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2008职称英语考前每日一练(综合类第42期－B级)
发布时间：2008-3-13 15:04:00 浏览次数: 535
第5部分：补全短文 （第46～50题，每题2分，共10分）
阅读下面的短文，文章中有5处空白，文章后面有6组文字，请根据文章的内容选择5组文字，将其分别放回文章原有位置，以恢复文章原貌。请将答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace
It was dusk in Tubney Woods, deep in rural Oxfordshire. The birds were singing at the end of another perfect day. The woman living at the edge of the forest could stand it no longer. She phoned the local noise pollution officer.
"It's the rooks （秃鼻乌鸦）," she said. "1 can't bear that awful cawing （呱呱地叫） noise. Can you do something about it?"
The call was no surprise to officials at the Vale of White Horse District Council. （46） The countryside, as every country-dweller knows, can be a hellishly （可怕地） noisy place.
Last week David Stead, a West Yorkshire farmer, appeared in court in Wakefield accused of allowing his cocks to break noise regulations by crowing （打鸣） at dawn, waking a neighbour. （47） Six months ago Corky, a four-year-old cock, was banned from crowing after complaints in the Devon village of Stoke.
Complaints about noise reasonable or not - are at record levels in country areas. Environmental health officers say this is partly because of an increase in noisy activity. However, a significant number of complaints come from newcomers to the countryside.
There are many sources of rural noise. （48） Mechanised grain driers, usually switched on for three weeks in September, can produce a maddening low-frequency hum. Mike Roberts, chief environmental health officer at Vale of White Horse, said noise often sounded worse in the countryside than in cities. With less background sound, unwelcome noises can seem louder and travel further.
The oddest complaints, however, are the ones council officials can do nothing about. Vale of White Horse officials have been asked to silence not only nesting rooks. Pigeons and pheasants （雉鸡） have also caused concern. In Kent, council officials have been asked to silence baby lambs. （49） Another insisted he could hear an alien spaceship landing over the garden fence.
"We get regular complaints. They usually come from retired people who have just moved into the country. We send them a polite letter."
And the lady who complained about the rooks? She was politely told she would have to put up with it. " （50）" said Mr Roberts. "In the end, she accepted there was nothing much she could do - except move out." It is not recorded who won, the lady or the rooks.
A Mr Stead said they were only doing what comes naturally.
B We asked her what we were supposed to do, shoot the birds, or chop the trees down?
C They have heard every kind of complaint.
D One man rang to say he was kept awake by the splashing of a fountain in the garden next door.
E The council will ask the farmer to move it
F Farm machinery is a common cause
答案:
46. C 47. A 48. F 49. D 50. B
今天我们来看职称英语考试中最难的一部分：补全短文。我们在做这部分试题的时候，首先我们需要了解文章大意，即每一段的大意，然后还要去仔细分析文章中空出部分的前后句，找到有用的信息。在做这道题的时候，我主张大家放到考试最后处理，有多少时间用多少时间，不要把有限的时间浪费在得分几率比较小的试题上。我们不止一次讲过的职称英语应试原则：抓大放小，避难就易！
首先，我们根据文章的标题判明文章的方向。Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace 从这个标题我们可以得到如下信息：1、文章的主要内容Rural Peace讲的是乡村寂静的环境；2、作者的态度：Broken被打破了。根据这两个信息，我们可以得出文章的狠心内容。
接下来我们看第一段：简单扫视,我们无法找到一个表示总结的句，所以确定这里是举例子。对于举例子的段落，往往大意会在距万例子后的分析中。紧跟的第二个段落是一个引言，也是第一段中的一个人的一段话，没有太多的意义。我们简单看一下例子：She phoned the local noise pollution officer.这是一个核心句子，点明了问题所在：噪音污染！
我们看第三段。段中有一个空缺的句子，段落的大意可以根据首句和尾句判断出来：The call was no surprise to officials...和The countryside, as every country-dweller knows, can be a hellishly (可怕地) noisy place.讲的是噪音污染非常严重的问题。问题46的上句讲的是警察已经对这类投诉电话习以为常了，下句讲的是噪音污染的严重性。与投诉相关的答案只有一个：They have heard every kind of complaint.句子中的complaint是投诉的意思，与本文章开始的那个女士的例子是一致的。
我们看第四段。第四段出现的内容就两句话，这就需要我们分析这两句话的具体意思了。第一句： Last week David Stead, a West Yorkshire farmer, appeared in court in Wakefield accused of allowing his cocks to break noise regulations by crowing (打鸣) at dawn, waking a neighbour.讲的是一个案子，一个叫David Stead的农场主因为自己的公鸡早上打鸣影响邻居被苏诉。最后一句：Six months ago Corky, a four-year-old cock, was banned from crowing after complaints in the Devon village of Stoke.讲的是公鸡被禁止打鸣。中间缺的句子肯定与农场主和公鸡有关。前一句讲的是被告，后一句讲的是判决。我们根据这个线索去找答案就可以了。选项没有与公鸡有关的，但与Steady有关的有一个，与farmer有关的有一个。Steady相关的讲的是他无奈的等待最后的判决；与农场主相关的时搬家。很显然，搬家与后句不符，所以只能是A。
好，我们接下去看第五段。首句Complaints about noise reasonable or not - are at record levels in country areas.讲的是现实：不管这些抱怨合理与否，但已经创记录了。尾句：However, a significant number of complaints come from newcomers to the countryside.很明显的转折，抱怨的人主要是新来的人。
接下去，先看段首句：There are many sources of rural noise.最明显的主题句！文章要讲噪音污染的污染源了。尾句：With less background sound, unwelcome noises can seem louder and travel further.讲的是原因。因为没有背景声音，噪音听起来更大，船的更远。我们看48的前后句。前句很明确的主题句，即总分关系，后句Mechanised grain driers, usually switched on for three weeks in September, can produce a maddening low-frequency hum.讲了几种污染源。我们可以肯定，48也是一种与后句相关的污染源。看答案，讲污染源的只有F，农用机械式主要的污染源。
下一段。首句：The oddest complaints, however, are the ones council officials can do nothing about. 讲的是法官都没辙的关于噪音污染的投诉。尾句：Another insisted he could hear an alien spaceship landing over the garden fence.还有人投诉说他听见外星飞船在他家花园着陆的声音。结合前后句，我们知道这里讲的是一些让人莫名其妙的投诉。这样我们很容易找到答案D：有人打电话投诉说他被邻居家花园里的喷水池喷水的声音吵醒了。这是比较奇怪的投诉，属于本段的内容。
接下来是一段引用，很明显是处理上一段奇怪的投诉的警察的，内容较简单，不详细解释。
我们看最后一段。首句：And the lady who complained about the rooks?还记得那个投诉乌鸦的女士吗？看到这里我们赶紧回忆一下，什么地方将这个故事。对了，文章的开头。尾句：It is not recorded who won, the lady or the rooks.没有记录显示到底是乌鸦还是女士最终胜诉。综合这两句，我们知道本段讲的是文章第一段的故事的处理方法的问题。看问题50的前句：She was politely told she would have to put up with it.她被告知她只能容忍一下。后一句：罗伯特说：“In the end, she accepted there was nothing much she could do - except move out.”最后，他只能接受一现实搬出去是唯一的选择。两句之间讲的是如何处理女士投诉的问题。我们找答案，只有B是讲怎样处理这只鸟的：是把它打下来，还是砍这棵树？
总结：由于本部分试题难度比较大，要求大家在做题的时候看懂全文，然后再根据前后句关系判断合适的句子。
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