2014年职称英语考试时间为2014年3月29日，考生们在备考的过程中切记要结合模拟题来练习，使自己的复习更加有效。

一、词汇选项

下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

Most animal fats are saturated, containing more hydrogen than carbon, and do not spoil as easily as unsaturated fats.

A melt

B get used up

C go bad

D liquify

2、Before the first Apollo rocket went to the Moon, a spot for landing the lunar module was carefully chosen.

A climate

B latitude

C sea

D location

3、The osprey flies above the water and when it spots a fish it swoops down to catch it.

A drops

B sees

C wants

D selects

4、My aunt said that she couldn't stand being kept waiting.

A represent

B crumble

C tolerate

D put out

5、The trumpet was part of the opera orchestra long before it became a standard orchestral instrument.

A major

B tuneful

C desirable

D regular

6、It has taken many years to adopt internationally recognized standards for the licensing of aircraft pilots.

A data

B criteria

C committees

D flags

7、Recent studies have shown that the stature of male Americans has scarcely changed in the past two hundred years.

A weight

B height

C life span

D head size

8、Emily Greene Balch's steadfast labor for freedom and for cooperation among individuals and peoples brought her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.

A unwavering

B accelerated

C uninhibited

D aggressive

9、The amount of time spent watching television in the average household in the United States has risen steadily since television sets were introduced in the 1950's.

A discreetly

B consistently

C automatically

D disproportionately

10、Even with detailed knowledge about an area, geologists cannot easily locate stores of underground natural gas.

A varieties

B maps

C supplies

D shops

11、It is understandable that early civilizations blamed storms on the gods.

A bad weather

B unsuccessful harvests

C illness

D warfare

12、Many of Edith Wharton's best stories were completed under great personal strain.

A poverty

B privacy

C resentment

D tension

13、United States Navy Admiral Alfred Mahan wrote many books on naval strategy and sea power.

A tactics

B history

C battles

D armaments

14、A whale shark's body is stout but streamlined, like that of a whale.

A tough

B brightly spotted

C striped

D smoothly shaped

15、It is easy to misjudge the strength of the wind.

A force

B direction

C temperature

D effect