职称英语2011真题理工A历年真题(6)

职称英语考试,历年真题

A. food with less salt tastes better.

B. many people make efforts to accept low-salt food.

C. many people never eat low-salt food.

D. It is good to health to eat food without salt.

37. The fourth paragraph briefly describes

A. how the subjects were selected and what they were asked to do.

B. why the number of subjects was limited to 87.

C. why more male subjects were chosen than female ones.

D. how salty foods were made and distributed to the subjects in the research.

38. It is true that

A. nontasters like to share salty cheese with supertasters.

B. nontasters consume more salt because they like intense tastes.

C. supertasters like the taste of saltiness to block sweet tastes in food.

D. supertasters like snack foods more as they contain higher levels of saltiness.

39. Supertasters prefer high-salt cheese because

A. it is good to health.

B. it is rich in nutrition.

C. it has intense bitter tastes.

D. it tastes less bitter.

40. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that taste acuity is

A. identified with certain chemicals.

B. developed over time after birth.

C. related to one’s eye and hair color.

D. genetically determined

第三篇 Cell Phones: Hang Up or Keep Talking?

Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places it is actually considered unusual not to use one. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication—having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.

The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, these has been a serious debates about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.

On the other hand, why do some medical studies show changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones? Signs of change in the tissues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning（扫描）

equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. He couldn’t remember even simple tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employer’s doctor didn’t agree.