职称英语第四部分阅读理解文档格式.docx

1、 To apply sunscreen to the Earth.5.What is NOT true of the effectiveness of sunscreen , according to the last paragraph? D: It decreases greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. 第四十六篇 Ants Have Big Impact on Environment as “Ecosystem Engineers” Research by the University of Exeter has revealed that ants

2、have a big impact on their local environment as a result of their activity as “ecosystem engineers” and predators Fiestly .through moving of soil by nest building activity and by collecting food they affect the level of nutrients in the soil. Secondly, they prey on a wide rang of other animals Dirk

3、Sanders In this research The study,cayyied out in Germany, Dr Frank Veen,another author on the study Ants are important components of ecosystems not only because they constitute a great part of the animal biomass but also because they act as ecosystem engineers1、 why are ants compared to ecosystem e

4、ngineers?Because their activity affects the environment2、 As predators,antsPrey on small as well as large animals3、 Dir Sanders study centered on how ants Produce such a big impact on the environment4、 what does paragraph 6 tell us ants bring about a negative influence to an area when their populati

5、on is small.5、 what still remains unclear about ants ,according to the last paragraph? How do human activities affect ants influence on a given ecosystem?第三十四篇 Batteries Built by Viruses What do chicken pox,the common cold, the flu,and AIDS have in common?Not everyone runs from the tiny disease carr

6、iers,though.Viruses and batteries may seem like an unusual pair,but theyre not so strange for engineer Angela Belcher, who first came up with the idea.Belchers team includes Paula Hammond, who helps put tpgether the tiny batteries, and Yet-Ming Chiang,an expert on how to store energy in the form of

7、a battery.Many batteries are already pretty small.The ideal battery will store a lot of energy in a small package.How small are these battery parts?1.According to the first paragraph,people try to C: stay away from viruses because they are causes of various diseases.2.What is Belchers team doing at

8、present? C: It is making batteries with viruses.3.What expression below is opposite in meaning to the word shrink appearing in paragraph 5? D: Expand.4.Which of the following is true of Belchers battery mentioned in paragraph 6 ? It is a metallic disk with viruses inside it.5.How tiny is one battery

9、 part? A: Its width is one tenth of a hair.第三篇 Citizen ScientistsUnderstanding how nature responds to climate change will require monitoring key life cycle events- flowering,Climate scientists are not present everywhere.A group of scientists and educators launched an organization last year called th

10、e National Phenology Network.One of the groups first efforts relies on scientists and non-scientists alike to collect data about plant flowering and leafing every year.People dont have to be plant experts - they just have to look around and see whats in their neighbornood,says Jennifer Schwartz,an e

11、ducation consultant with the project.1. Ecologists turn to non-scientist citizens for help because they need them. C: to collect data of the life cycle of living things.2. What are citizen scientists asked to do? B: To send their research observations to a professional database.3. In All thats neede

12、d to become one.（paragraph 2）,what does the word one stands for ? B : a citizen scientist.4. What is NOT true of Project BudBurst? Only experts can participate in it.5. What is the final purpose of Project BudBurst ? To investigate how plants and animals will respond as the climate changes.第三十九篇 Clo

13、ne Farm Factory farming could soon ernter a new era of mass production. This, at least ,is the vision of the USs National Institute of Science and Technology, Thats unlikely to put off the poultry industry,however. Using a long-established technique, Another chanllenge for origen is to scale up prod

14、uction. In future, Origen imagines freezing stem cells from different strain of chicken1、 Which statement is the best description of the new era of factory farming according to the first paragraph? Clond chickens are bulk-producers with the same growth rate, weight and taste 2、 Which institution has

15、 offered $4.7millon to fund the research?The USs National Institute of Science and Technology3、 In the third paragraph, by saying “Producers would like the same meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get there,”Mike Fitzgerald means that he wishs.Chickens could grow to the same weight but with l

16、ess feed4、 Which of the following statements about Origen and Embrex is correct according to the fifth paragraph?Origen is the leading company in producing embryo-locating machines.5、 The technology of freezing stem cells from different strains of chichen can do all the following EXCEPT thatFamers c

17、an oder certain of chicken for economic reasons第二十七篇 Driven to DistractionJoe Coyne slides into the drivers seat, starts up the car and heads to town.But even if he hadnt stopped in time, the woman would have been safe.The researchers want to know if such systems,Were looking at the performance and

18、mental workload of drivers,said Caryl Baldwin,The researchers just completed a study of the mental workload involved in driving through different kinds of environments and heavy vs.But the tradeoffs could be worth it, she said.Is it best if they see a picture.that shows their position, a map kind of

19、 display?Navigational systems now on the market give point-by-point directions that follow a prescribed route.That style of directions also can be frustrating for people who prefer more general instructions.Perhaps manufacturers should allow drivers to choose the style of directions they want,Intere

20、stingly, other research has shown that about 60 percent of men prefer the suivey style,1.Which statement is true of the description in the first two paragraphs? Coyne is not really driving so it is impossible for him to have hit the woman.2.What do researchers want to find out, according to the thir

21、d and fourth paragraphs? All of the above.3.What are the preliminary results given in the fifth paragraph? In challenging driving situations, drivers do not have any additional mental energy to deal with something else.4.The sixth paragraph mainly state that the researchers D: want to determine the

22、best ways of giving navigational information system.5.What kind of directions do men and women prefer? B: Men prefer more general directions and women prefer route directions.第三十篇 Digital RealmIn the digital realm,the next big advance will be voice recognition.That will open the way to the next phas

23、e of the digital age: artificial intelligence.The law powering the digital age up until now has been Gordon Moores:Along with the recent advances in digital switching and atorage technologies, this means a future in which all forms of content - movies,The result will be a transition from a mass-mark

24、et world to a personalized one.1.The techniques of voice recognition B: are in its initial stage of development.2.According to the second paragraph, when we reach the stage of artificial intelligence, A: machines can be our agents as they understand our thoughts.3.Whats the best description of Gordo

25、n Moores law as mentioned in the third paragraph? It motivates the development of the digital world.4.What can people do in a future scene as described in the fourth paragraph?5.Which of the following statements is true of a personalized market? In a personalized market, products are tailored to eac

26、h consumer.第三十七篇 Dont Drink Alone Gets New MeaningIn what may be bad news for bars and pubs,After the researchers accounted for the amount of alcohol consumed,For their new analysis, the European scientists divided people in the study into four groups,People in the highest-consumption group who dran

27、k only with meals had 10 times the risk of oral cancer,Alcohol can inflame tissues.1.Researchers have found that the risk of cancer in the mouth and neck is higher with people A: who drink alcohol outside of meals.2.Which of the following is NOT the conclusion made by the researchers about drinking

28、with meals? It increases by 20 percent the possibility of cancer in all sites.3.Approximately how many drinks do the lowest-intake group average per day? 3drinks.4.Which cancer risk is the lowest among all the four kinds of cancer mentioned in the passage? Laryngeal cancer.5.According to the last pa

29、ragraph, tissues lower exposure to alcohol D: reduces the risk of laryngeal cancer.第八篇 Eiffel Is an EyefulSome 300 meters up,near the Eiffel Towers wind-whipped summit the world comes to scribble.With Paris laid out in miniature below,The reasons are as complex as the iron work that graces a structure some 90 stories high.Eiffel represents Paris is France.But to what?But in essence the tower inspires simply by being there - a blank canvas for visitors to make of