高化公司2009年初级任职资格外语考试试卷英语（120分钟内完成）单位：姓名：一、阅读理解（每题3分，共30分）短文1（15分）A breakthrouth in the provision of energy from the sun for the European Economic Community (EEC) could be brought forward by up to two decades,if a modest increase could be provided in the EEC’s research effort in this field,according to the senior EEC scientists engaged in experiments in solar energy at EEC’s scientific laboratories at Ispra,near Milan.The senior West German scientist in charge of the Community’s solar energy program,Mr.Joachim Gretz,told journalists that at present levels of research spending,it was most unlikely that solar energy would provide as much as three per cent of the Community’s energy requirements even after the year2,000. But he said that with a modest increase in the present sums,devoted by the EEC to this work it was impossible that the breakthrough could be achieved by the end of the next decade.Mr.Gretz calculates that if solar energy only provided three per cent of the EEC’s need,this could still produce a saving of about a billion pounds in the present bill for imported energy each year.And he believes that with the possibility of utilizing more advanced technology in this field it might bepossible to satisfy a much bigger share of the Community’s future energy needs.At present the EEC spends about ＄2.6 millions a year on solar research at Ispra,one of the EEC’s official joint research centers,and another ＄3 million a year in indirect research with universities and other independent dodies.Questions:1.The phrase “be brought forward” in Line 2 most probably means( C ).A)be expectedB)be completedC)be advancedD)be introduced2.Some scientists believe that a breakthrough in the use of solar energy dependson( A ).A)sufficient fundingB)further experimentsC)advanced technologyD)well-equipped laboratories3.According to Mr.Gretz,the present sum of money will enable the scientists toprovide ( C )A)a little more than 3%of the EEC’s needs after the year 2000B)3% of the EEC’s needs before the year 2000C)less than 3% of the EEC’s needs before the year 2000D)only 3% of the EEC’s needs even after the year 20004.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?( A ).A)The EEC spends one billion pounds on imported energy each year.B)At the present level of research spending,it is difficult to make any significant progress in the provision of energy from the sun.C)The desired breakthrough could be obtained by the end of the next decade ifinvestment were increased.D)The total yearly spending of the EEC on solar energy research amounted to almost 6 million dollars.5.The application of advanced technology to research in solarenergy( D ).A)would lead to a big increase in research fundingB)would make it unnecessary to import oilC)wold make it possible to meet the future energy needs of the EECD)wold provide a much greater proportion of the Community’s future energyneeds短文2（15分）It is,everyone agrees,a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak,and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.Language learing begins with listening.Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are ofen long listeners. Most children will”obey”spoken instructions some time before they can speak,though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak,many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises,and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight,distress,sociability,and so on.But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate,they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed,too,that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment,and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to theirrepertoire(能发出的全部声音).This self-imitation leads on to deliberate(有意识的)imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The proble then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.Questions:6. By “…challenges explanation”(Line 2, Para.1)the author means that( C )A)no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenonB)no explanation has been made up to nowC)it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanationD)it’s high time that an explanation was provided7. The third paragraph is mainly about( A )A)the development of babies’ early forms of languageB)the difficulties of babies in learning to speakC)babies’storng desire to communicateD)babies’ intention to communicate8. The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children( D ).A)usually obey without asking questionsB)are passive in the process of learning to speakC)are born cooperativeD)lean to speak by listening9. From the passage we lean that( C ).A)early starters can learn to speak within only six monthsB)children show a strong desire to communicate by making noisesC)imitation plays an important role in learning to speakD)children have various difficulties in learning to speak10. The best title for this passage would be( A ).A)How Babies Learn to SpeakB)Early Forms of LanguageC)A Huge Task For ChildrenD)Noise Making and Language Learning二、英译汉（将下列短文译成汉语，共50分）短文1（28分）If half of the water were to be drained from the Pacific Ocean,a curious kind of submarine mountain called a guyot would be exposed.Guyos are strange formations that resemble mushroom stalks with flat tops.More than six hundred and fifty of these volcanic stalks have been discovered in the Pacific Ocean,and a few others have been discovered in Atlantic sea plains.It is easy to suppose that the guyots were formed by underwater lava spouts that poled up volcanic debris over the years,but just how they acquired their curiously flat tops remains a mystery.Shallow-water fossils found embeded in the tops of some guyots suggest that at one time the flat caps were much nearer the ocean’s surface,but beyond this there is little that scientists can say.如果将太平洋的一半水抽出，一种被称作海底平顶山的奇异的海底高山就会露出。