2003年职称英语等级考试试题理工类B

Can you __follow__ the plot?

Even in a highly modernized country, __manual__ work is still needed.

In the latter case the __outcome__ can be serious indeed.

Norman Blamey is an artist of deep __convictions__.

__Up to now__, the work has been easy.

The report __advocated__ setting up day training colleges.

__Accordingly__, a number of other methods have been employed.

The __outlook__ from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.

Our lives are __intimately__ bound up with theirs.

The union representative ___put across__ her argument very effectively.

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.

The people of Kiribati worry that one day their country will be taken away by a sudden high tide.

High tides used to attack Kiribati when there was strong wind or heavy rain.

The heat released by burning oil and coal is the direct cause of global warming.

Scientists are not sure how serious the effects of global warming will be.

The coral island nations of the Pacific have a long history of civilization.

The people of the coral island nations are unable to do anything substantial about the problem of global warming.

Some industrialized countries are unwilling to spend money in reducing pollution.

Paragraph 2 _____________

Paragraph 3 _____________

Paragraph 5 _____________

Paragraph 6 _____________

Even the most sophisticated Japanese robots are __________.

Robots are less popular in Britain today partly because ________.

One disadvantage of using robots is that they consume ___________.

The use of robots increases ___________.

According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?

“Some” in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to

Thousands of Irish people starved during the “Potato Famine” because

Which country is the largest coffee producer?

Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?

What does “clear-air turbulence” probably mean? (Paragraph 1)

In December 1997, a United Airlines flight hit unexpected rough air,

The turbulence detector can tell the severity of the turbulence by measuring

We can infer from the fifth paragraph that

The last paragraph tells us, among other things, that

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