现代大学英语听力2听力原文及题目问题详解Unit 14

1、实用文档 y, too. They are active, but not as active as the thinner mice. But they only live about two years, not the three years or more of the thinner mice. The last group of mice is receiving more food than the other two groups. Most of the day, these mice are eating or sleeping. Theyre not very activ

2、e. These mice are living longer than the scientists thought about a year and a half. But they are not healthy. Theyre sick more often than the other two groups. The experiment is still going on. The scientists hope to finish their studies in two years. Task 2 【答案】 A. 1) People keep fish in a certain

3、 place just as they keep sheep and cattle. 2) By education. 3) Waste pollutes the sea, and plankton dies. Other sea animals that live on plankton cannot find enough food. 4) They needed to kill whales for their meat, their bones and the oil from their fat. But they have other materials now. B. Scien

4、tists Ideas Adams Brown Church Start more fish farms on land Stop fishing in certain parts of the Ocean Only allow each country to catch a certain number of fish Stop killing whales C. People on land Large fish Smaller fish Zoo plankton Plant plankton 【原文】Mike: Good morning, and welcome to Radio Tim

5、e. For our monthly programme, Science Today, Professor Adams, Ive invited a group of scientists to the studio to talk about sea life Brown and Dr. Church. Its good to have you with us. Professor Adams, Ive read in Dr. the papers that sea life is in danger. Is this true? Adams: Im afraid so, very tru

6、e. As the world population grows, we need more food, so we catch more fish. Were overfishing the sea, and soon there wont BE any fish. Brown: The answer is to start more fish farms on land. Church: I agree. We must keep fish, like we keep sheep and cattle. Adams: Fish farms are a good idea, but I do

7、nt think they will solve the problem of overfishing the sea. We have to stop people fishing in certain parts of the ocean. Church: Yes. We need international rules to protect fish, and all the countries of the world must agree to obey them. in them. obey dont and now, rules We Brown: have people I m

8、ust we that agree fishing stop 文案大全实用文档 certain parts of the ocean. Adams: And we must only allow each country to catch a certain number of fish but how do we make people obey these rules? Church: I dont know. By education perhaps? Mike: You mean, teach people about sea life? Church: Exactly. We mus

9、t explain how everything depends on everything else. If people want to eat fish in the future, then they must stop killing so many fish now. Brown: Waste is another problem. Were filling the oceans of the world with our rubbish. The sea can no longer clean itself. Its not safe to swim near the beach

10、es, and out at sea plankton is starting to die. Adams: And without plant plankton for the zoo plankton, and zoo plankton for small fish and shellfish, the large fish cant find any food, and so it goes on. Church: One reason why whales are disappearing is that they cant find enough food. Mike: Whales

11、 eat plankton, dont they? Church: Yes. And some people still want to eat whale meat. In the past people needed to kill whales for their meat, their bones and the oil from their fat. But we have other materials now. People must stop killing whales. Brown: I agree. We mustnt lose the largest sea mamma

12、l in the world. Adams: Everyone must work to save the whale. Its a wonderful animal, and it has a right to life. Mike; And everyone must try to understand about sea life and protect it. Well, thank you for coming on the program me and I hope our listeners will remember what you said. Dont let our oc

13、eans die, and remember, no food for the fish means no fish for food! Task 3 【答案】 A. 1) b 2) a 3) b 4) c B. 1) Measure; Mix; Pour; Put on; Pack 2) late; sick; vacations; strike; 24 hours; 7 days; 365 days C. 1) A worker will program the robots. She/He will type the orders into a computer, telling the

14、 robots what ingredients to use, how long to mix them, and which labels to use. 2) A technician from the robot company will come within an hour to fix it. 3) No. 【原文】 Boss: Robots? Why are you talking about robots? Were a small company, we make cough syrup. We only have twenty workers. Robots are fi

15、ne for large factories, not small ones like ours. Assistant: Boss, small companies can use robots, too. Theyre great workers. Boss: I dont know. Talk to me about them ten years from now. Assistant: Boss, listen, this is a simple operation here. We make 10 different kinds of cough syrup. 文案大全实用文档 But

16、 each operation only has 5 steps, so well only need 5 robots. One robot will measure the ingredients, and a second robot will mix them. A third robot will pour the syrup into the bottles. Then a fourth robot will put the labels on. The last robot will pack the bottles into boxes. Right now, we have

17、20 workers doing these jobs. Boss: But each kind of syrup is different. How will these robots know what to do? Assistant: Well tell them. One worker will program the robots. Shell just type the orders into a computer, tell the robots what ingredients to use, how long to mix them, and which labels to

18、 use. Boss: And what happens when one of the robots breaks down? Assistant: They dont break down very often. And the robot company will have a technician here within an hour. Boss: I just cant picture it. What will we have here? A quiet building with robots rolling around doing the work? Assistant:

19、Thats it! And these robots are great workers. Theyll never come to work late, they wont call in sick, they wont take vacations, they wont go on strike, and theyll work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Boss: I dont know. It sounds like a good idea, but I need time to think. What about

20、the men and women who work here now? Most of them are good workers. They have families to support. Assistant: Boss, thats the only problem. We wont need them anymore. Task 4 【答案】 A. inventions; immediate; manufactured goods; growth; farms; grew up; coal; iron; pleasant; over-crowded B. Part 2 Factor

21、y A. 1. Long 2. Low B. common C. children Part 3 women and children A. 10 years old; mines B. 10 working hours/day for women and for boys under 18 C. form unions C. 1) Socialists demanded complete changes in the system of Government and the way people earned their living. But other social reformers

22、only wanted to achieve their goals by peaceful means, particularly by passing new laws. 2) The Consequences of the Industrial Revolution in Britain 文案大全实用文档 【原文】 Part 1 The early inventions and discoveries which began the Industrial Revolution had important consequences. One immediate result was the

23、 great increase in the quantity of manufactured goods available. Another important result was the rapid growth of cities. Many country people left their farms to work in factories. Gradually, new towns grew up around these factories which were built near the sources of coal, iron and waterpower. Som

24、e of the great cities of England, such as Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham, started in this way. The industrial towns were not pleasant places to live in. The workers quarters were over-crowded and the people lived in the midst of filth and disease. Part 2 The Industrial Revolution also brought abou

25、t what was later called the factory system. Working conditions in factories were bad. The people had to work long hours for small wages. Accidents were common and the employer took no responsibility for them. The most unfortunate victims of the factory system were children. Children only four or fiv

26、e years old were employed in factories and mines. Part 3 Many influential people began to protest against the terrible conditions under which the people lived and worked. Gradually, the English Parliament made new laws to protect workers, particularly women and children. In 1842, it was made illegal

27、 to employ women, and children under ten years old, to work in the mines. Another law was passed in 1847 allowing only ten hours of work per day for women and for boys under eighteen years of age. After 1824, working men were also allowed to form unions to bargain peacefully with their employers for

28、 better working conditions and better wages. Strikes were, however, forbidden for many years. Part 4 As the factory system grew, a number of men criticized its evils. Some of these men merely wanted new laws to protect the workers. Others, who were later known as Socialists or Communists, demanded c

29、omplete changes in the system of Government and the way people earned their living. Task 5 【答案】 A. 1) T 2) T 3) F 4) T 5) F 6) F 7) T 8) T 【原文】 Miranda went to one side of the control room and touched a button. The door of the safety room slid open. Miranda went inside and closed the door. She had a

30、 plan of her own. The large blue capsules were on the tray which had come out of the wall. Miranda picked up 文案大全实用文档 a capsule and opened it carefully. It was full of white powder. She emptied the white powder into some water. Then she poured the liquid into an injection gun. Miranda put the gun ca

31、refully into a pocket in her overalls. She now had a weapon of her own. Garth will not think of searching me, Miranda said to herself. He doesnt know I have a different plan for the crystals. Miranda went back to the control room. Omega was silently charging the power banks. The visual display showe

32、d the sleeping bodies of Garth and Varon. When will the ship be ready to leave for Zeron? she asked Omega eagerly. In three and a half hours time, was Omegas reply. Keep watching Garth, Miranda ordered. But you can stop watching Varon. He is locked in his cabin. He cannot get out until I open the do

33、or. It will be done, Omega answered. He pressed the button on the control panel. The picture of Varon disappeared and the picture of the sleeping body of Garth filled the screen. Miranda went out into the corridor and walked the short distance to Varons cabin. She touched a button in the wall and th

34、e door opened immediately. Varon was lying asleep on the bunk. Miranda looked down at him. Youre a fool, she thought. How can you lie there sleeping? Anyone who trusts Garth is a fool. She shook Varon by the shoulder until he woke up. Whats wrong? he asked sleepily. Are we ready to leave? Not yet, r

35、eplied Miranda. I have come to talk to you. I want you to help me. I am going to help you to get the Zeron crystals. What more help do you want? asked Varon. You know very little about me and Garth, began Miranda. I know enough, interrupted Varon. You are thieves. And you are murderers! I am not a m

36、urderer, said Miranda. I helped Garth on Earth. But I did not kill the owner of this spaceship. Task 6 【答案】 A. 1) c 2) b 3) c B. Does she/he believe there is the monster Why or why not? Speakers in Loch Ness? If there are any monsters there, why hasnt any-one caught one No. yet? Why Professor Ports

37、arent there any really clear photos of one? 文案大全实用文档 Macadam Dr. Hunt Yes. in He didnt believe the idea, but now he He says he has seen it. He believes here may be something unusual in Loch Ness. is not so sure. of full world is still He says, The underwater mysteries. 【原文】Potts: Now, Mr. Macadam, w

38、hat makes you so sure that there is a monster in Loch Ness? Macadam: Ive seen it, Professor Potts! Ive seen it with my own eyes, I tell you! I was there by Loch Ness very early one morning. I was standing by the edge of the lake. Suddenly I saw a pair of eyes in the water. They were looking at me. T

39、hen a head came up out of the water, and this thing began to swim towards me. I was really frightened, you know! the Then the monster. I threw it at at was holding a bottle in my hand the time. I monster dived and swam away underwater. But I know you dont believe my story, do you, Professor Potts? m

40、onster? was a you certain that it I believe that you saw something. But are Potts: Well, Could you see it clearly? Are you sure that it wasnt just some kind of animal or bird? or anything strange dont think theres I dont believe in monsters. And I You see, unusual in Loch Ness. If there are any mons

41、ters there, why hasnt anyone caught one yet? Why arent there any really clear photos or films of one? more than 200 metres Macadam: Ah, well let me explain. Loch Ness is very deep, you know deep in some places. And the waters a dark brown colour. These monsters dont come to the surface of the lake v

42、ery often. They live in deep water, near the bottom of the lake. You cant see much down there. So its very hard to find these monsters. And its a theres You believe a lot about Loch Ness. knows harder to catch one. Dr. Hunt monster there, dont you, Doctor? Dr. Hunt: Well, actually, I used to think t

43、hat the whole idea of Nessie was just a joke. But now Im not so sure. Nowadays we know a lot about land animals, but the underwater world be there may but I believe monster, full still of mysteries. I dont like the word is something unusual in Loch Ness. It may be a big animal. It may be a fish that

44、 scientists dont know about. It could even be a kind of dinosaur that didnt die 65 million years some have until we but idea, we cant be certain Its ago. Who knows? an exciting that so of these things someone best better pictures, or, of all, until catches one scientists can study it properly. 7 Tas

45、k 【答案】A. 1) F 2) T 3) F 4) F 5) T B. 1) Dispute over the genetically modified crops. 文案大全实用文档 2) Biotech foods come from material that has been genetically modified by scientists to resist in-sects or disease. 3) European consumers feared possible health risks of these new foods. 4) First the foods

46、must be labeled clearly. Second, producers will have to trace GMOs at all stages of production. 5) Because the aid contained biotech grain, which Africans feared could be used as seed and thereby threaten future exports to the EU. 【原文】 The European Parliament on Wednesday passed two laws that could

47、open the way for European Union nations to lift an unofficial ban on genetically modified crops. This is a major trade issue with the United States, whose farmers claim the ban has cost almost $300 million a year in lost corn exports. The new laws, expected to be adopted by EU governments before the

48、 end of the year, would allow the distribution of genetically modified foods as long as they are clearly labeled. The rules would also force producers to trace genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, at all stages of production. The new laws require the 15 nations of the EU to establish their own m

49、easures to prevent seeds from farms growing genetically modified crops from blowing into fields of conventional farms. European consumers fear possible health risks from genetically modified products, but EU Health Commissioner David Byrne insists this is not a concern. The purpose of this legislati

50、on is to inform consumers about the exact nature and characteristics of the food, to enable them to make informed choices. The purpose of labeling is not to inform the consumer about the safety or lack of safety of a food. If a food is unsafe, it cannot be placed on the market at all. The United Sta

51、tes has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization in an attempt to have the unofficial EU moratorium on so-called biotech foods lifted. Washington has also said previously it is unhappy with the new labeling rules and other requirements, which it believes are too costly and restrictive. Bi

52、otech foods come from material that has been genetically modified by scientists to resist in-sects or disease. Such foods have been widely grown in North America for years. The EU imposed its unofficial moratorium on new biotech foods five years ago because of fears by European consumers about possi

53、ble health risks. The issue has worldwide implications. Last year, several African nations rejected US food aid because it contained biotech grain, which Africans feared could be used as seed and thereby threaten future exports to the European Union. Task 8 【答案】 A. 1) b 2) a 3) b 4) c B. 文案大全实用文档 1)

54、 Its the largest anywhere in the world. 2) They built two different types of power station side by side. They want to find which is the best system for harnessing the power of the sun. 3) Water is converted to steam to drive the turbines in the usual way. 4) The sun often disappears. C. The First Po

55、wer Station The Second Power Station mirrors 800 There are percent of the sunlight. They are arranged in a circle around a tower and they focus a collecting light the onto There are 2,500 mirrors which reflect 95 arranged on vast structures like football stands. Each mirror is individually controlle

56、d to track the surface at the sun. The light of top the tower. The mirrors are is reflected on a second Descriptions set of controlled by a series of computers, which parabolic mirrors which focus the light they their adjust positions so that always and its heat onto water pipes in is sun. the The collecting surface face a vacuum tube. heated to over 400 Centigrade. The water The heated water is steam converted pipes in conc