2009年職稱英語綜合類C級模擬試題二(12)
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第2篇
1. C. 細節題。 問題問“第一段中提到的‘這些是關注過去的城市’指的是什么城市？ ”。 首先找到出現在問題句引號中的這個句子：
Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true（真實的， 忠誠的） that some cities don’t permit（允許） buildings（建筑物） to go above（超出， 在...之上） a certain（一定的） height（高度）.But these some cities are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell(告訴) the world（世界） that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
從以上的答案相關句可知關注過去的城市不允許建筑物超出一定得高度， 由此可以推斷出這樣的城市希望保持其傳統的城市形象。
2.B． 細節題。 利用問題句中的特征結構the 19th century作為答案線索，同時利用被選項中出現的細節信息結構（A：money, C: backward technology, D: mountains）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：順著上一題的答案位置往下查找：
Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven.（第一題答案相關句） It is true that some cities don’t permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers.
When people gather together in cites, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means（意味著） building（修建） upwards（向上）.
The technology existed（存在） to do this as early as（早在...） the 19th century. But the height（高度， 海拔） of buildings was limited by（被...限制） one important （重要的）factor（因素）. They had to be small（小的） enough（足夠） for people on the top floors（頂層） to climb（爬， 攀登） stairs（樓梯）. People could not be expected（被期望） to climb a mountain at the end of （在...結束的時候）their journey（旅程） to work, or home.
第3段中的答案相關句說：早在19世紀建造高樓的技術已經存在，限制樓高的因素只有一個，那就是人們下班后不想像爬山那樣去爬樓梯， 這說明當時還沒有找到把人送往高處的辦法。
3．D. 細節題。 利用問題句中的特征詞Otis及被選項中的細節信息詞及特征詞（A：architects, builders; B: Egyptians, Pyramids）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
（第2題答案相關句）The technology existed to do this as early as the 19th century. But the height of buildings was limited by one important factor. They had to be small enough for people on the top floors to climb stairs. People could not be expected to climb a mountain at the end of their journey to work, or home.
Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought（帶來， 引起） us the lift ?C or elevator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley(滑輪) system（系統） the Egyptians used to create（創造， 造成） the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention. In fact, he（指代Otis） spent（花（時間，金錢）） a number of（大量的） years exhibiting（展出） lifts at fairgrounds（露天市場， 游樂場）, giving people the chance（機會） to try them before selling（賣） the idea to architects （建造師）and builders（營造商）.
答案相關句說：Otis在游樂場里讓大家試乘了幾年后才把這個想法出售給建筑師和營運商。這說明剛開始人們還是對電梯的安全性心存顧慮。
4．B． 細節題。 順著上一題的答案位置往下查找答案相關句：
Elisha Otis, a US inventor, was the man who brought us the lift ?C or elecator, as he preferred to call it. However, most of the technology is very old. Lifts work using the same pulley system the Egyptians used to create the Pyramids. What Otis did was attach the system to a steam engine and develop the elevator brake, which stops the lift falling if the cords that hold it up are broken. It was this that did the most to gain public confidence in the new invention.(第3題答案相關句) In fact, he spent a number of years exhibiting lifts at fairgrounds, giving people the chance to try them before selling the idea to architects and builders.
A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now. Going in a lift is such（如此的） an everyday（日常的，平常的） thing that it would just（僅僅，非常， 恰好） be boring（令人感到厭倦的）. Yet psychologists and others who study human behavior find lifts fascinating. The reason is simple. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos. The nearest they can get to the that with humans is in observing them in lifts.
答案相關句說“乘電梯也成了再普遍不過的事情， 以至于乘坐電梯也變得有些令人感到厭倦”。
5. D. 細節題。利用問題句中的細節信息詞（psychologists, human behavior）及備選項中的細節信息共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
A lift would not be a very good theme park attraction now.（第4題答案相關句）Going in a lift is such an everyday thing that it would juts be boring. Yet （然而）psychologists and others who study human behavior find（發現） lifts fascinating（迷人的） . The reason is simple（簡單的）. Scientists have always studied animals in zoos（動物園）. The nearest they can get to（開始， 到達） that with humans is in observing（觀察， 遵守） them in lifts.
“It breaks（打破） all the usual（通常的） conventions（規定，習俗） about the bubble （幻想）of personal space we carry（攜帶）around with us ?C and you just can’t choose to（決定） move away（離開）. ”says workplace（工作場所） psychologist, Gray Fitzgibbon. Being trapped in this setting can create different types of tensions, he says. Some people are scared of them. Others use them as an opportunity to get close to the boss. Some stand close to the door. Others hide in the corners. Most people try and shrink into the background. But some behave in a way that makes others notice them. There are a few people who just stand in a corner taking notes.
答案相關句說：人們想要享有私人空間的要求在電梯里成了幻想，這為心理學家提供了一個研究在這種情況下人的行為的難得的機會。
