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西安电子科技大学

研究生课程考试试题

考试科目：

研究生专业英语阅读课程代码：

0821004

考试日期：

08年—月—日考试时间：

100分钟

答案请写在答题纸上。

Partone:

SentenceTranslation（30%）

1. 这个信号太大了，以至于该晶体管（transistor）无法处理。

2. 常用的方法均不能解这样（so）一个复杂的方程（equation）o

3. 他们不清楚到底如何使用这个公式（formula）。

4. 电流被定义为电荷的流动为大家所熟悉。

5. 物体越热，它所释放（radiate）的能量就越多，这一事实在工程学中具有重要作用。

6. 这样做了以后，电子拥有更多能量，从而增加光区（lightspot）亮度（brightness）o

7. 所谓力的三要素在我们学习力学（mechanics）中起很重要作用。

8. 与现有设备相比，这个设备具有体积小，质量轻，结构简单的优点。

9. 我们把磁带（magnetictapes）和光盘做了一比较。

10. 当时最引人注目（noteworthy）的成就之一是人们认识到了光是由电磁波（electromagnetic

wave）构成的。

11. 为了解这个方程求出未知数（unknown）来只需要一台计算机。

12. 这些方程称为微分方程（differentialequation）,而对它们的研究形成（form）了数学

（mathematics）最具挑战的分支之一。

13. 这本书如果使用得当，对读者是很有帮助的。

14. 我们使用用哪个字母表示独立变量（independentvariable）是没有关系的。

15. 本书既讲了实际的设计方法，同时也讲述了理论问题，而重点放在一般概念上。

Parttwo:

MistakesCorrection（30%）（Writedownthecorrectedsentenceontheanswersheet.）

1. Thedetailedanalysisoftheabilityofcarryingloadsofthecomponentsisgiven.

2. Thismaterialisverydifficulttobemachined.

3. Afterprocessed,thesedataaresenttothedatabaseserverimmediately.

4. ThisisthelargestaircraftwhichwasevermanufacturedinChina.

5. ThisprofessorplaysanactiveroleinresearchandapplicationabouttheObject/Relation

MappingFramework.

6. Tindoesnothaveameltingpointashighasleaddoes.

7. Theconductivityofcopperishigherthaniron.

8. Itisnotclearyetthatitisunderwhatconditionsthatthismethodcanbeused.

9. Onlywhenthesesignalsaresenttothesamelayer,theprocessabovementionedcanoccur.

10. ThisisduetothatthereexistsacapacitanceonthePNjunction.

11. Soundtravelslessfasterthanlightis.

12. Thedirectcurrentflowsalwaysononedirection.

13. Peoplewillgetusedwiththiscolorastimegoingon.

14. Usuallywecannotseeearth'sshadow,becausethereisnothingforittofall.

15. Workequalstoforcemultiplyingdistance.

Partthree:

Readthisarticle,translatetheunderlinedsentences（15%）,answerthequestions（15%）andthensummarizethisarticlewithin100words（10%）.

EarthquakePrediction

Earthquakepredictionisanimprecisescience,andtoillustratethepoint,manyexpertspointtothestoryTangshan,China.OnJuly28,1976,amagnitude7.6earthquakestuckthecityofTangshan,China,withoutwarning.Noneofthesignsofthesuccessfulpredictionfromayearandhalfearlierwerepresent.Anestimated250,000peopledied.

Unlikethirtyyearsago,however,earthquakescientiststodayhaveafewmoretoolsattheirfingertipstohelppredicttemblors.Raymond,ageophysicist（地球物理学家），saystheapplicationofanemergingsatellitetechnology"couldadvanceearthquakesciencetowardsabetterpredicativecapability."

Thesystem,knownastheGlobalEarthquakeSatelliteSystem（GESS）,employsatechnologycalledinterferometersyntheticapertureradar（InSAR）.（合成孔径雷达干涉测量技术）Thetechnologyallowsscientiststodetectminutedeformations（变形）intheEarth'scrust（地壳）.Intheory,knowinghowandwheretheEarth'scrustisdeforming,combinedwithknowledgeofhowearthquakeswork,couldgivescientistsacluethatanearthquakeisgoingtohappen.MaxWyss,directoroftheWorldAgencyofPlanetaryMonitoringandEarthquakeRiskReduction,saidthat"InSARisagreatnewtechnologythatallowsustoilluminatethesurfaceoftheplanetandmapthedeformationthathappens.AnditisveryreasonablethatEarthdeformationmayhappenbeforeanearthquake."ButhealsostatedthattheInSARtechniquecannotbeseencompletelyreliablebecausethereislittleevidencethattheEarthactuallydeformsbeforeamajorearthquake.

TheInSARtechniqueinvolvesexaminingpairsofradarimagesofthesamelandscapetodeterminechangesinthelandsurfaceoververybroadregionstowithinacoupleofinches.ThesatellitescanthusdetectslightdeformationsintheEarth'scrust,whichmayindicatestrainpriortoanearthquake.

Thespaceshuttleflewamissionin2000thatusedthetechnologytocreateageographicmapoftheEarth.AproposaltolaunchanInSARequippedsatelliteiscurrentlybeforeNASA.Scientistshopethatwithin20years,severalmoresatelliteswilllaunch.RaymondsaidthatwhileasingleInSAR-equippedsatellitewouldbeuseful,agroupofsuchsatelliteswoulddeliveranextremelydensedatasetforusebyearthquakepredictionscientists.

AsscientistswaitforthenetworkofInSARsatellitetoberealized,sophisticatedglobalpositioningsystem（GPS）networksarebeingusedtomonitortheEarth'scrust.ThisinformationishelpingscientistscreatemodelsofcomplexEarthdeformation.

ManyofusknowthatearthquakesareasuddenreleaseofenergycausedbytheslidingofapartoftheEarth'scrustalongafault（断层）.ButRaymondaddsthatscientificevidencesuggeststheEarthalsoreleasestressviaaslowprocess.Insuchcases,thereisnoshakinganddamagetobuildings.ScientistsareuncertainastohowmuchofthnoverallstressintheEarthisreleasedinthismanner,butInSARmayhelptoanswerthequestion.

1. Whatdoestheword"temblor"inPara.2referto?

2. AccordingtoMaxWyss,isInSARtechniquepreciseenoughinprediction?

Whyorwhynot?

3. ForthesatellitestodetectslightdeformationsintheEarth,scrust,whatdoestheInSARtechniqueinvolve?

4. WhatisusedtohelpscientistscreatemodelsofcomplexEarthdeformation?

5. Whatisthecauseofanearthquakeinthecommoncase?