2013年职称英语考试综合类阅读判断题2

　　In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, security experts are trying to develop new ways of rescuing people from burning skyscrapers. One idea is a platform capable of flying vertically and hovering in the air like a helicopter. The platform would rise up and down alongside a skyscraper and pick up people trapped in high stories.

　　The idea for the vertical takeoff platform was hatched more than ten years ago by a Russian aerospace engineer, David Metreveli, who has since moved to Israel. Metreveli's design, called the Eagle, calls for two jet engines that turn four large horizontal propellers. The spinning of the propellers generates the necessary lift, or upward force, to raise the platform. The more power is supplied to the propellers, the higher the platform rises. Moving the platform sideways involves applying differing amounts of power to each propeller.

　　Helicopters are now used in some cases to get people out of burning buildings. Escape baskets slung from them dangle beside the building for people to climb into. Unfortunately, the baskets cannot reach every floor of a building because the ropes from which they hang become unstable beyond a certain length.

　　So far, Metreveli has built a small-scale model of the Eagle to test his idea. In the wake of September 11, he has been able to secure enough funding to start building a larger, 4-meter by 4-meter prototype, which he calls the Eaglet.

　　在世界贸易中心遭到恐怖袭击后，安全专家们正在努力寻找新方法，来从燃烧的摩天大楼上营救人们。其中的想法之一就是构建一个能够垂直升降并像直升机一样在空中盘旋的平台。该平台可沿摩天大楼上下移动，运送高楼受困人员。

　　十多年前，一名俄罗斯航空航天工程师David Metreveli酝酿出垂直起落平台这一想法，随后移居以色列。Metreveli的设计方案命名为“老鹰”，需用两个喷气发动机来推动四个大型水平方向旋转的螺旋推进器。螺旋推进器快速旋转，生成必要的上升力，使平台升起。供给螺旋推进器的能量越多，平台升得就越高。要使平台侧向移动，则需要给螺旋推进器添加不等的能量。

　　现在，人们有时还用直升机营救起火大楼中的被困人员。从直升机中抛出的救生篮在大楼旁摇摆，人们可以爬到里面去。不幸的是，由于悬挂救生篮的绳索在超出一定长度后就会非常不稳定，所以救生篮无法达到每一层楼。

　　目前，Metreveli已经建立起一个小型“老鹰”模型，来检测自己的构思。“9·11”事件后，Metreveli获得了足够的基金，开始构建一个较大规模的模型。该模型大小为4公尺×4公尺，他为之命名为“小鹰”。

　　★1). A rescue platform called the Eagle is capable of moving vertically but not sideways. -W

　　★2). The four propellers are fitted horizontally to the Eagle. -R

　　★3). With the help of jet engines, the Eagle can fly at a speed of 100 miles an hour. -N

　　★4). In the third paragraph, the word helicopter refers to the Eagle. -W

　　★5). The more jet engines are fitted to the propellers, the more people the platform can carry. -N

　　★6). In the wake of September 11, Mr. Metreveli has secured enough funding to build up a small-scale model of the Eagle to test his idea. -W

　　★7). Mr. Metreveli is designing for Israel a more advanced form of rescue platform than the Eagle or the Eaglet. -N

　　A research center has been set up in this far-east country to develop advanced micro-chip production technology. The center, which will start out with about US$14million, will help the country develop its chip industry without always depending on imported technology.

　　The center will make use of its research skills and facilities to develop new technology for domestic chip plants. The advent of the center will possibly free the country from the situation that it is always buying almost-outdated technologies from other countries, said the country’s flagship chipmaker. Currently, chip plants in this country are in a passive situation because many foreign governments don’t allow them to import the most advanced technologies, fearing they will be used for military purposes. Moreover, the high licensing fees they have to pay to technology provider are also an important reason for their decision of self-reliance.

　　As mainstream chip production technology shifts from one generation to the next every three to five years, plants with new technology can make more powerful chips at lower costs, while plants with out-dated equipment, which often cost billions of dollars to build, will be marginalized by the maker.

　　More than 10 chip plants are being built, each costing millions of U.S. dollars. The majority of that money goes to overseas equipment vendors and technology owners- mainly from Japan and Singapore.

　　Should the new center play a major role in improving the situation in industry, the country admits the US$14million in vestment is still rather small. This country is developing comprehensive technologies. Most of the investment will be spent on setting alliances with technology and intellectual property owners.

　　为了开发先进的微芯片生产技术，这个远东国家建立了一个研究中心，该中心启动资金为一千四百万美元，可以帮助该国开发自己的芯片工业，不必总是依赖于进口技术。

　　该中心将会应用自己的研究技术和设施，为本国芯片厂家开发新技术。这个国家名列首位的芯片制造公司说，芯片中心的成立可能使这个国家摆脱从他国购买即将淘汰的技术的困境。由于许多外国政府担心先进技术会被用于军事目的，不允许这个国家的芯片生产厂家进口前沿技术，所以这些生产厂家处于一种被动局面。另外，由于这些芯片生产厂家必须向技术提供者支付高额的许可费，这也构成了他们决定要自力更生的一个重要原因。

　　由于主流芯片生产技术每隔3～5年都要进行更新换代，所以掌握了新技术的厂家就可以以较低的成本制造出较好的芯片，而那些耗费数10亿美元建立起的厂家，如果设备落后，也将会被生产商所淘汰。

　　十几个芯片厂正在建立之中，每个厂的造价都在几百万美元，其部分资金都流向了海外设备商和技术所有者——一主要是日本和新加坡。

　　如果新建的芯片中心能在改变该国芯片行业的被动形势中起到重要作用，该国承认，一千四百万美元的投资仍是微不足道的。该国正在开发综合技术，大部分投资将用于与技术和知识产权所有者建立联盟。

　　★1).The country says that the investment of US$14 million is big enough for developing that country’s chip industry.-W

　　★2).That country gives top priorities to developing chips for military purposes.-N

　　★3).Although the licensing fees are not very high, that far-east country cannot afford to pay.-N

　　★4).Many western countries ban the exporting of the most advanced chip-making technologies to that country to prevent them from being used for military purposes.-R

　　★5).Currently, almost all the flagship chipmakers in that country are owned by American investors.-N

　　★6).Mainstream chip production technology develop rapidly.-R

　　★7).More than 10 chip plants being built in that country are an example of self-reliance.-W

 

2013年职称英语考试综合类阅读判断题的延伸阅读——2013职称英语综合类一次通关备考经验

 

　　1、先作阅读理解，然后再从前往后按顺序答题。

　　这个分数很高，15道题，每题3分，一旦错一道可是很亏本的，所以，我们要尽全力保证这些题目的正确性。先做这个，多查字典，多预备一些时间在它上面，这样当你完成这些题目，自认为有40分左右在手的时候，作别的题会非常游刃有余。

　　2、如果你英语不好，就练习查字典的速度吧。

　　我英语不好，现在自认为勉强能够达到初三的水平，工作忙，也懒，学英语也不是一朝一夕之功，所以干脆放弃了，没有学习。我的主攻方向是“选择一本字典，练习查阅的速度”。

　　我找了一本非常小的字典，在西单书店买的，4元。

　　你能想象它的大小了，呵呵，非常小，但是查阅速度非常快，比我的牛津英汉速度快一倍多。对于我这样拥有初三水平的考生来说，查一下简单的意思后进行联想，不是难事。

　　3、第1题是送分的题。

　　15分，只要你的词汇量足够，这道题简直是送分。

　　我词汇量不够，但是我翻字典的速度够：）所以，这个15分我全能保证。

　　这下子就基本上够60分了，剩下的40分的分值，按照概率我也能得10份吧？

以上是我的经验，嘿嘿，投机取巧，难登大雅。