2003年职称英语等级考试试题理工类A

He talks tough but has a __tender__ heart.

It is no use __debating__ the relative merits of this policy.

Our statistics show that we __consume__ all that we are capable of producing.

The fuel tanks had a __capacity__ of 140 liters.

Our lives are __intimately__ bound up with theirs.

Her faith __upheld__ her in times of sadness.

The book provides a __concise__ analysis of the country’s history.

It is __laid down__ in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times.

The council meeting __terminated__ at 2 o’clock.

Red flag was placed there as a __token__ of danger.

However bad the situation is, the majority is ___unwilling__ to risk change.

It has been said that the Acts provided a new course of action and did not merely __regulate__ or enlarge an old one.

The secretary is expected to __explore__ ideas for post-war reconstruction of the area.

The __steadily__ rising cost of labor on the waterfront has greatly increased the cost of shipping cargo by water.

The astronomer was not interested in the way dolphins communicate with each other.

The dolphin leapt up into the air because Sagan was too near the water.

Parts of the dolphin’s brain are particularly well developed to handle different kinds of sound.

Dolphins are the most useful animals to humans.

Dolphins travel faster in water than any other animals.

Some scientists believe that dolphins have a language of their own.

Sounds can be called a language only when they have a structure and a grammar.

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The machinery outside the calorimeters records everything___________.

Nicola Walters had time for the experiments________________.

Volunteers have to get prepared for the time in the calorimeter____________.

The experiments show that high-fat diets_____________.

Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true?

Flowers and Yeo have started a programme

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?

The word “affect” in Paragraph 6 could be best replaced by

The attitude of the author towards the research project is

Compared with the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent is

The passage implies that the writer and her boyfriend live in

Living alone in a house, the writer seems to

We learn from the passage that the writer

The phrase “coming back out of the cave” in the fifth paragraph means

The role of the body clock is to

The word “malady” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

Flying in a westward direction will

Which of the following in NOT mentioned as a reason for the disrupted sleep of travelers?

It can be seen from the last two paragraphs that