大学英语四级模拟试题（十一）
日期:2007-10-17
passage 3
in the early days of nuclear power, the united states made money on it. but today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.
the greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown”. today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten u.s. public health are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgment to shut them down but on the laws of nature. now general electric is already building two advanced reactors in japan. but don't expect them even on u.s. shores unless things change in washington.
the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. meanwhile, the builder must add nicebutnotnecessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. in every case when a plant has been opposed, the nuclear regulation commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. but the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.
a case in point is the shoreham plant on new york's long island. shoreham was a virtual twin to the millstone plant in connecticut, both ordered in the mid60s'. millstone, complete for $ 101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. shoreham, however, was singled out by antinuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $ 5 billion and delayed its use for many years.
shoreham finally won its operation license. but the plant has never produced a watt power. governor mario cuomo, an opponent of a shoreharn startup, used his power to force new york's publicutilities commission to accept the following settlement: the power company could pass the cost of shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant. today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of thousands of homes, sits rusting.
11. the author's attitude towards the development of nuclear power is .看答案
a. negative
b. neutral
c. positive
d. questioning
12. what has made the procedure for licensing nuclear plants a bad dream?看答案
a. the inefficiency of the nuclear regulation commission.
b. the enormous cost of construction and operation.
c. the length of time it takes to make investigations.
d. the objection of the opponents of nuclear power.
13. it can be inferred from paragraph 2 that .看答案
a. there are not enough safety measures in the u.s. for running new nuclear power plants
b. it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of nuclear power plants in the u.s.
c. there are already more nuclear power plants than necessary in the u.s.
d. the american government will not allow japanese nuclear reactors to be installed in the u.s.
14. governor mario cuomo's chief intention in proposing the settlement was to .看答案
a. stop the shoreham plant from going into operation
b. urge the power company to further increase its power supply
c. permit the shoreham plant to operate under certain conditions
d. help the power company to solve its financial problems
15. from which sentence of the article can you see the attitude of the author and that of govenor mario cuomo respectively?看答案
a. the 2nd sentence in the frist paragraph, the 3rd sentence in the last paragraph.
b. the last sentence, the last sentence but one
c. the last sentence in para.2, last sentence but one.
d. the last sentence in para 3, the 3rd sentence in the fifth paragraph.
passage 4
oes a bee know what is going on in its mind when it navigates its way to distant food sources and back to the hive (蜂房), using polarized sunlight and the tiny magnet it carries as a navigational aid? or is the bee just a machine, unable to do its mathematics and dance its language in any other way? to use dondald griffin's term, does a bee have “awareness", or to use a phrase i like better, can a bee think and imagine?
there is an experiment for this, or at least an observation, made long ago by karl von firsch and more recently confirmed by james gould in princeton. biologists who wish to study such things as bee navigation, language, and behavior in general have to train their bees to fly from the hive to one or another special place. to do this, they begin by placing a source of sugar very close to the hive so that the bees (considered by their trainers to be very dumb beasts) can learn what the game is about. then, at regular interval, the dish or whatever is moved progressively farther and farther from the hive, in increments (增加量) of about 25 percent at each move. eventually, the target is being moved 100 feet or more at a jump, very far from the hive. sooner or later, while this process is going on, the biologist shifting the dish of sugar will find the bees are out there waiting for them, precisely where the next position had been planned. this is an uncomfortable observation to make.
16. the best title for the passage is .看答案
a. teaching the bees to navigate
b. testing the awareness of bees
c. navigational techniques of bees
d. behaviorists versus biologists: a zoological debate
17. the word “awareness" in paragraph 1 appears in quotation marks in order to .看答案
a. show the author's preference for the term
b. indicate that it is being used humorously
c. acknowledge donald griffin's previous use of the term
d. point out that it was used differently earlier in the passage
18. in the second paragraph karl von frischis mentioned . 看答案
a. to introduce his observation on bee behavior
b. to contrast his theories with those of james gould
c. acknowledge donald griffin's previous use of the term
d. point out that it was used differently earlier in the passage
19. according to the author, sugar was used in the study .看答案
a. to reward the bees for performing the experiment correctly
b. to train the bees to travel to a particular place
c. to ensure that the bees knew where the hive was
d. to ensure that the bees would obey the orders
20. the result of the experiment explained in the passage seems to indicate that .看答案
a. research using bees is too dangerous to be conducted successfully
b. bees are unable to navigate beyond 100 feet their hive
c. scientists can teach bees to navigate
d. bees are able to perform limited reasoning tasks part iii vocabulary and structure (20 minutes) directions: there are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices marked a., b., c. and d.. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
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