2014年職稱英語(理工類)教材閱讀理解文章及譯文1

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　　Ford Abandons Electric Vehicles

　　The Ford motor company’s abandonment of electric cars effectively signals the end of the road for the technology，analysts say.

　　General Motors。and Honda’ceased production of battery.powered cars in 1 999, to focus on fuel cell and hybrid electric gasoline engines, which are more attractive to the consumer.Ford has now announced it will do the same.

　　Three years ago.the company introduced the Think City two―seater car and a golf cart called the THINK, or Think Neighbor.It hoped to sell 5，000 cars each year and 10，000 carts.But a lack of demand means only about l，000 of the cars have been produced，and less than 1。700 carts have been sold so far in 2002.

　　“The bottom line is we don’t believe that this is the future of environment transport for the mass market.”Tim Holmes of Ford Europe said on Friday.“We feel we have given electric our best shot”

　　The Think City has a range of only about 53 miles and up to a six-hour battery recharge time.General Motors’EVI electric vehicle also had a limited range。of about 100 miles.

　　The very expensive batteries also mean electric cars cost much more than petrol-powered alternatives.An electric Toyot~RAV4 EV vehicle costs over$42，000 in the US, compared with just $17，000 for the petrol version.Toyota and Nissan…are now the only major automanufacturers to produce electric vehicles.

　　“There is a feeling that battery electric has been given its chance.Ford now has to move on with its hybrid program“，and that is what we will be judging them on，”Roger Higman，a senior transport campaigner at UK Friends of the Earth，told the Environment News Service.

　　Hybrid cars introduced by Toyota and Honda in the past few years have sold well.Hybrid engines Offer Greater mileage than petrol―only engines , and the batteries recharge themselves. Ford says it thinks such vehicles will help it meet planned new guidelines “on vehicle emissions” in the U.S.

　　However, it is not yet clear exactly what those guidelines will permit.In June，General Motors and Daimler Chrysler won a court injunction，delaying by two years Californian legislation requiring car―makers to offer 100，000 zero-emission and other low―emission vehicles in the state by 2003.Car manufacturers hope the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low--emission，rather than zero―emission，vehicles.

　　1.What have the Ford motor company.General Motor’s and Honda done concerning electric cars?

　　A)They have started to produce electric cars.B)They have done extensive research on electric Cars

　　C They have given up producing electric cars.D)They have produced thousands of electric Cars

　　2.According to Tim Holmes of Ford Europe，battery-powered cars

　　A)will be the main transportation vehicles in the future

　　B) will not be the main transportation vehicles in the future.

　　C)will be good to the environment in the future

　　D)will replace petrol―powered vehicles in the future.

　　3. Which auto manufacturers are still producing electric vehicles?

　　A)Toyota and Nissan

　　B)General Motor’s and Honda

　　C)Ford and Toyota

　　D)Honda and Toyota

　　4.According to the eighth paragraph，hybrid cars

　　A)offer fewer mileage than petrol driven cars

　　B)run faster than petrol driven cars

　　C)run more miles than petrol driven cars

　　D)offer more batteries than petrol driven cars

　　5.Which of the following is true about the hope of car manufacturers according to the last paragraph?

　　A)Low-emission cars should be banned.

　　B)Only zero-emission cars are allowed to run on motorways.

　　C)The legislation will encourage car makers to produce more electric cars.

　　D)The legislation will allow more low.emission to be produced

　　答案與題解：

　　1.C 第一段第一個(gè)句子告訴我們福特汽車公司放棄類電動(dòng)汽車，第二段說通用汽車公司和本田汽車公司停止生產(chǎn)電動(dòng)汽車。

　　2.B第四段第一個(gè)句子是Tim Holmes對(duì)電動(dòng)大概汽車未來的評(píng)價(jià)，他認(rèn)為未來的交通運(yùn)輸?shù)拇蟊娛袌?chǎng)不可能是電動(dòng)汽車。

　　3.A 答案的依據(jù)是第六段最后一句。

　　4.C 答案的依據(jù)是倒數(shù)第二段第二句

　　5.D 答案的依據(jù)是文章的最后依據(jù)：the legislation will be rewritten to allow for more low--emission，rather than zero―emission，vehicles.

　　譯文：第一篇福特放棄電動(dòng)汽車

　　分析人士評(píng)論，福特汽車公司放棄電動(dòng)汽年的舉動(dòng)有力地證明了這種技術(shù)是行不通的。

　　通用汽車公司和日本本田汽車公司早于 1999年就停止了電池動(dòng)力汽車的生產(chǎn)，轉(zhuǎn)而開發(fā)燃料電池和電池內(nèi)燃混合機(jī)，這對(duì)消費(fèi)者更有吸引力。福特宣布它現(xiàn)在也要做同樣的嘗試。

　　3年前，福特推出名為 Think City的雙排座汽車和 Think或 Think Neighbor系列高爾夫車，希望能銷售 5000輛汽車、 10000高爾夫車。但由于需求不足，截至 2002年僅生產(chǎn)了大約 1000輛汽車，售出的高爾夫車還不足 1700輛。

　　“關(guān)鍵是我們認(rèn)為電動(dòng)車不能代表大眾市場(chǎng)環(huán)保交通的未來”，福特歐洲區(qū)的 Tim Holmes于周五說，“我們感覺自己對(duì)電力車已做了昀好的嘗試?！?/P>

　　Think City系列的運(yùn)行里程僅 53英里，電池充電需 6小時(shí)。通用公司的 EVI電力車也僅能運(yùn)行 100英里。

　　昂貴的電池也意味著電動(dòng)汽車的造價(jià)比汽油動(dòng)力車高出許多。日本豐田產(chǎn)的 RAV4EV系列電動(dòng)車在美國(guó)的售價(jià)達(dá) 42000美元，而同系列的汽油動(dòng)力車僅售 17000美元。豐田和日產(chǎn)汽車公司是現(xiàn)在僅存的兩大電動(dòng)車制造商。

　　“應(yīng)該說電池動(dòng)力車已經(jīng)獲得了充分的機(jī)會(huì)。福特現(xiàn)已轉(zhuǎn)向電池內(nèi)燃混合機(jī)開發(fā)項(xiàng)目，我們應(yīng)據(jù)此評(píng)價(jià)他們的發(fā)展?！盧oger Higman，英國(guó) Friends of the Earth組織的一位高級(jí)交通運(yùn)動(dòng)代表這樣對(duì)《環(huán)保新聞》評(píng)論說。

　　日本本田和豐田公司推出的混合機(jī)汽車在過去幾年取得了良好的銷售業(yè)績(jī)。混合動(dòng)力車比汽油機(jī)車運(yùn)行里程更長(zhǎng)，電池又可自行充電。福特表示，他們認(rèn)為這樣的機(jī)車有助于達(dá)到美國(guó)新制訂的車輛排放規(guī)定。

　　不過，這些規(guī)定究竟允許怎樣的排放物現(xiàn)在還不十分清楚。六月份通用和戴姆勒克萊斯勒公司贏得一項(xiàng)法庭裁決，可推遲兩年執(zhí)行一項(xiàng)加州法令，該法令要求汽車生產(chǎn)商在2003年前向該州提供10萬輛零排放和其他低排放汽車。制造商希望修改此法令，允許他們生產(chǎn)更多低排放而不是零排放的汽車。