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1、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Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles3第二篇World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict5第三篇Citizen Scientists8第四篇Motoring Technology10第五篇Late-Night Drinking12第六篇2012版教材改为Making Light of Sleep14第七篇Sugar Power for Cell Phones16第八篇Eiffel Is an Eyeful19第九

2、篇Egypt Felled by Famine22第十篇Young Female Chimps Outlearn Their Brothers25第十一篇When Our Eyes Serve Our Stomach 2013教材新增28第十二篇Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass31第十三篇Invisibility Ring33第十四篇Japanese Car Keeps Watch for Drunk Drivers36第十五篇Winged Robot Learns to Fly38第十六篇Japanese Drilling into Core of Earth41第十

3、七篇A Sunshade for the Planet43第十八篇Thirst for Oil45第十九篇Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience2013 教材新增47第二十篇Explorer of the Extreme Deep50第二十一篇Plant Gas52第二十二篇Snowflakes54第二十三篇Powering a City Its a Breeze.56第二十四篇Underground Coal Fires a Looming Catastrophe58第二十五篇Eat to Live61第二十六篇Male an

4、d Female Pilots Cause Accidents Differently64第二十七篇Driven to Distraction67第二十八篇Sleep Lets Brain File Memories70第二十九篇Food Fright73第三十篇Digital Realm76第一篇Captain Cook Arrow Legend79第二篇Avalanche and Its Safety ,80第三篇Giant Structures 2013教材新增82第四篇Animals Sixth Sense85第五篇Singing Alarms Could Save the Blind

5、88第六篇Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely89第七篇An Intelligent Car91第八篇Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures 2013教材新增93第九篇Wonder Webs96第十篇Chicken Soup for the Soul: Comfort Food Fights Loneliness 2012新增97第一篇 Ford Abandons Electric VehiclesThe Ford motor companys abandonment of electric cars effectively

6、signals the end of the road for the technology，analysts sayGeneral Motors。and Hondaceased production of batterypowered cars in 1 999, to focus on fuel cell and hybrid electric gasoline engines, which are more attractive to the consumerFord has now announced it will do the sameThree years agothe comp

7、any introduced the Think City twoseater car and a golf cart called the THINK, or Think NeighborIt hoped to sell 5，000 cars each year and 10，000 cartsBut a lack of demand means only about l，000 of the cars have been produced，and less than 1。700 carts have been sold so far in 2002“The bottom line is w

8、e dont believe that this is the future of environment transport for the mass market”Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday“We feel we have given electric our best shot”The Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge timeGeneral MotorsEVI electric vehicle als

9、o had a limited range。of about 100 milesThe very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-powered alternativesAn electric ToyotRAV4 EV vehicle costs over$42，000 in the US, compared with just $17，000 for the petrol versionToyota and Nissanare now the only major automanuf

10、acturers to produce electric vehicles“There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chanceFord now has to move on with its hybrid program“，and that is what we will be judging them on，”Roger Higman，a senior transport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth，told the Environment News Servic

11、eHybrid cars introduced by Toyota and Honda in the past few years have sold wellHybrid engines Offer Greater mileage than petrolonly engines , and the batteries recharge themselves. Ford says it thinks such vehicles will help it meet planned new guidelines “on vehicle emissions” in the U.S.However,

12、it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permitIn June，General Motors and Daimler Chrysler won a court injunction，delaying by two years Californian legislation requiring carmakers to offer 100，000 zero-emission and other lowemission vehicles in the state by 2003Car manufacturers hope t

13、he legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low-emission，rather than zeroemission，vehicles1What have the Ford motor companyGeneral Motors and Honda done concerning electric cars?A)They have started to produce electric carsB)They have done extensive research on electric CarsC They have given u

14、p producing electric carsD)They have produced thousands of electric Cars2According to Tim Holmes of Ford Europe，battery-powered carsA)will be the main transportation vehicles in the futureB) will not be the main transportation vehicles in the futureC)will be good to the environment in the futureD)wi

15、ll replace petrolpowered vehicles in the future3. Which auto manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles?A)Toyota and NissanB)General Motors and HondaC)Ford and ToyotaD)Honda and Toyota4According to the eighth paragraph，hybrid carsA)offer fewer mileage than petrol driven carsB)run faster than petrol driven carsC)run more miles than petrol driven carsD)offer more batteries than petrol driven cars5Which of the following is true about the hope of car manufacturers according to the last paragraph?