科技英语阅读答案.doc

《科技英语阅读》参考答案
Text 1：
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
FTTFT FF
Ⅱ. For questions 1-4 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
CBDC
Text 2:
I. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. calculation / classification / comparison
2. plotting the course of rockets, preparing bank statements, predicting elections, forecasting weather, and so forth
3. if without the help of computers
4. the message of a familiar advertisement is that machines should work, but men should think
5. computers perform very complex operations in a very short time
6. a very large adding machine
7. traffic lights / telephones
8. two / input / processing / output
II. Fill in the blanks in the following text. Pay attention to the verb forms.
be sharply replaced / recognize / access / convert / book / pay / interacting / be used / dealing / solving
III. Translate the following phrases into Chinese.
1. 处理数据
2. 计算器
3. 计算机科学
4. 计算机技术
5. 电子计时脉冲
IV. Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1. 数据处理就是以计算、分类、比较的方式来处理那些预先存放到机器中的资料。
2. 电脑是由数以百万的电子装置组成的，能够通过具有不同功能的闭合电路，以令人难以置信的高速存储或转换数据。
3. 我们都听说电脑用于火箭路线的设计、银行文件的处理、选举预测、天气预报等。
4. 这可能是因为电脑可以在极其短暂的——几秒甚至是不到一秒的时间里完成非常复杂的运行。
5. 他的工作就是决定计算机需要什么信息，必须要完成哪些运行才能解决一个问题。
Text 3:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
TFTFF TFT
Ⅱ. For questions 1-3 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
CCA
Text 4:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7.F 8. T
II. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. it involves a lot of complicated computer processing
2. their positions / the location of the moving camera
3. work at 200 frames a second on a camera tossed from hand to hand
4. generate a 3D map of a player’s room
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. provided its brain can think fast enough
2. involves collecting and integrating images taken from different angles
3. the less time there is to do this work
4. an affordable, dust-fighting robot that can see where it is going
Text 5:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-5 FTFFF 6-10 TTFFT 11-12 FT
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. food and water; a first aid kit; a fire extinguisher suitable for all types of fires; flashlights; a portable radio; extra batteries, blankets, clothes, shoes and money; medication; an adjustable or pipe wrench, if necessary; baby and pet food; and an alternate cooking source.
2. You should check to prevent them form falling down and hurt you.
3. Because if you run outside of buildings, you may be killed by falling debris from collapsing walls.
4. You can use it only if it is in close proximity to you and if you know it is a strongly supported, loadbearing doorway.
Text 6:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. F 10. T
II. Translate the following English phrases into Chinese.
1. 全球变暖
2. 温室气体
3. 二氧化碳
4. 甲烷
5. 氮氧化物
6. 工业革命
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. is attributable to human activities
2. how earth’s climate responds to them
3. changes in that temperature correspond to enormous changes in the environment
4. transition from roaming, hunter-gatherer societies into more permanent, agriculture-supported communities
5. Unless we act now
Text 7:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
FTTFF
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. easily hack into your account and get your information.
2. open an on-line bank account and transfer the money via e-mail addresses.
3. damaged.
4. ① Make sure you know the site or the person you are doing business with on the Internet well enough.
② Log onto a website several times to make sure it doesn’t disappear.
③ Make sure they use a secure transmission.
④ Never store your credit card number on the site.
⑤ Read previous customer complaints.
⑥ Open an on-line bank account.
⑦ Know the return and refund policies.
⑧ Be careful with the sites whose prices are low.
Text 8:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. F 10. T
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. status under international law
2. they are not yet recognized in world conventions
3. rising sea levels
desertification
weather-induced flooding
soil / sea erosion
Text 9:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-5 TFTFT 6-9 FTFF
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. The lack of pressure, energy
2. ① boiling, freezing ② small particles ③ harmful radiations
3. ① Flexible ② strong ③ resistant ④ temperature.
Text 10:
I. For questions 1-5below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
1. D 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. B
II. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. the car contains expensive batteries
2. the transmission system had to be completely redesigned / store energy recovered when the car brakes
3. more fuel to be burned
4. to deliver the same kind of driving performance / better fuel consumption
5. their engines as compressors / slow them down / the brakes / overheating
Text 11:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F 9. T 10. F
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. petroleum substitutes made from plant matter like corn or sugar cane
2.
1) the greenhouse gases
2) US reduce the utter dependence on foreign oil
3) needed income for rural farmers around the world
3. the amount of carbon released in the process of converting natural landscapes into cropland
4. there is three times as much carbon released in that initial landscape conversion
5. a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. Using biofuels rather than oil would reduce the greenhouse gases
2. cause more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuels
3. there is three times as much carbon in plants and soil than there is in the air
4. we be better off not relying on them
5. the technology for yielding fuels
Text 12:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-8 TFTFFFTT
Ⅱ. The following form summarizes the impacts of fossil fuels on the environment. Fill in the missing blanks according to your understanding of the text.
1. increase of sea level
2. smog; toxic substance; nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide
3. adequate land space, financial support; surface and ground water, wildlife
4. delivery of fossil fuels; waterway
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences by selecting proper words or phrases from the form.
1. result from 2. contributor 3. arising from 4. results in 5. be attributed to
Text 13:
Ⅰ.Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. T 9. NG 10. T
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. cheap, flexible and paper-thin
2. batteries / capacitors
3. A sheet with two layers of nanotubes and a lithium coating can be switched from one application to the other as required
4. dissolve cellulose / to act as an electrolyte
5. Hybrid cars / Medicine
Text 14:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. F 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. T 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
II. Translate the following English phrases into Chinese.
1. 多酚
2. 蛀牙
3. 传染性耳疾
4. 致病因子
5. 益生菌
6. 生物探矿
7. 果渣
8. 葡萄果渣
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. interfere with the ability of bacteria to contribute to tooth decay
2. lessen the ability of bacteria to cause life-threatening, systemic infections
3. The widespread overprescribing of antibiotics and the speed of bacterial evolution
4. contains at least as many polyphenols as whole fruit
5. determine which may be the most useful medically
Text 15:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-5 TTFTF 6-8 FTT
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. “Closed Environmental”
2. ① loss of calcium ② skeletal problem ③ nervous systems problem
3. ① to use artificial gravity generated by rotation
② travel by continuous acceleration
Text 16:
I. For questions 1-5 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B
II. Complete following table according to the information in the text.
Methods
Advantages
Disadvantages
Chemical pesticides
Not mentioned
1. Expensive
2. Less effective
3. Complicated to handle
4. Unhealthy
Parasitic wasps
Not mentioned
Less effective
Pheromones
Not mentioned
Expensive
Weaver ants
high effective
Ants' painful bite

Text 17:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-5 FTFTT 6-9 FFT
Ⅱ. For questions 1-5 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
1-5 ADDCD
Text 18:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. F 3. T 4. NG 5. F 6. T
II. Match the descriptions below to their corresponding cities according to the text.
1. c 2. e 3. a 4. b 5. d
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. Using the planet’s natural coolness
2. save money and reduce carbon-dioxide emissions
3. is expected to reduce the city’s energy needs
4. has not yet done anything about using it
5. saves more than just energy
Text 19:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. F 9. T 10. F
II. Complete the summary below according to the information in the paragraph 3-5.
a cell membrane / nucleic acids / Genes / DNA / produce different proteins / RNA / chemical processes / hereditary information / one generation
Text 20:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1-5 TTFFT 6-10 TFTFF
Ⅱ. For questions 1-3 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
CDD
Ⅲ. Complete the following sentences by translating the Chinese in the brackets into English.
1. like solar energy or hydrogen based fuel.
2. A solution to this problem
3. causing not only increase in price but also its weight.
4. Increasing number of vehicles
5. benefit from the products of nanotechnology as well.
Text 21:
I. For questions 1-6 below, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, D.
1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. C
II. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. pure peanut oil
2. leftover grounds / be thrown away / used as compost
3. whiff of coffee
4. the oil content of the coffee
5. big coffee chains and cafeterias
Text 22:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. F 9. T 10. F
Ⅱ.Translate the following English phrases into Chinese.
1. 地铁站
2. 售票处
3. 身份证
4. Radio Frequency 无线电频率
5. Personal Identification Number 个人身份号码
6. 电子钱包
7. 存取[访问]控制
8. 成指数增长
9. 智能卡使用率
Text 23:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. F 10. T
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. burning adds oxygen to carbon, making carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide makes the world warmer, then brings out a series of environmental problems
2. how the Earth should absorb and radiate heat in response to a list of greenhouse-gas concentrations
3. the atmosphere's carbon-dioxide levels would roughly double by 2100
4. No. It’s sure effective in Russia and Canada, but in a tropical country, warming acted locally (as well as globally), so it would experience warming by cutting down trees.
Text 24:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T 6. F 7. F 8. T 9. T 10. F
II. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. oil price , carbon dioxide, emit no pollution
2. afford, explosive
3. storage, refueling stations, distribution system
Ⅲ. Select a proper phrase and translate the part in the bracket.
1. how dependent the world is on oil based fuels
2. are taking this technology very seriously
3. if we manage to make it affordable
4. Bearing the dangers in mind
5. are laying the foundation for a petrol free future for our cars
Text 25:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. T 9. T 10. F
II. Answer the questions according to the text by completing the sentences below.
1. wrote the 3,250th review of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
2. post reviews of books and other products for many years
3. strike a balance between recent reviews and helpful ones
4. look at the most recent—they don’t go back and look at the first review
5. the “helpfulness” of reviews
Text 26:
I. Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage?
1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
II. Complete the following sentences with the information given in the text.
1. artificial intelligence
2.
1) operation research
2) cybernetics
3) logic
4) computer science
3. neural networks, agent technology, case-based reasoning
4.
1) speech recognition
2) language translation
3) decision-support software
5. there are plenty of opportunities for new technologies to help filter and categorize information - classic AI problems
6. an intelligent computer
III. Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. has moved on from being seen as an overambitious and under-achieving field of research
2. encompassed suc