第三篇 Across the Deserts
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It stretches across Africa from Senegal to Egypt. The Sahara Desert is an unfriendly environment. During the day it's very hot, and at night it’s sometimes very cold. It is also difficult to find water in the Sahara.
In 2006, Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab, and Charlie Engle decided to do something very difficult. They made the decision to run across the Sahara Desert 4,300 miles (6,920km). It seemed impossible to do, but they wanted to try. The three men liked to test themselves, and this would be a very big test.
On the morning of November 2, Kevin, Ray, and Charlie started their trip across the Sahara. Every morning they began running at 5:00. At11 a.m. they stopped and rested until 5 p.m. Then they ran again until 9:30 in the evening. Each day they ran about 40 miles (64 km). Every day it was the same thing. They got up and ran. They listened to music on their iPods, and they ran and ran.
Kevin, Ray, and Charlie needed to eat a lot of food during their trip. Most people need about 2,000 calories of food each day. Kevin, Ray, and Charlie needed between 6,000 and 9,000 calories every day. That's a lot of food! They also needed to drink a lot of water.
The three men had some problems on their trip, and many times they wanted to quit and go home. It was often very hot (140°F/60°C) during the day, and the heat made them sick. Their legs and feet hurt. Sometimes it was very windy, and they couldn't see. One time they got lost. But they didn't quit. After 111 days, Kevin,
Ray; and Charlie successfully finished their trip across the Sahara Desert. They hugged each other and put their hands in the water of the Red Sea. Then they ran to a hotel to take a long shower.
词汇：
stretch v. 延伸，伸展
calorie n. 卡(路里)，小卡，大卡
quit v. 停止，放
注释：
1. ... made the decision to run across ...：......决正跑步横跨......
练习：
1. It’s not always hot m the Sahara Desert.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
2. Each day the men ran for approximately eight hours.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
3. In the middle of the day: the men usually stopped running.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
4. They sometimes felt sick because it was so hot.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
5. Sometimes they couldn't see the road because it was windy.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
6. Luckily, they never got lost.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
7. On their trip across the desert: the three men ran through five countries.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. mentioned
答案与题解：
1. A 文中提到撒哈拉沙漠白天很热晚上有时很冷，所以不是总是很热。题干表述正确。
2. B 文中提到三人每天从早上5点开始跑一直到上午11点，又从下午5点开始跑到晚上9点半，所以总共跑10.5个小时。题干表述不正确。
3. A 文中讲到三人上午11点停下来休息一直到下午5点再继续跑，所以在一天的中午，他们停止跑步。题干表述正确。
4. A 原文中讲到高温使他们生病。所以题干表述正确。
5. A 文中提到有时刮起大风导致他们什么也看不到，所以他们会因为起风而看不到路。题干表述正确。
6. B 文中最后一段讲到他们有一次迷路了，所以不是从来没有迷路。题干表述不正确。
7. C 文中只提到他们挎越沙漠的长度，并没有提到穿过几个国家。所以，题干表述文
中没有提到。第六篇 Native American Pottery
There are several American Indian groups in the Southwest that still make beautiful pottery. Someof this pottery may be sold at fairly high prices. But the makers consider their work as more than a commercial enterprise. By using methods handed downfor generations, the potters express their pride in their cultural inheritance.
Some of the most interesting pottery is made by the Pueblo Indians. There are 21 individual pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. Several are famous for their craftsmanship.To make a pot, these potters use a clay base and add long thin coils of clay toit in a spiral pattern. When they have reached the size they want, they use an implement such as a rock or shell to smooth the surfaces of the pot.
How a pot is decorated and fired depends on the traditions of the group making it. Traditional pottery produced by the Acoma, who have lived for centuries on a high mesa in NewMexico, is first painted with a clay slip. The resulting pots: which are prizedfor their delicacy and strength, may be left white. They may also be painted with black and white patterns or with a combination of black, orange, and brown.
Very distinctive black pottery comes from the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos. The black coloris the result of carbon being released from the animal manure in which the potis fired. Some artisans hand –rub this ware to a shiny gloss. Others cut patterns into it: resulting in a part shiny: part fiat surface. Potters at SailIldefonso make many types of wares. Potters at Santa Clara are especially known for wedding jars-jars with two necks connected by a handle.
Other groups such as the Hopi and the Cochiti also make pottery. Each group uses distinctive methods and produces distinctive forms and designs.
词汇：
pottery n. 陶器
distinctive adj. 特别的，有特色的
enterprise n. 事业，产业，实业
inheritance n. 遗产
manure n. 肥料，粪肥
craftsmanship n. 手艺
artisan n. 精美，精致
注释：
1.... handed down for generations… ……世代相传……
2.…hand-rub this ware to a shiny gloss… ……亲手揉搓罐子表面，使它光泽平滑……
练习：
1.In the first paragraph the word “commercial” means_________.
A.having to do with advertising products on TV
B.having to do with advertising products on TV
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D.artistic
2.The second paragraph in the passage is developed mainly through_________.
A.steps in a process
B.description of objects
C.the telling of a story
D.examples
3.The Sail Ildefonso pueblo is known for_________.
A.black pottery
B.wedding jars
C.thin and delicate shapes
D.black, brown, and orange pots
4.Traditional methods of making pottery_________.
A.are rarely used anymore
B.take a lot of time
C.are not of interest to pottery collectors
D.will soon be complete replaced
5.Another good title for this passage would be_________.
A.How to Make a Pot
B.Living on a High Mesa
C.The Indians of Arizona and New Mexico
D.An Old Art Still Practiced
答案与题解：
1. B 前文提到一些陶器会以高价卖出，可以推测commercial在这里的意思是买卖交易。所以，答案是选项B。
2. A 第二段主要讲制作一个罐子的步骤，不是在对罐子的形态进行描述，也没有讲具体的例子或者故事。所以，答案是选项A。
3. A 第四段第一句话提到具有特色的黑色陶器是有圣伊尔德丰索部落的普韦布洛人制作的，最后一句提到圣克拉拉部落的陶器尤其以他的婚礼罐子闻名，选项C、D与题干无关，所以答案是选项A。
4. B 根据文中制作的陶器的过程可以推测出制作陶器的过程很复杂因而费时，选项A、
C、D文中均有提及，故可排除。
5. D 本文主要介绍了美国本土一些印第安部落的陶器特点及制作过程。选项A过于片面，选项B、C 与文章主旨无关，因此答案是选项D。
第三篇 The Value of Tears
Tears can ruin make-up, bring conversation to a stop, and give you a runny nose. They can leave you embarrassed and without energy. However,crying is a fact of life…and tears are veryuseful.(1)These create a film over the eye's surface. This film contains a substance that protects your eyes against infection.
Tears relieve stress,but we tend to fight them for all sortsof reasons. "People worry about showing their emotions. They’re afraid t hat once they lose control, they’ll never get it back,”explains psychologist Dorothy Rowe. (2) As adults we still fear the consequences of showing emotions.”
Almost any emotion—good or bad, happy or sad—can cause tears. Crying is a way that we release built-up emotions. Tears help you when you feel you are ready to explode because of very strong feelings. (3)
When some people become very stressed, however, they can’t cry. They may be feeling shock,anger, fear, or grief, but they repress the emotion. “Ev eryone has the need to cry,” says psychotherapist Vera Diamond. Sometimes in therapy sessions, patients participate in crying exercise (4) Diamond says it’s best to cry in safe, private places,like under the bed coversor in the car. That’s because many peo ple get uncomfortable when others cry in front of them. In fact,they may be repressing their own need to cry.
In certain situations, such as at work, tears are not appropriate. (5) “But once you are safely behind closed doors, don't just cry,” Diamond sa ys, she suggests that you act out the whole situation again and be as noisy and angry as you like. It will help you feel better. “And,” she adds, “once your tears have released thestress, you can begin to think of logical way to deal with the problem.”
Tears are a sign of our ability to feel. You should never be afraid to cry.
词汇：
make-up n. 化妆(品)
psychotherapist n. 心理治疗师
runny nose 流鼻涕
infection n. 感染，传染
release v. 释放
built up 组合的，拼合的
注释：
1. …create a film over the eye’s surface ：……在眼睛的表面形成一层薄膜。
2. …get it back…：……恢复……
3. …act out the wholesituation again…：……整个场景重现……
练习：
A It may explain why people who areafraid tocry often suffer more heart attacksthan people cry more freely.
B It’s good to hold backtears during a tense busin ess discussion.
C Crying has good effects on the body.
D Even when you're not crying, your eyes producetears.
E They practice crying so that they can get used toexpressing emotion.
F As children we were sometimes punished for shedding tears or expressing anger.
答案与题解：
1. D 此空的上一句讲到眼泪很有用，后一句讲到眼泪的具体用处，并且句首是these，所以所填的这句应该有眼泪，根据上下文只有选项D最适合。选项C与前一句话意思重复。
2. F 下文提到作为成人，我们仍然害怕流泪，所填的这句应该讲我们还是孩子时对流泪的恐惧。所以，答案是选项F。
3. A 上文讲到哭能够帮助我们发泄心中的强烈情感，所以经常哭的人会比不常哭的人获得某种益处，根据上下文，只有选项A比较贴切。
4. E 上文提到患者要练习哭，这里应该讲练习哭的原因。所以，答案是选项E。
5. B 上一句提到在某些场合哭是不合适的，所以此处也应该具体解释不适合哭的场景，答案是选第二十四篇 The Romance of Arthur
Most cultures have some sort of hero whorepresents the best values of what its people believe in. The unusual thingabout King Arthur is that legends of his heroism have persisted for severalcenturies and spread far beyond England, the place where they began.
The earliest stories of King Arthur represent himas a warrior who fought and subdued the invading Norsemen in the years aroundA. D. 700. This much of the Arthurian tale is probably based on fact. Whethercalled Arthur or not, there is a body of
evidence supporting the existence ofsuch a warrior. It is the later embellishments of the tale whose authenticityis questionable. According to these, Arthur was born in a castle in Tintagel onthe stormy western coast of England and because he was the illegitimate son ofKing Uther Pendragon, he was spirited away by the magician Merlin and his trueidentity kept from him. He became king after freeing the sword Excalibur fromthe stone into which it was thrust. He married the beautiful Guinevere andassembled in his court all the noblest knights of the land, including Lancelot,with whom Guinevere would later be unfaithful to him. He was finally defeatedin battle by his illegitimate son Mordred, and his body was spirited away tothe isle of A Valon.
This romantic tale greatly appealed to the Englishand the French in the Middle Ages, when the code of chivalry-ideal qualities ofknighthood-constituted an important part of many stories. Tales of the heroismof Galahad, Percival, Gawain, and many other of Arthur's knights werecirculated as well.
In England today, there are many sites claiming apiece of the Arthurian an legend. There is a mined castle at Tintagel. NearGlastonbury are the remains of an ancient abbey where Arthur’s and Guinevere'sbodies were supposedly exhumed in the 12th century. Neither of these provesthat the legend is true, but they do keep its mystique alive.
词汇：
Arthurn.亚瑟(中世纪传奇故事中的不列颠国王，圆桌骑士团的首领)
authenticityn.可靠性，真实性
spiritv.偷偷地带走;拐走;绑架
warriorn. 战士，勇士
chivalryn. 骑士
subduev. 制服，慑服
embellishmentn. 美化，修饰
mystiquen. 神秘气氛
注释：
1. This much of theArthurian tale……：许多这类亚瑟王的故事
2. ...was spirited awayby ……被偷偷地带走……
练习：
1. King Arthur’s famer was ______
A. Lancelot
B. Avalon
C. Mordred
D. Uther Pendragon
2. The writer seems to feel that the truth aboutArthur is that he ______.
A. existed
B. was married to Guinevere
C. had many knights
D. was born at Tintagael
3. The information in the second paragraph ismostly presented in ______.
A. spatial order
B. order from latest to earliest
C. order from earliest to latest
D. order from least persuasive
4. In the last paragraph the word “exhumed” means_____
A. dug up from the grave
B. buried
C. quarreled over
D. built a church around
5. Another good title for this passage would be ______
A. Kings in the Seventh Century
B. The Knights of the Round Table
C. Real or Legend?
D. Arthur’s Marriage to Guinevere.
项B。
第九篇 Style, Not Fashion
Style goes way beyondfashion: It is the distinctive way we put ourselves together. It is a uniqueblend of spirit and substance-personal identity imposed oil and created throughthe world of things. _____ (1) It is what people really want when they aspireto be fashionable. (if they aren't just adorningthemselvesin status symbols).
Through clothes, wereinvent ourselves every time we get dressed. Our wardrobe is our visual vocabulary. Style is ourdistinctive pattern of speech, our individual poetry.
Fashion is the least of it.Style is, for starters, one part identity: self-awareness and self-knowledge._____ (2) And style requires security-feeling at home in your body, physically andmentally. Of course, like all knowledge, self-knowledge must be updated as yougrow evolve; style takes ongoing self-assessment.
Style is also one partpersonality: spirit: verve, attitude, wit, inventiveness. It demands the desireand confidence to express whatever mood one wishes. Such variability is notonly necessary but a reflection of a person's unique complexity as a humanbeing. _____ (3) In order to work, style must reflect the real self, thecharacter and personality of the individual; anything less appears to be
acostume?
Lastly, style is one partfashion. It's possible to have lots of clothes and not an ounce of style. Butit’s also possible to have very few clothes and lots of style. Yes, fashion isthe means through which we express style, but it takes fewer clothes to bestylish than you might imagine.
Whatever else it is, styleis optimism made visible. Style presumes that you are a person of interest:that the world is a place of interest that life is worth making the effort for.It also shows that you are morally responsible. It shows that you don't buythings at the whim of the marketplace or the urging of marketers. _____ (4) Styleexposes people's ambivalence over good looks. It always demonstrates that appearancesdo count. Deep down we suspect this, since we ourselves make judgments aboutothers from how they look.
No one should be penalizedfor not having style, of course, but those who have it are distinctive and thusmore memorable. _____ (5) They announce to the world that they are in commandof themselves.
词汇：
adorn v.装饰，使更美观
wardrobe n. (个人的)全部服装
suspect v.怀疑，猜想
wit n.风趣，说话风趣的人
blend v.混在一起，混合
ambivalence n.矛盾心理，矛盾心态
注释：
1.aspire to be fashionable:渴望赶上时尚潮流
2.an ounce of style: 一丁点的风格
3.atthe whim of:心血来潮(突发奇想)
练习：
A It is a way of capturing something vibrant,making a statement about ourselves in clothes.
B Fashion is part of sty1e.
C Rather, you focus on what is personallysuitable and expressive.
D You can’t have style until you have a senseof who you are.
E They create a unique identity for themselvesand express it through grooming and a few well-chosen clothes.
F People want to be themselves and to be seenas themselves.
答案与题解：
A 第一段都在解释什么是风格，六个选项中A、B、D三项都涉及风格，根据文章内容和句式的排比可以看出答案是选项A。
D 本段的主旨句是第二句话，本句是对主旨句的阐释，讲风格与自我认知的关系。只有选项D符合。
F 本段的主旨句是第一句话，全段在解释风格与个性的关系。所以，只有选项F符合。
C 前一句在讲有风格的人不是心血来潮，可以推测此处应该讲有风格的人应该是如何的。只有选项C的句意与其对照，且符合整个段意。所以，正确答案是选项C。
E 前一句讲有风格的人是独特的，因此也更容易被人记住，选项E在解释他们是通过什么方式做到这一点的。所以，选项E符合本段段意。
第十二篇 Men Smell of Cheese and Women of Onions
Little girls may be made of sugar and all things nice, but their armpits smell of onions. ______ (1) That’s the conclusion of research in Switzerland that involved taking armpit sweat samples from 24 men and 25 women after he had spent time in a sauna or ridden an exercise bike for 15 minute.
______ (2) “Men smell of cheese, and women of grapefruit or onion,” says Christian Starkenmann of Firmenich, a company in Geneva that researches flavours and perfumes for food and cosmetics companies.
The team found that the women's armpit sweat constrained relatively high levels of an odourless sulphur-containning compound –5 milligrams per milliliter of sweat versus 0.5 milligrams in men.
When the researchers mixed this compound in the lab with bacteria commonly found in the armpit, the bugs turned it into a thiol - a previously discovered odour from armpits that is akin to onion.
“The more sulphur precursor we added, the more intense was the malodour,” says Starkenmann, whose team’s results appear in Chemical Senses. ______ (3) The men, meanwhile, had relatively high levels of an odourless fatty acid which turned into a cheesy odour when exposed to the same types of bacteria. The balance of oniony to cheesy precursors in women’s sweat made it smell worse than men’s as rated by independent smell assessors.
______ (4) “We could make inhibitors that neutralise the precursors, or block the bacterial enzymes that do the conversion,” says Starkenmann.
Some researchers are sceptical that gender is the main deciding factor, arguing that the patterns found in Swiss volunteers might not apply to other populations with different diets and genetic background. ______ (5)
词汇：
armpit n. 腋(部)
malodour n.难闻的气味，恶臭
grapefruit n.葡萄柚
neutralize v.中和，抵消
sulphur n.硫
enzyme n.酶
thiol n.硫醇
注释：
1. smell of onions：.....闻起来像洋葱
2. ... is akin to onion：......近似于洋葱
练习：
A Bacterial enzymes turn the otherwise odourless precursor into the malodour.
B And while free of slug or snail odours, men’s armpits pack a powerful cheesy whiff.
C Most cases of skin odor is associated with break down of the compounds found in sweat by bacteria that live on the skin.
D Nest; the team hope to develop new ingredients for deodorants that fight the smells.
E The researchers found marked differences in the sweat from men and women.
F “Other factors include what you eat. what you wash with, what you weat and what genes you inherit,” says Tim Jacob of Cardiff University in the UK.
答案与题解：
1. B 前一句讲女孩的腋下气味，后一句解释说这是一项研究成果，所以为了完整性，此处应该讲男性腋下的气味是怎么样的。所以，正确答案是选项B。
2. E 上一段结尾处介绍了这个研究的基本情况，本段又具体讲了一下试验结果，所以此处句首所填的句子应该起到承上启下的作用，并且是本段的中心句。只有选项E概括了本
段的主要内容。
3. A 前一句提到加入越多的硫前体，恶臭味就越浓烈，由此可以推测出后面应该讲到恶臭味出现的原因。所以，正确答案是选项A。
4. D 根据本段第二句话可以判断出，这句应该讲研究团队接下来要怎么做。所以，正确答案是选项D。
5. F 本段第一句话在讲其他研究者怀疑有其他因素的影响，可以推测本句会进一步阐释其他因素。所以，正确答案是选项F。
理工类：
第九篇 An Essential Scientific Process
All life on the earth depends upon green plants. Using sunlight, the plants produce their own food. Then animals feed upon the plants. They take in the nutrients the plants have made and stored. But that’s not all. Sunl ight also helps a plant produce oxygen. Some of the oxygen is used by the plant, but a plant usually produces more oxygen than it uses. The excess oxygen is necessary for animals and other organisms to live.
The process of changing light into food and oxygen is called photosynthesis. Besides light energy from the sun, plants also use water and carbon dioxide. The water gets to the plant through its roots. The carbon dioxide enters the leaves through tiny openings called stomata. The carbon dioxide travels to chloroplasts, special cells in the bodies of green plants. This is where photosynthesis takes place. Chloroplasts contain the chlorophylls that give plants their green color. The
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理工C阅读理解新增文章 第九篇An Essential Scientific Process All life on the earth depends upon green plants. Using sunlight, the plants produce their own food. Then animals feed upon the plants. They take in the nutrients the plants have made and stored. But that’s not all. Sunlight also helps a plant produce oxygen. Some of the oxygen is used by the plant, but a plant usually produces more oxygen than it uses. The excess oxygen is necessary for animals and other organisms to live. The process of changing light into food and oxygen is called photosynthesis. Besides light energy from the sun, plants also use water and carbon dioxide. The water gets to the plant through its roots. The carbon dioxide enters the leaves through tiny openings called stomata. The carbon dioxide travels to chloroplasts, special cells in the bodies of green plants. This is where photosynthesis takes place. Chloroplasts contain the chlorophylls that give plants their green color. The chlorophylls are the molecules that trap light energy. The trapped light energy changes water and carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and a simple sugar called glucose. Carbon dioxide and oxygen move into and out of the stomata. Water vapor also moves out of the stomata. More than 90 percent of water a plant takes in through its roots escapes through the stomata. During the daytime, the stomata of most plants are open. This allows carbon dioxide to enter the leaves for photosynthesis. As night falls, carbon dioxide is not needed. The stomata of most plants close. Water loss stops. If photosynthesis ceased, there would be little food or other organic matter on the earth. Most organisms would disappear. The earth’s atmosphere would no longer contain oxygen. Photosynthesis is essential for life on our planet. 词汇： nutrient n.营养物 organism n.生物体，有机体 carbon dioxide n.二氧化碳 chloroplast n.叶绿体 molecule n.分子 vapor n.水蒸气 oxygen n.氧气 photosynthesis n.光合作用 chlorophyll n.叶绿素 glucose n.葡萄糖 cease v.停止 注释： 1．Then animals feed upon the plants.动物以植物为食。 练习： 1．In the first paragraph，the word “excess” means Aheavy. Bextra. Cgreen. Dliquid.
2010年职称英语等级考试用书（理工类） 新增文章参考译文 第四部分阅读理解 第三篇 公民科学家 理解大自然对气候变化有怎样的反应需要监视世界各个角落的关键生命周期事件——花开、叶子的出现、第一只青蛙叫出春天的到来。但是生态学家不可能去到世界的各个角落，所以他们向非科学家求助，这些非科学家有时也被称作公民科学家。 气象科学家不可能足迹遍及天下。因为在世界上有如此多的地方，没有足够的科学家来观察它们。所以他们请求你来帮助观察全世界气候变化的迹象。公民科学家运动鼓励普通人根据自己的兴趣来观察某一个特定的方面——鸟儿、树木、花开等等——并把他们的观察结果发送到一个巨大的数据库来供专业科学家研究。这有助于数量有限的科学家得到如果只靠他们自己根本收集不到的巨大数据。就像公民记者帮助报道传统新闻报道方式所忽略的小型社区的相关信息一样，公民科学家也对他们所居住的环境很熟悉。所需要的就是每天或每周留出几分钟来搜集数据并发送过来。 一群科学家和教育家在去年发起了一个叫做纽约国家物候学的组织。“物候学”就是科学家们所说的在自然中研究每个事件的时间。 其中一个小组的首要尝试就是依靠科学家和非科学家来收集关于每年植物开花和长叶子的数据。这一项目叫做花季追踪计划，它收集遍布美国的各种各样的植物生长周期的数据。参与这一项目的人们——这一计划对所有人开放——把他们的观察记录在花季追踪计划网站上。 “人们不需要是植物学家——他们仅仅需要环视四周看看周围有什么。”Jennifer
Schwartz说，她是这项计划的教育顾问。“通过收集数据，我们就能够估算出气候变化对植物和生物群落会有怎样的影响。” 第六篇 北极冰山融化 地球的北极和南极都以冰冷闻名。但是，去年北冰洋上的冰含量跌到了历史最低点。 正常情况下，每年冬天在北极附近的北冰洋开始结冰，并在夏天缩减。但是多年以来，在夏天结束时冰的含量在下降。 自从1979年以来，每l0年在夏季末的冰覆盖量都下降11.4％。在1981到2000年之间，北极冰的厚度下降了22％——变成了l.13米这么薄。 去年，北极的冰雪覆盖达到了最薄的程度。在2007年夏天快结束的时候，冰层已经缩减到只覆盖四百二十万平方公里。这比那年的平均覆盖面积少38％，比两年前最低记录少23％。这个持续的趋势令科学家们万分担忧。 冰雪融化有许多原因，话雅图华盛顿大学的海洋学家张金伦说，有许多原因导致了冰层融化。极不寻常的强风去年刮过大西洋，风把大西洋中部的冰散去，留下大面积的薄冰和没有冰覆盖的海面。 科学家们还怀疑在大西洋上空有比过去越来越少的云层。晴朗的天空使更多的阳光照射大西洋。升高的温度使水和空气都变温暖。在去年大西洋的部分海域，表面温度比平均温度高3.5摄氏度，比历史最高点还高l.5摄氏度。 由于空气和水都变暖，冰从上面和下面都开始融化。在波弗特海的部分海域，阿拉斯加的北部和加拿大的西部，夏天开始时冰的厚度为3.3米，但到了季末仅仅为50厘米。 新的测量表明，情况远远比科学家们仅仅从表面上看到的要严重得多，新罕布什尔州汉
页眉内容 职称英语考试已经进入了最后30天的倒计时阶段，这会儿考生通常会感到压力倍增,有的考生甚至会陷入迷茫或是感到慌乱，不知道这一个月该如何好好利用，才能达到临阵磨枪、事半功倍的效果。英文有句谚语，叫More haste, less speed，即“欲速则不达”，考生在积极备考的同时，重点要掌握复习技巧和乐观心态俗称“HOLD住”。 一、词汇 职称英语考试允许考生携带词典进入考场，网球网校职称英语名师幺建华老师建议大家查词速度应保证在3-6个/分钟，切记要反、正查，从而保证词汇的正确率，对查字典的过程要做到熟能生巧，这样这可在考场提高速度、节省时间，这样词汇选项的15分，至少可以取得12分。 二、常用词组及句型 我们在强化阶段应该注意对平时阅读中出现的固定搭配与词组进行搜集、积累与记忆,建议记在固定一个本上，每天利用一些零散时间去学习、观察、记忆。 三、教材、新增文章 根据出题规律，教材新增文章在考试中出现的几率相对较大，在复习教材时，要注意先以复习本类别本级别的新增文章为主，然后再看本类别其他级别的新增文章。例如考综合A 的考生，可以先看综合A的新增文章，然后再看综合类B级和C级的新增文章。 四、“历年真题”和”模拟试题” 在考试前的最后20天里，可以从”历年考试真题”和模拟试题”中选出自己类别、级别的试卷按真正考试的做题顺序、做题时间、做题技巧和基本得分试题的解题方法，卡表试做、演练，多走几遍程序，直到熟练应对。 五、及时做总结 有的考生练习做了不少，但是水平提高不多。究其原因，主要是缺少了总结这一环节。正所谓“学而不思则罔”。只练习不总结就是缺少了更高层次的思考，所以要找出自己的不足在哪里，并要有针对性地加以改正。重要的一点是在复习冲刺阶段就不要过多地抠偏题难题，要注意知识之间的联系，避免孤立地强记硬背。注重基础知识与实战练习的结合,达到掌握知识的目的。 注:分数比例大的题型可多花时间着重复习!复习充分全面，就会增强自信，减轻焦虑心理。 页脚内容1
职称英语新增文章一 职称英语文章一 1. On the night of August 17, 1959, at about 20 minutes before midnight, the ground in the vicinity of Yellowstone National Park began shaking violently. At the time there was a rumbling sound, something like a huge truck would make. Both the heaving of the ground and the noise were very frightening but lasted not quite 45 seconds. 1、1959年8月17日的晚上，大约午夜前20分钟，黄石国家公园附近大地开始猛烈 摇动。同时，大地发出如同重型卡车发出的轰响。大地的升降和啸叫都令人非常害怕，但 是一切不超过45秒。 2. What was even more frightening was the sound of huge boulders which began rolling down the steep mountain. In one part of the upper reaches of the Madison River, a whole mountain began shifting, then came crashing down to fill the deep valley and dam the great river with millions of tons rock and trees. 2、更令人害怕的是巨石开始从陡峭的山上滚下来的声音。在麦迪生河上游的一条支 流处，一整座山开始移动，之后，它崩塌下来填满深深的山谷，上百万吨岩石和大树如坝 般阻挡住大河。 3. A dozen or more campers along the river were buried deep beneath the great landslide. Others were able to climb to safety, some of them badly hurt, but were trapped by the slide. Finally these people were saved, many of them by helicopter. 3、十几个，或许更多沿河的露营者被深埋在大滑坡下。幸存的野营者开始爬向较安 全的地方，其中一些人伤得很重，仍然不时陷入滑坡。最后这些人都获救了，其中多人得 救于直升飞机。 4. This earthquake near Yellowstone Park was just one of nearly a million that happen every year all over the world. And as bad as this quake was, many have been worse. Earthquake experts say that the Yellowstone quake of 1959 was about as bad as the one which hit San Francisco in 1906.But the San Francisco quake caused more damage because it struck in a place where there were so many people living. In San Francisco 700 person lost their lives. An earthquake in Japan in 1923 took 160,000 lives. In china in 1920 an earthquake took 200,000 lives. It is easy to understand why earthquake are so feared.
第五篇Tracking Down HIV In the summer of 1980, a patient had a strange purplish spot removed from below his ear. It was Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare form of skin cancer. This patient also had lymph node swelling and exhaustion. In November 1980, a Los Angeles immunologist examined a young man who had diseases linked to immune system malfunctions. The doctor had a T-cell count taken of the patient’s blood. T-cells are a type of white blood cell that plays a key role1 in immune responses. The patient had no helper T-cells. By the end of 1980, 55 Americans were diagnosed with infections related to immune system breakdown; four had died. A year later the death toll was 74. Intravenous drug users had T-cell abnormalities. People who had received blood transfusions showed symptoms of immune system breakdown. By July 1982, 471 cases of the disease, now called Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), had been reported; 184 people had died. In April 1984, American virologist Dr. Robert Gallo isolated the pathogen, or disease producer, responsible for2 AIDS. He called it HTLV-III. In Paris, Dr. Luc Montagnier identified a virus he called LAV. An international panel of scientists determined that both men had found the same virus. It became known as Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Blood banks began screening for HTV in 1985, but by then about 29,000 people had been infected through blood transfusions. Some 12,000 hemophiliacs had contracted HIV through blood-clotting products. By 1995, 477,900 Americans had AIDS; 295,500 had died.
第十一篇Stage Fright Fall down as you come onstage. That‘s an oddtrick. Not recommended. But it saved the pianist Vladimir Feltsman when he wasa teenager back in Moscow. The veteran cellist Mstislav Rostropovich trippedhim purposely to cure him of pre-performance panic,2 Mr. Feltsmansaid,"All my fright was gone. I already fell. What else could happen？" Today,music schools are addressing the problem ofanxiety in classes that deal with performance techniques and careerpreparation. There are a variety of strategies that musicians can learn tofight stage fright and its symptoms:icy fingers,shaky limbs,racing heart,blank mind.3 Teachers and psychologists offer wide-rangingadvice,from basics like learning pieces inside out,4 to mentaldiscipline,such as visualizing a performance and taking steps to relax. Don‘tdeny that you’re jittery,they urge,some excitement is natural,even necessary for dynamicplaying. And play in public often,simply for the experience. Psychotherapist Diane Nichols suggests somestrategies for the moments before performance,“Take two deep abdominalbreaths,open up your shoulders,then smile,she says. ”And not one of these‘please don’t kill me‘ smiles. Then choose three friendly faces in theaudience,people you would communicate with and make music to,and make eyecontact with them.“She doesn’t want performers to think of the audience as ajudge. Extreme demands by mentors or parents are often atthe root of stage fright,says Dorothy Delay,a well-known violin teacher. She tells otherteachers to demand only what their students are able to achieve. When Lynn Harrell was 20，he became the principal cellist ofthe Cleverland Orchestra,and he suffered extreme stage fright. “There weretimes when I got so nervous I was sure the audience could see my chestresponding to the throbbing. It was just total panic. I came to a point where Ithought,"If I have to go through this to play music,I think I’m going to lookfor another job.”5 Recovery,he said,involved developinghumility-recognizing that whatever his talent,he was fallible，and that an imperfect concert wasnot a disaster.6 It is not only young artists who suffer,ofcourse. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz‘s nerves were famous. The greattenor Franco Corelli is another example.“They had to push him on stage,"SopranoRenata Scotto recalled. Actually,success can make things worse. “In the beginning of your career,when you‘re scared to death,nobody knows who you are,and they don’t have anyexpectations,"Soprano June Anderson said. “There‘s less to lose. Later on,whenyou’r e known,people are coming to see you,and they have certain expectations.You have a lot to lose.” Anderson added,"I never stop being nervous until I‘ve sung my last note.”
2015年广东省职称英语考试时间及相关事项 天宇考王卫生技术资格题库是一款上级练习题库软件，有单机版、网页版和手机版，打造三位一体的学习模式。 根据人力资源和社会保障部人事考试中心《关于做好2015年度全国专业技术人员职称外语等级统一考试考务工作的通知》（人考中心函〔2014〕56号），现就广东省考试有关事项通知如下： 一、考试时间 2015年3月28日上午9:00—11:00。 二、考试地点 省直和各地级以上市设置考区，其中全省日语语种考试的考区均设在省直。考试详细地址以准考证标注为准。 三、考试语种、专业和等级 考试设6个语种，分别为英语、日语、俄语、德语、法语和西班牙语。每个语种分为A级、B级、C级3个级别，其中英语每个级别分设综合、理工、卫生3个专业，其他语种不分设专业。 根据《关于调整完善我省职称外语政策的通知》（粤人发〔2007〕120号），考试等级划分及适用范围如下： 考试等级 A B C 适用范围 高教、科研、卫 生、工程系列中申 报高级专业技术 资格或其它系列 中申报正高级专 业技术资格者。 ⒈卫生系列中在 县及县级以下所 属单位工作的专 业人员申报高级 专业技术资格者。 ⒉高教、科研、卫 生、工程系列中申 报中级专业技术 资格者。 ⒊其他系列申报 副高级（不分正副 高级）专业技术资 格者。 ⒈卫生系列中在 县及县以下所属 单位工作的专业 人员申报中级专 业技术资格者。 2.其它系列申报 中级专业技术资 格。
注：表中“县及县以下所属单位专业人员”是指考生工作单位所在地属县或县以下管辖（不含区，但含行政区辖的乡镇单位）。 四、报考流程 本次考试实行全国统一网上报名。考生网上报名地址为：中国人事考试网 网上信息填报和网上缴费时间：2014年12月8日9:00-2015年1月19日17:00。考试收费标准按照广东省物价局《关于调整职称考试收费标准的复函》（粤价函〔2001〕237号）规定，考务费按每人60元收取。 报名流程如下： 1.用户注册和填报信息。首次登陆报名网站的考生请按网站要求进行注册（联系电话必须为本人，以便及时接收信息）。已完成注册的考生请直接登陆系统填写报考信息。属于省直或省属单位（单位名称冠“广东省”或在省或国家工商行政管理局注册企业）、中央驻穗单位、驻穗部队单位人员，在网上报名时请选择省直。各市市属单位人员请按属地原则，选择所属地市。 2.上传照片。从2015年起，考生不需提交纸质照片。考生在报名网站注册上传的电子照片务必真实，此照片供制作准考证和成绩通知书使用，一经上传不得修改，请考生确认后再上传。 考生在注册上传照片前，必须预先使用证件照片审核处理工具软件进行照片审核处理，只有通过审核处理后新生成的报名照片才能被报名系统识别。请务必在报名网站下载该软件，并使用该软件自行对上传的报名照片进行预先处理。照片要求：本人近半年来免冠大一寸正面证件照片，红、蓝或白色背景，JPG或JPEG 格式（文件大于30K，像素大于300*215）。 3.报名信息确认。考生填报信息、上传照片后进行报名信息确认，并下载打印《2015年度全国职称外语等级统一考试报名表》（以下简称《报名表》）。考生在点击报名信息确认前，务必认真核对个人信息，一旦确认将不能修改。报名结束后系统不再支持《报名表》下载和打印。 4.广东省统一实行网上缴费，缴费成功即完成报名，考后不需提交报考材料。逾期不缴费，视为放弃报名。 5.报名结束后，考生应及时将《报名表》交所在单位人事部门审核、盖章后自行留存。 五、考试 （一）网上缴费成功的考生可于 2015年3月23日 9:00-3月27日 17:00登陆中国人事考试网下载并打印准考证。考试时考生必须携带本人有效居民身份证原件、准考证参加考试，两证缺一不可。 本次考试全省统一实行“裸考”，即考试用具由考点统一提供，考生只需携带有效居民身份证原件、准考证、一本正式出版的通用外语词典（词典必须具有ISBN 国际标准书号，不得携带复印件、电子词典以及专门为职称外语考试编写的词典）。严禁携带手表、手机、耳机、笔、橡皮、削笔刀等物品进入考室、考座（考试规则以准考证标注为准）。 （二）考试期间，考生不得提前交卷、退场。
2020年职称英语新增文章：教材理工类第六篇 第六篇 The Apgar Test The baby was bom at 3：36 p. m. At 3：37，she scored 4 out of 10 on her first test. At 3：41，she scored 8 out of 10. The doctor was glad. Another baby, bom at 8：24 p. m.，scored 3 out of 10 on his first test He scored 4 out of 10 on his second test. He took another test at 8：34 and scored 5. 1 He called for help1. These newborn babies took a test called the Apgar test. This test helps doctors diagnose problems. 2 Most babies take two tests. The first is at 1 minute after birth, and the second is at 5 minutes after birth. If a baby’s score at 5 minutes is less than 6，the baby takes another test at 10 minutes after birth. The Apgar t est is not an intelligence test. It’s a test that shows a baby’s health right after it is bom. The Apgar test measures things such as a baby’s color, heart rate, and breathing. The test has five parts, and the score for each part can be 0，1，or 2. 3
Real World Robots When you think of a robot, do you envision a shiny, metallic devi ce having the same general shape as a human being, performin g humanlike functions, and responding to your questions i n a monotone voice accentuated by high-pitched tones and beeps? This is the way many of us imagine a robot, bu t in the real world, a robot is not humanoid at all. Instead a r obot often is a voiceless, box-shaped machine that efficien tly carries out repetitive or dangerous functions usually performed by huma ns. T o d a y’ s robot is more than an automatic machine that performs one t ask again and again. A modern robot is programmed with varyin g degrees of artificial intelligence— that is, a robot contains a computer program that tell s it how to perform tasks associated with human intelligence, such as reasoning,drawing conclusions, and learning from past experience. A robot does not posses s a human shape for the simple reason that a two-legged robot has great difficulty remaining balanced. A robot does, however, move from place to place on wheels and axles that roll and rotate. A
2015职称英语综合类C真题及答案(完整版)第1部分：词汇选项(第1-15题，每题1分，共15分) 下面每个句子中均有1个词语或短语画有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。 1 Railways are the most important mode of transport for the economy. A way B factor C objective D source 2 The law carries a penalty of up to three years in prison. A message B punishment C guilt D obligation 3 He said some harsh words about his brother. A proper B normal C unclear D unkind 4 I am going as a favor to Ann because I have to. A partner B help C drive D guide 5 We need to identify the potential problem. A man B possible C immediate D common 6 When did you first encounter these difficulties? A create B experience C present D resolve 7 Don’ｔ tempt thieves by leaving valuable clearly visible. A attract B alarm C catch D spot 8 There is a need for radical changes in education.
2020年职称英语新增文章：教材理工类第十四篇 第十四篇 Primer on Smell In addition to bringing out1 the flavor of food, what does the sense of smell do for us? Smell “gives us information about place, about where we are，” says Randall Reed, a Johns Hopkins University professor whose specialty is the sense of smell. 1 “Whether we realize it or not, we collect a lot of information about who is around us based on smell，，，says Reed. Even at a distance, odors can warn us of2 trouble — spoiled food, leaking gas, or fire. “It’s a great alert，，，offers Donald Leopold, a doctor at Johns Hopkins. For example, if something in the oven is burning, everyone in the house knows it. With just a simple scent, smell can also evoke very intense emotion. Let’s say, for example，that the smell is purple petunias. 2 Now let’s imagine that your mother died when you were three, and she used to have a flower garden. You wouldn’t need to identify the smell or to have conscious memories of your mother or her garden. You would feel sad as soon as you smelled that spicy odor.
2015年职称英语考试报名流程详细说明 初次参加职称英语考试的考生对于网上报名的流程，并没有一个清晰的轮廓，考试吧职称英语考试频道提供网上报名流程示意，解决考生在报名过程中的疑问。(如有出入，请以官方信息为准) 一、职称英语报名流程图 第一步：阅读报名文件查看报考条件 凡晋升、聘任专业技术职务，其级别属专业技术职务试行条例中规定需具备一定外语水平的专业技术人员，及过去参加国家统一的中级专业技术资格考试(会计师、经济师、统计师、审计师)，成绩合格，搜提示您:已取得专业技术资格的专业技术人员应参加职称外语等级考试。但对1977年全国恢复高考前入学的大、中专毕业生，现从事图书资料……第二步：登录报名系统填写个人信息 特别提醒： (1)、照片处理技巧 照片规格：358*441，彩色处理方法：从开始菜单打开Windows自带的画图软件，从文件菜单打开照片… (2)、报名照片要求 1）、职称英语报名照片背景必须无任何装饰，背景色用白色或蓝色或红色; 2）、照片必须是近期相片，显示头部的正面，并且不能佩戴帽饰。 3）、照片文件类型为jpg或gif，大小不能大于2m。必须是相机拍摄的相片，扫描的相片禁用。 4）、照片尺寸规格：分辨率不小于72pixels/inch长580px宽420px。 各位考生请注意，上述照片格式是职称英语网上报名电子照片的格式，而现场报名或现场确认要用到的照片为1寸证件照。 (3)、报考类别选择
综合类，理工类，卫生类考试原则上没有严格的界限。国家在每位考生评定职称的时候，到底要求是理工类成绩，卫生类成绩，基本上国家还没有明确规定。如:你评定主任医师，卫生类职称，你可以考综合类，也可以考卫生类。 选择依据： 1.根据单位的要求选择。 2.根据个人的自身情况选择，如果工作中接触理工类文章较多，那就报理工类。反之，则报综合类。 (3)、级别选择 根据所报考的级别不通，所申报的职称也是有区别的，以下是全国职称外语等级考试级别划分及适用范围，请大家根据自己的职称英语要求选择报考。