生们有好处”。

补全短文第四题：

Jamie was worried about the junk food which he saw being served which included burgers， pizzas and chips. So he decided to ban the junk and started cooking some good soup and curries for the children instead. So he improved the school dinners in that particular school， and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food. Then he put pressure on the government to improve the standards of school food across the country. And it looks like the changes have taken place.

Generally， schools didn‘t serve ________ to students before. A.soup and curries B.hot cooked meals C.drinks and chips D.burgers and pizzas 【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】 答案选A.细节查找并简单判断题。本段告诉我们，名厨Jamie在他所工作的学校进行了午餐改革，开始给学生做汤和咖喱饭。这说明学校通常不提供这样的饭菜。

补全短文第五题：

Some 20，000 tons of antibiotics are used in the European Union and the US each year. More than half are give to farm－animals to prevent disease and promote growth. ________.

A.The warning comes from a researcher in Switzerland who looked at levels of the drugs in farm slurry.

B.The drugs could be getting into our food and water. C.Many drugs given to humans are also excreted unchanged.

D.But recent research has found a direct link between the increased use of these farmyard drugs and the appearance of antibiotic－resistant bugs that infect people.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】 前两句讲的是抗生素在欧洲和美国的大量使用，这句讲的是由此导致的不良后果，接上去是最合理不过的。But明确地表明了这一转折。

补全短文第六题：

“Many of life‘s failures，” the supreme innovator said， “are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Before that magical moment in October 1879， Edison had worked out no fewer than 3，000 theories about electric light， but in only two cases did his experiments work.

The main idea of this paragraph is__________. A.Importance of learning from failure B.Never a successful man gives up

C.It is important to fail for a successful man D.Edison‘S comment on failure 【正确答案】 D

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【答案解析】 通过应用部分可以看出这段文字的主题是爱迪生对失败的评论。因此选择D.

补全短文第七题：

If you enjoy looking through travel books by such familiar authors as Arthur Frommer or Eugene Fodor， it will not surprise you to learn that travel writing has a long and venerable history. Almost from the earliest annals of recorded time individuals have found ready audiences for their accounts of journeys to strange and exotic locales.

This passage is mostly about__________. A.why people find travel writing exciting

B.the literary style of three early travel writers

C.where three early travel writers went and wrote about D.how to write a travel book 【正确答案】 C 【答案解析】 答案选C.主旨题。联系第一自然段和每段首句知道，本文讲了三个作家，锁定答案B和C，结合内容，文章主要讲关于他们的旅行和作品，答案是C.

补全短文第八题：Secondary school had its own share of challenges. I was a tall kid and wasn't good at any sport， except looking. I loved basketball and tennis. The first day I held a racket， and I was disgraced by my opponent. He won six straight sets without sweat and there I was， sweating badly like I'd run a marathon， whereas I hadn‘t even made a single point.

Stanley was disgraced by his classmate in a ___________. A.basketball game B.tennis game C.marathon game D.football game 【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】 答案选B.词义理解和事实细节题。通过关键词disgrace，考生可迅速定位至本段，再通过本段的关键词racket，可以判定正确答案是网球比赛。