2012年职称英语等级考试模拟题综合类第1部分：词汇选项（第115题，每题1分，共15分） 下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。 1. Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.A. badB. politeC. similarD. usual2. Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment.A. loveB. surpriseC. doubtD. anger3. Your dog needs at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise every day.A. energeticB. physicalC. regularD. free4. Our arrangements were thrown into complete turmoil.A. failureB. confusionC. doubtD. relief5. Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.A. evidenceB. dangerC. caseD. picture6. I enjoyed the play-it had a clever plot and very funny dialogues.A. longB. originalC. humorousD. boring7. He demolished my arguments in minutes.A. disprovedB. disputedC. acceptedD. supported8. The two banks have announced plans to merge next year.A. combineB. sellC. closeD. break9. Regular visits from a social worker can be of immense value to old people living alone.A. immediateB. greatC. equalD. moderate10. I want to provide my boys with a decent education.A. privateB. generalC. goodD. special11. Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth.A. attractB. encourageC. requireD. spend12. He was kept in appalling conditions in prison.A. criticalB. tembleC. necessaryD. normal13. I cant put up with my neighbors noise any longer, its driving me mad.A. measureB. generateC. tolerateD. reduce14. The project required ten years of diligent research.A. hardworkingB. scientificC. basicD. social15. He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.A. unclearB. brightC. badD. general第2部分：阅读判断（第1622题，每题1分，共7分） 阅读下面这篇短文，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，请在答题卡上把A涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑；如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把涂黑。 Mothers and matchmakers (媒人) have always known that not being married is a definite health hazard. But when a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported a few weeks ago that middle-aged men without wives were actually twice as likely to die during a 10-year span (全长) as men with wives, the espoused and the spouseless alike stooped to take notice. It was the kind of news that swept through offices and watering holes and it made people feel smug ( 自鸣得意)or anxious, depending on their circumstances. Now the researchers who conducted the study are trying to find out what accounted for （说明，解释） the dramatic differences in survival rates. The investigators, headed by UCSF associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics (生物统计学) Maradee A. Davis, had set out to examine the effect of various living arrangements on mortality. Because of the buffering social support marriage is known to provide, Davis and her colleagues fully expected to find that men and women dwelling alone fared (生活，进展) worst in survival rates. It came as some surprise, however, that in their study population, subjects who shared living quarters with people other than a spouse had the same lower survival rates as those who lived by themselves. “ The critical factor,” Davis says, “ seems to be the presence of a spouse.” The lower survival rates for the spouseless were found primarily in men who were widowed, separated or divorced, rather than in those who had never been married. Davis and her colleagues have already eliminated certain health factors as causes of higher mortality by adjusting their data to discount the effects of smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity and lack of exercise. Now they will look more closely at a variety of other considerations, such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels and chronic illnesses. Sex roles: While many middle-aged men now know the difference between a cheese grater and a garlic press, nutrition may still account for some of the California studys findings. Previous research by Daviss team showed that unmarried men even if they lived with other people ate less healthy diets than married men. “ Traditional sex roles have meant that men arent as well informed as women about nutritional shopping and food preparation.” Says Davis. Emotional and social factors probably also played a role in higher mortality among the spouseless men. The San Francisco researchers will examine a randomly selected subgroup of their study population for more detailed medical data, and theyll look at a trait (特征) they call “ general well-being”. This focuses on subjectively reported feelings and moods, rather than specific psychological symptoms. The researchers will analyze questionnaires that asked how frequently the men felt worried, nervous or poorly rested. But the team will also look at the causes of death; if the men without