2013职称英语阅读理解及译文解析理工类C.pdf

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 Vehicles.3第二篇 World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict.5第三篇 Citizen Scientists.8第四篇 Motoring Technology.10第五篇 Late-Night Drinking.12第六篇 2012 版教材改为 Making Light of Sleep.14第七篇 Sugar Power for Cell Phones.16第八篇 Eiffel Is an Eyeful.18第九篇 Egypt Felled by Famine.21第十篇 Young Female Chimps Outlearn Their Brothers.24第十一篇 When Our Eyes Serve Our Stomach 2013 教材新增.27第十二篇 Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass.30第十三篇 Invisibility Ring.32第十四篇 Japanese Car Keeps Watch for Drunk Drivers.35第十五篇 Winged Robot Learns to Fly.37第十六篇 Japanese Drilling into Core of Earth.40第十七篇 A Sunshade for the Planet.42第十八篇 Thirst for O il.44第 十 九 篇 Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience2013 教 材 新 增.46第二十篇 Explorer of the Extreme Deep.49第二H 篇 Plant Gas.51第二十二篇 Snowflakes.53第二十三篇 Powering a City Its a Breeze.55第二十四篇 Underground Coal Fires-a Looming Catastrophe.57第二十五篇 Eat to Live.60第二十六篇 Male and Female Pilots Cause Accidents Differently.63第二H k 篇 Driven to Distraction.65第二十八篇 Sleep Lets Brain File Memories.68第二十九篇 Food Fright.71第三十篇 Digital Realm.73第一篇 Captain Cook Arrow Legend.76第二篇 Avalanche and Its Safety,.77第三篇 Giant Structures 2013 教材新增.79第四篇 Animals Sixth Sense.82第五篇 Singing Alarms Could Save the Blind.84第六篇 Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely.86第七篇 An Intelligent Car.88第八篇 Why India Needs Its Dying Vultures 2013 教材新增.90第九篇 Wonder Webs.93第十篇 Chicken Soup for the Soul:Comfort Food Fights Loneliness 2012 新增.94第一篇 Ford Abandons Electric VehiclesThe Ford motor companys abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the roadfor the technology,analysts say.General Motorso and Hondaceased production of battery,powered cars in 1 999,to focus on fuelcell and hybrid electric gasoline engines,which are more attractive to the consumer.Ford hasnow announced it will do the same.Three years ago.the company introduced the Think City two-seater car and a golf cart called theTHINK,or Think Neighbor.It hoped to sell 5,000 cars each year and 10,000 carts.But a lack ofdemand means only about I,000 of the cars have been produced,and less than 1。

700 carts havebeen sold so far in 2002.“The bottom line is we dont believe that this is the future of environment transport for the massmarket.Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday.We feel we have given electric our bestshotThe Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery rechargetime.General MotorsEVI electric vehicle also had a limited rangeo of about 100 miles.The very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-poweredalternatives.An electric ToyotRAV4 EV vehicle costs over$42,000 in the US,compared with just$17,000 for the petrol version.Toyota and Nissan.are now the only major automanufacturers toproduce electric vehicles.“There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chance.Ford now has to move on withits hybrid program and that is what we will be judging them on,“Roger Higman,a seniortransport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth,told the Environment News Service.Hybrid cars introduced by Toyota and Honda in the past few years have sold well.Hybrid enginesOffer Greater mileage than petrol-only engines,and the batteries recharge themselves.Fordsays it thinks such vehicles will help it meet planned new guidelines“on vehicle emissions in theU.S.However,it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permit.In June,General Motors andDaimler Chrysler won a court injunction,delaying by two years Californian legislation requiringcarmakers to offer 100,000 zero-emission and other lowemission vehicles in the state by2003.Car manufacturers hope the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low-emission,rather than zeroemission,vehicles.1.What have the Ford motor company.General Motors and Honda done concerning electric cars?A)They have started to produce electric cars.B)They have done extensive research on electricCarsC They have given up producing electric cars.D)They have produced thousands of electric Cars2.According 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 future.C)will be good to the environment in the futureD)will replace petrolpowered vehicles in the future.3.Which auto manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles?A)Toyota and NissanB)General Motors and HondaC)Ford and ToyotaD)Honda and Toyota4.According 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 carsDJoffer more batteries than petrol driven cars5.Which of the following is true about the hope of car manufacturers according to the lastparagraph?A)Low-emission cars should be banned.B)Only zero-emission cars are allowed to run on motorways.C)The legislation will encourage car makers to produce more electric cars.D)The legislation will allow more。