2015年职称英语综合B阅读理解真题及答案
以下内容是2015年职称英语综合B考试的'补全短文和阅读理解部分的真题，供广大考生参考使用。
补全短文
Saving a City's Public Art
Avoiding traffic jams in Los Angeles may be impossible,but the city's colorful freeway murals(壁画)can brighten even the worst commute.Paintings that depict(描述)famous people and historical scenes cover office buildings and freeway walls all across the city.With a collection of more than 2,000 murals,Los Angeles is the unofficial mural capital of the world.
But the combination of graffiti(涂鸦),pollution,and hot sun has left many L.A.murals in terrible condition._____(46)In the past,experts say,little attention was given to caring for public art.Artists were even expected to maintain their own works,not an easy task with cars racing by along the freeway.
_____(47)The work started in 2003.So far,16 walls have been selected,and more may be added later.
Until about 1960,public murals in Los Angeles were rare.But in the 1960s and 1970s,young L.A.artists began to study early 20th-century Mexican mural painting._____(48)
The most famous mural in the city is Judith Baca's"The Great Wall,"a 13-foot-high(4-meter-high)painting that runs for half a mile (0.8 kilometer)in North Hollywood,_____(49)it took eight years to complete—400 underprivileged teenagers painted the designs—and is probably the longest mural in the world.
One of the murals that will be restored now is Kent Twitchell's"Seventh Street Altarpiece."which he painted for the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984._____ (50)Twitchell said,"It was meant as a kind of gateway through which the traveler to L.A.must drive.The open hands represent peace."
Artists often call murals the people's art.Along a busy freeway or hidden in a quiet neighborhood,murals can reach people who would never pay money to see fine art in a museum,"Murals give a voice to the silent majority,"said one artist.
A.The city trying to stop the spread of graffiti,has painted over some of the murals complete.
B.This striking work depicts two people facing each other on opposite sides of the freeway near downtown Los Angeles.
C.Artists like murals because they like the work of Mexican artists.
D.Now the city is beginning a huge project to restore the city's murals.
E.The mural represents the history of ethnic groups in California.
F.Soon,their murals became a symbol of the city's cultural expressions and a showcase for L.A.'s cultural diversity.
阅读理解
篇一：Why Buy Shade-Grown Coffee?
When people argue about whether coffee is good for health,they're usually thinking of the health of the coffee drinker.Is it food for your heart? Does it increase blood pressure? Does it help you concentrate? However,coffee affects the health of the human population in other ways,too.
Traditionally,coffee bushes were planted under the canopy(树冠)of taller indigenous(土生土长的)trees.However,more and more farmers in Latin America are deforesting the land to grow full-sun coffees.At first,this increases production because more coffee bushes can be planted if there aren't any trees.With increased production come increased profits.
Unfortunately,deforesting for coffee production immediately decreases local-wildlife habitat.Native birds nest and hide from predators(捕食者)in the tall trees and migrating birds rest there.
Furthermore,in the long term,the full-sun method also damages the ecosystem because more chemical fertilizers and pesticides are needed to grow the coffee.The fertilizers and pesticides kill insects that eat coffee plant,but then the birds eat the poisoned insects and also die.The chemicals kill or sicken other animals as well,and can even enter the water that people will eventually drink.
Fortunately,farmers in Central and South America are beginning to grow more coffee bushes in the shade.We can support these farmers by buying coffee with such labels as "shade grown" and "bird friendly." Sure,these varieties might cost a little more.But we're paying for the health of the birds,the land,ourselves,and the planet.I think it's worth it.
阅读理解Why Buy Shade-Grown Coffee
31、What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Farmers are changing the way they grow coffee
B.Coffee is becoming more expensive to produce.
C.People should buy shade-grown coffee.
D.Shade-grown coffee is more expensive than sun-grown coffee.
参考答案：A
32、The function of the word"traditionally"in Paragraph 2 is to show
A.the positive effects of coffee.