2005年职称英语综合类A级考试真题（5）

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-15 23:23:33

　　第三篇
More Than Just Money
　　When Patricia Rochester decided to go back to school after ten years as a staff nurse at oronto Western Hospital.her employer not only cheered her on.but also Paid her tuition and gave her a day off with pay every week to study.Throughout her years at the hospital，Rochester has also taken workshops on everything from coaching peers to career development--courses that she believes have helped her advance at work."I'm now head of the mentoring（指导）program for new hires.students and staff nurses."she says."There's a lot of room for personal improvement here."
　　Perhaps as important，Rochester says her employer supports and values her work.''If you put in overtime."the nurse points Out."you get your meals-they'11 order in pizza or Greek food or Chinese."And if staffers feel stiff and stressed from too many hours on the ward.they can call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage（按摩）or even sign up for an eight-week
　　evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief.If that's not enough，employees can take advantage of five family days a year that can be used if the kids come down with the flu or an aging parent needs ferrying to an important doctor's appointment And they have access to a range of perks（好处）such as special rates on hotel rooms，drugstore purchases，and scholarships for employees'children.
　　You might wonder how an organization can provide such resources and still survive.But University Health Network is one of a number of progressive employers in Canada that have discovered that investing in staff is good business.
　　If such initiatives help companies cut down on turnover（人员更替）alone，they're well worthwhile.says Prem Benimadhu，a vice-president at the Conference Board of Canada.It costs anywhere frmn$3.300 to rehire support staff，an average$13，300 for technical staff and a whopping（巨资）$43，000 for an executive position，according to one study of Conference Board members Innovative initiatives help companies attract talented employees，cut down on sick days （which cost Canadian businesses an estimated$17 billion a year，or an average of$3，550 perEmployee）and keep employees more interested in their work.With the substantial talent shortage that already exists in Canada and the prospect of mass retirement over the next five years-as many as 50 or 60 percent in some sectors-Benimadhu says that intelligent employers are putting a renewed focus on the people who work for them.
　　41 When Rochester decided to go to school，her employer
　　A persuaded her to change her mind
　　B fired her.
　　C cheered her on.
　　D discouraged her.
　　42Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to ease one'S stiffness and stress?
　　A To take an eight-week evening course on meditation skills and stress-relief.
　　B To call for a flee 15-minute shoulder-and-neck massage.
　　C To use five family days
　　D T0 ask for sick leave
　　43 Investment in staff has been motivated
　　A to attract the public'S attention
　　B to reduce staff turnover,
　　C to solve labor disputes.
　　D to show off financial resources
　　44 Canada has been short of
　　A talented people.
　　B timber.
　　C flesh water.
　　D money.
　　45 In paragraph 2，the phrase"come down with''could be best replaced by
　　A "shake off'
　　B "get rid of''.
　　C "get".
　　D ''cure".
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Read with Greater Speed
　　Do you have difficulty reading in class?If so,a special reading program that helps match sounds with letters could speed up your brain.
　　At least one out of every five elementary school students in the US has trouble learning t0 read，even when the students are good at other subjects.____（46）
　　Researchers from Yale University,US,studied a group of children from New York and Connecticut State.As part of the study，37 struggling readers received special tutoring Every day,instructors worked with them on recognizing how written letters represent units of sound called phonemes（音素）____（47）.By the end of the school year，these children could read faster than before.They also made fewer mistakes，and understood more of what they read than they could earlier in the year，As part of their study，the researchers used a special machine to take action photos of the tudents'brains.
　　_(48)This is the same part of the brain that becomes active when good readers ead.This activated brain area appears to include a structure that helps people recognize familiar written words quickly.In lower level readers，this structure remains inactive.
　　A year later,the brain structure was still working hard in the students who had gone through he special tutoring，and they continued to do well in reading tests.___（49）
　　However，some researchers still doubt the study_____（50）
　　A Many adults are interested in matching sounds with letters
　　B The students also practiced reading aloud and spelling
　　C The biggest challenge for many of these kids，scientists say，is matching sounds with letters.
　　D Another group in the study who went through a more traditional reading program didn't how the same progress.
　　The pictures showed all increase in activity in the back of the brain on the left side
　　F They believe that reading without making any noise or linking words to sounds is moreefficient.
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Mall ofFew Words
　　Everyone chases success，but not all of us want to be famous outh African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is__(51)for keeping himself to himself hen the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month，reporters were warned that they would find him"particularly difficult to___（52）".
　　Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago e seemed___(53)by the news that he won the US$1 3 million prize"It came as a complete surprise.1 wasn't even aware they were due to make the announcement，he said.
　　His___(54)of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend nize-giving in Stockholm，Sweden，on December 10.
　　But despite being described as____（55）to track down，the critics agree that his riting is easy to get to know
　　Born in Cape Town，South Africa，to all English-speaking family，Coetzee___（56）his reakthrough in 1980 with the novel"Waiting for the Barbarians（野蛮人）"He____（57）
　　his place among the world's leading writers with two Booker prize victories，Britain's highest ur for novels He first_____(58)in l983forthe"Life and Times of Michael k"and his second title came in 1999 for"Disgrace" major theme in his work is South Africa's former apartheid（种族隔离）system，which ivided whites from blacks____（59）with the problems of violence，crime and racial ivision that still exist in the country his books have enabled ordinary people to understand
apartheid____(60)within.
　　'I have always been more interested in the past than the future，"he said in a rare interview.
　　'The past___（61）its shadow over the present.I hope I have made one or two people think——（62）about whether they want to forget the past completely."
　　In fact this purity in his writing seems to be__（63）in his personal life.Coetzee is a egetarian，a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn't drink alcohol.
　　But what he has___（64）to literature，culture and the people of South Africa is far reater than the things he has given up."In looking at weakness and failure in life，"the Nobelprize judging panel said，"Coetzee's work____（65）the divine（神圣的）spark in man."
　　51A looked after B well known C locked D protected
　　52 A catch B hold C run into D bump into
　　53 A reported B influenced C distorted D shocked
　　54 A like B devotion C love D attraction
　　55A difficult B easy C ready D complex
　　56 A forced B made C caused D did
　　57 A gave B listed C tood D arranged
　　58 A received B obtained C won D had
　　59 A Dealing B Handling C Solving D Removing
　　60 A in B out C of D from
　　61 A covers B displays C spreads D casts
　　62 A once B twice C three times D four times
　　63 A written B hidden C mirrored D stricken
　　64 A contributed B distributed C attributed D showed
　　65 A tell B says C informs D expresses

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[职称英语真题] 2005年职称英语综合类A级考试真题（5）