轮机英语关联题(二、三管轮)阅读理解核心题库.doc

关 联 题Because there are many fuel oil tanks on a ship, usually a senior engineer will be at the engine room to operate the filling valves. There will be another group of people on deck to take soundings of the tanks as the oil fills up. The idea is to fill up the tanks in a systematic way so that oil will not overflow and cause pollution to the environment. In practice, this can sometimes be quite tricky and all the personnel involved in bunkering need to be extra vigilant. In wintertime, the oil becomes thick, and the level shown on the sounding tapes can be mistakenly read. When bunkering is done at the same time as cargo loading and unloading, the ship tends to heave from one side to another. This will cause error in reading of the oil levels. Miscalculation of tank levels, especially when using the ullage method may lead to wrong readings. Valves at the engine room could be wrongly operated, due to wrong information being relayed from the deck. Sometimes air bubbles trapped in the sounding pipes can indicate a different oil level from the actual. The supplier may be pumping too fast. The list goes on…… 1. A senior engineer is an engineer______. A. who is older than others B. with a high rank C. in charge or the engine department D. whose sea service is longer than others 2. The word “tricky” in the second paragraph means “_______”. A. deceptive B. alert C. difficult D. clever 3. The “wrong information” in the last paragraph refers to _______. A. wrong values of oil thickness B. wrong figures of cargo loaded or discharged C. wrong tanks to be sounded D. wrong readings of tank levels 4. The last sentence, “the list goes on…” means that _______. A. there are other items on the safety checklist. B. A calibration list should be used for ullage readings C. there are other difficulties claiming additional watchfulness D. The supplier may be pumping so fast that the ship is listing continuously BCDD Passage 2 Circuit breakers must be ca