2012职称英语考试阅读理解及翻译
2012年度职称英语“卫生类”新增阅读理解和完形填空全文翻译(3月26日)
2012年职称英语卫生类新增阅读理解第八篇 Eat Healthy"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate -club!" Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often，it's accompanied by an appeal:" Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!" Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying "clean the plate", perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently，some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe restaurants serve portions that are too large;23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can't afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25,000 want smaller.It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that，after long hours at low-paying jobs，getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck ，happy to save a little money for next year's Christmas presents.第八篇翻译健康饮食“把盘子里的东西吃完了!”“要成为一名清盘俱乐部的成员!”几乎每一个美国小孩都会听到父母亲或祖父母这样的唠叨。
2012(综合类)阅读理解全文及中文翻译
2012年职称英语综合类阅读理解目录1.第一篇：Telling Tales about People讲述关于人们的故事2.第二篇：Outside-the –classroom Learning Makes a Big Difference课处学习带来很大不同3.第三篇：Milosevic‘s Death 米洛舍维奇之死4.第四篇：Feast on Turkey and Good Wishes at Thanksgiving 火鸡盛宴和感恩节的祝福5.第五篇：Sino-Japan Animosity Lessens 中日敌意减少6.第六篇：TV Shows and Long Bus Trips看电视与长途汽车旅行7.第七篇：Modern Sun Worshippers现代日光浴崇拜者8.第八篇：The Changing Middle Class变化中的中产阶级9.第九篇：Single-parent Kids Do Best单亲幼儿最出色10.第十篇：A Letter from Alan艾伦的来信11.第十一篇：The Development of Ballet芭蕾舞的发展12.第十二篇：Smuggling走私13.第十三篇：The Barbie Dolls芭比娃娃14.第十四篇：Sleep睡眠15.第十五篇：Orbital Space Plane轨道航天飞机16.第十六篇：The Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠17.*第十七篇：Eiffel Is an Eyeful引人注目的埃菲尔铁塔18.*第十八篇：Goal of American Education美国教育的目标19.*第十九篇：The Family家庭20.*第二十篇：Tales of the Terrible Past讲述可怕的过去21.*第二十一篇：Spacing in Animals动物的空间距离22.*第二十二篇：Some Things We Know about Language我们知道的关于语言的一些事情23.*第二十三篇：The Only Way Is Up只好向上24.*第二十四篇：Clone Farm克隆农场25.*第二十五篇：Income收入26.*第二十六篇：Seeing the World Centuries Ago看许久以前的世界27.*第二十七篇：Importance of Services服务业的重要性28.*第二十八篇：The National Park Service国家公园的服务机构29.*第二十九篇：Find Yourself Packing It On? Blame Friends发现自己变胖了？这得责怪朋友们30.*第三十篇："Lucky" Lord Lucan - Alive or Dead“幸运的”鲁肯伯爵一是死是活31.第三十一篇：Pool Watch泳池监护32.第三十二篇：The Cherokee Nation彻罗基部落33.*第三十三篇：Oseola McCarty老妇人Oseola McCarty34.+第三十四篇：To Have and Have Not逃亡35.+第三十五篇：Going Her Own Way选择她自己的路36.+第三十六篇：A Tale of Scottish Rural Life一个关于苏格兰乡村生活的故事37.+第三十七篇：Pop Music in Africa非洲的流行音乐38.+第三十八篇：Why So Many Children为什么有这么多的孩子39.+第三十九篇：Eat to Live为了活着吃饭40.+第四十篇：Narrow Escape美国疾病预防新政策41.第四十一篇：The Operation of International Airlines国际航空公司的经营42. 第四十二篇：Sauna桑拿浴43. 第四十三篇：Can Buildings Be Designed to Resist Terrorist Attack建筑设计能使建筑抵御恐怖袭击吗44. 第四十四篇：Americans Get Touchy越来越爱肢体接触的美国人45. 第四十五篇：Women Staying in Mini-Skirts for Longer女性穿超短裙时间更长46. 第四十六篇：Defending the Theory of Evolution Still Seems Needed捍卫进化论仍必要47.+第四十七篇：Narrow Escape九死一生48.第四十八篇：Finding Enlightenment in Scotland苏格兰启蒙运动49.第四十九篇：The Beginning of American Literature美国文学的开端50.第五十篇：Older Volcanic Eruptions远古火山喷发第一篇Telling Tales about People讲述关于人们的故事最普遍的非小说类文学作品类型之一，就是一些描述人们生活的故事，并且很多人喜欢阅读这类作品。
2012年度职称英语“卫生类”新增阅读理解和完形填空全文翻译(3月3日)
2012年职称英语卫生类新增阅读理解第八篇 Eat Healthy"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate -club!" Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often，it's accompanied by an appeal:" Just think about those starving orphans in Africa!" Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take too many bites. Instead of staying "clean the plate", perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies. A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently，some customers are calling for this too. The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4,000 people surveyed believe restaurants serve portions that are too large;23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed. But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can't afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150,000 per year prefer smaller portions; but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25,000 want smaller.It's not that working class Americans don't want to eat healthy. It's just that，after long hours at low-paying jobs，getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck ，happy to save a little money for next year's Christmas presents.词汇:orphan /''?:f?n] / n.孤儿belly /'beli/ n.肚子nutrition / nju:'tri??n / n.营养waistline / 'weistlain / n.腰围paycheck / 'pei't?ek / n.薪金支票注释:1. Be a member of the clean - plate club! 做清盘俱乐部的成员2. Just think about those starving orphans in Africa! 只要想想在非洲挨饿的孤儿们!3. take too many bites 吃得太多4. A Waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer，with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story. 根据《今日美国》刊登的一个故事，服务员给每个顾客一盘饭菜，其量是政府推荐的2至4倍。
2012职称英语阅读理解50篇翻译
2012职称英语阅读理解翻译第一篇福特放弃电动汽车分析人士评论，福特汽车公司放弃电动汽年的举动有力地证明了这种技术是行不通的。
通用汽车公司和日本本田汽车公司早于1999年就停止了电池动力汽车的生产，转而开发燃料电池和电池内燃混合机，这对消费者更有吸引力。
福特宣布它现在也要做同样的尝试。
3年前，福特推出名为Think City的双排座汽车和Think或Think Neighbor系列高尔夫车，希望能销售5000辆汽车、10000高尔夫车。
但由于需求不足，截至2002年仅生产了大约1000辆汽车，售出的高尔夫车还不足1700辆。
“关键是我们认为电动车不能代表大众市场环保交通的未来”，福特欧洲区的Tim Holmes于周五说，“我们感觉自己对电力车已做了昀好的尝试。
”Think City系列的运行里程仅53英里，电池充电需6小时。
通用公司的EVI电力车也仅能运行100英里。
昂贵的电池也意味着电动汽车的造价比汽油动力车高出许多。
日本丰田产的RAV4EV系列电动车在美国的售价达42000美元，而同系列的汽油动力车仅售17000美元。
丰田和日产汽车公司是现在仅存的两大电动车制造商。
“应该说电池动力车已经获得了充分的机会。
福特现已转向电池内燃混合机开发项目，我们应据此评价他们的发展。
”Roger Higman，英国Friends of the Earth组织的一位高级交通运动代表这样对《环保新闻》评论说。
日本本田和丰田公司推出的混合机汽车在过去几年取得了良好的销售业绩。
混合动力车比汽油机车运行里程更长，电池又可自行充电。
福特表示，他们认为这样的机车有助于达到美国新制订的车辆排放规定。
不过，这些规定究竟允许怎样的排放物现在还不十分清楚。
六月份通用和戴姆勒克莱斯勒公司赢得一项法庭裁决，可推迟两年执行一项加州法令，该法令要求汽车生产商在2003年前向该州提供10万辆零排放和其他低排放汽车。
制造商希望修改此法令，允许他们生产更多低排放而不是零排放的汽车。
2012年职称英语综合类所有新增文章(含练习解析及译文)
2012年职称英语综合类所有新增文章(含练习解析及译文)2012年职称英语综合类新增文章（含练习解析及译文）阅读判断（2篇）第七篇Moderate Earthquake Strikes England*第十一篇Computer Mouse概括大意与完成句子（2篇）第六篇How We Form First lmpression第十篇Washoe Learned American Sign Language阅读理解（15篇）第一篇Telling Tales about People第八篇The Changing Middle Class第十篇 A Letter from Alan第十一篇The Development of Ballet第十六篇The Sahara*第十九篇The Family*第二十篇Tales of the Terrible Past*第二十六篇Seeing the World Centuries Ago*第三十篇“Lucky” Lord Lucan ----- Alive or Dead*第三十三篇Oseola McCarty+第三十四篇To Have and Have Not+第三十五篇Going Her Own Way+第三十七篇Pop Music in Africa+第三十八篇Why So Many Children?+第四十七篇Narrow Escape补全短文（2篇）第九篇Heat Is Killer*第十一篇Virtual Driver完形填空（15篇）第一篇 A Life with Birds第二篇 A Lucky Break第三篇Global Warming第四篇 A Success Story第五篇Traffic in Our Cities第六篇Teaching and learning*第七篇The Difference between Man and Computer*第八篇Look on The Bright Side*第九篇The First Bicycle*第十篇Working Mothers+第十一篇School Lunch+第十二篇 A Powerful Influence+第十三篇The Old Gate+第十四篇Family History+第十五篇Helen and Martin译文见最后注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章；2、阅读判断，请参见第4页；概括大意与完成句子，请参见第8页；阅读理解，请参见第13页；补全短文，请参见第43页3、2012年词汇部分与2011年教材相比未作任何变化。
2012职称英语A新增完形填空及阅读理解译文
+12 Dreams（新增）Everyone can dream．Indeed, everyone does dream．Those who claim that they never dream at all actually dream just as frequently as the rest of us, though they may not remember anything about it．Even those of us who are perfectly aware of dreaming night after night very seldom remember those dreams in great detail but merely retain an untidy mixture of seemingly unrelated impressions. Dreams are not simply visual-we dream with all our senses , so that we appear to experience sound, touch, smell, and taste．One of the world's oldest known written documents is the Egyptian Book of Dreams．This volume is about five thousand years old, so you can see that dreams were believed to have a special significance even then．Many ancient civilizations believed that you should never ask a sleeping person as, during sleep, the soul had left the body and might not be able to return in time if the sleeper were suddenly awoken .From ancient times to the present day ,people have been making attempts to interpret dreams and to explain their significance．There are many books available on the subject of dream interpretation．although unfortunately there are almost as many meanings for a particular dream as there are books．+14 A Health Profile （新增）A Health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health．To draw your health profile，you will need to know what diseases run in your family，what health hazards you may be exposed to at work,ow your daily diet compares to the recommended standards，how nluch time per week you spend exercising and what type of exercise you engage in ,how stressful your work and family environments are，what kinds of illnesses you get regularly,and whether or not you have any one of a number of addictions. To complete this portrait,you should have a checkup to determine how your blood，heart，and lungs are functioning.This checkup will serve as a baseline,to which you can then compare later tests．Once this profile is thoroughly drawn，you can begin to think about setting health priorities based on your particular portrait．For example，if you drink two martinis every evening,have a high-stress job ,are overweight，smoke a pack of cigarettes a day,and use marijuana occasionally on weekends，you should quit smoking first，followed by losing the excess weight，reducing the stress of your job，giving up your marihuana habit，and then finally giveing some thought to those martinis if you want to prevent first cancer，and then heart disease．Even for the youthful working person who has never been sick a day in his life,who is in excellent health．a good look at all health habits and at work and home environments may suggest changes that will benefit him in the future．+15 Life Expectancy in the Last Hundred Years （新增）A hundred years ago，life expectancy in developed countries was about 47: in the early 21st century, men in the United States and the United Kingdom can expect to live to about 74. Women to about 80, and these ages are rising all the time. What has brought about these changes? When we look at the life span of people l00 years ago, we need to look at the greatest killers of the time. In the early 20th century, these were the acute and often highly infectious diseases such as smallpox. Many children died very young from these diseases and others, and the weak and elderly were always at risk.In the developed world these diseases are far lessdeadly today, and in some cases have almost disappeared. A number of factors shave led to this: improvements in sanitation and hygiene, the discovery and use of antibiotics, which make bacterial diseases much less dangerous, and vaccinations against common diseases. In addition, people's general health has improved with improvements in our general environment: cleaner air, better means of preserving food，better and warmer housing，and better understanding of nutrition.Genetically，we should all be able to live to about 85 but while people do live longer today, there are still some big killers around that are preventing US from consistently reaching that age. The problems that affect people today are the more chronic illnesses, such as heart disease and strokes, and those spread by viruses, such as influenza and AIDS l. Of course, cancer is a huge killer as well. In most cases these diseases affect older people, but there are worrying trends in the developed world with problems such as obesity leadingto more heart disease and illnesses such as diabetes at younger ages.The killers today can be classed as "lifestyle diseases"，which means that it may be possible to halt their progress.第三十四篇谁想永生？如果你的医生能给你一种药，这个药能让你健康的活两倍长的时间，你会服用吗？好消息是我们离这一天越来越近了。
2012年职称英语考试阅读理解练习题及答案解析（TheColdPlaces）
2012年职称英语考试阅读理解练习题及答案解析The Cold PlacesThe Arcti c is a polarregion. It surrounds the NorthPole.Like Antarctica, the Arcti c is a land of ice and snow. Antarcticaholdsthe recor d for a low temperatur e reading ---125 degrees Fahrenheitbelowzero. Reading of 85 degrees belowzero are common in both the Arcti c and Antarctica . Winter temperatures average 30 d3egre es belowzero in the Arctic. At the SouthPole the winter averag e is about73 degree s belowzero.One thingalonemakesit almost impossiblefor men to live in Antarctica and in partsof the Arcti c. This one thingis the low temperatur e --- the killing chillof far Northand the polarSouth.To survive, men must wear the warmest possible clothing . They must buildwindproof shelters. They must keep heaters goingat al times. Not even for a momen t can they be unprotecte d against the below-zero temperatures.Men have a way of providing for themselves. Polarexplorers wrap themselvesin warm coatsand furs. The cold makeslife difficult. But the explorers can stay alive.What aboutanimals? Can they survive? Do we find plants? Do we find life in the Arcti c and in Antarctica? Yes, we do. Thereis life in the oceans. Thereis life on land.Antarctica, as we have seen, is a cold placeindee d. But this has not always been the case. Expeditionscientistshave discoveredthat Antarcticahas not always been a frozen continent. At one time the weather in Antarcticamay have much like our own.Explorers have discoveredcoal in Antarctica. This leadsthem to believe that Antarcticaat one time was a land of swamps and forests. Heat and moisture must have kept the treesin the forests alive.1) The lowest temperatur e that man has ever knownwas recorded in Antarctica.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned2) Winter temperatures average 85 degrees belowzero in Antarctica.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned3) The Arcti c and Antarcticaare no man's landsbecause of theirnotorious coldness.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned4) Polarexplorers can stay alivewithout heaters and windproof shelters.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned5) Despite the hostile environment, both animals and plants can be foundin the oceans and on land in polarareas.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned6) As discoveredby expeditionscientists, Antarcticahas not always been so cold as it is today, so has the Arcti c.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned7) At one time, the weather in Antarcticawas so warm and damp that treesgrew there.A. RightB. WrongC. Not mentioned参考答案:1. A。
2012年职称英语考试真题(综合类C级原文及译文)
2012年职称英语综合C真题阅读判断原文及译文Brotherly LoveAdidas and Puma have been two of the biggest namesin sports shoe manufacturing for over half a century.Since1928they have supplied shoes for Olympicathletes, World Cup-winning football heroes,Muhammad Ali,hip hop stars androck musicians famous all over the world.But the story of these two companiesbegins in one house in the town of Herzogenaurach,Germany.Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were the sons of ashoemaker. They loved sport but complained that they could never findcomfortable shoes to play in.Rudolph always said,“You cannot play sportswearing shoes that you’d walk around town with.”So they started making theirown.In1920Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes（钉）,produced on the Dasslers’kitchen table.On1st July1924they formed a shoe company,Dassler Brothers Ltd and they worked together for many years.The companybecame successful and it provided the shoes forGermany’s athletes at the1928and1932Olympic Games.But in1948the brothers argued.No one knowsexactly what happened,but family members have suggested that the argument wasabout money or women.The result was that Adolph left the company.His nicknamewas Adi,and using this and the first three letters of the family name,Dassler,he founded Adidas.Rudolph relocated across the River Aurach andfounded his own company too.At first he wanted to call it Ruda,but eventuallyhe called it Puma,after the wild cat.The famous Puma logo of the jumping cathas hardly changed since.After the big split of1948Adolph and Rudolphnever spoke to each other again and their companies have now been incompetition for over sixty years.Both companies were for many years the marketleaders,though Adidas has always been more successful than Puma.A hip hopgroup,Run DMC,has even written a song called“My Adidas”and in2005Adidasbought Reebok,another big sports shoe company.The terrible family argument should really beforgotten,but ever since it happened,over sixty years ago,the town has beensplit into two.Even now,some Adidas employees and Puma employees don’t talkto each other.译文：兄弟般的爱阿迪达斯和彪马半个多世纪以来一直是最著名的运动鞋品牌。
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通用汽车和日本本田公司早于1999 年就停止了电池动力汽车的生产，转而开发燃料电池和电池内燃混合机，这对消费者更吸引力。
福特宣布它现在也要做同样的尝试。
3年前，福特推出名为Think City 的双排座汽车和Think 或Think Neighbor 系列高尔夫车。
但由于需求不足，截至2002年仅生产了1 000 辆汽车，售出1 700辆高尔夫车。
“关键是我们认为电动车不能代表大众市场环保交通的未来”，福特欧洲区的Tim Holmes 于周五说，“我们感觉自己对电力车的两倍多。
”日本丰田产的RA V4EV 系列电动车在美国的售价达42 000 美元，而同一系列的汽油动力车仅售17 000 美元。
丰田和日产汽车公司是现在仅存的两在电动车制造商。
“应该说电池动力车已经获得了充分的机会。
福特现已转向电池内燃混合机开发项目，我们应据此评价他们的发展。
”Roger Higman, 英国Friends of the Earth组织的一位高级交通运动代表这样对《环保新闻》评论说。
日本本田和丰田公司推出的混合机汽车在过去几年取得了良好的销售业绩。
混合动力车比汽油机车运行里程更长，电池又可自行充电。
福特表示，他们认为这样的机车有助于达到美国新制订的车辆排放规定。
不过这些规定究竟允许怎样的排放现在还不十分清楚。
六月份通用和戴姆勒克莱斯勒公司赢得一项法庭裁决，可推迟两年执行一项加州法令，该法令要求汽车生产商在2003 年前向该州提供10万辆零排放和其他低排放汽车。
制造商希望修改此法令，允许他们生产现多低排放而不是零排放的汽车。
Ford Abandons Electric VehiclesThe Ford motor company‟s abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology, analysts say.General Motors and Honda ceased production of battery-powered cars in 1999, to focus on fuel cell and hybrid electric gasoline engines, which are more attractive to the consumer. Ford has now announced it will do the same.Three years ago, the company introduced the Think City two-seater car and a golf cart called the THINK, or Think neighbor. It hoped to sell 5,000 cars each year and 10,000 carts. But a lack of demand means only about 1,000 of the cars have been produced, and less than 1,700 carts have been sold so far in 2002.“The bottom line is we don‟t believe that this is the future of environment transport for the mass market,”Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday. “We feel we have given electric our best shot.”The Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge time General Motor‟s EVI electric vehicle also had a limited range, of about 100 miles.The very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-powered alternatives. An electric Toyota RA V4 EV vehicle costs over $42,000 in the US, compared with just $17,000 for the petrol version. Toyota and Nissan are now the only major auto manufacturers to produce electric vehicles.“There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its cha nce. Ford now has to move on with its hybrid program, and that is what we will be judging them on,” Roger Higman, a senior transport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth, told the Environment News Service.Hybrid cars introduced by Toyota and Honda in the past few years have sold well. Hybrid engines offer greater mileage than petrol-only engines, and the batteries recharge themselves. Ford says it thinks such vehicles will help it meet planned new guidelines on vehicle emissions in the US.However, it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permit. In June, General Motors and Daimler Chrysler won a court injunction, delaying by two years Californian legislation requiring car-makers to offer 100,000 zero-emission and other low-emission vehicles in the state by 2003. Car manufactures hope the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low-emission, rather than zero-emission, vehicles.第二篇世界原油产量可能提前十年达到峰值科威特科学家预测世界常规原油产量将在2014年达到峰值，这一发现可能会促进储存石油的努力。