2012年职称英语理工类完型填空模拟题3

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-15 23:30:26

　A Biological Clock
　　Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. The biological clock tells _____1___ when to form flowers and when the flowers should open1. It tells _____2____ when to leave the protective cocoon茧 and fly away, and it tells animals and human beings when to eat, sleep and wake.
　　Events outside the plant and animal _____3_____ the actions of some biological clocks. Scientists recently found, for example, that a tiny animal changes the color of its fur ____4_____ the number of hours of daylight. In the short ____5___ of winter, its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray brown in color in the longer hours of daylight summer.
　　Inner signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some kind of internal clock seems to order birds to begin their long migration _____6____ twice each year. Birds _____7_____ flying become restless when it is time for the trip, ____8___ they become calm again when the time of the flight has ended.
　　Scientists say they are beginning to learn which ____9____ of the brain contain biological clocks. An American researcher, Martin Moorhead, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain ____10____ to control the timing of some of our actions. These ____11____ tell a person when to _____12_____, when to sleep and when to seek food. Scientists say there probably are other biological clock cells that control other body activities.
　　Dr. Moorhead is studying _____13____ our biological clocks affect the way we do our work2. For example, most of us have great difficulty if we must often change to different work hours. _____14____ can take3 many days for a human body to accept the major change in work hours. Dr. Moorhead said industrial officials should have a better understanding of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said ____15____ understanding could cut sickness and accidents at work and would help increase a factory’s production.
　　词汇：
　　biological adj. 生物(学)的 migration n.迁徙
　　insect n.昆虫 restless adj.焦躁不安的
　　cocoon n.防护卵袋，茧 contain v.含有
　　fur n.软毛 cell n. 细胞
　　注释：
　　1、句中谓语动词tells 的宾语有两部分组成。第一部分是when to form flowers, 是带疑问浮词的动词不定式，第二部分是when the flowers should open, 是名词从句。从修辞上说，两者有些不平衡。
　　2、 …the way we do our work 可以理解为中华考试网the way in which we do our work 或the way that we do our work. 实际上，三种说法都成立。如：He speaks English the way the English people do. I don’t understand the way in which he dealt with the matter.
　　3、 take 作“花费，花去”解时可用于几种不同的句型：
　　It will take me five days to complete the work.
　　The work will take me five days to complete.
　　To complete this work will take me five days.

　　

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-15 23:30:27

练习</p>　　1. A) scientists B) humans C) plants D) animals
　　2. A) insects B) birds C) fish D) snakes
　　3. A) effect , 达到 B) affect 影响 C) effected D) affected
　　4. A) because B) for the reason that C) because of D) since
　　5. A) months B) days C) minutes D) weeks
　　6. A) flight B) fly C) movement D) transportation
　　7. A) prevented from阻止, 妨碍 B) ordered by C) helped by D) intruded on
　　8. A) and B) but C) therefore D) however
　　9. A) portions B) parts C) sections D) kinds
　　10. A) try B) tries C) seem D) seems
　　11. A) things B) parts C) cells D) actions
　　12. A) awaken B) wake C) awakening D) wake-up
　　13. A) how B) why C) where D) what
　　14. A) We B) It C) They D) You
　　15. A) so B) with C) such D) if
　　答案： CABCB AABBD CAABC

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[职称英语模拟] 2012年职称英语理工类完型填空模拟题3

2012年职称英语理工类完型填空模拟题3