2022年职称英语理工类C级补全短文历年真题及解析

2020年职称英语理工类C级补全短文历年真题及解析2020年真题

Explore Jordan

Wadi Rum is the name given to a valley cut into the sandstone and hard rock in southwest Jordan. __________ (46) The name Rum most likely comes from an Aramaic word meaning"high" or "elevated". The area around Wadi Rum is now also one of Jordan's most important tourist destinations, and attracts an increasing number of foreign tourists,

particularly trekkers (越野者) ,but also for camel safaris (旅行) or simply day-trippers from Aqaba or Petra. In contrast, there are almost no local or Arab tourists, through Disi attracts young people from Amman at the weekends.

Popular activities in the desert environment include camping under the stars, riding Arab horses, and rock-climbing amongst the massive rock formations. Jebal Rum (Jebal means"mountain") is 1,574 meters above sea

level.__________(47)

But Jordan is not simply a desert environment- it also contains the area which is the lowest point to the face of the Earth-- the incredible Dead Sea, popular with tourists

for swimming.

__________ (48) Once the waters reach the Dead Sea, they are landlocked and have nowhere to go,so they evaporate, leaving behind a dense, rich cocktail (混合的 ) of salts and minerals that supply industry, agriculture and medicine with

some of its finest products. Once again, tourists benefit and can participate in water spa treatments and water therapies.

The Dead Sea is located in the Syro-African Rift, a

4,000-mile fault line in the Earth's crust. The lowest point of dry land on Earth is the shoreline of the Dead Sea at

1,300 feet below sea level Because the lake is at the lowest point, this means that water does not drain from

it.__________ (49)

Figures for the Dead Sea's salinity (盐度) today range from 25% to 35%.

But the greatest tourist attraction is the incredible

city of Petra.__________(50) It is a vast,unique city, carved into the sheer rock face by the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab people who settled here more than 2,000 years ago, turning it into an important junction for the silk, spice and other trade routes that linked China, India and southern Arabia with Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome.

Today, visitors can marvel at the architecture and explore life as it was thousands of years ago.

A. It is the second highest peak in Jordan, rising directly above the Rum valley opposite Jebal Umlshrin.

B. This vast stretch of water receives a number of incoming rivers, including the River Jordan.

C. This area has been used as a background setting in a number of films.

D. It is the largest wadi (river bed) in Jordan.

E. Every day seven million tons of water evaporate from the lake, but the minerals remain, causing the salt content to increase.

F o It is without doubt Jordan's most valuable treasure.

2020年真题

Do You Have a Sense of Humor?

Humor and laughter are good for us. There is increasing evidence that they can heal us physically,mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. In fact, every system of the body responds to laughter in some positive, healing way. So how can we get more laughter into our lives? __________(46) Psychologist and author, Steve Wilson, has some answers.

Many people believe that we are born with a sense of humor. They think, "Either you've got it,or you don't." Dr. Wilson points out that this is false.__________ (47)

The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth.

__________(48) (After all, when a baby laughs, we don't rush over and say, "That kid has a great sense of humor!") A sense of humor is something that you can develop over a lifetime.

Sometimes people think that they don't have a good sense of humor because they are not good joke tellers. Dr. Wilson reminds us that telling jokes is only one of many ways to express humor.

__________ (49) Then we will make others laugh, too.

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