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2010职称英语考前每日一练[理工类B级-第46期]

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  阅读理解题

  第4部分:阅读理解(第31~45题,每题3分,共45分)
  下面有3篇短文,每篇幅短文后有5道题,每题材后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题,从4个选项中选择一个最佳答案涂在答题卡相应的位置上。

  第一篇

New Foods and the New World

   In the last 500 years, nothing about people -- not their clothes, ideas, or languages has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree (可可树) by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today.
  The potato is also from the New World, Around 1600; the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845-1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
  There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's.
  According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world's population now starts the day with.
  
  31 According to the passage, which of the following has changed the most in the last 500 years?
   A Food.
   B Clothing.
   C ideology.
   D Language.

  32 "Some" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refers to54
   A some cocoa trees.
   B some chocolate drinks.
   C some shops.
   D some South American Indians.
  33 Thousands of Irish people starved during the "Potato Famine" because
   A they were so dependent on potatoes that they refused to eat anything else.
   B they were forced to leave their homeland and move to America.
   C the weather conditions in Ireland were not suitable for growing potatoes.
   D the potato harvest was bad.
  34 Which country is the largest coffee producer?
   A Brazil.
   B Colombia.
   C Ethiopia.
   D Egypt.
  35 Which of the following statements is NOT true, according to the passage?
   A One third of the world's population drinks coffee.
   B Coffee is native to Colombia.
   C Coffee can keep one awake.
   D Coffee drinks were first made by Arabs.

  第二篇

Please Fasten Your Seatbelts

  Severe turbulence (湍流) can kill aircraft passengers. Now, in test flights over the Rocky Mountains, NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers have successfully detected clear-air turbulence up to 10 seconds before an aircraft hits it.
  Clear-air turbulence often catches pilots by surprise. Invisible to radar, it is difficult to forecast and can hurl (用力抛出去) passengers about the cabin. In December 1997, one passenger died and a hundred others were injured when unexpected rough air caused a United Airlines flight over the Pacific to drop 300 meters in a few seconds.
  However, passengers can avoid serious injury by fastening their seatbelts. "It is the only antidote (对策) for this sort of thing," says Rod Bogue, project manager at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
  The centre's new turbulence detector is based on lidar, or laser, radar. Laser pulses are sent ahead of the plane and these are then reflected back by particles in the air. The technique depends on the Doppler Effect. The wavelength of the light shifts according to the speed at which the particles are approaching. In calm air, the speed equals the plane's airspeed. But as the particles swirl (打漩) in rough air, their speed of approach increases or decreases rapidly. The rate of change in speed corresponds to the severity (激烈程度) of the turbulence.
   In a series of tests that began last month, a research jet flew repeatedly into disturbed air over the mountain ridges (山脉) near Pueblo, Colorado. The lidar detector spotted turbulence between 3 and 8 kilometers ahead, and its forecasts of strength and duration corresponded closely with the turbulence that the plane encountered.
   Bogue says that he had "a comfortable amount of time" to fasten his seatbelt. The researchers are planning to improve the lidar's range with a more powerful beam. The system could be installed on commercial aircraft in the next few years.

  36 What does "clear-air turbulence" probably mean? (Paragraph 1)
   A A not very rough storm.
   B Unexpected disturbed air.
   C A kind of visible storm.
   D A storm over mountain ridges.

  37 In December 1997, a United Airlines flight hit unexpected rough air
   A causing a lot of damage to the plane.
   B throwing its passengers out of the cabin.
   C resulting in heavy casualties.
   D forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.

  38 The turbulence detector can tell the severity of the turbulence by measuring
   A the speed of the plane.
   B the speed of the light.
   C the number of particles in the air.
   D the changes of the particles' speed.

  39 We can infer from the fifth paragraph that
   A the lidar detector can successfully forecast turbulence.
   B researchers are not sure about the effectiveness of the lidar detector.
   C passenger planes will be used in further experiments.
   D no more test flights are needed.

  40 The last paragraph tells us, among other things, that
   A the lidar detector needs improvement.
   B many airlines are interested in the system.
   C passengers often forget to fasten their seatbelts.
   D the lidar detector can be used in a wide range of areas

  第三篇

"Salty" Rice Plant Boosts Harvests

   British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive once more.
   Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex University's School of Biological Sciences, have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty.
   The pair has recently begun a three-year programe, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this Capability into crops, starting with rice.
   It is estimated that each year more than l0m hectares (公顷) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts (妨碍生长) plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics, mangroves (红树林) that create swamps (沼泽) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been out down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透) in. In Latin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated (蒸发) by the heat, leaving salt deposits behind.
  Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive.
   To overcome these problems, Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants' growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use.
   Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food in the poorer countries of the world.

  41 Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true?
  A They are students at Sussex University.
  B They are rice breeders.
  C They are husband and wife,
  D They are colleagues at an institution of higher learning.

  42 Flowers and Yeo have started a programme
  A to find ways to prevent water pollution.
  B to identify genes that promote growth in salty soil.
  C to breed rice plants that taste salty.
  D to find ways to remove excessive salt from soil.
 
  43 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?
  A Natural barriers to sea Water have been destroyed.
  B The water table has gone down after droughts.
  C Sea level has been continuously rising.
  D Evaporation of water leaves salt behind.
 
  44 The word "affect" in Paragraph 6 could be best replaced by
  A "influence".
  B "effect".
  C "stop".
  D "present".
 
  45 The attitude of the author towards the research project is
  A positive.
  B negative.
  C suspicious.
  D indifferent.

  【参考答案】

  31. A  32. C  33. D  34. A  35. B

  36. B  37. C  38. D  39. A  40. A

  41. D  42. B  43. C  44. A  45. A

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