职称英语阅读理解及译文解析理工类C.doc

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2013职称英语阅读理解完形填空及译文解析

[理工类-C]

目录

第一篇 FordAbandonsElectricVehicles 3

第二篇 WorldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict 5

第三篇 CitizenScientists 8

第四篇 MotoringTechnology 10

第五篇 Late-NightDrinking 12

第六篇 2012版教材改为MakingLightofSleep 14

第七篇 SugarPowerforCellPhones 16

第八篇 EiffelIsanEyeful 19

第九篇 EgyptFelledbyFamine 22

第十篇 YoungFemaleChimpsOutlearnTheirBrothers 25

第十一篇 WhenOurEyesServeOurStomach2013教材新增 28

第十二篇 FloridaHitbyColdAirMass 31

第十三篇 InvisibilityRing 33

第十四篇 JapaneseCarKeepsWatchforDrunkDrivers 36

第十五篇 WingedRobotLearnstoFly 38

第十六篇 JapaneseDrillingintoCoreofEarth 41

第十七篇 ASunshadeforthePlanet 43

第十八篇 ThirstforOil 45

第十九篇 MusicalRobotCompanionEnhancesListenerExperience2013教材新增 47

第二十篇 ExploreroftheExtremeDeep 50

第二十一篇 PlantGas 52

第二十二篇 Snowflakes 54

第二十三篇 PoweringaCityIt'saBreeze. 56

第二十四篇 UndergroundCoalFires—aLoomingCatastrophe 58

第二十五篇 EattoLive 61

第二十六篇 MaleandFemalePilotsCauseAccidentsDifferently 64

第二十七篇 DriventoDistraction 67

第二十八篇 SleepLetsBrainFileMemories 70

第二十九篇 FoodFright 73

第三十篇 DigitalRealm 76

第一篇 CaptainCookArrowLegend 79

第二篇 AvalancheandItsSafety, 80

第三篇 GiantStructures2013教材新增 82

第四篇 Animal's"SixthSense" 85

第五篇 SingingAlarmsCouldSavetheBlind 88

第六篇 CarThievesCouldBeStoppedRemotely 89

第七篇 AnIntelligentCar 91

第八篇 WhyIndiaNeedsItsDyingVultures2013教材新增 93

第九篇 WonderWebs 96

第十篇 ChickenSoupfortheSoul:

ComfortFoodFightsLoneliness2012新增 97

第一篇FordAbandonsElectricVehicles

TheFordmotorcompany’sabandonmentofelectriccarseffectivelysignalstheendoftheroadforthetechnology，analystssay．

GeneralMotors。

andHonda’ceasedproductionofbattery．poweredcarsin1999,tofocusonfuelcellandhybridelectricgasolineengines,whicharemoreattractivetotheconsumer．Fordhasnowannounceditwilldothesame．

Threeyearsago．thecompanyintroducedtheThinkCitytwo—seatercarandagolfcartcalledtheTHINK,orThinkNeighbor．Ithopedtosell5，000carseachyearand10，000carts．Butalackofdemandmeansonlyaboutl，000ofthecarshavebeenproduced，andlessthan1。

700cartshavebeensoldsofarin2002．

“Thebottomlineiswedon’tbelievethatthisisthefutureofenvironmenttransportforthemassmarket．”TimHolmesofFordEuropesaidonFriday．“Wefeelwehavegivenelectricourbestshot”

TheThinkCityhasarangeofonlyabout53milesanduptoasix-hourbatteryrechargetime．GeneralMotors’EVIelectricvehiclealsohadalimitedrange。

ofabout100miles．

Theveryexpensivebatteriesalsomeanelectriccarscostmuchmorethanpetrol-poweredalternatives．AnelectricToyot~RAV4EVvehiclecostsover$42，000intheUS,comparedwithjust$17，000forthepetrolversion．ToyotaandNissan…arenowtheonlymajorautomanufacturerstoproduceelectricvehicles．

“Thereisafeelingthatbatteryelectrichasbeengivenitschance．Fordnowhastomoveonwithitshybridprogram“，andthatiswhatwewillbejudgingthemon，”RogerHigman，aseniortransportcampaigneratUKFriendsoftheEarth，toldtheEnvironmentNewsService．

HybridcarsintroducedbyToyotaandHondainthepastfewyearshavesoldwell．HybridenginesOfferGreatermileagethanpetrol—onlyengines,andthebatteriesrechargethemselves.Fordsaysitthinkssuchvehicleswillhelpitmeetplannednewguidelines“onvehicleemissions”intheU.S.

However,itisnotyetclearexactlywhatthoseguidelineswillpermit．InJune，GeneralMotorsandDaimlerChryslerwonacourtinjunction，delayingbytwoyearsCalifornianlegislationrequiringcar—makerstooffer100，000zero-emissionandotherlow—emissionvehiclesinthestateby2003．Carmanufacturershopethelegislationwillberewrittentoallowformorelow--emission，ratherthanzero—emission，vehicles．

1．WhathavetheFordmotorcompany．GeneralMotor’sandHondadoneconcerningelectriccars?

A）Theyhavestartedtoproduceelectriccars．B）TheyhavedoneextensiveresearchonelectricCars

CTheyhavegivenupproducingelectriccars．D）TheyhaveproducedthousandsofelectricCars

2．AccordingtoTimHolmesofFordEurope，battery-poweredcars

A）willbethemaintransportationvehiclesinthefuture

B）willnotbethemaintransportationvehiclesinthefuture．

C）willbegoodtotheenvironmentinthefuture

D）willreplacepetrol—poweredvehiclesinthefuture．

3.Whichautomanufacturersarestillproducingelectricvehicles?

A）ToyotaandNissan

B）GeneralMotor’sandHonda

C）FordandToyota

D）HondaandToyota

4．Accordingtotheeighthparagraph，hybridcars

A）offerfewermileagethanpetroldrivencars

B）runfasterthanpetroldrivencars

C）runmoremilesthanpetroldrivencars

D）offermorebatteriesthanpetroldrivencars

5．Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutthehopeofcarmanufacturersaccordingtothelastparagraph?