2015年12月英语四级阅读真题练习及答案(1)思维导图
It is hard to track the blue whale, the ocean’s largest creature, which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now listed as an endangered species. Attaching rad
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Itishardtotrackthebluewhale,theocean’slargestcreature,whichhasalmostbeenkilledoffbycommercialwhalingandisnowlistedasanendangeredspecies.Attachingradiodevicestoitisdifficult,andvisualsightingsaretoounreliabletogiverealinsightintoitsbehavior.
Sobiologistsweredelightedearlythisyearwhen,withthehelpoftheNavy,theywereabletotrackaparticularbluewhalefor43days,monitoringitssounds.ThiswaspossiblebecauseoftheNavy’sformerlytop-secretsystemofunderwaterlisteningdevicesspanningtheoceans.
TrackingwhalesisbutoneexampleofanexcitingnewworldjustopeningtocivilianscientistsafterthecoldwarastheNavystartstoshareandpartlyuncoveritsglobalnetworkofunderwaterlisteningsystembuiltoverthedecadestotracktheshipsofpotentialenemies.
Earthscientistsannouncedatanewsconferencerecentlythattheyhadusedthesystemforcloselymonitoringadeep-seavolcaniceruption(爆发)forthefirsttimeandthattheyplansimilarstudies.
Otherscientistshaveproposedtousethenetworkfortrackingoceancurrentsandmeasuringchangesinoceanandglobaltemperatures.
Thespeedofsoundinwaterisroughlyonemileasecond—slowerthanthroughlandbutfasterthanthroughair.Whatismostimportant,differentlayersofoceanwatercanactaschannelsforsounds,focusingtheminthesamewayastethoscope(听诊器)doeswhenitcarriesfaintnoisesfromapatient’schesttoadoctor’sear.Thisfocusingisthemainreasonthatevenrelativelyweaksoundsintheocean,especiallylow-frequencyones,canoftentravelthousandsofmiles.
1.Thepassageischieflyabout________.
A)anefforttoprotectanendangeredmarinespecies
B)thecivilianuseofamilitarydetectionsystem
C)theexposureofaU.S.Navytop-secretweapon
D)anewwaytolookintothebehaviorofbluewhales
2.Theunderwaterlisteningsystemwasoriginallydesigned________.
A)totraceandlocateenemyvessels
B)tomonitordeep-seavolcaniceruptions
C)tostudythemovementofoceancurrents
D)toreplacetheglobalradiocommunicationsnetwork
3.Thedeep-sealisteningsystemmakesuseof________.
A)thesophisticatedtechnologyoffocusingsoundsunderwater
B)thecapabilityofsoundtotravelathighspeed
C)theuniquepropertyoflayersofoceanwaterintransmittingsound
D)low-frequencysoundstravelingacrossdifferentlayersofwater
4.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.
A)newradiodevicesshouldbedevelopedfortrackingtheendangeredbluewhales
B)bluewhalesarenolongerendangeredwiththeuseofthenewlisteningsystem
C)opinionsdifferastowhethercivilianscientistsshouldbeallowedtousemilitarytechnology
D)militarytechnologyhasgreatpotentialincivilianuse
5.WhichofthefollowingistrueabouttheU.S.Navyunderwaterlisteningnetwork?
A)Itisnowpartlyaccessibletocivilianscientists.
B)Ithasbeenreplacedbyamoreadvancedsystem.
C)Itbecameuselesstothemilitaryafterthecoldwar.
D)Itisindispensableinprotectingendangeredspecies
参考答案
1.B2.A3.C4.D5.A
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