40 Many people leave their hearing problem untreated because A it is not serious．
B Crystal Ear is not yet available． C it is not easy to have it treated． D they don’t want to look old．
第三篇 Technology Transfer in Germany
when it comes to translating basic research into industrial success，few nations can match Germany．Since the 1940s，the nation’s vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from science．And though German prosperity(繁荣)has faltered(衰退)over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline，it still has an enviable(令人羡慕的)record for turning ideas into profit．
Much of the reason for that success is the Fraunhofer Society, a network of research institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create sought。after technologies?But today the Fraunhofer institutes have competition．Universities are taking an ever larger role in technology transfer，and technology parks are springing up all over．These efforts are being complemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-up companies?
Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic success，but 1t is not without its crities,These people worry that favouring applied research will mean neglecting basic science，eventually starving industry of flesh ideas．If every scientist starts thinking like an entrepreneur(企业家)，the argument goes，then the traditional principles of university research being curiosity．driven：free and widely available will suffer．Others claim that many of the programmes to promote technology transfer are a waste of money because half the small businesses that are promoted are bound to go bankrupt within a few years? While this debate continues，new ideas flow at a steady rate from Germany’s research networks，which bear famous names such as Helmholtz，Max Planck and Leibniz．Yet it is the fourth network，the Fraunhofer Society，that plays the greatest role in technology transfer．
Founded in 1949.the Fraunhofer Society is now Europe’s largest organisation for applied technology，and has 59 institutes employing 1 2，000 people．It continues to grow．Last year’it swallowed up the Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology in Berlin．Today, there are even Fraunhofers in the US and Asia．
41 What factor can be attributed to German prosperity? A Technology transfer． B Good management． C Hard work．
D Fierce competition．
42 Which of the following is NOT true of traditional university research? A It is free．
B It is profit-driven．
C It is widely available． ． D It is curiosity—driven．
43 The Fraunhofer Society is the largest organisation for applied technology in A Asia． B USA． C Europe． D Africa．
44 When was the Fraunhofer Society founded? A In 1940.
B Last year．
C After the unification． D In 1949.
45 The word “expertise’ ’in line 3 could be best replaced by A “experts”． B “scientists”． C “scholars”．
D “special knowledge”．
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Conservation or wasted Effort?
The black robin(旅鸫)is one of the world’s rarest birds．It is a small，wild bird，and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere，off the coast of New Zealand．In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there；in 1977 there were fewer than ten．
Energetic steps are being taken to preserve the black robin．——(47)The idea is to buy another island nearby as a special home，a“reserve”，for threatened wild life，including black robins．The organizers say that Little Mangere should then be restocked(重新准备)with the robin’s food．Thousands of the required plants are at present being cultivated in New Zealand．
Is all this concern a waste of human effort? what is reasonable and what is unreasonable?_____ (48)Are we losing our sense of In the earth’s long，long past hundreds of kinds of creatures have evolved，risen to a degree of success and died out．In the long，long future there will be many new and different forms of life．Those creatures that adapt themselves successfully to what the earth offers will survive for a
long time．_____ (49)This is nature’s proven method of operation．
The rule of selection--“the survival of the fittest”—-is the one by which human beings have themselves arrived on the scene．We，being ode of the most adaptable creatures the earth has yet produced，may last longer than most．_____ (50)You may take it as another rule that when，at last．human beings show signs of dying out，no other creature will extend a paw(爪)to postpone our departure．On the contrary, we will be hurried out． Life seems to have grown too tough for black robins．I leave you to judge whether we should try to do anything about it．
A Some creatures，certain small animals，insects and birds，will almost certainly outlast(比……长久)man，for they seem even more adaptable．
B Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early．
C Detailed studies are going on，and a public appeal for money has been made． D Both represent orders in the classification of life
E Is it any business of ours whether the black robin survives or dies out? F These are the only black robins left in the world
第6部分：完形填空 (第51~65题，每题1分，共15分)
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Unpopular Subjects?
Is there a place in today’s society for the study of useless subjects in our universities? Just over 100 years ago Fitzgerald argued in a well-written letter _____ 51)Nature that“Universities must be allowed to study useless subjects-_____ (52)they don’t，who will?，，He went 0n to use the _____ (53)of
Maxwell’s electrodynamics_(电动力学)as one case where a“useless subject” has been transformed to a useful subject．
Nowadays this argument is again very much _____ (54)in many universities．Indeed one suspects that it is one of those arguments that must be _____ (55)anew(重新)by each generation．But now there is an added twist ~)--subjects must not only be useful，they must also be _____ (56)enough that students will flock(蜂拥)to d0 them，and even flock to pay to do them．
As universities become commercial operations，the pressure to_____ (57)subjects or departments that are less popular will become stronger and stronger, Perhaps this is most strongly _____ (58)at the moment by physics．There has been much_____ (59)in the press of universities that are closing down physics departments and incorporate them with mathematics or engineering departments．
Many scientists think otherwise．They see physics as a_____ (60)science，which must be kept alive if only to _____ (61)a base for other sciences and engineering．It is of their great personal concern that physics teaching and research is under _____ (62)in many universities．How Can it be preserved in the rush towards commercial competition? A major turnaround(转变)in student popularity may have to_____ (63)until the industrial
world discovers that it needs physicists and starts paying them well． Physics is now not only unpopular；it is also“hard”．We can do more about the latter by _____ (64)teaching in our schools and universities．We can also _____ (65)cooperative arrangements to ensure that physicists keep their research and teaching up to date
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62A agreement B construction C threat D consideration 63A wait B move C progress D increase 64 A running B improving C learning D dropping 65 Afix B modify C review D develop
2004年职称英语考试理工类B级考试试题-答案及解析
