2008年《职称英语等级考试大纲》上新增首字母为e的单词,09年考试大纲出来后,我们会及时更新:
A 级：
entail vt. 蕴涵, 需要，必需 entail – require – need 需要， 必需 entrust vt.委托管理， 委托 entrust –leave 委托
e.g. I'll leave/entrust buying the tickets (买票)to you. en- 使成为， 使进入...状态 enlarge(扩大， 放大) = en + large, encourage(鼓励) = en + courage
escalate vi.逐步上升，逐步增强 escalator (美)自动扶梯 elevator (美) /lift (英) 电梯
escalate – ascend (B级)– go up – rise – soar 上升
2008年《职称英语等级考试大纲》上新增首字母为f的单词：
B 级
fume n. 烟，气 联想记忆：flame (火焰) + fuel (燃料) – fume smoke 烟 fog 雾 smoke + fog = smog 烟雾
mobile(移动的， 机动的) + hotel = motel (汽车旅馆)
完型填空例题解析：
Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help
There is no good place to have a car crash—but some places are worse than others.In a foreign country，for instance，__1__ to explain via cellphone that you are upside down in a ditch when you cannot speak the local language can fatally delay the arrival of the emergency services.
But an answer may be at hand.Researchers funded by the European Commission are beginning tests of a system called E-merge that__2__ senses when a car has crashed and sends a text message telling emergency services in the local language that the accident has taken place.
The system was __3__ by ERTICO，a transport research organization based in Brussels, Belgium.Cars are fitted with a cellphone-sized device attached__4__the underside of the dashboard which is activated by the same sensor that triggers the airbag in a crash.The device __5__ a cellphone circuit，a GPS positioning unit and a microphone and loudspeaker.
It registers the severity of the crash by__6__the deceleration data from the airbag’s sensor. Using GPS information，it works out which country the Car is in, and from this it determines __7__ which language to compose an alert message detailing precise location of the accident.
The device then automatically makes a call to the local emergency services __8__.If the car’s occupants are conscious，they can communicate with the operator __9__ the speaker and microphone.
E-merge also transmits the vehicles make，model, color and license number, and its heading’ when it crashed，which in turn indicates 0n which side of a multi-1ane highway it ended up.
This __10__ the emergency services find the vehicle as soon as they arrive on the scene.“We can waste a large __11__ time searching for an incident，”says Jim Hammond，a(an) __12__ in vehicle technology at the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK.Tests will begin soon with police car fleets in the UK.Trials have already started in Germany, Sweden，Spain，the Netherlands and Italy.
In-car systems…that summon the emergency services after a crash have __1 3__ been fitted in some premium cars“.ERTICO says that __14__ EU states“are willing to fund the necessary infrastructure，E-merge could be working by 2008.
A study by French car maker Renault”concluded that the system could save up to 6000 of the 40，000 lives lost each year on Europe’s roads，and prevent a similar number of serious injuries.
The Renault study estimates that fitting E.merge to every car in Europe would eventually save around 1 50 billion per__15__in terms of reduced costs to health services and insurance companies， and fewer lost working days.
Cellphone n.移动电话，手机 Underside n.下侧;底面 dashboardn.(车辆的)挡泥板;(汽车的)仪表板
sensor n.传感器;敏感元件 airbag n.(安全)气囊 severity n.严重(性) deceleration n.减速 occupant n.占有人，占用者
1. A)try B) tried C) trying D) having tried
2. A)automatically B) accidentally C) tremendously D) usually
3. A)changed B) located C) developed D) copied
4. A)by B) up C) about D) to
5. A)forms B) is consisted of C) composed of D) includes
6. A)read B) reading C) reads D) being read
7. A)on B) in C) of D) at
8. A) car maker B) policeman C) doctor D) operator
9. A) via B) near C) by D) besides
10.A) assists B) causes C) makes D) helps
11. A) number of B) deal of C) amount of D) volume of
12. A) writer B) reporter C) expert D) leader
13. A)already B) long ago C) long before D) shortly
14. A)although B) nevertheless C) however D) if
15. A)city B) year C) person D) country
答案与解析：
1. 分析文章标题: Crashed(被碰撞的/被撞毁的) Cars to Text(发送(短信)) Message(信息， 消息) for Help(帮助)
2.文章主题词：crashed cars, text, message, help
3. 直接解题:
There is (有...)no good place(地方) to have(有，经历，允许) a car crash(撞车)—but(但是) some places are worse than (比...更糟糕)others
1. A)try B) tried C) trying D) having tried
In a foreign(外国的， 外交的) country(国家)，for instance(例如)，__1__ to explain(解释) via(通过) cellphone(无线电话) that you are upside down (颠倒，混乱)in a ditch(沟) when(就在这个时候) you cannot speak(说， 使用， 表达) the local(当地的) language(语言) can fatally (致命地， 不幸地)delay(耽搁，延迟) the arrival(到来) of the emergency services(应急服务).
1.C。分析：被选项是同一单词的不同形态，因此判断该题考察语法结构。空格处所在的结构在句子中作主语，因此C是答案。不选择D是因为句子中主语部分的动作词和谓语部分的动作词之间没有强调“动作的先后关系”。
But an answer(答案) may be at hand(在手边， 即将到来).
2. A)automatically(自动地) B) accidentally(偶然地)
C) tremendously(可怕地，非常地) D) usually(通常)
