科技英语综合复习资料

科技英语综合复习资料

Part I Vocabulary and Structure（词汇与结构）

1. As parts of the world become ______, millions of people will try to migrate to more ______ areas. A. hospitable…uninhabitable C. habitable…inhospitable

B. uninhabitable…hospitable D. inhospitable…uninhabitable

2. A(n) ______ is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job. A. astronomer C. candidate

B. scientist D. researcher

3. There are scientific satellites in __________ that measure wave heights, but too few to give reliable worldwide coverage. A. mark C. store

B. orbit D. line

4. The first-year courses provide short introductions to these areas, while the second-year courses __________ the areas in greater depth. A. classify C. clear

B. investigate D. examine

5. Their marriage was in danger of breaking up last year but it seems quite ______ now.

A.favorable C. profitable

B. critical D. stable

6. If individuals are awakened each time as they began a dream phase of sleep, they are likely to become irritable even if their total amount of sleep has been ______. A. efficient C. deficient

B. sufficient D. proficient

7. Lindadidn’t like the work because it lacked __________; she was doing the same thing all the time.

A. anxiety C. variety

B. priority D. society

8. She wanted to ask him all about his private life, but wisely __________ herself.

A. rescued C. restrained

B. held D. curbed

9. After he was attacked, he managed to __________to the phone and call for help.

A. pound C. turn

B. come D. stagger

10. The issue was whether or not the bacteria (细菌) in his body would __________the local ecosystem.

A. break C. contaminate

B. balance D. contain

11. Moving to a new school can __________ a child’s education, especially between the ages of eleven and sixteen.

A. upset C. disrupt

B. balance D. disorder

12. China’s news media is following world trend by marketization and __________into enterprises.

A. conversion C. transplanting

B. translation D. transforming

13. Up to 22 people were killed and 187 others injured in a suicide bomb attack which ______ a demonstration in a northern Iraqi city.

A. transported C. yielded

B. targeted D. aimed

14. The general secretary’s decision to invest was a ______ mistake, resulting in a heavy loss of money.

A. firm C. costly

B. private D. incentive

15. I feel nervous about the ______ of the experiment as it determines the future of this domain.

A. outcome C. output

B. outlook D. outline

16. Once attached to the host Program, the computer viruses then look for other programs to ______.

A. affect C. infect

B. effect D. perfect

17. Their government always looks at problems from the financial viewpoint, and the social ______ is never considered.

A. inspect C.aspect

B. prospect D. respect

18. One’s appearance does not always ______ with his quality, so don’t judge people by looks.

A. compare C. collide

B. coincide D. content

19. We work best in a peaceful and comfortable __________ so as to increase our productivity and relieve our exhaustion.

A. pace C. rhyme

B. atmosphere D. hemisphere

20. The new _________ of this dictionary has not been in use yet, but its appearance has aroused quite a lot of attention.

A. vision C. variation

B. version D. verification

21. The news slowly __________ through to everyone in the office; finally everybody felt worried about the uncertainty of the future.

A. melted C. filtered

B. froze D. flowed

22. We do remember your initial objections, but unfortunately you didn’t place them ______.

A. in register C. in between

B. to document D. on record

23. The cost may be lower than we first thought, but ______ it will still be quite substantial.

A. in no case C. in case of

B. in any case D. in case

24. Sometimes you can _______ valuable antiques by chance – for example when you’re clearing out an old building.

A. come by C. come out

B. come in D. come down

25. Obviously you came here intending to _______ the United States and you will need a work visa.

A. rest with C. render into

B. resort to D. reside in

26. You will find how to help your child to develop good habits and how to ______ with the bad ones that can cause so much embarrassment and distress. A. deal C. calculate

B. agree D. endeavor

27. We’ve worked out a method by which our production can be raised on a large ______. A. quantity C. quality

B. scale D. proportion

28. It is a universal ______ that man is different from all the other animals because man can communicate with each other by means of language.

A. admission C. acknowledgment

B. permission D. advancement

29. Due to the limited seating _____ of the hall, merely about 700 journalists were present for the press conference.

A. capacity C.possibility

B. capability D. probability

30. When he applied for a ______in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager.

A. position C. profession

B. location D. career

31. The island’s population initially numbered 180, but there was a gradual __________ until only 40 people were left.

A. declination C. inclination

B. incline D. decline

32. For such a tiny woman she had a(n)______ courage to fight against two thieves.

A. incredible C. staple

B. resistant D. massive

33. One cause of the current food crisis is ______ and food prices are high in part because of the dry weather in these places.

A. flood C. rough

B. cough D. drought

34. Coal can be ______ into gas with the help of the modern technology.

A. yield C. overcame

B. converted D. reverted

35. Many Internet users are worried about their privacy being ______ and their secrets being revealed by online hackers.

A. invaded C. invented

B. intaken D. investigated

36. The new ______ edition of this book focuses specifically on the complexities of grammatical choices that students need to master.

A. altered C. modified

B. converted D. revised

37. The poor condition of this apartment block is a danger to all its __________.

A. habitats C. habits

B. inhabitants D. inherits

38. Enough lava had __________ from the volcano to bury the entire village.

A. disrupted C. erupted

B. splashed D. spilt

39. You are legally ______ to take faulty goods back to the store where you bought them.

A. devoted C. accessed

B. entitled D. contributed

40. Time and time again, women seem to ______ on promotion and career opportunities.

A. fall out C. wipe out

B. lose out D. put out

41. _______ in the office had a mistake, and the firm regretted causing the customer inconvenience. A. SomeoneB. Anyone

C. No one

D. Everyone

42. Rod is determined to get a seat for the concert ______ it means standing in a queue all night. A. as ifB. provided C. even if

D. whatever

43. Although Mary is satisfied with her success, she wonders ______ will happen to her private life. A. how

B. who

C. what D. that

44. If the whole program _______ beforehand, a great deal of time and money would have been lost. A. was not planned C. would not be planned

B. were not planned

D. had not been planned

45. More and more families have moved elsewhere because they cannot ____ the noise from the neighboring airport. A. come up with B. put up with C. catch up with

D. keep up with

46. Her sun-tanned face suggested that she _______ in excellent health. A. be

B. is

C. was

D. were

47. Ever since the Smiths moved to the suburbs a year ago, they _______ better health. A. could have enjoyed C. have been enjoying

B. had enjoyed

D. are enjoying

48. This magazine is very _____ with young people, who like its content and style. A. familiar B. popular

C. similar

D. Particular

49. _____ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog. A. Being bitten B. Bitten C. Having been bitten

D. To be bitten

50. The morning paper ______a story about demonstrations in New York and Washington D.C.. A. carried

B. extendedC. brought

D. Took

Part IIIdentification（判断正误）

1. No sooner had they entered the room when the telephone rang.对

2. As a graduate from high school, Tom is faced with three choices: attending college, finding a job or joining the army.错 3. It was his nervousness in the interview which probably caused him to lose the job.错 4.I invited Joe and Linda as well as Tom to dinner, but none of them came.对

5. You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting though you don’t mind taking the night train.错 6. Why not stay at home now that the road is so slippery after the heavysnow？对

7. But for the help of my English teacher, I would not have won the firstprize in the English Writing Competition.对 8 .Those brave army soldiers would rather die with their heads high than lived with their knees bent.错 9. It is no good try to remember grammatical rules.You need to practice what you have learned.错 10. The Great Wall is such a well-known tourist attraction that millions of people pour in every year.对 11. Equipped with modem facilities, today's hospitals are quite different from that of the past.错 12. We solved the problem by using a computer rather than doing it all by hand.对

13. Over the past 20years , the internet has helped change our world in either way or another for the better.错

14. How and why this language has survived for more than a thousand years, while spoken by veryfew, were hard to explain.错 15. Nearly half of Americans aged 25take part in some form of continued education.对

Part III Word-filling (单词填空)

1. Georgia said it would take ____aggressive_（咄咄逼人的）diplomatic steps to respond to the Russian action in order to defend its rights.

2. In most western countries, upon reaching an __appropriate__（适当的）age, children are encouraged, but not forced, to ―leave the nest‖.

3. Among all the voting people, the great majority agreed to __abolish___(废除) this kind of cruel punishment as it is against morality.

4. But party spokesman, and then the new government, said that for children aged under 11 support would cease___（终止）at the end of primary education, while for those already in secondary education, assistance would continue until the end of schooling.

5. The current trade deficit indicates___（显示）a serious imbalance between our import and export trade. 6. Have you considered being _sponsored _（赞助）during your time at university? You should, because many students have found it a great help not only during their time as an undergraduate but also in securing

employment after graduating.

7. The increasing _unemployment__(employ) caused social unrest, therefore the government must take prompt and effective measures to resolve it.

8. It took the authorities a long time to make __identification_(identify) of the accident victims.

9. I want our youngsters to follow their own skills and __ambitions_(ambitious), and not to be confined by artificial barriers and outdated social conventions.

10. Supplies may_fluctuate__(fluctuation) according to seasonal availability but you’ll always find a wide selection.

11. The ___extraction_ (extract) of mineral resources from the ground has left huge scars on the landscape. 12. The inflation rate cannot be properly __quantified__(quantity) but the official figure is 46%. 13. He is very aggressive, totally _dominating__(dominant) everyone he works with.

14. Many experts gave opinions at the meeting, but __ultimately_(最终地) the decision lay with the president before it was released to the public.

15. He condemned the _wastefulness__(浪费) of having everyone driving around in private cars instead of using public transport.

Part IV Sentence translation（句子翻译）

A. E-C Translation（英汉翻译）

1. But dependency is no vice when the habit is healthful—and you don’t have to be an Olympian to benefit.

但依赖性也并非坏事，只要它是有益于健康的 — 你不必非是个奥运选手才能获益

2. Despite our preference for giving up privacy in exchange for convenience, our experiences online may make us yearn for the anonymity of the past.

尽管我们愿意牺牲隐私来换取便利，网络经历可能让我们渴望回到―隐姓埋名‖的过去

3. While cautioning that margin of error was large enough for render data from the early centuries untrustworthy, they found that 20th century was the warmest of the millennium.

尽管他们告诫误差幅度较大，有关早前几个世纪的数据可能不太可靠，但同时他们也发现，20世纪的确是上一千年中最热的一个世纪。

4. There has been some concern that the larger denomination notes—a 500 note is worth approximately 315 at the current exchange rate—will be rich pickings for counterfeiters, especially in the early days as people get used to the new currency.

目前令人担心的是高面值欧元纸币可能出现的假币问题，500欧元的纸币按目前的汇率值315英镑，这为造假者牟取暴利提供了很大便利，尤其是在人们对欧元还不太熟悉的初期阶段。

5. Chemically any petroleum is an extremely complex mixture of hydrocarbon (hydrogen and carbon) compounds, with minor amounts of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur as impurities.

从化学上讲，任何石油都是由烃（碳和氢）化合物组成的极其复杂的混合物，并含有少量作为杂质的氮、氧及硫

6. In developing countries desperate to feed fast-growing and underfed populations, the issue is simpler and much more urgent: Do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?

在迫切想要养活其迅速增长而又吃不饱的人口的发展中国家，问题比较简单，也更加紧迫：生物技术的好处是否大于风险呢?

7. But genetically modified, virus-resistant crops can reduce that damage, as can drought-tolerant seeds in regions where water shortages limit the amount of land under cultivation.

转基因的抗病毒作物可以减少这种损失，就像抗干旱种子在可耕地面积因缺水而受到限制的地区起到的作用一样 8. If you are successful, you won’t have to go ask for a raise or accept what you’re given or worry about being turned out when a younger version of yourself comes along.

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