2007年苏省普通高等学校“专转本”统一考试大学英语.doc

2007年江苏省普通高等学校“专转本”统一考试 大学英语 第I卷（共100分） Part I Reading Comprehension （共40分） Passage one Under proper conditions, sound waves will be reflected from a hillside or other such obstruction. Sound travels at the rate of about one-fifth of mile per second. If the hill is eleven hundred feet away, it takes two seconds for the sound to travel o the hill and back. Thus, by timing the interval between a sound and its reflection (the echo), you can estimate the distance to an obstruction. During word war 2 the British used a practical application of this principle to detect German planes on their way to bomb London long before the enemy was near the target. They used radio waves instead of sound waves, since radio waves can penetrate fog and clouds. The outnumbered Royal Air Force (RAF) always seemed to the puzzled Germans to be lying in wait at the right time and never to be surprised. It was radio echoes more than anything else that won the Battle of Britain. Since the radio waves were used to tell the direction in which to send the RAF planes and the distance to send them (their range of flight, in other words), the device was called radio directing and ranging, and from the initials the word radar was coined. (files come from ) 1. Sound waves reflected from a hill can be used to estimate the. A. heigt of the hill B. speed of sound C. distance to the hill D. intensite of sound 2. Practical applications of this principles resulted in. A. New electronic instruments for planes B. A radio directing and ranging device C. New radio sets for RAF bombers D. An electronic detecting device 3. Radar enabled the English to. A. Detect German planes on their way to London B. Direct the outnumbered RAF planes effectively C. Confuse German bomber pilots D. Both A and B 4.It can be inferred from the passage that A. Light waves could be used in a device similar to radar B. Radar was a practical application of a well-known principle C. Radar greatly increased the effectiveness of the Royal