2011年职称英语阅读理解(仅保留答案选项版).doc

2011年职称英语等级考试用书（理工类） 第四部 阅读理解 Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles 第二篇 World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict 第三篇 Citizen Scientists 第四篇 Motoring Technology 第五篇 Late-Night Drinking 第六篇 Weaving with Light 第七篇 Sugar Power for Cell Phones 第八篇 Eiffel Is an Eyeful 第九篇 Egypt Felled by Famine第十篇 Young Female Chimps Outlearn Their Brothers 第十一篇 The Net Cost of Making a Name for Yourself 第十二篇 Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass 第十三篇 Invisibility Ring 第十四篇 Japanese Car Keeps Watch for Drunk Drivers 第十五篇 Winged Robot Learns to Fly 第十六篇 Japanese Drilling into Core of Earth 第十七篇 A Sunshade for the Planet 第十八篇 Thirst for Oil 第十九篇 Prolonging Human Life 第二十篇 Explorer of the Extreme Deep 第二十一篇 Plant Gas 第二十二篇 Snowflakes 第二十三篇 Powering a City? Its a Breeze. 第二十四篇 Underground Coal Fires -- a Looming Catastrophe 第二十五篇 Eat to Live 第二十六篇 Male and Female Pilots Cause Accidents Differently 第二十七篇 Driven to Distraction 第二十八篇 Sleep Lets Brain File Memories 第二十九篇 Food Fright 第三十篇 Digital Realm *第三十一篇 Hurricane Katrina *第三十二篇 Mind-reading Machine *第三十三篇 Experts Call for Local and Regional Control of Sites for Radioactive *第三十四篇Batteries Built by Viruses *第三十五篇 Putting Plants to work *第三十六篇 Listening Device Provides Landslide Early Warning *第三十七篇 Dont Drink Alone Gets New Meaning *第三十八篇 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants *第三十九篇 Clone Farm *第四十篇 Air Pollution Cloud Measured on Both Sides of Pacific 第四部分阅读理解 阅读下面的短文。每篇短文的后面有 5个问题，每个问题有 4个备选答案。请根据短文的内容选择正确的答案。 第一篇 Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles The Ford motor company’s1 abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology, analysts say. 练习: 1. What have the Ford motor company, General Motor’s and Honda done concerning electric cars? C They have given up producing electric cars. 2. According to Tim Holmes of Ford Europe, battery-powered cars -----B will not be the main transportation vehicles in the future. 3. Which auto manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles? -----A Toyota an