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2015年职称英语教材理工类的变动比较小，一共只有5篇新增文章。2015年职称英语教材理工类新增的5篇文章，分布在阅读理解和补全短文：阅读理解理工C和理工B各新增一篇文章；补全短文理工A、B和C各新增一篇文章。完形填空理工类整体都没有新增文章。2015年职称英语教材理工类，只替换了一篇2014年职称英语考试理工类考到的一篇文章——The Magic of Sound。其他2014年职称英语考试理工类考到的文章，并没有进行替换。2015年职称英语教材理工新增文章的对比目录如下： 旧文章 新增文章 理工C 阅读理解 第九篇：Egypt Felled by Famine 第九篇：An Essential Scientific Process 补全短文 第五篇：The Magic of Sound 第五篇：A Record-Breaking Rover 理工B 阅读理解 第二十二篇：Snowflakes 第二十二篇：Real-World Robots 补全短文 第九篇： Heat Is Killer 第九篇：Lightening Strikes 理工A 补全短文 第十三篇：Sleeping Giant 第十三篇：Affectionate Androids 理工C阅读理解新增文章第九篇 An Essential Scientific ProcessAll 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