职称英语理工类阅读理解复习必备训练题(1)
<p> <span word="Citizen">Citizen</span> <span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="Climate">Climate</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="everywhere">everywhere</span>. <span word="Because">Because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="observe">observe</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="theyre">theyre</span> <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="observing">observing</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="movement">movement</span> <span word="encourages">encourages</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="observe">observe</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="specific">specific</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> - <span word="birds">birds</span>, <span word="trees">trees</span>, <span word="flowers">flowers</span> <span word="budding">budding</span>, <span word="etc">etc</span>. - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="observations">observations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="database">database</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="track">track</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="journalists">journalists</span> <span word="helping">helping</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="publications">publications</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hyper">hyper</span>-<span word="local">local</span> <span word="beat">beat</span>2, <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="ready">ready</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conditions">conditions</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="live">live</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="thats">thats</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="gather">gather</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="it">it</span>3 <span word="in">in</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="relies">relies</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="alike">alike</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="flowering">flowering</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="leafing">leafing</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="Project">Project</span> <span word="BudBurst">BudBurst</span>, <span word="collects">collects</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="cycle">cycle</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="variety">variety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="common">common</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="participating">participating</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="project">project</span> - <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> - <span word="record">record</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="observations">observations</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Project">Project</span> <span word="BudBurst">BudBurst</span> <span word="website">website</span>. 词汇： <span word="Neighborrhood">Neighborrhood</span> <span word="n">n</span>.近邻;邻近地区 <span word="Database">Database</span> <span word="n">n</span>.数据库 注释： 2. <span word="hyper">hyper</span>-<span word="local">local</span> <span word="beat">beat</span>: <span word="beat">beat</span> 在此做名词用，意思是：某类资讯报道，如，<span word="a">a</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="beat">beat</span>; 商业专题报道。这是近年来出现的新词。<span word="Hyper">Hyper</span>-<span word="local">local</span> <span word="beat">beat</span> 即 <span word="hyper">hyper</span>-<span word="local">local</span> <span word="news">news</span>，指 的是被传统资讯报道方式所忽略的小型社区或居民居住区里发生的相关信息报道。在美 国由此而诞生了 <span word="hyper">hyper</span>-<span word="local">local</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="website">website</span>，专门对主流媒体所没有覆盖的地区所发生 的事件进行报道，其形式多以网民，即短文中所提及的 <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="journalists">journalists</span>，上传所 在社区发生的事件报道、照片或视频为主。这是网络时代产生的又一新生事物。 4. <span word="phenology">phenology</span>：物候学或生物气候学，是气候学和生态学的边缘学科，主要研究气候环境 对生物的影响。 练习： <span word="A">A</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="cycles">cycles</span>. <span word="B">B</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="observe">observe</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="cycle">cycle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>. 2. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span>? <span word="B">B</span>) <span word="To">To</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="observations">observations</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="database">database</span>. <span word="D">D</span>) <span word="To">To</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="record">record</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="observations">observations</span>. <span word="A">A</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="journalist">journalist</span>. <span word="B">B</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span>. <span word="C">C</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span>. <span word="D">D</span>) <span word="a">a</span> <span word="citizen">citizen</span>. <span word="A">A</span>) <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="B">B</span>) <span word="Everybody">Everybody</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p>
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