2013年职称英语(综合类A级)考前预测试卷

Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.

Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.

An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of the Department of the State.

We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.

There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.

All living organisms, regardless of their unique identity, have certain logical, chemical, and physical characteristics in common.

The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.

Human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.

The Constitutions, vague nature has given it the flexibility to be adapted when circumstances change.

The expedition reached the summit at 10:30 that morning.

The latest census is encouraging.

Academic records from other institutions often become part of a university's official file and can neither be returned to a student nor duplicated.

While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s, Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environment problems.

Gambling is lawful in Nevada.

The African wild dog has been endangered.

The spotted hyena is on the verge of extinction.

The remaining lions will die out within decades.

The dominant female is always left behind to protect the young.

There is a tension between babysitting and hunting.

The size of a pack must be big enough for it to survive.

Steps will be taken to protect the African wild dog.

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Early discovery of breast cancer may __________

Advantages of screening women under 50 are__________

Delaying the age at which screening starts may__________

Radiation exposure should be__________

Why was it "too late" by the time they left the hut in the morning?

The first reason given to explain why mountaineers hate talus is__________

What is likely to be the meaning of "Cailloux"'?

What is sarcastic in the words of the boy in paragraph four?

In what sense was Toby "safe"?

Maria wanted to attend__________

In those days, most Italian girls__________

You can infer from this passage that__________

Maria's father probably__________

High school teachers in Italy in those days were__________

The dog was different from others in that__________

How many methods are used to transport drugs?

How many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the United States in 1994？

Which of the following could best replace the expression "small fry" in the third paragraph?

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