2009职称英语--完型填空文章--冲刺班讲义(理工类专用).docVIP

理工类 1 一级重点（2009年新增文章） 1 第一篇 Avalanche and Its Safety （C） 1 第二篇 Taking a Nap During the Day （B） 2 第三篇 Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out （A） 3 第四篇 Sharks Perform a Service for Earths Waters （A） 4 二级文章（题库未考查文章） 6 Captain Cook Arrow Legend 6 Car Thieves could Be Stopped Remotely 7 China to help Europe Develop GPS Rival 8 Crashed Cars to Text Message for Help 9 Wonder Webs 10 三级文章（已考查） 11 Animals Sixth Sense （C） 11 Singing Alarms Could Save the Blind （C） 12 An Intelligent Car （C） 13 A Biological Clock （C） 14 Less Is More （B） 15 理工类 一级重点（2009年新增文章） 第一篇 Avalanche and Its Safety （C） An avalanche is a sudden and rapid flow of snow, often mixed with air and water, down a mountainside. Avalanches are 1 the biggest dangers in the mountains for both life and property. All avalanches are caused by an over-burden of material, typically snowpack, that is too massive and unstable for the slope 2 supports it. Determining the critical load, the amount of over-burden which is 3 to cause an avalanche, 4 a complex task involving the evaluation of a number of factors. Terrain slopes flatter than 25 degrees or steeper than 60 degrees typically have a low 5 of avalanche. Snow does not 6 significantly on steep slopes; also, snow does not 7 easily on flat slopes. Human-triggered avalanches have the greatest incidence when the snows angle of rest is 8 35 and 45 degrees; the critical angle, the angle at which the human incidence of avalanches is greatest, is 38 degrees. The rule of thumb is: A slope that is 9 enough to hold snow but steep enough to ski has the potential to generate an avalanche, regardless of the angle. Additionally, avalanche risk increases with 10 ; that is, the more a slope is disturbed by skiers, the more likely it is that an avalanche will occur. Due to the complexity of the subject, winter travelling in the backcountry is never 100% safe. Good avalanche safety is a continuous 11 , including