2012职称英语综合类B级模拟练习05

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Fire prevention in American   
9 ^# V' X; o9 ^& i　　In some ways, the united states has made spectacular progress. Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,or kill half a town of 2,400 people ,as they did the same night in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky in 1977, it has been four decades since more than 100 Americans died in a fire. _____________(1) Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology ,but the indifference of a country that just will not take fires seriously enough.  
9 q+ P9 o- L$ z( q8 o! |; k8 I　　______________(2) they have to be. The United States has twice Japan’s population, and 40 times as many fires. It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them. And American fire safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children, who die in disproportionately large numbers in fires but who , contrary to popular myth, start very few of them.  
　　____________(3)that is not so in other countries , where both public education and the law treat fires as either a personal fault or a crime. Japan has many wood houses. Of the estimated 48 fires in world history, that burned more than 10,000 buildings , Japan has had 2.penalties for causing a serve fire by negligence can be as high as life imprisonment.  
  O* D; V$ J, w7 |  F6 ]! a8 Q7 o　　_____________(4) but the lessons are aimed at a too limited audience: just 9 percent of all fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches. ________________(5) there are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes. Some local building codes now require home sprinklers. New heaters and irons shut themselves off if they are tipped.  
3 w! v' _: Q4 Y" M" }　　A American fire departments are some of the world’s fastest and best equipped.  
& {# b( e4 \1 W4 _. }. K" c　　B in the united states, most education dollars are spent in elementary schools.  
　　C although the death rate has declined , the United States is still much alert to the fire problem.  
　　D but even with such successes, the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world.  
　　E the United States continues to rely more on technology than laws or social pressure.  
　　F Experts say the fatal error is an attitude that fires are not really anyone’s fault.

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　　答案：D A F B E 中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
1D 前几句提到美国防止火灾进展迅速。而下一句提到了一些存在的问题，显然前部分和后部分叙述的内容属于转折的关系。因此D “但是，虽说有这样的成功，美国仍然是世界上火灾死亡率最高的国家之一。”是正确的选项。
　　2A 通过下一句的主句they可以判断前面提到了复数的概念。所以A “美国防火部是世界上最迅速、装备最好的部门之一。”是正确的选项。
1 n" x5 ]$ W, p, o　　3F 下一句提到了的其他国家的情况正好相反，他们会把火灾当成是个人的过失或者犯罪。由此得出美国对待火灾的观点是F “专家们认为火灾不是任何人的过错的观点是致命错误的。”是正确的选项。
$ X% S) O2 B6 X　　4B 下一句提到了课程接触的听众太少，只有9% 的火灾是孩子玩火酿成的。由此得出本句提到了的是针对火灾的主要教育对象，因此B “美国把大部分防火培训教育的经费投入到了小学。”是正确的选项。
　　5E 后面的举例说明都提到了美国在防火方面的技术，因此E“美国一直更多的依赖技术而不是法律和社会压力。”是正确的选项。