阅读理解的中文翻译

Passage One

During the past several years, many new uses of television sets have been introduced.在过去的几年，新的使用电视的方式出现了。

Video cassette recorders, video games, cable TV, and home computers are becoming popular accessories(附件) for the home TV.视频磁带，游戏机，有线电视以及家庭电脑都成为电视的有机组成部分。The videodisc(碟片) is the most recent and perhaps the most important of the new home entertainment media.碟片是最新的也是最重要的家庭娱乐媒体。

A videodisc looks like an ordinary record, but it reproduces pictures and sound. 碟片很像一个普通的拷贝，但是它可以记录图像和声音。It is designed to play back programs that have been recorded on it. 它可以回放储存在上面的信息和程序。The manufacturers record movies, concerts, and educational programs on the discs.在碟片上可以储存电影，音乐会，以及教育节目。

A videodisc is made of plastic. 碟片是用塑料做成的。Its surface is covered with tiny pits that wind around the disc in a coil.碟片的表面是一些圆形的凹槽。The size and arrangement of the pits form a code that represents the recorded pictures and sounds.凹槽的数量和排列可以记录图片和声音。As the disc spins on the disc player, the player reads the code and translates it into a TV

signal which is then shown on the TV screen.当碟片被放入影碟机，影碟机把凹槽上面的信号翻译成电视屏幕上可以播放的节目。

Manufacturers began developing videodiscs in the 1970’s.20世纪70年代碟片开始被生产出来。Videodiscs and players have been available for home use since December 1978, and their manufacturers hope that they will become as popular as records and record players. 家庭用的碟片产生于1978年12月，生产商希望碟片可以像唱片那样得到广泛的使用。Home entertainment, however, is not the only use for videodisc. 然而家庭娱乐并非碟片唯一的用武之地。Some companies are developing videodisc systems to store computer information and record visual computer programs. 一些公司利用碟片存储信息和记录可视电脑程序。Home computers may even be used with video players in the future. 在将来，电脑也许会和影碟机共同使用。

1. The passage is mainly about ________.文章主旨

A) the videodisc and its functions碟片和它的功能

B) the uses of television sets电视机的使用

C) home computers家庭电脑

D) video cassette recorders 可视唱片

2.According to the passage, a videodisc _________.碟片是

A) can only reproduce sound只能记录声音

B) can only reproduce pictures只能记录图像

C) can reproduce pictures and sound可以记录声音和图像

D) is only an ordinary record 只是一种普通的唱片

3. A videodisc is made of __________.碟片的制作材料

A) metal 金属

B) plastic塑料

C) glass 玻璃

D) wood 木头

4 .Manufacturers began developing videodiscs in _____.碟片最早

生产时间

A) the 1960’s

B)the 1970’s

C) the 1980’s

D) the 1990’s

5.Which of the following statements about videodisc is NOT true?错误选项

A) They can replace home computers.碟片可以代替家庭电脑

B) They are used for home entertainment.碟片用于家庭娱乐

C) They can reproduce sound.碟片可以录制声音

D) They may record visual computer programs in the future.在将来他们可以记录可视的电脑程序

Passage Two

The sea is the largest unknown part of our world.海洋是我们世界未知的部分。

It covers seventy-one percent of the earth. 它覆盖了百分之

七十一的地球表面。There is still much to be discovered about this vast blanket of water.关于海洋还有很多是我们所不知道的。

One of the most interesting projects in oceanography(海洋学) is the work of mapping the ocean floor.在海洋学中最有趣的工程

之一是绘制海底地图。Only a very small part of it has been mapped. 目前我们只绘制了很小一部分海底的地图。This was not important when only surface ships sailed the world’s oceans, but it can mean the difference between life and death to men in submarines(潜艇).当普通船只航行时海底地图不怎么重要，但是对于潜艇中的人们来说，海底地图就意味着生死。

Long ago there was only one way to find out how deep the ocean was. 很久以前只有一种找到海洋深度的方法。A seaman could throw a weighted rope over the side of his ship.一名水手从船上把一根很重的绳子投入海里。Then he pulled the rope up after it had reached the bottom. 然后当绳子达到海洋底部时再把它拉上