职称英语考试《综合类》章节练习题精选及
答案0516-54
1、A Bad Idea
Think you can walk, drive, take phone calls, e - mail and listen to music at the same time? Well, New York's new law says you can't. And you'll be fined $ 100 if you do so on a New York city street. The law went into force last month, following research and a shocking number of accidents that involved. people using electronic gadgets (小巧机械) when crossing the street. Who's to blame? Scientists say that our multitasking (多任务处理) abilities are limited. \brain can do more than it often can,\says Rene Marois, a neuroscientist (神经科学家) in Tennessee. \a core limitation is the inability to concentrate on two things at once.\The young people are often considered the great multitaskers. However, an Oxford University research suggests this perception is open to question. A group of 18 to 21 years old and a group of 35 to 39 years old were given 90 seconds to translate images into numbers, using a simple code. The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted. But
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when both groups were interrupted by a phone call or an instant message, the older group matched the younger group in speed and accuracy.
It is difficult to measure the productivity lost by multitaskers. Jonathan Spira, chief analyst at Basex, a business - research firm, estimates that the cost of interruptions to the American economy is nearly $650 billion a year, ____ The surveys conclude that 28 percent of the workers' time was spent on interruptions and recovery time before they returned to their main tasks. 【单选题】
A.Talking on a cell phone while driving brings you joy anyway.
B.The estimate is based on surveys with office workers.
C.The younger group did 10 percent better when not interrupted.
D.However, an Oxford University research suggests this perception is open to question.
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E.Scientists say that our multitasking (多任务处理) abilities are limited.
F.And you'll be fined $ 100 if you do so on a New York city street.
正确答案:B
答案解析:本题有一定的难度，需要认真阅读文章，理解好句意。可用排除法和代入法。本题的下文谈到了对（办公室）职工做的一次调查，涉及具体内容，所以可以推断此处应该是概括性的句子，来引导下文，而且和职工调查有关，回来看选项，把B代人文中，符合逻辑，答案是B。
2、Houses of the Future
What will houses be like after thirty years? No one really knows, but architects are trying to predict. What will our home be like then?
Future houses will have to be flexible. some of us will be
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working from home. So we will have to be able to use areas of the house for work for part of the day and for living for the rest. Families grow and change with children arriving, growing up and leaving home. The house of the future will have to grow and change with the family. Nothing will be as fixed as it is now. The house will always be changing to meet changing needs. Everyone agrees that after 30 years we will be living in \houses. We will be able to talk to our kitchen machines and discuss with them what to do. Like this: \having a party this weekend. What food shall we cook?\We will be able to leave cooking to the machines, just tasting things from time to time to check.
The house of the future will be personal and each house will be different. You will be able to change the color of the wall easily. You won't have to paint them and you'll be able to tell the wall to change the color! And if you don't like the color today, you will be able to have a new one. The only thing you won't be able to do is move the house somewhere else! 【单选题】
A.You will be able to change the color of the wall easily.
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B.The only thing you won't be able to do is move the house somewhere else!
C.And the machine will tell us what food we will have to buy and how to cook it.
D.What will our home be like then?
E.The house of the future will have to grow and change with the family.
F.The kids might take their bedrooms with them as they leave.
正确答案:C
答案解析:本题的难度不大，考生只要认真阅读文章，不难确定答案。可用排除法和代入法。本题的上文谈到，未来的房子将智能化，例如我们可以跟厨房电器聊天，问如果要举行一个晚会，该做什么饭菜，下文谈到我们将把做菜的大部分任务交给厨房电器，可以推断此处继续围绕厨房电器来谈，
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