2023年職稱英語考試教材變動及考題預測

　　2023年教材上新增了大約17篇文章，詞匯選項，閱讀判斷， 概括大意完成句子， 閱讀理解， 補全短文， 完型填空各個題型上都有新增文章。理工類和衛(wèi)生類新增的文章更體現(xiàn)專業(yè)性。新增文章的語言難度和問題考點設置情況在一定程度上反映了08年考題的出題趨勢。

　　The Tiniest Electric Motor in the World

　　1. Scientists recently made public the tiniest electric motor ever built. You could stuff hundreds of them into the period at the end of this sentence. One day a similar engine might power a tiny mechanical doctor that would travel through your body to remove your disease.

　　2. The motor works by shuffling(來回運動) atoms(原子) between two molten metal droplets(小滴) in a carbon nanotube(納米管). One droplet is even smaller than the other. When a small electric current is applied to the droplets, atoms slowly get out of the larger droplet and join the smaller one. The small droplet grows but never gets as big as the other droplet and eventually bumps into the large droplet. As they touch, the large droplet rapidly sops up (吸入)the atoms it had previously lost. This quick shift in energy produces a power stroke(動力行程).

　　3. The technique exploits the fact that surface tension -- the tendency of atoms or molecules to resist separating -- becomes more important at small scales. Surface tension is the same thing that allows some insects to walk on water.

　　4. Although the amount of energy produced is small -- 20 microwatts(百萬分之一瓦) -- it is quite impressive(給人印象深刻的) in relation to(與...相比) the tiny scale of the motor. The whole setup is less than 200 nanometers on a side, or hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair. If it could be scaled up to the size of an automobile engine, it would be 100 million times more powerful than a Toyota Camrys 225 horsepower V6 engine.

　　5. In 1988, Professor Richard Muller and colleagues made the first operating(工作的， 運行的) micromotor(微型發(fā)動機), which was 100 microns(微米) across, or about the thickness of a human hair. In 2003, Zettls group created the first nanoscale motor. In 2006, they built a nanoconveyor(納米傳送帶), which moves tiny particles along like cars in a factory.

　　6. Nanotechnology(納米技術) engineers try to mimic nature, building things atom-by-atom. Among other things, nanomotors could be used in optical circuits to redirect light, a process called optical switching. Futurists envision(預想) a day when nanomachines(納米機器), powered by nanomotors(納米發(fā)動機), travel inside your body to find disease and repair damaged cells.

　　練習：

　　指定的四個段落都沒有明顯的段落主題句(2007年理工類A/B級概括大意題中四個指定段落都沒有明顯段落主題句)，考生可以通過通讀指定段落的大意來歸納出段落主題， 或借助一些有效的答題技巧確認段落主題。以確認段落第4段的段落主題為例分析答題技巧：

　　2. Paragraph 4 ____.

　　4. Although the amount of energy produced is small -- 20 microwatts -- it is quite impressive in relation to(與...相比 )the tiny scale of the motor. The whole setup is less than 200 nanometers on a side, or hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair. If it could be scaled up to the size of an automobile engine, it would be 100 million times more powerful(強大的) than a Toyota Camrys 225 horsepower(馬力) V6 engine.

　　2.B.解析：段落中沒有明顯的段落主題句， 但是段落中出現(xiàn)了大量反映典型細節(jié)信息的詞語：20 microwatts, 200 nanometers(納米), hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair， 100 million times more powerful, 225 horsepower(馬力), 這些細節(jié)信息貫穿全段， 從性質(zhì)上它們分別用于描述功率和尺寸大小， 因此可直接判斷B(描述了納米發(fā)動機的功率和尺寸大小)是答案。

　　提示：

　　如果段落中有明顯的細節(jié)信息詞， 可以考慮利用這些細節(jié)信息所反映的主題內(nèi)容來確認段落主題。

　　2023年考題預測分析

　　從2023年考題的出題情況和2023年教材的編寫情況來看，2008年職稱英語考試仍然將可能從教材中摘選一部分試題直接作為考題。2008年考題難度應該與2007年考題難度相當。

　　2023年職稱英語考試教材變動及考題預測

　　2023年教材上新增了大約17篇文章，詞匯選項，閱讀判斷， 概括大意完成句子， 閱讀理解， 補全短文， 完型填空各個題型上都有新增文章。理工類和衛(wèi)生類新增的文章更體現(xiàn)專業(yè)性。新增文章的語言難度和問題考點設置情況在一定程度上反映了08年考題的出題趨勢。

　　The Tiniest Electric Motor in the World

　　1. Scientists recently made public the tiniest electric motor ever built. You could stuff hundreds of them into the period at the end of this sentence. One day a similar engine might power a tiny mechanical doctor that would travel through your body to remove your disease.

　　2. The motor works by shuffling(來回運動) atoms(原子) between two molten metal droplets(小滴) in a carbon nanotube(納米管). One droplet is even smaller than the other. When a small electric current is applied to the droplets, atoms slowly get out of the larger droplet and join the smaller one. The small droplet grows but never gets as big as the other droplet and eventually bumps into the large droplet. As they touch, the large droplet rapidly sops up (吸入)the atoms it had previously lost. This quick shift in energy produces a power stroke(動力行程).

　　3. The technique exploits the fact that surface tension -- the tendency of atoms or molecules to resist separating -- becomes more important at small scales. Surface tension is the same thing that allows some insects to walk on water.

　　4. Although the amount of energy produced is small -- 20 microwatts(百萬分之一瓦) -- it is quite impressive(給人印象深刻的) in relation to(與...相比) the tiny scale of the motor. The whole setup is less than 200 nanometers on a side, or hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair. If it could be scaled up to the size of an automobile engine, it would be 100 million times more powerful than a Toyota Camrys 225 horsepower V6 engine.

　　5. In 1988, Professor Richard Muller and colleagues made the first operating(工作的， 運行的) micromotor(微型發(fā)動機), which was 100 microns(微米) across, or about the thickness of a human hair. In 2003, Zettls group created the first nanoscale motor. In 2006, they built a nanoconveyor(納米傳送帶), which moves tiny particles along like cars in a factory.

　　6. Nanotechnology(納米技術) engineers try to mimic nature, building things atom-by-atom. Among other things, nanomotors could be used in optical circuits to redirect light, a process called optical switching. Futurists envision(預想) a day when nanomachines(納米機器), powered by nanomotors(納米發(fā)動機), travel inside your body to find disease and repair damaged cells.

　　練習：

　　指定的四個段落都沒有明顯的段落主題句(2007年理工類A/B級概括大意題中四個指定段落都沒有明顯段落主題句)，考生可以通過通讀指定段落的大意來歸納出段落主題， 或借助一些有效的答題技巧確認段落主題。以確認段落第4段的段落主題為例分析答題技巧：

　　2. Paragraph 4 ____.

　　4. Although the amount of energy produced is small -- 20 microwatts -- it is quite impressive in relation to(與...相比 )the tiny scale of the motor. The whole setup is less than 200 nanometers on a side, or hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair. If it could be scaled up to the size of an automobile engine, it would be 100 million times more powerful(強大的) than a Toyota Camrys 225 horsepower(馬力) V6 engine.

　　2.B.解析：段落中沒有明顯的段落主題句， 但是段落中出現(xiàn)了大量反映典型細節(jié)信息的詞語：20 microwatts, 200 nanometers(納米), hundreds of times smaller than the width of a human hair， 100 million times more powerful, 225 horsepower(馬力), 這些細節(jié)信息貫穿全段， 從性質(zhì)上它們分別用于描述功率和尺寸大小， 因此可直接判斷B(描述了納米發(fā)動機的功率和尺寸大小)是答案。

　　提示：

　　如果段落中有明顯的細節(jié)信息詞， 可以考慮利用這些細節(jié)信息所反映的主題內(nèi)容來確認段落主題。

　　2023年考題預測分析

　　從2023年考題的出題情況和2023年教材的編寫情況來看，2008年職稱英語考試仍然將可能從教材中摘選一部分試題直接作為考題。2008年考題難度應該與2007年考題難度相當。