2020年军队职称英语考试《理工类》阅读判断模拟试题第七套

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　　Tornadoes (龙卷风) and heavy thunderstorms moved across the Great Lakes and into Trumbull County on Saturday evening. The storms were dramatic and dangerous.

　　George Snyder was driving the fire truck down Route 88 when he first noticed that a funnel (漏斗状的) cloud was behind him. "1 stopped the truck and watched the funnel cloud. It was about 100 feet off the ground and I saw it go up and down for a while. It was moving toward Bradley Road and then suddenly it disappeared," Snyder said.

　　Snyder only saw one of the funnel clouds that passed through northeastern Ohio on Saturday. In Trumbull County, a tornado turned trees onto their sides. Some trees fell onto houses and cars. Other trees fell into telephone and electrical wires as they went down.

　　Amanda Symcheck was having a party when the storm began. "1 knew something was wrong," she said. '1 saw the sky go green and pink (粉红色). Then it sounded like a train rushing toward the house. I started crying and told everyone to go to the basement for protection."

　　The tornado caused a lot of damage to cars and houses in the area. It will take a long time and much money to repair everything. There was also serious water damage from the thunderstorms. The heavy rains and high wind caused the power to go out in many homes.

　　The storms caused serious flooding in areas near the river. More than four inches of rain fell in parts of Trumbull County. The river was so high that the water ran into streets and houses. Many streets had to be closed to cars and trucks because of the high water. This made it difficult for fire trucks, police cars, and other rescue vehicles to help people who were in trouble.

　　Many people who live near the river had to leave their homes for their own safety. Some people reported five feet of water in their homes. Local and state officials opened emergency shelters for the people who were evacuated (撤走). The Red Cross served meals to them.

　　"This was a really intense storm," said Snyder. "People were afraid. Mother Nature can be fierce. We were lucky this time. No one was killed."

　　1 The weather was nice in Trumbull County on Saturday evening.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　2 George Snyder was a firefighter.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　3 Amanda Symcheck was having a party in the basement when the storm began.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　4 Power supply system was not damaged during the storm.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　5 There had not been such a severe storm in Trumbull County for a hundred years.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　6 Rescue vehicles had a hard time getting to people.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　7 Several people were missing during the storm.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　【参考答案】1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. C

　　One day in 1963, a dolphin named Elvar and a famous astronomer, Carl Sagan, were playing a little game. The astronomer was visiting an institute which was looking into the way dolphins communicate with each other. Sagan was standing on the edge of one of the tanks where several of these friendly, highly intelligent creatures were kept. Elvar had just swum up alongside him and had turned on his back.

　　The dolphin wanted Sagan to scratch his stomach again, as the astronomer had done twice before. Elvar looked up at Sagan, waiting. Then, after a minute or so, the dolphin leapt up through the water and made a sound just like the word "more". The astonished astronomer went to the director of the institute and told him about the incident. "Oh, yes. That's one of the words he knows," the director said, showing no surprise at all.

　　Dolphins have bigger brains in proportion to their body size than humans have, and it has been known for a long time that they can make a number of sounds. What is more, these sounds seem to have different functions, such as warning each other of danger. Sound travels much faster and much further in water than it does in air. That is why the parts of the brain that deal with sound are much better developed in dolphins than in humans. But can it be said that dolphins have a 'language', in the real sense of the word?

　　Scientists don't agree on this.

　　A language is not just a collection of sounds, or even words. A language has a structure and what we call a grammar. The structure and grammar of a language help to give it meaning. For example, the two questions 'Who loves Mary?' and 'Who does Mary love?' mean very different things. If you stop to think about it, you will see that this difference doesn't come from the words in the question but from the difference in structure. That is why the question 'Can dolphins speak?' can't be answered until we find out if dolphins not only make sounds but also arrange them in a grammatical order which affects their meaning.

　　1 The astronomer was not interested in the way dolphins communicate with each other.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　2 The dolphin leapt up into the air because Sagan was too near the water.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned

　　3 Parts of the dolphin's brain are particularly well developed to handle different kinds of sound.

　　A Right

　　B Wrong

　　C Not mentioned