文档介绍：2014年综合类类职称英语A级考试全真模拟题四(4)
2014年职称英语考试时间为2014年3月29日,考生们在备考的过程中切记要结合模拟题来练习,使自己的复习更加有效。
第4部分:阅读理解
下面有3篇短文,每篇短文后有5道题。每道题后面有4个选项,请仔细阅读短文并根据短文内容回答其后面的问题,从4个选项中选择l个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
根据材料,回答31-36问题。
Technology Transfer in Germany
When es to translating basic research into industrial ess, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation's vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and expertise from science. And though German prosperity (繁荣) has faltered (衰退) over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline, it still has an enviable record for turning ideas into profit.
Much of the reason for that ess is the Fraunhofer Society, work of research institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create sought-after technologies. But today the Fraunhofer institutes petition. Universities are taking an ever larger role in technology transfer, and technology parks are springing up all over. These efforts are plemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-panies.
Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic ess, but it is not without its critics. These people worry that favouring applied research will mean neglecting basic science, eventually starving industry of fresh ideas. If every scientist starts thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家), the argu