专业英语四级(环境类阅读理解)模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析).pdfVIP

志不强者智不达，言不信者行不果。——墨翟

专业英语四级（环境类阅读理解）模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.5mmayear,theteamreports,inadditiontothe2mmayearcausedby

expansionofthewarmingocean.Thescientistsarecarefultopointoutthat

lower-altitudeglaciersintheAsianmountainranges—sometimesdubbedthethird“

pole”—aredefinitelymelting.Satelliteimagesandreportsconfirmthis.Butoverthe

studyperiodfrom2003-10enoughicewasaddedtothepeakstocompensate.

Theimpactonpredictionsforfuturesealevelriseisyettobefullystudiedbut

Bambersaid:“Theprojectionsforsealevelriseby2100willnotchangebymuch,say

5cmorso,sowearetalkingaboutaverysmallmodification.”Existingestimates

rangefrom30cmtolm.Wahrwarnedthatwhilecrucialtoabetterunderstanding

oficemelting,theeightyearsofdataisarelativelyshorttimeperiodandthatvariable

monsoonsmeanyear-to-yearchangesinicemassofhundredsofbillionsoftonnes.“It

isawfullydangeroustotakeaneight-yearrecordandpredicteventhenexteightyears,

letalonethenextcentury,”hesaid.FromTheGuardian,February8,2012

6．Whydidthenewresearchshocksomescientists?

A．Itsoundsnotreasonable.

B．Itlackssoundevidence.

C．Itisoutoftheirexpectation.

D．Itisexactlythesametotheirstudy.

正确答案：C

解析：本题为细节题。文章第二段中提到“Thediscoveryhasstunnedscientists，

whohadbelievedthataround50bntonnesofmeltwaterwerebeingshedeachyear

andnotbeingreplacedbynewsnowfall．”大意为：这个发现震惊了一批科学家，

因为他们一直认为每年该处大约有500亿吨的雪水流掉，而且没有被新的降雪所

覆盖。所以选项C正确。知识模块：环