2009年职称英语等级考试试题理工类B

We had a long __conversation__ about her parents.

The chairman __proposed__ that we stop the meeting.

Obviously these people can be __relied on__ in a crisis.

There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete __breaks__ a record.

All the pupils seem to be very __cheerful__.

The traditional paintings are __exhibited__ on the second floor.

She stood there， shaking with __fury__.

Mary evidently is the most __diligent__ student among us

__Persistent__ attempts to interview Garbo were fruitless.

Why can't you stop your __eternal__ complaining？

Hundreds of buildings were __wrecked__ by the earthquake.

These paintings are considered by many to be __authentic__.

Many economists have given in to the fatal __lure__ of mathematics.

Ten years after the event， her death still remains a __puzzle__

Nowadays many scientists depend on radiocarbon for dating age-old objects

The radiocarbon dating technique is only about 40 years old

An atom of ordinary carbon has six protons and eight neutrons

Radar is used to determine the characteristics of radiocarbon

Radiocarbon is reliable in dating an object back to at least 50，000 years.

The C-14 in an organism begins to decay when it dies

The half-life of C-14 is about 25，000 years.

Paragraph 1________.

Paragraph 2________.

Paragraph 3________.

Paragraph 4________.

Chimpanzee extinction may affect________.

There is a difference of　less than 2% between the chimp and________.

Scientists suspect that genes.PlaY a significant role in protecting chimps from getting________.

The discovery of the genetic code of chimps will be helpful to________.

Liquid water only exists

The total quantity of water on Earth

Most of the fresh water on Earth

The word “fraction” in the second paragraph means

There is more of rainfall

What is responsible for processing the information sent by your eyes？

The function of an fMRI machine is

The expression “highlighting the areas of the brain at work' in paragraph 5 means

The researchers experimented on

Which of the following can best replace the title of the passage？

The “Youth Emancipation” program aims at helping young people

It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that family ties are stronger in Portugal than in

Young people's family dependence can be attributed to all the following factors EXCEPT

Which of the following statements is NOT true of Dionisio Masso？

The phrase “wary of” in paragraph 8 could be best replaced by