2014年職稱英語綜合類考前20天押題模擬測試卷一
發布時間：2014-03-29 共6頁
第2部分：閱讀判斷(第16—22題，每題1分，共7分) 。
下面的短文后列出了7個句子，請根據短文的內容對每個句子作出判斷;如果該句提供的是正確信息，請選擇A;如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請選擇B;如果該句的信息文中沒有提及，請選擇C。
16、根據材料，回答16-23問題。
Highways
The increase in auto production, private turnpike (收費公路) companies under local authorities began to spring up, and by 1921 there were 387, 000 miles of paved roads. At that time, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictions, or weight of trucks. During the World War I, roads throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks.
When General Eisenhower returned from Germany in 1919, he noted: "the old convoy (車隊)had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany's Autobahn or motorway had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land. "
The interstate highway system was f'mally started in 1956. To build its 44, 000-mile web of highways, bridges, and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out. Considering the many geographic features of the country such as mountains, steep
grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts and plains, innovative designs of roadways began to weave their way across the country, forever altering the face of America.
Today, the interstate system links every major city in the U. S. , and the U. S. with Canada and Mexico. Built with safety in mind, the highways have wide lanes and shoulders, dividing medians, or barriers, long entry and exit lanes, curves engineered for safe turns, and limited access. The death rate on highways is half that of all other U. S roads (0. 86 deaths per 100 million passenger miles compared to 1.99 deaths per 100 million on all other roads).
By opening the North American continent, highways have enabled consumer goods and services to reach people in remote and rural areas of the country, spurred the growth of suburbs,and provided people with greater options in terms of jobs, access to cultural program, health care, and other benefits. Above all, the interstate system provides individuals with what they cherish most: personal freedom of mobility.
The interstate system has been an essential element of the nation's economic growth in terms of shipping and job creation: more than 75 percent of the nation's freight deliveries arrive by truck; and most products that arrive by rail or air use interstates for the last leg of the journey
by vehicle. Not only has the highway system affected the American economy by providing shipping routes, it has led to the growth of spin-off industries like service stations, motels,restaurants, and shopping centers. It has allowed the relocation of manufacturing plants and other industries from urban areas to rural.
National standards for paved roads were in place by 1921.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
17、Eisenhower felt that the broad German motorways had better quality than the highways of America.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
18、In the 1950s that the American government finally took action to build a national highway system.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
19、Many of the problems presented by the country's geographical features found solutions in innovative engineering projects.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
20、With safety considerations, the death rate on interstate highways is still higher than that of other American roads.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
21、The interstate highways system provides access between major military installations in America.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
22、Service stations, motels and restaurants promoted the development of the interstate highway system.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
