20xx职称英语考试大纲(编辑修改稿)

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and such a match， and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age. Most schools in England take football seriouslymuch more seriously than nearly all European schools， where lessons are all— important(至关重要的 )， and games are left for private arrangements. In England， it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling a boy39。 s mind with facts in a classroom； education also means character training. One of the best ways of training character is by means of games，9 especially team games， where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team，instead of working selfishly(自私地 )for himself alone. The school therefore arranges games and matches for its pupils. Football is a good team game， it is good exercise for the body， it needs skill and a quick brain， it is popular and it is cheap. As a result， it is the school39。 s favorite game in the winter. 3l In England football is a game enjoyed A only by young people. B only by rich people. C only by boys. D by people of all ages and classes. 32 A stranger in England will be surprised to find that in that country A people have little knowledge of football. B girls are more interested in football than boys. C even small boys know a lot about football. D children are not interested in football at all. 33 There is a great difference between schools in England and those in Europe in that A European schools take football seriously. B European schools often arrange football matches for their pupils. C schools in England care little about lessons. D schools in England believe character training to be part of education. 34 According to the passage， which of the following is NOT true of the football game? A It makes people selfish. B It encourages cooperation. C It is good for health. D It is not expensive. 35 What is the author39。 s attitude towards the football game in England? A Critical. B Positive. C Negative. D Doubtful. 第二篇 The English Weather Other countries have a climate： in England we have weather. This statement，often made by Englishmen to describe the strange weather conditions of their country，is both revealing and true. It is revealing because in it we see the Englishman insisting once again that what happens in England is not the same as what happens elsewhere. Its truth can be proved by any foreigner who stays in the country for longer than a few days. In no country other than England， it has been said， can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a warm spring morning an hour or 10 so later black clouds may have appeared from nowhere and the rain may be pouring down。 At midday it may be really winter with the temperature down by about eight degrees or more centigrade(摄氏度 ). And then， in the late afternoon the sky will clear， the sun will begin to shine， and for an hour or two before darkness falls，it will be summer. In England one can experience almost every kind of weather except the most extreme. (Some foreigners seem to be under the impression that for ten months of the year the country is covered by a dense blanket of fog； this is not true. )The problem is that we never can be sure when the different types of weather will occur. Not only do we get several different sorts of weather in one day， but we may very well get a spell（ 持续的一段时间 )of winter in summer and a spell of summer in winter. The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman39。 s character. It tends to make him cautious(小心谨慎的 )， for example. The foreigner may laugh when he sees the Englishman setting forth on a brilliantly sunny morning wearing a raincoat and carrying an umbrella， but he may well regret his laughter later in the day! And， of course， the weather39。 s variety provides a constant topic of conversation. Even the most taciturn(沉默寡言的 )of Englishmen is always prepared to discuss the weather. And， though he sometimes plains bitterly of it， he would not， even. if he could， exchange it for the more predictable climate of other lands. 36 other countries have a climate。 in Eng1and we have weather. This statement suggests that A other countries do not have fine weather. B you cannot experience four seasons in a year in England. C the weather in England often changes and is therefore unique. D the weather in England never changes. 37 A special feature of the weather in England is that A you can experience four seasons every day throughout the year. B it does not have four seasons as other countries do. C winter there is the coldest in the world. D you may experience different types of weather in a single day. 38 What makes the Englishman cautious， according to the passage? A The foreigner39。 s laughter. B The cold weather in winter. C The uncertainty about the weather. D The predictable climate. 39 Which of the following statements is NOT true of the weather in England? A England is covered by heavy fog for ten months of the year. B It tends to make the Englishman cautious. C One cannot be sure when the different types of weather will occur. D You may have a spell of winter in summer. 40 The word lands in the last sentence could best be replaced by A soil. 11 B earth. C countries. D parts. 第三篇 Lifetime Employment in Japanese Companies In most large Japanese panies， there is a policy of lifetime employment. What this means is that when people leave school or university to join an enterprise，they can expect to remain with that anization until they retire. In effect，the employee gets job security for lire， and can only be fired fo。