二级口译
判断题Tomorrow’s air craft may employ principles of flying fundamentally different from the Wright Brothers’ pioneering effort.A 对B 错
题目
对
错
参考答案和解析
该段录音主要讲述未来的飞机可能与the Wrights’ pioneering effort有更大的不同，，人们现在只能对到底有多么不同进行猜测，而题干描述的“未来的飞机可能会采用与the Wrights’ pioneering effort从根本上不同的飞行原理”过于绝对。
【录音原文】
Tomorrow’s air craft are likely to be still more marvelous, and perhaps even more different than today’s from the Wrights’ pioneering effort. Predicting how different requires guess work, an open mind and even a dollop of science fiction.
相似问题和答案
第1题：
Don’t put off today’s work for tomorrow. I mean, today’s work _____ today.
A. may do B. must do C. may be done D. must be done
第2题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第3题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第4题：
According to the NWS a mass of cold air will drop from the Arctic regions to Canada and then the upper Midwest next week.
Temperatures across the Midwest will drop into the 60s and 70s-a sharp difference from the 80 degree and 90 degree temperatures from recent weeks. And the relatively cooler air may be felt as far East as New York and Washington
The cool breezes may be a welcome relief this time around but remember the last few times we got hit with Arctic air？
Temperatures in cities including Chicago Cleveland New York and Louisville fell into single-digit and negative territory for long stretches during the harsh winter months of early 2014. But we’re sure you remember
According to the passage, what happened in early 2014?
B. People welcomed cool breezes in the U.S
C. Harsh winter struck in some cities of the U.S
D. Arctic air hit the U.S for a few times
第5题：
A、that
B、which
C、who
D、whose
第6题：
Air pollution
People and air pollution are often in the same places. This means that cities with large populations have the biggest problem of dirty air. Air pollution is caused by many different things. A major kind of air pollution is the gas from cars. Statistics(统计资料) show that 93 percent of all auto trips are within cities.
Another major kind of dirty air is the burning of coal and oil for energy. This energy is needed to make electricity. Of course, much more electricity is used in the city than in the county.
On the average, we throw away more rubbish than the year before. The burning of rubbish makes air pollution even worse. Many major industries are also responsible for the dirty air in the around cities. The fumes(烟)from iron, steel, chemical, and petrol production add particles(微粒)to the air.
The effects of air pollution range from mild headaches to death. The levels of pollution found in heavy traffic may cause headaches for loss of clear vision. Wherever coal and oil are used for fuel, fumes may kill trees and plants and cause metal to corrode(腐蚀). In some of the larger cities, these fumes endanger the lives of human beings by contributing to lung diseases and causing early death.
26. The key point of the passage is that().
A. the cause of air pollution is people
B. the causes and the effects of air pollution are both found in cities
C. the effects of air pollution range from headaches to death
27. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. to persuade people to stop polluting the air().
B. to tell the causes of air pollution
C. to tell why cities are bad places to live
28. Why is air pollution more grave in the city than in the country?().
A. Because there are larger populations in cities.
B. Because the air in the city is dirty.
C. Because there are much more gas fumes from cars and burning of coal and oil for energy in the city than in the country.
29. The fumes from coal and oil may cause metal().
A. to corrode
B. to twist
C. to turn black
30. In larger cities, the fumes from coal and oil may contribute to().
A. heart disease
B. loss of clear vision
C. lung diseases
参考答案：26、A 27、B 28、A 29、A 30、C
第7题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第8题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第9题：
第二篇
Archive Gallery : The Best of Bionics（仿生学）
Humans might be the most highly-evolved species on the planet,but most animals possess skills we can
only dream of having. Imagine how much electricity we could save if we could see in the dark the way cats
do. Imagine leaping from tree to tree like a monkey. Giraffes（长颈鹿）,which are otherwise calm and good-
natured,sleep only 4.6 hours a day.
We realized a long , long time ago that nature provides the best blueprint（蓝图）for invention. We ' ve
borrowed canals from beavers（河狸）and reflectors from cat's eyes. Although the words"bionics"became
popular only after the l960s,history shows that nature has always provided ideas on solving everyday prob-
lems. Our archives（档案）don't go back to the time of Leonardo da Vinci and his bird-like flying machines,
but we can take you to the late 19th century,where we applied those same principles for building our first
practical airplanes.
To prepare for their flight at Kitty Hawk,the Wright brothers studied the movements of pigeons to fingure
out how they stayed high up when they were heavier than air. Their success inspired scores of successors to
improve on the airplane by studying various aspects of nature.One of Orville Wright's pupils caught and
stuffed seagulls to examine their wingspan.Meanwhile,two French inventors examined spinning sycamore（美
国梧桐）seeds in an effort to apply those same motions , reversed , to a helicopter.
Some examples are more obvious than others.The outside of the airplane designed by the Wright
Drotliers looks like a minimalistic（简单抽象艺术）structure. On the other hand , Barney Connett ' s fish
iubmarine（潜水艇）actually looks like a fish.
Some bio-inspired concepts have yet to be invented.In the l960s,the US Army commissioned several
iniversity professors to conduct research on the motor skills of animals in hope of applying those same abili-
ies to tanks. Tanks that run like horses or jump like grasshoppers（蚂炸）一sounds shocking,doesn't it?
3ut imagine how life would change if we could achieve that.
A:History books.
B:The Wright brothers' sculpture.
C:First practical airplanes built in the late 19th century.
D:Leonardo da Vinci's bird一like flying machines.
由文章第二段最后一句中“but we can take you to the late 19th century, where we applied those same principles for building our first practical airplanes”可知，档案展馆中有19世纪晚期第 一批实用飞机的模型，故选C。
由文章第三段第二句“Their success inspired scores of successors to improve on the airplane by studying various aspects of nature.”可知，莱特兄弟的成功激励了数十名后来者通过研究大自 然的方方面面（即动植物）来改进飞机模型，故选B。
由文章最后一段的最后一句“But imagine how life would change if we could achieve that.”可知，美国军方的研究尚未取得成功，我们只能想象，如果真能实现这一想法，生活会有 什么样子的变化，故选D。
由文章最后一段的第一句和最后一句可知，一些仿生学概念还没有出现，人类还有很 长的路要走，才能使仿生学获得长足的进步，才能极大地改变人类的生活，故选D。第三篇 本篇文章主要介绍了科学家在土星的卫星“土卫六”上发现了生命形态，以及科学家对这些 证明生命存在的线索的种种猜测。
第10题：
B.overlook
C.submit
D.admire