词汇选项

第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每题1分，共15分）
下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1．Rodman met with Tony to try and settle the dispute over his contract.
A．solve B．avoid C．mark D．involve
2．We’re happy to report that business is booming this year.
A．risky B．successful C．failing D．open
3．If we leave now, we should miss the traffic.
A．direct B．stop C．mix D．avoid
4．In the process, the light energy converts to heat energy.
A．reduces B．changes C．leaves D．drops
5．I was shocked when I saw the size of the telephone bill.
A．excited B．angry C．lost D．surprised
6．Can you give a concrete example to support your idea?
A．specific B．real C．special D．good
7．We’ve been through some rough times together.
A．long B．happy C．difficult D．short
8．It was a fascinating painting, with clever use of color and light.
A．large B．wonderful C．new D．familiar
9．The company has the right to end his employment at any time.
A．provide B．stop C．offer D．continue
10．She gave up her job and started writing poetry.
A．abandoned B．lost C．took D．created
11．The police took fingerprints and identified the body.
A．recognized B．missed C．discovered D．touched
12．What are my chances of promotion if I stay here?
A．retirement B．advertisement C．advancement D．replacement
13．We’ve seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issues.
A．clear B．regular C．quick D．great
14．The thief was finally captured two miles away from the village.
A．caught B．killed C．found D．jailed
15．I propose that we discuss this at the next meeting.
A．suggest B．demand C．order D．request
阅读判断
第2部分：阅读判断（第16～22题，每题1分，共7分）
下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断；如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C。
The Race into Space
American millionaire Dennis Tito will always be famous. He was the first tourist in space. “I spent sixty years on Earth and eight days in space and from my viewpoint, it was two separate lives,” Tito explained. He loved his time in space. “Being in space and looking back at earth is one of the most rewarding experiences a human being can have.”
This kind of experience isn’t cheap. It cost $20 million. However, Tito achieved his dream, so he was happy. “For me it was a life dream. It was a dream that began when I didn’t have any money,” he told reporters.
On 30 April 2002, Mark Shuttleworth became the world’s second space tourist. Shuttleworth is a South African businessman. At the age of twenty-eight, he also paid $20 million for the eight-day trip.
Both Tito and Shuttleworth bought their tickets from a company called Space Adventures. The company has around 100 people already on their waiting list for flights into space. The spaceship to take them doesn’t exist yet.
Many of the customers are people who like adventure. They are the kind of people who also want to climb Mount Qomolangma. Other customers are people who love space. However, these people are worried. Because it’s so expensive, only very rich people can go into space. They want space travel to be available to more people.
That day may soon be here. Inter Orbital Systems (IOS) plans to send up to four tourists a week into space. The tours will depart from an island in Tonga. The company promises a package that includes forty-five days of astronaut training in Russia and California, seven days in space, and a vacation in Tonga, for $2 million.
However, space flight is still very dangerous. Bill Readdy is NASA’s deputy assistant administrator for space flight. He says that the chances of dying are about 1 in 500. Because of this, it may take time before space tourism really takes off. You might be able to go up, but will you come down?
16．Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
17．Mark Shuttleworth is an engineer from the United States.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
18．Both Tito and Shuttleworth have climbed Mount Qomolangma.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
19．Space Adventures has about 100 customers waiting for their travel into space.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
20．Space Adventures already has a spaceship.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
21．IOS will send its tourists into space from Tonga.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
22．Bill Readdy thinks space flight is very dangerous.
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
概括大意和完成句子
第3部分：概括大意和完成句子（第23～30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：（1）第23 ~ 26题要求从所给的6个选项中为指定段落每段选择1个小标题；（2）第27 ~ 30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定一个最佳选项。
Intelligent Machines
1　Medical scientists are already putting computer chips（芯片）directly into the brain to help people who have Parkinson’s disease, but in what other ways might computer technology be able to help us? Ray Kurzweil is author of the successful book The Age of Intelligent Machines and is one of the world’s best computer research scientists. He is researching the possibilities.
2　Kurzweil gets computers to recognize voices. An example of this is Ramona, the virtual（虚拟的）hostess of Kurzweil’s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say. Visitors to the site can have their conversations with her, and Ramona also dances and sings.
3　Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities. One of his ideas is a “seeing machine”. This will be “like a friend that could describe what is going on in the visible world”, he explains. Blind people will use a visual sensor（探测器）which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.
4　Another idea, which is likely to help deaf people, is the “listening machine”. This invention will recognize millions of words and understand any speaker. The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.
5　But it is not just about helping people with disabilities. Looking further into the future, Kurzweil sees a time when we will be able to download our entire consciousness onto a computer. This technology probably won’t be ready for at least 50 years, but when it arrives, it means our minds will be able to live forever.

23．Paragraph 2 ______
24．Paragraph 3 ______
25．Paragraph 4 ______
26．Paragraph 5 ______
A．A new pair of eyes
B．Computers that can communicate
C．Everlasting consciousness on a computer
D．Time to break off a friendship
E．An author and researcher
F．A new pair of ears

27．Ray Kurzweil works with computers to help people __________.
28．Ramona is able to understand __________.
29．Blind people will be able to see the world with __________.
30．People without hearing problems may also be interested in using __________.

A．what you say
B．a pair of sunglasses
C．the listening machine
D．a visual sensor
E．who have disabilities
F．living forever in a computer
阅读理解1
第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。
第一篇 Britain’s Solo Sailor
Ellen MacArthur started sailing when she was eight, going out on sailing trips with her aunt. She loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boat. When she was 18, she sailed alone around Britain and won the “Young Sailor of the Year” award.
But Ellen really became famous in 2001. Aged only 24, she was one of the only two women who entered the Vendee Globe round the world solo race, which lasts 100 days. Despite many problems, she came second in the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a very warm welcome when she returned.
Ambition and determination have always been a big part of Ellen’s personality. When she was younger, she lived in a kind of hut（棚屋）for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship to compete in a transatlantic race. Then she took a one-way ticket to France, bought a tiny seven meter Class Mini yacht（游艇）, slept under it while she was repairing it, and then she raced it 4,000 kilometres across the Atlantic in 1997, alone for 33 days.
Ellen has had to learn many things, because sailing single-handed means that she has to be her own captain, electrician, sailmaker, engineer, doctor, journalist, cameraman and cook. She also has to be very fit, and because of the dangers of sleeping for long periods of time she’s in the middle of the ocean, she has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time.
And she needs courage. Once, in the middle of the ocean, she had to climb the mast（桅杆）of a boat to repair the sails — at four o’clock in the morning, with 100 kph winds blowing around her. It took her many hours to make the repairs; Ellen says: “I was exhausted when I came down. It’s hard to describe how it feels to be up there. It’s like trying to hold onto a big pole, which for me is just too big to get my arms around, with someone kicking you all the time and trying to shake you off”.
But in her diary, Ellen also describes moments which make it all worthwhile（值得的）: “A beautiful sunrise started the day, with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow sun. I have a very strong feeling of pleasure, being out here on the ocean and having the chance to live this. I just feel lucky to be here”.
31．In the Vendee Globe race, Ellen won
A．the second place.
B．a gold medal.
C．the “Young Sailor of the Year” award.
D．the “Best Woman Sailor” award.
32．Ellen lived in a kind of hut for three years
A．while she was learning how to repair sails.
B．because she was ambitious for the coming race.
C．while she was trying to get financial support for a race.
D．because she was interested in country life.
33．The word “solo” in the title could be best replaced by
A．single-handed.
B．self-made.
C．one performer.
D．self-starter.
34．According to paragraph 4, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．She has to learn to repair sails.
B．She has to be her own teacher.
C．She has to be very fit.
D．She has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time.
35．How does Ellen feel about the Vendee Globe race?
A．It is enjoyable.
B．It is surprising.
C．It is dangerous.
D．It is relaxing.
阅读理解2
第二篇 One-room Schools
One-room schools are part of the heritage of the United States, and the mention of them makes people feel a longing for “the way things were.” One-room schools are an endangered species（种类）, however. For more than a hundred years, one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to centralized schools. As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States. By 1970 there were 1,800. Today, of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools, more than 350 are in Nebraska. The rest are spread through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-open spaces between towns.
Now that there are hardly any left, educators are beginning to think that maybe there is something yet to be learned from one-room schools, something that served the pioneers that might serve as well today. Progressive educators have come up with new names like “peer-group teaching” and “multi-age grouping” for educational procedures that occur naturally in the one-room schools. In a one-room school the children teach each other because the teacher is busy part of the time teaching someone else. A fourth grader can work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the bad name associated with being left back or the pressures of being skipped ahead.
A youngster with a learning disability can find his or her own level without being separated from the other pupils. A few hours is happy in a small school that has only one classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel that one of the advantages of living in Nebraska is that their children have to go to a one-room school.
36．We learn from the first paragraph that one-room schools
A．are the best in Nebraska.
B．are becoming more and more centralized.
C．have had a strong influence on American people.
D．need to be shut down.
37．One-room schools are in danger of disappearing because
A．there has been a trend towards centralization.
B．they cannot get top students.
C．they exist only in one state.
D．children have to teach themselves.
38．A major characteristic of the one-room school system is that
A．learning is not limited to one grade level.
B．pupils mostly study math and English
C．some children have to be left back.
D．teachers are always busy
39．It can be learned from paragraph 2 that many parents in Nebraska
A．don’t like centralized schools.
B．come from other states.
C．received education in one-room schools
D．prefer rural life.
40．What is the author’s attitude towards one-room schools?
A．Critical.
B．Humorous.
C．Angry.
D．Praising.
阅读理解3
第三篇 Sharing Silence
Deaf teenagers Orlando Chavez and German Resendiz have been friends since kindergarten（幼儿园）. Together the two boys, who go to Escondido High School in California, have had the difficult job of learning in schools where the majority of the students can speak and hear.
Orlando lost his hearing at the age of one. German was born deaf, and his parents moved from Mexico to find a school where he could learn sign language. He met Orlando on their first day of kindergarten.
“We were in a special class with about 25 other deaf kids,” German remembers. “Before then, I didn’t know I was deaf and that I was different.”
“Being young and deaf in regular classes was very hard,” signs Orlando. “The other kids didn’t understand us and we didn’t understand them. But we’ve all grown up together, and today. I’m popular because I’m deaf. Kids try hard to communicate with me.”
Some things are very difficult for the two boys. “We can’t talk on the phone, so if we need help, we can’t call an emergency service,” German signs. “And we can’t order food in a drive-thru.”
Despite their difficulties, the two boys have found work putting food in bags at a local supermarket. They got their jobs through a “workability” program, designed for teenagers from local schools with different types of learning disabilities.
German has worked in the supermarket since August, and Orlando started in November.
“The other people who work here have been very nice to us,” Orlando signs. “They even sign sometimes. At first, we were nervous, but we’ve learned a lot and we’re getting better.”
The opportunity to earn money has been exciting, both boys said. After high school, they hope to attend the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in New York.
41．Orlando and German have been
A．to Mexico together.
B．deaf since they were born.
C．to different high schools.
D．friends since they were very young.
42．According to the passage, the difficulty for Orlando and German is that
A．they can’t communicate with their classmates.
B．they are not allowed to talk on the phone.
C．they can’t order food in a drive-thru.
D．they are not supposed to use emergency services.
43．Both Orlando and German have found their jobs at
A．a fast-food restaurant.
B．a supermarket.
C．a technical institute.
D．a local school.
44．The word “emergency” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to
A．food.
B．alarm.
C．crisis.
D．quick.
45．Both boys are happy to
A．design programs for the deaf.
B．work at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
C．help students with learning disabilities.
D．have the opportunity to earn money.
补全短文

第5部分：补全短文（第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）
下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章面貌。
House of the Future
What will houses be like in thirty years’ time? No one really knows, but architects are trying to predict. ________ (46)
Future houses will have to be flexible. In thirty years’ time even more of us will be working from home. So we will have to be able to use areas of the house for work for part of the day and for living for the rest. Families grow and change with children arriving, growing up and leaving home. ________ (47) Nothing will be as fixed as it is now. The house will always be changing to meet changing needs.
Everyone agrees that in thirty years’ time we will be living in “intelligent” houses. We will be able to talk to our kitchen machines and discuss with them what to do. Like this: “We’ll be having a party this weekend. What food shall we cook?” ________ (48) We will be able to leave most of the cooking to the machines, just tasting things from time to time to check.
The house of the future will be personal — each house will be different. ________ (49) You won’t have to paint them — you’ll be able to tell the wall to change the color! And if you don’t like the color the next day, you will be able to have a new one. ________ (50)
A．You will be able to change the color of the wall easily.
B．The only thing you won’t be able to do is move the house somewhere else!
C．And the machine will tell us what food we will have to buy and how to cook it.
D．What will our home be like then?
E．The house of the future will have to grow and change with the family.
F．The kids might take their bedrooms with them as they leave.

完形填空

第6部分：完形填空（第52~65题，每题1分，共15分）
下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。
A Country’s Standard of Living
The “standard of living” of any country means the average person’s share of the goods and services the country produces. A country’s standard of living, therefore, ____ (51) first on its capacity to produce wealth. “Wealth” in this ____ (52) is not money, for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy, “goods” such as food and clothing, and “services” such as transport and entertainment.
A country’s capacity to ____ (53) wealth depends upon many factors, most of ____ (54) have an effect on one another. Wealth depends ____ (55) a great extent upon a country’s natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile（肥沃的）soil and a favorable climate; other regions ____ (56) none of them.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to ____ (57) them to use. China is perhaps as rich as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years ____ (58) civil and external wars, and for this and other ____ (59) was unable to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and ____ (60) from foreign invasions, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more ____ (61) than another country equally well favored by nature but less well ordered.
A country’s standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and ____ (62) within its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through international trade. For example, Britain’s wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural ____ (63) would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus（剩余的）manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products ____ (64) would otherwise be lacking. A country’s wealth is, therefore, much influenced by its manufacturing capacity, ____ (65) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.
51．A．calls B．gets C．depends D．takes
52．A．sense B．article C．side D．area
53．A．distribute B．produce C．contain D．buy
54．A．that B．these C．what D．which
55．A．for B．to C．in D．by
56．A．contribute B．possess C．attract D．develop
57．A．move B．force C．turn D．push
58．A．as B．on C．with D．from
59．A．reasons B．aspects C．points D．services
60．A．freedom B．liberation C．prevention D．government
61．A．wealth B．report C．effect D．result
62．A．provided B．increased C．created D．consumed
63．A．organizations B．resources C．products D．labors
64．A．who B．that C．where D．when
65．A．based B．realized C．supposed D．provided

参考答案
2010年职称英语等级考试真题参考答案
1 A 2 B 3 D 4 B 5 D
6 A 7 C 8 B 9 B 10 A
11 A 12 C 13 A 14 A 15 A
16 A 17 B 18 C 19 A 20 B
21 A 22 A 23 B 24 A 25 F
26 C 27 E 28 A 29 D 30 C
31 A 32 C 33 A 34 B 35 A
36 C 37 A 38 A 39 A 40 D
41 D 42 C 43 B 44 C 45 D
46 D 47 E 48 C 49 A 50 B
51 C 52 A 53 B 54 D 55 B
56 B 57 C 58 D 59 A 60 A
61 A 62 D 63 C 64 B 65 D
其中：
第一部分：第1～15题，每题1分，共15分；
第二部分：第16～22题，每题1分，共7分；
第三部分：第23～30题，每题1分，共8分；
第四部分：第31～45题，每题3分，共45分；
第五部分：第46～50题，每题2分，共10分；
第六部分：第51～65题，每题1分，共15分。
试卷满分：100分。
答案解析
2010年职称英语等级考试真题参考答案及解析
第1部分：词汇选项
1．A　译文：罗德曼和托尼会面，试图解决关于合同的争论。
划线词为动词，意思是“决定，解决”，与A项solve（解决）为同义词，又如：Help me to solve my financial troubles.请帮我解决经济困难。B项意为“避免”，例：1 think he’s avoiding me.我觉得他在躲着我。C项意为“做记号”，例：Prices are marked on the goods.商品上都标有价格。D项意为“包含，牵连”，例：The strike involved many people.许多人参加了罢工。
2．B　译文：我们很高兴地告知大家今年生意兴隆。
划线词为形容词，意思是“兴旺的，繁荣的”，与B项successful（成功的，圆满的）意思相近，又如：He is a successful character actor.他是一个成功的性格演员。A项意为“冒险的”，例：It is a risky undertaking.那是一桩冒险的事情。C项意为“失败的，衰退的”，例：His eyesight is failing.他的视力渐渐衰退了。 D项意为“开放的”，例：1s the museum open on Sundays? 博物馆每星期天都开放吗？
3．D　译文：如果我们现在走，应该能避开交通高峰。
划线词为动词，意思是“错过”，与D项avoid（避免）为同义词，又如：She braked suddenly and avoided an accident.她紧急刹车，避免了一场车祸。A项意为“指引，带领”，例：The general manager directed the company through a difficult time.总经理带领公司渡过了难关。B项意为“阻止”，例：The policemen stopped the fight.警察制止了这场斗殴。C项意为“使混合”，例：The workmen mixed sand， gravel, and cement to make concrete.工人们把沙、石子和水泥混合成混凝土。
4．B　译文：在这个过程中，光能转化成热能。
划线词为动词，意思是“转变，变换”，多与to/into连用，与B项changes（变化）意思相近，又如：Let me change the dollar bill for coins.让我把这张美元的纸钞换成硬币。A项意为“减少”，例：He is trying to reduce expenses.他正努力减少开支。C项意为“离开”，例：Mary left school last year and she is working in a shop now.玛丽去年退了学，现正在一家商店工作。D项意为“下降；终止”，例：If a fire alarm is given, drop whatever you are doing, and leave the building at once.如果听到火警，立即停止手头的一切工作，马上离开建筑物。
5．D　译文：当我看到电话账单的长度时我很震惊。
划线词为形容词，意思是“震惊的”，与D项surprised（吃惊的）为同义词，又如：She was surprised by the boy’s intelligence.那男孩的智力使她很吃惊。A项意为“兴奋的”，例：I get excited whenever I hear the playing of our national anthem.每当听到我们国歌的演奏，我都很激动。B项意为“生气的”，例：I was angry with myself.我对自己很生气。C项意为“失去的”，例：The art of good conversation seems lost.高雅谈吐的艺术似已不复存在。
6．A　译文：你可否举一个具体的例子来支撑你的观点？
划线词为形容词，意思是“具体的”，与A项specific（具体的，确切的）为同义词，又如：What are your specific aims?你具体的目标是什么？ B项意为“真实的”，例：Was it a real person you saw or a ghost?你看见的是真人还是鬼？ C项意为“特殊的”，例：What are your special interests?你有些什么特别爱好？ D项意为“好的”，例：He was very good to me when I was ill.我生病时他对我关怀备至。
7．C　译文：我们一起经历了艰难的时刻。
划线词为形容词，意思是“艰难的”，与C项difficult（困难的）意思相近，又如：Their refusal puts us in a difficult position.他们的拒绝使我们陷入了困境。 A项意为“长的”，例：We have, however, a rather long way to go.我们仍然还有很长的路要走。B项意为“高兴的”，例：Why aren’t we all happy and successful?为什么不能皆大欢喜？D项意为“短暂的”。例：The coat is rather short in the sleeves.这件大衣的袖子很短。
8．B　译文：这幅画的颜色和色彩配合巧妙，令人着迷。
划线词为形容词，意思是“迷人的，有魅力的”，与B项wonderful（出色的，极好的）意思相近，又如： The spirit of the movement was wonderful.这次运动的精神极好。A项意为“大的”，例：A large family needs a large house.大家庭需要大房子。C项意为“新的”，例I need a new house.我需要一栋新房子。D项意为“熟悉的”，例：He was familiar with those roads.他熟知那些路。
9．B　译文：公司有权利随时终止与他的雇佣关系。
划线词为动词，意思是“结束”，与B项stop（停止）意思相近，又如：He stopped the machine.他停止了机器。A项意为“提供”，例：The management will provide food and drink.管理部门将供应饮食。 C项意为“给予”，例：The company has offered a high salary.公司已提出高薪相聘。D项意为“继续”，例：Property values continue to advance rapidly.房地产价格继续急速上涨。
10．A　译文：她放弃了工作，开始诗歌创作。
划线词组为动词词组，意思是“放弃”，是give up的过去式。与A项abandoned（放弃、抛弃）意思相近，又如：For some users, the absence of this simple Undo is sufficient grounds to abandon a product entirely.对于某些用户来说，缺少简单的撤销功能，可能就会完全放弃某个产品。B项意为“丢失”，例： County boroughs lost their autonomy.自治郡失去了它们的自治权。C项意为“取得"，例：Don t forget to take your umbrella (with you) when you go.你走时别忘了带伞。D项意为“创造”，例：The best way to predict the future is to create it.预测未来的最好方式就是创造未来。
11．A　译文：警察采集了指纹，辨认出了遗体。
划线词为动词，意思是“辨认出”，与A项recognized（认出）意思相近，又如：Can you identify your umbrella?你能认出你的雨伞吗？ B项意为“错过；未出席”，例：You missed the meeting.你没来参加会议。C项意为“发现”，例：Columbus discovered America.哥伦布发现了美洲。D项意为“触摸”，例：I touched him lightly on the arm.我轻轻碰了碰他的手臂。
12．C　译文：如果我待在这里，我有升职的机会吗？
划线词为名词，意思是“提升，晋级”，与C项advancement（前进；进展）为同义词，又如：The aim of a university should be the advancement of learning.大学的目标应是促进学术的发展。A项意为“退休”，例：She took to painting after retirement.她退休后爱上了绘画。B项意为“广告”，例：Advertisement helps to sell goods.广告有助于推销商品。D项意为“代替”，例：We need a replacement for the secretary who left.我们需要一个人代替已离职的秘书。
13．A　译文：我们已经看到了我们在对待社会问题的态度上的显着变化。
划线词为形容词，意思是“明显的；显着的”，与A项clear（清晰的）意思相近，又如：Professor Smith gave a clear explanation of the experiment.史密斯教授对这次实验做了清晰的讲解。B项意为“有规律的”，例：Everything seemed quite regular when the fire broke out.当起火的时候，一切似乎都很正常。C项意为“迅速的”，例：He is quick to act.他行动迅速。D项意为“伟大的，优秀的”，例：It was a great decision for her.这对她来说是一个重大的决定。
14．A　译文：最终，那个小偷在逃出村子两英里后被抓住了。
划线词为动词，意思是“捕获；俘虏”，与A项caught（逮住，捕获）意思相近，又如：The policeman caught the thief.警察逮住了小偷。B项意为“扼杀，毁掉”，例：This has killed my hopes.这使我的希望破灭了。C项意为“找到”，例：Newton found that all masses attract each other.牛顿发现所有的物质都相互吸引。D项意为“监禁；拘留”。例：He went to jail for drunken driving.他因酒后开车入狱。
15．A　译文：我提议下次会议再讨论这个问题。
划线词为动词，意思是“提议，建议”，与A项suggest（建议）意思相近，又如：I suggest a tour of the museum.我提议去参观博物馆。B项意为“要求，请求”，例：The workers are demanding better pay.工人要求提高工资。C项意为“命令”。例：The doctor ordered silence.医生命令保持安静。D视意为“要求，请求”，例：You are requested not to smoke.请不要吸烟。
第2部分：阅读判断
16．A　句意：丹尼斯•蒂托是太空的第一个旅行者。
关键词为Dennis Tito和the first tourist。文中第一段前两句话说到，“美国富翁丹尼斯•蒂托将一直很有名，因为他是太空旅行的第一人。”故此题为“正确”的。
17．B　句意：马克•沙特尔沃思是从美国来的工程师。
关键词为Mark Shuttleworh。文中第三段提到“……马克•沙特尔沃思成为世界上第二个太空旅行者，他是一个南非商人……”，因此可知，马克•沙特尔沃思不是美国人，而是南非人，故此题为“错误”的。
18．C　句意：蒂托和沙特尔沃思都爬过珠穆朗玛峰。
关键词是Mount Qomolangma。文中第五段谈到“许多人都喜欢冒险，他们也都想爬上珠穆朗玛峰”，但是蒂托和沙特尔沃思是否爬过珠穆朗玛峰没有提到，故此题为“未提及”的。
19．A　句意：太空探险有大约100人正等待着进入太空的旅行。
关键词是Space Adventures。文中第四段提出“……这个公司已经有大约100个人在等待着太空旅行”，故此题为“正确”的。
20．B　句意：太空探险已经有了太空飞船。
关键词是spaceship。文中第四段最后一句话提出“载他们的太空飞船还不存在”，故此题是“错误”的。
21．A　句意：IOS将把它的游客们从汤加发送到太空里。
关键词是IOS和Tonga。文中第六段提出“……IOS计划每一周送四个游客进入太空，这次旅行将从汤加的一个岛上开始”，故此题是“正确”的。
22．A　句意：Bill Readdy认为大空飞行是非常危险的。
关键词为Bill Readdy, space flight和dangerous。文中最后一段讲到太空飞行是非常危险的，Bill Readdy也说到死的几率是1/500，故此题是“正确”的。
第3部分：概括大意与完成句子
23．B　第二段提到Kurzweil能够使电脑识别声音，从而与别人进行交流。B选项Computers that can communicate（能进行交流的电脑）与本段内容相符，故选B。
24．A　第三段主要是说Kurzweil利用这些技术帮助身体残疾的人，而这一段主要是说如何帮助眼睛失明的人，这种“看得见的机器”能够使失明的人描述他所看到的一切，也就相当于他获得了“一双新的眼睛”。A选项A new pair of eyes(—双新的眼睛）意思相符，故选A。
25．F　第四段主要是承接上一段的，是说其如何帮助耳聋的人听见东西。F选项A new pair of ears( —对新的耳朵）意思相符，故选F。
26．C　第五段主要是说这种机器不仅仅只是帮助残疾人，从长远看来，到时我们人类的整个意识系统都会被载入到电脑里面，这样我们的思想就会永远留存了。C选项Everlasting consciousness on a computer（在电脑里永远留存的思想意识）与本段内容相符，故选C。
27．E　题意：Ray Kurzweil利用电脑帮助身体残疾的人们。
依据文中第三段第一句话Kurzweil uses this technology to help people with physical disabilities.其中的“physical disabilities”，就是“身体残疾”。故选E。
28．A　题意：Ramona能够理解你所说的。
依据文中第二段第二句话，An example of this is Ramona, the virtual hostess of Kurzweil’s homepage, who is programmed to understand what you say.故选A。
29．D　题意：失明的人利用视觉传感器将能够看见这个世界。
依据关键词blind people，可在文中第三段第四句话找到相关叙述：Blind people will use a visual sensor which will probably be built into a pair of sunglasses. This sensor will describe to the person everything it sees.故选D。
30．C　题意：那些听力没有问题的人可能也非常感兴趣去用这种听的机器。
依据文中第四段第三句话，The listening machine will also be able to translate into other languages, so even people without hearing problems are likely to be interested in using it.故选C。
第4部分：阅读理解
第一篇
31．A　题意：在“旺底（帆迪）环球航海赛”中，艾伦赢得了第二名。
文中第二段谈到她是进入这场比赛的两名女选手中的一个，在24个竞争对手中，她赢得了第二名，故选A。
32．C　句意：当她努力地要为比赛获得资金支持的时候，艾伦在一种棚屋里住了三年。文中第三段第二句谈到“当艾伦还很年轻的时候，她就在一种棚屋里住了三年，那时她正在努力地想要获得进行横渡大西洋比赛的奖金”，故选C。
33．A　句意：题目中的单词“solo”，可以被“single-handed”代替。
文中第四段第一句提到“艾伦必须学会许多事情，因为单独航行意味着……”，故选A。
34．B　句意：根据第四段，下列哪种说法是不对的？她是她自己的老师。
文中第四段提到“艾伦必须学会许多事情，因为单独航行意味着她必须是自己的船长、电工、修帆工、工程师、医生、记者、摄影师和厨师。她也必须非常适合这些工作，并且由于在海洋中长时间睡觉会非常危险，她就训练自己每次睡觉时间大约为20分钟”，故选B。
35．A　句意：艾伦感觉“旺底（帆迪）环球航海赛"比赛很愉悦。
文中最后一段谈到艾伦非常享受在大海上的感觉，感到自己非常幸运，故选A。
第二篇
36．C　题意：从文中第一段，我们可以了解到单室学校对美国人有着很深的影响。
此题属于主旨题，文中第一段第一句话提到，“单室学校已经成为美国遗产的一部分，一提到它就会使人们有一种渴望回到过去的感觉。”也就是说，这种学校对美国人的影响很深，故选C。
37．A　题意：单室学校正在面临消失的危险是因为出现了集中化的趋势。
文中第一段第三句话提到，“一百多年来，单室学校被渐渐地关闭了，学生被统一派遣到集中化的学校。”故选A。
38．A　题意：单室学校系统的主要特征是学习不被局限在一个等级上。
文中第二段第四句话提到，“单室学校的学生们要相互教对方，因为老师不停地忙于教其他的学生。”故选A。
39．A　题意：从第二段我们可以了解到内布拉斯加州的许多父母都不喜欢集中化的学校。
文中第二段最后一句提到，“许多父母认为住在内布拉斯加州的好处之一就是孩子能够在单室教室上学。”也就是说，家长们都不喜欢集中的学校，故选A。
40．D　题意：作者对单室学校的态度是赞扬的。
通观整篇文章，作者对单室学校都是持赞同的态度的。例如，在单室学校里，不同级别的孩子们可以相互教学，家长们都喜欢自己的孩子在单室学校学习等，这些描述都反映出作者赞同的态度，故选A。
第三篇
41．D　题意：Orlando和German从很小开始就是朋友。
短文开头部分提到“Orlando和German从幼儿园就是好朋友”，据此可以判断“很小就是朋友”是正确的。故选D。
42．C　题意：依据文章内容，Orlando和German很难做到的是在得来速订餐。
文中第五段第二句提到，German表示，他们无法在电话里讲话，因此如果他们需要帮助，也无法呼叫紧急服务，而且他们也不能在得来速订餐。故选C。
43．B　题意：Orlando和German都在超市找到了工作。
文中第七段给出了Orlando和German去超市开始工作的具体月份，据此可以做出判断。故选B。
44．C　题意：与第五段中的单词“emergency”意思最为接近的是crisis。
A选项food“食品”；B选项alarm“警戒”；C选项crisis“危机”；D选项quick“迅速的”，故选C。.
45．D　题意：两个男孩都因为有机会赚钱而感到高兴
文中最后一段第一句提到，两个人都说有机会赚钱是令人兴奋的。故选D。
第5部分：补全短文
46．D　句意：那个时候我们的家将会是什么样子的？
前面提到了对30年后的房子的畅想，没有人会知道30年后房子是什么样子的，但是建筑家们正在努力地预测。由此可推断出此处应是一句总结性的问句。故选B。
47．E　句意：未来的房子会随着家庭发生变化。
前文中提到随着孩子的出生，成长，以及又离开家，家庭就会发生变化，因此房子应该相应地发生变化。故选E。
48．C　句意：机器将会告诉我们，买哪些食物以及怎样做这些食物。
前文中提到的我们未来的房子将是智能化的，例如我们可以跟房子里厨房的机器聊天，问它如果我们要举行一个晚会，我们该做些什么。因此相应的在后面机器会给出答案。故选C。
49．A　句意：你能很容易地改变墙的颜色。
前一句提到，未来的房子将会个性化，每一间房子都会不同。后面又提到，你不必给墙漆色，你可以告诉墙让墙改变颜色。因此此句应该表达的是你可以改变墙的颜色。故选A。
50．B　句意：你唯一不能做的是把房子移到别处。
前面提到的都是你对房子所能做的事情，所以后面应该会提到你所不能做的事情。故选B。
第6部分：完形填空
51．C　本题考查固定词组depend on依赖于，故选C。
52．A　本题考查词语搭配in this sense从这个意义上说，故选A。
53．B　这句话是说，一个国家创造财富的能力取决于很多因素，produce意为生产，创造，符合题意，故选B。
54．D　本题考查的是非限制性定语从句，先行词为物，故选D。
55．B　本题考查的是固定搭配to a great extent，很大程度上。故选B。
56．B　本题考查词语辨析，前面谈到了世界上有的地区富含能源，土地肥沃，气候宜人，而相反的，其他地方却不拥有这些条件，故选B。
57．C　本题考查固定词组turn…to…，使…变为… ，故选C。
58．D　本题考查介词的应用，这里是想表达战争使得中国的资源受挫，故选D。
59．A　此题考查词语辨析。reason原因；aspect方面；point观点；service服务。根据前面的解释，这里表示的是由于这个或者其他的原因，故选A。
60．A　根据上下文，此处应该表示的是从外国入侵中获得解放，故选A。
61．A　此处是说能够使一个国家和平稳定地开发它的自然资源，创造出比另一个国家更多的财富，故选A。
62．D　此处是说，一个国家的生活标准不仅仅依赖于自己国界内生产和消费的财富，还依赖于直接通过国际贸易获得的财富，故选D。
63．C　此处是对上面叙述进行的解释，如果英国仅依靠国内生产的话，它在食品和其它农产品上的财富就会少得多，故选C。
64．B　本题考查定语从句中关系代词的应用，由于前面的先行词是物，故选B。
65．D　本题考查连词provided，假如；在……条件下，故选D。