职称英语理工类A级-68

职称英语理工类A级-68
(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)
一、第1部分：词汇选项(总题数：15，分数：15.00)
1.These are their motives for doing it.
（分数：1.00）
A.reasons √
B.excuses
C.answers
D.plans
解析：[解析] 考查名词。

题干划线词motive意为“动机”，reason与其意思比较接近，所以正确答案为A。

answer和reply都有“回答”的意思。

2.The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west.
（分数：1.00）
A.twists
B.stretches
C.broadens √
D.bends
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词widen意为“加宽，(使)变宽”，所以正确答案为C。

3.Henry cannot resist the lure of drugs.
（分数：1.00）
A.abuse
B.flavor
C.temptation √
D.consumption
解析：[解析] 考查名词。

题干划线词lure意为“吸引力，魅力”，所以正确答案为C。

4.These programs are of immense value to old people.
（分数：1.00）
A.natural
B.fatal
C.tiny
D.enormous √
解析：[解析] 考查形容词。

题干划线词immense意为“巨大的”，所以正确答案为D。

5.A great deal has been done to remedy the situation.
（分数：1.00）
A.maintain
B.improve √
C.assess
D.protect
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词remedy意为“补救”，所以正确答案为B。

6.John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article.
（分数：1.00）
A.cooperating √
peting
bining
D.arguing
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词意collaborate为“合作”，所以正确答案为A。

7.He is determined to consolidate his power.
（分数：1.00）
A.strengthen √
B.control
C.abandon
D.exercise
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词consolidate意为“巩固”，所以正确答案为A。

8.Many scientists have been probing psychological problems.
（分数：1.00）
A.solving
B.exploring √
C.settling
D.handling
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词probe意为“探索”，所以正确答案为B。

9.Hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habits.
（分数：1.00）
A.removed
B.cured
C.worsened
D.relieved √
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词alleviate意为“减轻，缓解”，所以正确答案为D。

10.All the cars are tested for defects before leaving the factory.
（分数：1.00）
A.functions
B.faults √
C.motions
D.parts
解析：[解析] 考查名词。

题干划线词defect意为“缺陷”，所以正确答案为B。

11.The food is insufficient for three people.
（分数：1.00）
A.instant
B.infinite
C.inexpensive
D.inadequate √
解析：[解析] 考查形容词。

题干划线词insufficient意为“不充分的”，所以正确答案为D。

12.Thousands of people perished in the storm.
（分数：1.00）
A.died √
B.suffered
C.floated
D.scattered
解析：[解析] 考查动词。

题干划线词perish意为“死亡”，所以正确答案为A。

13.But in the end he approved of our proposal.
（分数：1.00）
A.undoubtedly
B.certainly
C.ultimately √
D.necessarily
解析：[解析] 考查短语。

题干划线词in the end意为“最后”，所以正确答案为C。

14.For young children, getting dressed is a complicated business.
（分数：1.00）
A.strange
plex √
C.personal
D.funny
解析：[解析] 考查形容词。

题干划线词complicated意为“复杂的”，所以正确答案为B。

15.In Britain and many other countries, appraisal is now a tool of management.
（分数：1.00）
A.evaluation √
B.production
C.efficiency
D.publicity
解析：[解析] 考查名词。

题干划线词appraisal意为“评价，估量”，所以正确答案为A。

二、第2部分：阅读判断(总题数：1，分数：7.00)
Mad Scientist Stereotype Outdated
Do people still imagine a physicist as a bearded man in glasses or has the image of the mad scientist changed? The Institute of Physics set out to find out whether the stereotype of a physics "boffin" (科学家) still exists by conducting a survey on shoppers in London. The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph of a line-up of possible suspects. 98 percent of those asked got it wrong. The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.
While this stereotype may have been the image of all average physicist fifty years ago, the reality is now very different since 1960 the number of young women entering physics has doubled and the average age of a physicist is now 31.
The stereotype of the absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes. These stereotypes are really damaging to society. Very good school children are put off studying science because they don"t see people like themselves on television or in magazines doing science. They simply don"t relate to the media"s image of the mad scientist.
This is one reason why fewer young people are choosing to do science at university. If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive. But we must also develop children"s interest in science.
In an attempt to change this negative image, an increasing number of science festivals are being organized. Thousands of people from secondary schools are also encouraged to take part in the international wide science competitions of which the most popular are the national Science Olympiads. Winning national teams then get the opportunity to take part in the International Science Olympiads which are held in a different country every year. These events are all interesting for the young people who take part but they only involve a small proportion of students who are already interested in science. It seems that there is a long way to go before science becomes attractive as subjects like computer studies or fashion and design.（分数：7.00）
(1).Most people have similar ideas of what a physicist looks like.（分数：1.00）
A.Right √
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
解析：[解析] 文章的第一段最后一句“The people were asked to identify the physicist from a photograph...The majority of people picked a white male of around 60, wearing glasses and with a white beard.”意为“人们被要求根据照片来确认物理学家……多数人选择了大约60岁左右，戴眼镜，白胡子的白种男人。

”用一句具体的信息表明了题干意思。

由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。

(2).The majority of physicists in Britain today are Cambridge graduates.（分数：1.00）
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned √
解析：[解析] 文章没有提到这方面的信息。

所以正确答案为C。

(3).The media and the cinema have played a role in promoting the image of the mad scientist.（分数：1.00）
A.Right √
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
解析：[解析] 利用题干关键词media和cinema可以定位第三段第一句“The stereotype of the
absent-minded scientist has lasted a long time because the media and Hollywood help promote the image of men in white lab coats with glasses sitting by blackboards full of equations (等式) or working with fizzing (嘶嘶响) test tubes.”意为“心不在焉的科学家的刻板印象已经持续了很长一段时间，因为媒体和好莱坞推广了他们的形象，白色的实验室大衣，戴眼镜，坐在写满公式黑板旁边，或者是拿着嘶嘶作响的试管做试验。

”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。

(4).There will be more women scientists than men scientists in the future.（分数：1.00）
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned √
解析：[解析] 文章没有提到这方面的信息，所以正确答案为C。

(5).More children will study science if it becomes more attractive.（分数：1.00）
A.Right √
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
解析：[解析] 利用题干关键词attractive和study可以定位到第五段第三句“If we want to encourage more young people to study science subjects, we need to change this image of the scientist and make science careers more attractive.”意为“如果想鼓励更多的年轻人学习自然科学，那就需要改变科学家的形象，并将课程变得更加有趣。

”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息一致，所以正确答案为A。

(6).The image of the mad scientist is really encouraging to society.（分数：1.00）
A.Right
B.Wrong √
C.Not mentioned
解析：[解析] 文中第五段第一句“In an attempt to change this negative image,”意为“试图改变这种负面形象，”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息不一致，所以正确答案为B。

(7).The International Science Olympiads are held once every two years.（分数：1.00）
A.Right
B.Wrong √
C.Not mentioned
解析：[解析] 利用题干关键词International Science Olympiads定位到文章最后一段“...which are held in a different country every year.”意为“比赛每年在不同国家举行一次。

”由此可知，题干所述与原文信息不一致，所以正确答案为B。

三、第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(总题数：1，分数：8.00)
A Baby"s Growth
1. To describe a baby"s growth, the old saying "one thing leads to another" should really read, "one thing leads to an explosion." The perfection of vision and the ability to hold his head up allow appreciation of visual space. The evolution of increasingly efficient reaching also lets the baby appreciate and participate in his three-dimensional world.
2. You may notice that your baby can grab toys with either hand. This is partly because the baby has learned to grasp an object even if it touches his hand lightly or his eyes are averted. By the end of the fourth month, he can probably alternate hands to grab the toys or transfer a toy from one hand to the other. He may even wave it briskly, then transfer it and repeat the waving, shuttling it back and forth between hands. In imitating the behavior of one hand with the other, the baby may be becoming aware that he can do the same thing with each arm and that each hand is distinct from the other. This awareness is important to his receiving information about space. The baby also begins to see himself act when he repeatedly reaches for and grasps things. He starts to distinguish himself from the outer world.
3. If you would like another sign of this growth process, try one of Gesell"s measures of mental growth, the behavior of a baby before a mirror. According to Gesell, a baby will smile at his image at around twenty weeks of age. Hold your baby up to a mirror and watch him examine the faces there. He will probably attend most to his own image and perhaps smile at it. As his image returns the smile, he may become active and vocalize. He may also look back and forth between your image and you as if the duplication puzzles him. A baby who knows his mother"s face cannot understand two of them. Calling softly to your baby, as he looks at your confusing double, complicates matters even further. His turning back to the real you shows that a baby four months old is likely to have the ability of preference in discrimination.
4. An early attachment to one object—a toy or a stuffed animal—is another index of discrimination, as well as self-development, for the baby"s interests are going beyond himself. Most babies do not prefer one toy this early, but some will. After exploring each toy, your baby may start reaching and playing with one special one. In the months to come, the toy or anything else the baby identifies with himself by wearing or carrying may become a "lovely". A "lovely" will be slept with, chewed, hugged, loved, and "talked to". These "lovelies" give the baby a way of coping with the necessary separations from the mother. A friendly and familiar toy bear may just make him easier on himself. Rather than feeling threatened, a mother should be flattered by her baby"s extension of affection elsewhere. A baby with the heart to find a "lovey" is showing early mental resourcefulness and flexibility.（分数：8.00）
(1).Paragraph 1 1.
A. Gesell"s Measure of the Baby"s Mental Growth
B. Growth of the Baby Through Playing with Toys
C. The Baby"s Confusion in Front of a Mirror
D. Significance of Each Stage of Development in a Baby"s Life
E. The Baby"s Love for "Lovelies" Indicates Early Mental Resourcefulness and Flexibility
F. The Functions of a "Lovey"（分数：1.00）
解析：D[解析] 第一段指出在婴儿的生长过程中，一个发展可以引起一系列更为重要的发展。

因此应选择D。

文中说到“To describe a baby"s growth, the old saying "one thing lead s to another" should really read, "one thing leads to an explosion"”，大意是要描写一个婴儿的成长，我们应该把谚语“一事引起另一事”改为“一事引起大风波”。

explosion原意为“爆炸”，此处可理解为“蓬勃发展”。

此句的
意思是孩子的发育成长是极为迅速的。

(2).Paragraph 2 1.（分数：1.00）
解析：B[解析] 第二段描写了婴儿玩玩具的一些动作，进而指出这些动作对婴儿发展的重要性。

所以应选
择B。

(3).Paragraph 3 1.（分数：1.00）
解析：A[解析] 第三段阐述如何使用Gesell的方法借用镜子测量婴儿的智力发展。

所以应选择A。

(4).Paragraph 4 1.（分数：1.00）
解析：E[解析] 第四段指出有了钟爱的玩具证明婴儿有了对外界的适应性。

所以应选择E。

(5).The baby"s ability to sense the visual space owes to 1.
A. around twenty weeks of age
B. feel flattered
C. tell one hand from the other
D. the perfection of vision and the ability to hold his head up
E. has preference among his toys
F. explore his toys（分数：1.00）
解析：D[解析] 第一段中指出，婴儿视觉的完善和将头抬起的能力使其能够欣赏周围的世界。

因此应选择D。

(6).In imitating the behavior of one hand with the other, the baby is able to 1.（分数：1.00）解析：C[解析] 第二段阐明，通过用一只手模仿另一只手的动作，婴儿逐渐认识到一只手与另一只手的区别。

因此应选择C。

(7).A baby will smile at his image at 1.（分数：1.00）
解析：A[解析] 第三段在阐述Gesell测量婴儿智力发展的方法时提到，婴儿可在20周左右对自己的形象微笑。

所以应选择A。

(8).The baby"s extension of affection should make the mother 1.（分数：1.00）
解析：B[解析] 第四段指出孩子喜好的延伸是婴儿适应性发展的证明。

因此，母亲不应感到有任何不安，而应感到骄傲。

所以应选择B。

四、第4部分：阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)
五、第一篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)
More Than a Ride to School
The National Education Association claims. "The school bus is a mirror of the community." They further add that, unfortunately, what appears on the exterior does not always reflect the reality of a chosen community. They are right—sometimes it reflects more! Just ask Liesl Denson. Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl.
Bruce Hardy, school bus driver for Althouse BUS Company has been Liesl"s bus driver since kindergarten. Last year when Liesl"s family moved to Parkesburg, knowing her bus went by her new residence. She requested to ride the same bus.
This year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the bus. She says, "It"s been a great ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listener. Sometimes when you"re a child adults do not think that what you have to say is important. Mr. Hardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important." Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfe agree.
Bruce Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975. This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus Company, Larry Althouse, president of the company, acknowledges Bruce Hardy"s outstanding record: "You do not come by employees like Bruce these days. He has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving record. He was recognized in 2000 by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350,000 accident free miles. Hardy"s reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus."
Althouse further adds, "Althouse Bus Company was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation ever since. My grandfather started the business with one bus. Althouse Bus Company is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to come."
Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyed. Thanks to drivers like Bruce Hardy, they have been building relationships through generations, Liesl"s mother Carol also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardy"s bus to the Octorara School District.（分数：15.00）
(1).The word "mirror" in the first line could be best replaced by ______.（分数：3.00）
A."vehicle"
B."device"
C."need"
D."reflection" √
解析：[解析] 细节题。

mirror和reflection都有“反映”的意思。

reflection的动词是reflect，在第一段中出现了两次。

所以选项D为正确答案。

(2).Bruce Hardy has been working with Althouse Bus Company ______.（分数：3.00）
A.for 30 years √
B.for 70 years
C.since last year
D.since 2000
解析：[解析] 细节题。

利用题干关键词Bruce Hardy和Althouse可以定位到第四段的第二句话“This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus Company,”，意为“今年，他要庆祝为Althouse 公交公司工作30年”，所以选项A为正确答案。

(3).Which of the following statements is NOT true of Bruce Hardy?（分数：3.00）
A.He is popular with his passengers.
B.He has never missed a day of work.
C.He is an impatient person. √
D.He has driven 350,000 accident free miles.
解析：[解析] 细节题。

该题无法定位题干，改为定位四个选项，看哪个与原文一致。

分别定位四个选项的关键词，A和B可见于第三段第二行。

D可见于第四段的后半部分。

第三段说到“Mr. Hardy always li stens to what you have to say and makes you feel important.”，意为“Bruce Hardy是一个很好的听众，他总是听着你要说的话。

”可见，说Bruce Hardy不耐心不符合实际情况，所以正确答案为C。

(4).Althouse Bus Company was founded by ______.（分数：3.00）
rry Althouse
B.Althouse"s grandfather √
C.Liesl"s mother
D.Ashley Batista
解析：[解析] 细节题。

由关键词founded可以定位到倒数第二段，提到“My grandfather started the business with one bus.”，意为“我的祖父开始经营(Althouse)时只有一辆公共汽车”，所以正确答案为B。

(5).Althouse Bus Company pays much attention to ______.（分数：3.00）
A.employing young drivers
B.running quality schools
C.providing free driving lessons
D.building sound relationships √
解析：[解析] 细节题。

文中最后一段第二句“..., they have been building relationships through generations,”意为“他们通过几代人已经建立了良好的关系，”所以正确答案为D。

六、第二篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)
A Phone That Knows You"re Busy
It"s a modern problem: you"re too busy to be disturbed by incessant (连续不断的) phone calls so you turn your cell phone off. But if you don"t remember to turn it back on when you"re less busy. You could miss some important calls if only the phone knew when it was wise to interrupt you, you wouldn"t have to turn it off at all. Instead, it could let calls through when you are not
too busy.
A bunch of behavior sensors (传感器) and a clever piece of software could do just that, by analyzing your behavior to determine if it"s a good time to interrupt you. If built into a phone, the system may decide you"re too busy and ask the caller to leave a message or ring back later.
James Fogarty and Scott Hudson at Camegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania based their system oil tiny microphones, cameras and touch sensors that reveal body language and activity. First they had to study different behaviors to find out which ones strongly predict whether your mind is interrupted.
The potential "busyness" signals they focused on included whether the office doors were left open or closed, the time of day, if other people were with the person in question, how close they were to each other, and whether or not the computer was in use.
The sensors monitored these and many other factors while four subjects were at work. At random intervals, the subjects rated how interruptible they were on a scale ranging from "highly interruptible" to "highly not-interruptible". Their ratings were then correlated with the various behaviors. "It is a shotgun (随意的) approach: we used all the indicators we could think of and then let statistics find out which were important," says Hudson.
The model showed that using the keyboard, and talking on a landline or to someone else in the office correlated most strongly with how interruptible the subjects judged themselves to be. Interestingly, the computer was actually better than people at predicting when someone was too busy to be interrupted. The computer got it right 82 per cent of the time, humans 77 per cent. Fogarty speculates that this might be because people doing the interrupting are inevitably biased towards delivering their message, whereas computers don"t care.
The first application for Hudson and Fogarty"s system is likely to be in an instant messaging system, followed by office phones and cellphones. "There is no technological roadblock (障碍) to it being deployed in a couple of years," says Hudson.（分数：15.00）
(1).A big problem facing people today is that ______.（分数：3.00）
A.they must tolerate phone disturbances or miss important calls √
B.they must turn off their phones to keep their homes quiet
C.they have to switch from a desktop phone to a cell phone
D.they are too busy to make phone calls
解析：[解析] 细节题。

利用题干关键词problem，并结合选项关键词可以定位到文章第一段第一句“It"s a modern problem: you"re too busy to be disturbed by incessant (连续不断的) phone calls so you turn your cellphone off.”意为“人们太忙了，不能被连续不断的电话骚扰，因此就关闭手机。

”所以选项A是正确答案。

(2).The behavior sensor and software system built in a phone ______.（分数：3.00）
A.could help store messages
B.could send messages instantly
C.could tell when it is wise to interrupt you √
D.could identify important phone calls
解析：[解析] 细节题。

根据题干关键词behavior sensors和software可以定位到第二段中第一句“A bunch of behavior sensors (传感器) and a clever piece of software could do just that,”其中that是代词，指上段最后两句的内容。

而答案在第一句的后半部分“it could let calls through when you are not too busy”意为“确定何时适合打扰你”，所以选项C为正确答案。

(3).Scientists at Carnegie Menon University tried to find out ______.（分数：3.00）
A.why office doors were often left open
B.when it was a good time to turn off the computer
C.what questions office workers were bothered with
D.which behaviors could tell whether a person was busy √
解析：[解析] 细节题。

利用题干关键词Camegie Mellon可以定位到文中第三段最后一句“First they had to study different behaviors to find out which ones strongly predict whether your mind is interrupted.”意为“首先，他们必须研究不同的行为去找出哪种行为能够充分暗示你的思维可以被打断。

”第四段第一句也给出了部分答案。

所以选项D为正确答案。

(4).During the experiment, the subjects were asked ______.（分数：3.00）
A.to control the sensors and the camera
B.to rate the degrees to which they could be interrupted √
C.to compare their behaviors with others"
D.to analyze all the indicators of interruption
解析：[解析] 细节题。

利用题干关键词subject可以定位文中第五段第二句“the subjects rated how interruptible they were on a scale ranging from "highly interruptible" to "highly
not-interruptible"，意为受试者对是否可被打断工作做出评定，评定范围从“完全可以被打断”到“完
全不能被打断”。

所以选项B为正确答案。

(5).The computer performed better than people in the study because ______.（分数：3.00）
A.the computer worked harder
B.the computer was not busy
C.people tended to be biased √
D.people were not good at statistics
解析：[解析] 细节题。

根据题干关键词the computer，better可以定位到文中倒数第二段，这段最后一
句说了“people doing the interrupting are inevitably biased...”，即人有偏见，所以选项C为正确答案。

七、第三篇(总题数：1，分数：15.00)
The Exploding Lakes of Cameroon
What comes to mind when you think of a lake? You probably imagine a pretty scene with blue water, birds, and fish. For the people in the northwestern Cameroon, however, the image is very different. For them, lakes may mean terrible disasters. In 1984, poisonous gases exploded out of Lake Monoun and came down into the nearby villages, killing thirty-seven people. Two years later, Lake Nyos erupted. A cloud of gases rolled down the hills and into the valleys and killed 1,700 people. Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are crater (火山口) lakes. They were formed when water collected in the craters of old volcanoes. The volcanoes under Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun are not active anymore. However, poisonous gases from the center of the earth continue to flow up through cracks in the bottom of the lake. This is normal in a crater lake. In most crater lakes, these gases are released often because the water "turns over" regularly. That is, the water from the bottom of the lake rises and mixes with the water at the top, allowing the gases to escape slowly.
However, in Lakes Nyos and Monoun, there is no regular turning over. No one knows the reason for this fact, but as a result, these lakes have more gases tapped at the bottom than other crater lakes. In fact, scientists who have studied Lakes Nyos and Monoun have found 16,000 times more gases. When a strong wind, cool weather a storm, or a landslide (滑坡) causes the water to turn over suddenly, the gases escape in a violent explosion.
In the past, no one knew when the gases might explode, so there was no way for the villagers to escape disaster. Now scientists from the United States, France, and Cameroon have found a way to reduce the gas pressure at the bottom of Lake Nyos. They stood a 672-foot plastic pipe in the middle of the lake, with one end of the pipe near the bottom and the other end in the air. Near the top of the pipe, the team put several holes that could be opened or closed by a computer. Now, when the gas pressure gets too high, the holes are opened and some of the gas-filled water shoots up through the pipe into the air like a fountain. With less pressure, a disastrous explosion is much less likely. However, the scientists are not sure that one pipe will be enough to prevent explosions. They hope to put in others soon and they plan to install a similar pipe and a computer
system at Lake Monoun as well.
To protect people nearby until all of the pipes are in place, the scientists have installed early warning systems at both lakes. If the gas pressure rises to a dangerous level, computers will set off loud sirens (警报) and bright lights to warn the people in the villages. That way, they will have time to escape from the dangerous gases.（分数：15.00）
(1).What will happen when Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun explode?（分数：3.00）
A.Water will flow down the hills.
B.Poisonous gases will be released suddenly. √
C.A strong wind will rise from the lakes.
D.The volcanoes will come to life.
解析：[解析] 细节题。

利用题干关键词Nyos和Monoun第一段第五句提到“Two years later, Lake Nyos erupted. A cloud of gases rol led down the hills and into the valleys and killed 1,700 people.”意为Monoun喷发时有毒气体随之而出。

两年后，Nyos湖喷发时也出现类似情况。

所以选项B为正确答案。

(2).Which of the following statements about Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun is true?（分数：3.00）
A.They were formed in 1984.
B.They are at the top of two active volcanoes.
C.They are not like most other crater lakes. √
D.Water in them turns over regularly.
解析：[解析] 细节题。

该题需要定位选项来选择答案。

分别定位选项的关键词可知，选项A说的是两湖于1984年形成的，不符合原文意思。

选项B的意思是：他们坐落在两座活火山上，也与原文意思不符。

选项D说的是湖中的水定期翻滚，均与原文不符，所以选项C为正确答案。

(3).Lake Nyos and Lake Monoun explode because ______.（分数：3.00）
A.the gases rise to the top and mix with air
B.people from the villages turn over the water
C.scientists have put in a computer system
D.they have more gases trapped at the bottom than other crater lakes √
解析：[解析] 细节题。

第三段第二句“No one knows the reason for this fact, but as a result, these lakes have more gases tapped at the bottom than other crater lakes.”意为“没人知道这一事实的原因，但是作为结果，这些湖在底部相比于其他湖有更多的气体。

”所以选项D是正确答案。

(4).A team of scientists has ______.（分数：3.00）
A.erected a pressure-releasing pipe in the lake
B.identified the gases at the bottom of the lake √
C.built a beautiful fountain near the lakes
D.removed all dangerous gases from the lakes
解析：[解析] 细节题。

该题也需要通过定位选项所对应的原句。

第四段第三句“They stood a 672-foot plastic pi pe in the middle of the lake,”意为，“他们在湖里立了一根672英尺长的释放湖底气压的管子，”所以选项A正确。

(5).What do we learn from the last paragraph?（分数：3.00）
A.Scientists are planning to install pipes in all crater lakes.
B.Scientists still do not know how to prevent gas explosions.
C.Explosion disasters could be avoided in the future. √
D.Warning systems have been set up in the villages nearby.
解析：[解析] 细节题。

文章最后一段主要讲在所有的湖里竖起缓解湖底气压的管子后，就不会有危险，所以选项C为正确答案。

八、第5部分：补全短文(总题数：1，分数：10.00)
Every Dog Has Its Say
Kimiko Fukuda, a Japanese girl, always wondered what her dog was trying to say. Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her sleeve. 1 When the dog barks, she glances at a small electronic
gadget (装置). The following "human" translation appears on its screen: "Please take me with you." "I realized that"s how he was feeling." said Fukuda.
The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings. People laughed when the Japanese toymaker Takara Company made the world"s first dog-human translation machine in 2002. But 300,000 Japanese dog owners bought it. 2 "Nobody else had thought about it," said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara, "We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if we could understand dogs?" Bowlingual has two parts. 3 The translation is done in the gadget using a database (资料库) containing every kind of bark.
Based on animal behavior research, these noises are divided into six categories: happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, declaration and desire. 4 In this way, the database scientifically matches a bark to an emotion, which is then translated into one of 200 phrases. When a visitor went to Fukuda"s house recently, the dog barked a loud "bow wow". This translated as "Don"t come this way" 5
The product will be available in US pet stores this summer for about US $120. It can store up to 100 barks, even recording the dog"s emotions when the owner is away.
A. A wireless microphone is attached to the dog"s collar, which sends information to the gadget held by the owner.
B. Nobody really knows how a dog feels
C. It was followed by "I"m stronger than you" as the dog growled (嗥叫) and sniffed (嗅) at the visitor
D. More customers are expected when the English version is launched this summer
E. Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.
F. Each one of these emotions is then linked to a phrase like "Let"s play", "Look at me", or "Spend more time with me".（分数：10.00）
解析：E[解析] 从原文来看，文章的第一句话提出了Kimiko Fukuda一直在想的一件事，即狗究竟想表达
什么。

紧接着应该给出一个答案是比较符合逻辑的。

所以正确答案为选项E。

解析：D[解析] 从原文来看，上一句话说的30万日本养狗人已经买了人狗翻译机。

符合逻辑的一步是更多的人还会买，所以选项D是正确答案。

解析：A[解析] 从原文来看，上一句说的是Bowlingual这个装置有两个部分。

接着应该是具体说明。

选项
A是对装置的具体说明，所以放在这里符合语境。

解析：F[解析] 从原文来看，第五段的第一句话说的是：根据动物行为研究，这些杂音可以分成六类：幸福；悲痛；受挫；气愤；宣告；欲望。

因为是人狗翻译机，这些情感还需要跟人的话对应起来。

所以选项
F为正确答案。

解析：C[解析] 从原文来看，上一句话说的是，当一个客人最近来到Fukuda的屋时，狗大声地叫着“bow wow”的声音。

因为是在讲人狗翻译机，下面一句话应该讲的是它的翻译。

所以选项C为正确答案。

九、第6部分：完形填空(总题数：1，分数：15.00)
Earth"s Inner Core
Scientists have long struggled to understand what lies at the planet"s center. Direct observation of its center is impossible, so researchers must 1 to other evidence.
In 1889, a German scientist detected a severe earthquake in Japan. Geophysicists concluded that shock waves 2 jolts (晃动) from one side of Earth through the center to the other side. Then in 1936, Danish geophysicist Inge Lehmann studied the waves 3 to determine that within Earth"s core of molten (熔化了的) iron lies a solid inner core-but 4 that core was made of eluded (难倒) her. Other geophysicists quickly determined that Lehmann"s inner core was composed mostly 5 iron. Since then, Lehmann"s discovery has 6 conventional Earth science.
But now scientists are challenging traditional theory with new and radical 7 . For example, Earth"s center could actually contain an "inner core within the inner core, claim Ishii and colleague Adam Dziewonski. Analyzing hundreds of thousands of earthquake wave 8 , they maintain that the。