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2017年职称英语理工类每日一练:阅读理解(4月9日)

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  Superconductor Ceramic 陶瓷

  An underground revolution begins this winter. With the flip (轻击) of a switch, 30,000 homes in one part of Detroit will soon become the first in the country to receive electricity transmitted by ice-cold high-performance cables. Other American cities are expected to follow Detroit's example in the years ahead, which could conserve enormous amounts of power.

  The new electrical cables at the Frisbie power station in Detroit are revolutionary because they are made of superconductors. A superconductor is a material that transmits electricity with little or no resistance. Resistance is the degree to which a substance resists electric current. All common electrical conductors have a certain amount of electrical resistance. They convert at least some of the electrical energy passing through them into waste heat. Superconductors don't. No one understands how superconductivity works. It just does.

  Making superconductors isn't easy. A superconductor material has to be cooled to an extremely low temperature to lose its resistance. The first superconductors, made more than 50 years ago, had to be cooled to-263 degrees Celsius before they lost their resistance. Newer superconducting materials lose their resistance at -143 degrees Celsius.

  The superconductors cable installed at the Frisbie station is made of a ceramic material that contains copper, oxygen, bismuth(铋), strontium(锶), and calcium(钙 )。 A ceramic is a hard, strong compound made from clay or minerals. The superconducting ceramic has been fashioned into a tape that is wrapped lengthwise around a long tube filled with liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen is supercold and lowers the temperature of the ceramic tape to the point where it conveys electricity with zero resistance.

  The United States loses an enormous amount of electricity each year to resistance. Because cooled superconductors have no resistance, they waste much less power. Other cities are watching the Frisbie experiment in the hope that they might switch to superconducting cable and conserve power, too.

  31. What is the benefit of the revolution mentioned in the first paragraph?

  A. With a flip of swish, electricity can be transmitted.

  B. Other American cities can benefit from the high-performance cables.

  C. Great amounts of power can be conserved.

  D. Detroit will first receive electricity transmitted by the new electrical cables.

  32. Compared to common electrical conductors, superconductors

  A. have little or no electrical resistance.

  B. can be used for a long time.

  C. are not energy-efficient.

  D. can be made easily.

  33. At what temperature does the superconducting ceramic lose its resistance?

  A. -143 degree Celsius.

  B. -263 degree Celsius.

  C. As long as it is ice-cold.

  D. Absolute zero.

  34. What element enables the ceramic tape to lower its temperature?

  A. Copper.

  B. Liquid nitrogen.

  C. Clay.

  D. Calcium.

  35. According to the last paragraph, which of the following statements is NOT true?

  A. Other cities hope they can also conserve power.

  B. Other cities hope they can use superconducting cables soon.

  C. Superconductors waste less power because of their low resistance.

  D. The Fribie experiment is not successful.

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