| 职称英语每日一练（2015-9-15） |
| 第1、2、3、4、5题：Conservation or Wasted Effort? The black robin (旅鸫) is one of the world's rarest birds. It is a small, wild bird, and it lives only on the island of Little Mangere, off the coast of New Zealand. In 1967 there were about fifty black robins there; in 1977 there were fewer than ten.46 Energetic steps are being taken to preserve the black robin. 47 The idea is to buy an-other island nearby as a special home, a “reserve”, for threatened wild life, including black robins. The organizers say that Little Mangere should then be restocked (重新准备) with the robin's food. Thousands of the required plants are at present being cultivated in New Zealand. Is all this concern a waste of human effort? 48 Are we losing our sense of what is reasonable and what is unreasonable? In the earth's long, long past hundreds of kinds of creatures have evolved, risen to a degree of success and died out. In the long, long future there will be many new and different forms of life. Those creatures that adapt themselves successfully to what the earth offers will survive for a long time.49 This is nature's proven method of operation. The rule of selection “the survival of the fittest” is the one by which human beings have themselves arrived on the scene. We, being one of the most adaptable creatures the earth has yet produced, may last longer than most, 50 You may take it as another rule that when, at last, human beings show signs of dying out, no other creature will extend a paw (爪) to postpone our departure. On the contrary, we will be hurried out. Life seems to have grown too tough for black robins. I leave you to judge whether we should try to do anything about it. A Some creatures, certain small animals, insects and birds, will almost certainly outlast (比……长久)man, for they seem even more adaptable. B Those that fail to meet the challenges will disappear early. C Detailed studies are going on, and a public appeal for money has been made. D Both represent orders in the classification of life. E Is it any business of ours whether the black robin survives or dies out? F These are the only black robins left in the world. |
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| 第6题： Can you follow the plot? A change B investigate C write D understand |
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| 第7、8、9、10、11、12、13题： Travel Across Africa For six hours we shot through the barren （荒芜的） landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending，Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth，a beautiful leather notebook I'd bought in a market in Mozambique. Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions，We were almost drunk on sensations The roaring （咆哮） of the water at Victoria Falls，the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. And then the other things: dogs in the streets，whole families in Soweto living in one room， a kilometre from clean water. As we drove towards the setting sun，a quietness fell over us. The road was empty-we hadn't seen another car for hours. And as I drove，something caught my eye，something moving close enough to touch them，to smell their hot breath. I didn't know how long they had been there next to us. I shouted to Dan："Look！but he was in a deep sleep，his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us，a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened. "Wild horses？ he said. "Why didn't you wake me up，Sophia？" "I tried：But they were gone after a few seconds. "Are you sure you didn't dream it？" "You were the one who was sleeping！" "Typical", he said. "The best photos are the ones we never take." We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead. 16. Daniel and Sophia drove slowly through the busy desert. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 17. Sophia wrote about her experiences in notebooks. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 18. Daniel took photos of the Nile River. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 19. Daniel and Sophia saw a lot of wonderful things. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 20. While driving Daniel and Sophia saw wild horses. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 21. The horses didn't come near the car. A； Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned 22. Sophia woke Daniel up so that he could take photos of the horses. A. Right B. Wrong C. Not mentioned |
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| 第14题： Michael is now merely a good friend． A．largely B．possibly C．just D．rarely |
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| 第15题： That player is eternally arguing with the referee A desperately C eventually B constantly D extensively |
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| 第16题：The firemen acted quickly because lives were at stake A) in danger B) in despair C) out of condition D) out of danger |
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| 第17、18、19、20、21题： The Sea What do you know about the sea? We know that it looks very pretty when the sun is shining on it. We also know that it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it? The first thing to remember is that the sea is very big. When you look at the map of the world you will find there is more water than land. The sea covers three quarters of the world. The sea is also very deep in some places. It is not deep everywhere. Some parts of the sea are very shallow. But in some places the depth of the sea is very great. There is one spot， near Japan， where the sea is nearly 11 kilometers deep! The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain were put into the sea at that place， there would be 2 kilometers of water above it! What a deep place! If you have swum in the sea， you know that it is salty. You can taste the salt. Rivers， which flow into the sea， carry salt from the land into the sea. Some parts of the sea are saltier than other parts. There is one sea， called the Dead Sea， which is very salty. It is so salty that swimmers cannot sink! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea! In most parts of the sea， there are plenty of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also millions of tiny living things that float in the sea. These floating things are so small that it is hard to see them. Many fish live by eating these. The sea can be very cold Divers who go deep down in the sea， know this. On the top the water may be warm. When the diver goes downwards， the sea becomes colder and colder. Another thing happens. When the diver goes deeper， the water above presses down on him. It squeezes him. Then the diver has to wear clothes made of metal. But he cannot go very deep. Some people who wanted to go very deep used a very strong diving ship! They went down to the deepest part of the sea in it. They went down to a depth of eleven kilometers! 练习： 1. When does the sea look beautiful? A) When it is calm B) When the weather is fine C) When there is a strong wind D) When there is a storm 2. How much of the earth's surface does land cover? A) 15% B) 25% C) 30% D) 45% 3. Why does the author cite the sea somewhere near Japan? A) To show that the sea in some places is very deep. B) To show that the sea in some places is very shallow C) To show that its depth is 9 kilometers greater than the height of the highest mountain D) To show that its depth is 11 kilometers greater than the height of the highest mountain 4. Which of the following statements about the Dead Sea is NOT true? A) There are plenty of fishes in it. B) It is a safe place for swimmers. C) It is extremely salty. D) No fish can be found in it. 5. Why can't people go very deep in the sea? A) Because the deepest part of the sea is very cold. B) Because the deepest part of the sea is very rough. C) Because the pressure of the water at great depths is unendurable. D) Because fierce fish usually live there. |
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| 第22、23、24、25、26题：下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。 第一篇 Powering a City? It’s a Breeze. The graceful wooden windmills that have broken up the flat Dutch landscape for centuries — a national symbol like wooden shoes and tulips — yielded long ago to ungainly metal-pole turbines. Now, windmills are breaking into a new frontier. Though still in its teething stages, the “urban turbine” is a high-tech windmill designed to generate energy from the rooftops of busy cities. Lighter, quieter, and often more efficient than rural counterparts, they take advantage of the extreme turbulence and rapid shifts in direction that characterize urban wind patterns. Prototypes have been successfully tested in several Dutch cities, and the city government in the Hague has recently agreed to begin a large-scale deployment in 2003. Current models cost US $8, 000 to US $12, 000 and can generate between 3, 000 and 7, 000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year. A typical Dutch household uses 3,500 kilowatt hours per year, while in the United States, this figure jumps to around 10, 000 kilowatt hours. But so far, they are being designed more for public or commercial buildings than for private homes. The smallest of the current models weigh roughly 200 kilograms and can be installed on a roof in a few hours without using a crane. Germany, Finland and Denmark have also been experimenting with the technology, but the ever-practical Dutch are natural pioneers in urban wind power mainly because of the lack of space. The Netherlands, with 16 million people crowded into a country twice the size of Slovenia, is the most densely populated in Europe. Problems remain, however, for example, public safety concerns, and so strict standards should be applied to any potential manufacturer. Vibrations are the main problem in skyscraper-high turbine. People don’t know what it would be like to work there, in an office next to one of the big turbines. It might be too hectic. Meanwhile, projects are under way to use minimills to generate power for lifeboats, streetlights, and portable generators. “I think the thing about wind power is that you can use it in a whole range of situations,” said Corin Millais, of the European Wind Energy Association. “It’s a very local technology, and you can use it right in your backyard, I don’t think anybody wants a nuclear power plant in their backyard.” 31. What are the symbols of the Netherlands according to the first paragraph? A. The flat landscape. B. Wooden shoes and wooden windmills. C. Metal-pole turbines. D. Both A and B. 32. Which statement best describes the urban turbine mentioned in the second paragraph? A. It is a windmill put on rooftops of buildings for energy generation. B. It is a high-tech machine designed to generate energy for urban people. C. It is light and quiet and therefore more efficient. D. It is driven by urban wind. 33. The smallest models of an urban turbine A. is designed for private homes. B. weighs 2,000 kilograms. C. can be carried up to the rooftop without a crane. D. can he installed with a crane. 34. Netherlands leads in the urban turbine technology because A. the Dutch are natural pioneers. B. the Dutch have a tradition with windmills. C. the Netherlands is windier than Germany, Finland and Slovenia. D. the Netherlands is a small country with a large population. 35. According to the last paragraph, what are the advantages of wind power technology? A. It can be used for different purposes. B. It can replace nuclear power plant. C. It can be installed in one’s backyard. D. Both A and C. |
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| 第27、28、29、30、31、32、33、34题： 1. Children enjoy shouting at a high wall and hearing the sound come back to them. These sounds are called echoes (回声). Echoes have given us a number of valuable tools. 2. Echo sounding devices were early used in making maps of the ocean floor. Sounds or ultrasonic (超声的) sounds make good tools for determining how deep the water is under ships. Sometimes echoes from ultrasonic distance finding devices were prevented from working by fish swimming past or by the presence of large objects. So ultrasonic devices have been replaced by other tools. 3. Radar is now a familiar tool. Like many others it was an unexpected discovery. It was first observed by two researchers, who were studying sound communication. They were sending signals from a station on one side of a river in Washington, D IC. to a vehicle across the river. They discovered that their signals were stopped by passing ships. They recognized the importance of this discovery at once. 4. All this was of course just a start, from which our present radar has developed. The word "radar," in fact, gets its name from the term "radio detection (检测) and ranging." "Ranging" is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Today, in our scientific age, it would be difficult to manage without radar. 5. One of the many uses of radar is as a speed control device on highways. When a person in an automobile is driving faster than the speed limit, radar will show this clearly and the traffic police can take measures to stop him. 6. A pilot cannot fly a plane by sight alone. Many conditions such as flying at night and landing in dense fog require the pilot to use radar. Human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, but radar can show the pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. 23 Paragraph 2__________. 24 Paragraph 3__________. 25 Paragraph 4__________. 26 Paragraph 5__________. A Study of Sound B Highway Police C Working Principles D Early Use of "Radar" E Useful Tools F Discovery by Chance 27 Echo-sounding devices were early used to__________. 28 Ultrasonic device were used to__________. 29 Police use radar on highways to__________. 30 Radar helps pilots to__________. A detect nearby objects B determine the depth of the ocean water C decide how fast you drive D stop passing ships E map the ocean floor F observe water flow |
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| 第35题： He was weary of the constant battle between them. A. fond B. proud C. tired D. afraid |
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