职称英语考试《理工类》历年真题精选及
答案0514-25
1、Last year, our company sold twice as many computers as our competitor.【单选题】 A.rival B.enemy C.partner
D.co-worker
正确答案:A
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答案解析:competitor和rival都表示“竞争者、对手”；enemy：敌人、仇敌；partner:合作伙伴； co-worker:合作者、同事。
2、Wealth
Among the more colorful characters of Leadville＇s golden age were H. AW. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as \of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was lured by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. \sure to be found here. \
As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville＇s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to \prospective miners, in other words, to supply them with food
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and supplies, or \which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for \Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. \＇t make any difference,\customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig, After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the \Mine,\made l,300,000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for$117,000. This turned out to be even more fabulous than the Pittsburgh, yielding $35,000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became lieutenant governor of the state.
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Tabor made his first fortune _____.【单选题】
A.by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings
B.because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying
C.by buying the shares of the other
D.as a land speculator
正确答案:A
答案解析:Tabor第一次真正提供资助，为此他获得他们矿资源三分之一的股份。文章第3段4—9行内容： 两名开矿者从Tabor那儿借走价值17美元的物品，作为回报，Tabor获得他们矿资源三分之一股份。于是两位开矿者在一座山旁的不毛之地开始挖掘，九天之后，发现了银的富矿，于是Tabor
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又将两人的股份全买下，这样银矿属于Tabor -个人所有，这个矿就是后来著名的“匹兹堡”矿。Tabor用17美元的投资换来了130万美元的收获。
3、What Is the Coolest Gas in the Universe?
What is the coldest air temperature ever recorded on the Earth? Where was this low temperature recorded? The coldest recorded temperature on Earth was -91℃ which occurred in Antarctica in 1983.
We encounter an interesting situation when we discuss temperatures in space Temperatures in Earth orbit actually range from about +120℃ to -120℃. The temperature depends upon whether you are in direct sunlight or shade, Obviously, -120℃ is colder than our body can safely endure. Thank NASA science for well-designed space suits that protect astronauts from these temperature extremes.
The space temperatures just discussed affect only our area of the solar _____ . Obviously, it is hotter closer to the Sun and colder as we travel away from the Sun. Astronomers estimate
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职称英语考试《理工类》历年真题精选及答案0514-25
