欢迎来到雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 电话：13307324208 2011 年职称英语理工类阅读理解 新增文章篇目 2011 年职称英语理工类阅读理解 新增文章篇目 第二篇 World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict 第六篇 Waving With Light *第三十四篇 Batteries Built by Viruses *第三十八篇 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants 第二篇 World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict 第六篇 Waving With Light *第三十四篇 Batteries Built by Viruses *第三十八篇 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants 欢迎来到雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 电话：13307324208 +第四十五篇 Some People Do Not Taste Salt Like Others +第四十六篇 Marvelous Metamaterials +第四十五篇 Some People Do Not Taste Salt Like Others +第四十六篇 Marvelous Metamaterials 注： 1、+表示 A 级文章；*表示 B 即文章；其他为 C 级文章； 2、完形填空请参见第 21 页； 3、2011 年词汇部分与 2010 年教材相比未作任何变化。 注： 1、+表示 A 级文章；*表示 B 即文章；其他为 C 级文章； 2、完形填空请参见第 21 页； 3、2011 年词汇部分与 2010 年教材相比未作任何变化。 欢迎来到雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 电话：13307324208 第二篇 World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict World Crude Oil Production May Peak a Decade Earlier Than Some Predict In a finding that may speed efforts to conserve oil, scientists in Kuwait predict that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014. This prediction is almost a decade earlier than some other predictionsTheir study is in ACS EnergyFuels1 Ibrahim Nashawi and colleagues point out that rapid growth in global oil consumption has sparked a growing interest in predicting “peak oil“Peak oil “is the point where oil production reaches a maximum and then declines. Scientists have developed several models to forecast this point, and some put the date at 2020 or later. One of the most famous forecast models is called the Hubbert model2. It assumes that global oil production will follow a bell shaped curve3. A related concept is that4 of “Peak Oil.“ The term “Peal Oil“ indicates the moment in which world wide production Will peak, afterwards to start on irreversible decline The Hubbert model accurately predicted that oil production would peak in the United States in 1970. The model has since gained in popularity and has been used to forecast oil production worldwide However, recent studies show that the model is insufficient to account for5 more complex oil production cycles of some countriesThose cycles can be heavily influenced by technology changes, politics, and other factors, the scientists say. The new study describes development of a new version of the Hubbert model that provides a more realistic and accurate oil production forecastUsing the new model, the scientists evaluated the oil production trends of 47 major oil-producing countries, which supply most of the worlds conventional crude oil6 They estimated that worldwide conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014, years earlier than anticipated. The scientists also showed that the worlds oil reserves7 are being reduced at a rate of 2.1 percent a year. The new model could help inform energy-related decisions and public policy debate, they suggest. 词汇： 词汇： Conserve v 保护，保存 crude oil 原油 spark v闪耀；激发；鼓舞 curve n曲线 irreversible adj不可逆的，不可改变的 insufficient adj.充分的，不足的 注释： 注释： 1ACS Energy & Fuels：ACS 是 American Chemical Society(美国化学学会)的缩写。该学会成立于 l876 年， 现已成为世界最大的科技协会。多年来，ACS 一直致力于为全球化学研究机构、企业及个人提供高品质的文献资 讯及服务。ACS 出版的期刊有 34 种，这些期刊在化学领域中是被引用次数最多的化学期刊，EnergyFuels 即是 其中一本。 2the Hubbert model：赫伯特模型是美国地质学家 MKing Hubbert 于 1956 年创建的，这是一个随时间增长 的模型，Hubbert 将其引入油气田开发，经推导使其成为一个可以预测油气田累积产量、瞬时产量、年产量和可 采储量等多项开发指标的多功能预测模型。 欢迎来到雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 雾隐鹤职称英语教学课堂 QQ：464692879 电话：13307324208 3a bell shaped curve：钟形曲线 4that of peak oil：that 指代 concept。 5account for：说明，解释 6conventional crude oil：常规原油 7oil reserves：石油储量。通常使用复数形式 reserves。 练习： 练习： 1Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “sparked“ appearing in paragraph 2? Aflashed Bstimulated Cchanged Dended 2The term “a bell shaped curve“ appearing in paragraph 2 indicates that global oil production will Atake the shape of a flat curve Bkeep growing Ckeep declining Dstart to decline after global oil production peaks 3Which of the following is NOT true of the Hubbert model? AIt successfully predicted that oil production peaked in the USin l 970 BIt has been used to predict oil production in many countries CIt is insufficient to explain oil production cycles in some countries DIt provides a very realistic and accurate oil production 4What is the major achievement of the new study mentioned in the last paragraph? AIt predicts global oil production will peak in 2014 BIt predicts oil production will decline in 47 countries CIt confirms further the effectiveness of the Hubbert model DIt discovers a new trend of Worldwide oil production 5Who develop the new version of the Hubbert model? AAmerican scientists BKuwaiti scientists CBritish scientists DScientists of 47 major oil-producing countries 答案与题解： 答案