2016年職稱英語考試閱讀理解模擬題

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　　Operation Migration

　　If you look up at the sky in the early fall in the northern part of North America, you may see groups of birds. These birds are flying south to places where they can find food and warmth for the winter. They are migrating (遷徙). The young birds usually learn to migrate from their parents. They follow their parents south. In one unusual case, however, the young birds are following something very different. These birds are young whooping cranes, and they are following an airplane!

　　The whooping crane is the largest bird that is native to North America. These birds almost disappeared in the 1800s. By 1941, there were only about 20 cranes alive. In the 1970s, people were- worried that these creatures were in danger of disappearing completely. As a result, the United States identified whooping cranes as an endangered species that they needed to protect. Q727OO7008

　　Some researchers tried to help. They began to breed whooping cranes in special parks to increase the number of birds. This plan was successful. There were a lot of new baby birds. As the birds became older, the researchers wanted to return them to nature. However, there was a problem: These young birds did not know how to migrate. They needed human help.

　　In 2001, some people had a creative idea. They formed an organization called Operation Migration. This group decided to use very light airplanes, instead of birds, to lead the young whooping cranes On their first trip south. They painted each airplane to look like a whooping crane. Even the pilots wore special clothing to make them look like cranes. The cranes began to trust the airplanes, and the plan worked.

　　Today, planes still lead birds across approximately l,200 miles (1, 931 kilometers), from the United States-Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. They leave the birds at different sites. If a trip is successful, the birds can travel on their own in the future. Then, when these birds become parents, they will teach their young to migrate. The people of Operation Migration think this is the only way to maintain the whooping crane population.

　　Operation Migration works with several other organizations and government institutes. Together, they assist hundreds of cranes each year. However, some experts predict that soon, this won't be necessary. Thanks to Operation Migration and its partners, the crane population will continue to migrate. Hopefully, they won't need human help any more.

　　41 Whooping cranes migrate in winter to________.

　　A raise baby whooping cranes

　　B find warmth and food

　　C get human help

　　D lay eggs

　　42 Whooping cranes are native to____.

　　A Mexico

　　B South America

　　C the Persian Gulf

　　D North America

　　43 Operation Migration aims to____.

　　A teach adult cranes how to fly

　　B breed cranes In special parks

　　C lead young cranes on their first trip south

　　D transport cranes to the North

　　44 The distance covered by the young whooping cranes on their trip south is_______.

　　A 120 miles

　　B 1. 200 miles

　　C 1. 931 miles

　　D 2. 000 miles

　　45 If Operation Migration is successful, whooping cranes will_______.

　　A follow airplanes south every year

　　B live in Canada all year round

　　C be unable to fly back

　　D learn to migrate on their own

　　參考答案：41、B　 42、A　 43、C 　44、B 　45、A

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　　Gross National Happiness

　　In the last century, new technology improved the lives of many people in many countries. However, one country resisted these changes. High in the Himalayan mountains of Asia, the kingdom of Bhutan remained separate. Its people and Buddhist(佛教)culture had not been affected for almost a thousand years. Bhutan, however, was a poor country. People died at a young ag e. Most of its people could not read, and they did not know much about the outside world. Then, in 1972, a new ruler named King Jigme Singye Wangchuck decided to help Bhutan to become modern, but without losing its traditions.

　　King Wangchuck looked at other countries for ideas. He saw that most countries measured their progress by their Gross National Product (GNP). The GNP measures products and money. When the number of products sold increases, people say the country is making progress. King Wangchuck had a different idea for Bhutan. He wanted to measure his country’s progress by people’s happiness. If the people’s happiness increased, the king could say that Bhutan was making progress. To decide if people were happier, he created a measure called Gross National Happiness (GNH).

　　GNH is based on certain principles that create happiness. People are happier if they have health care, education, and jobs. They are happier when they live in a healthy, protected environment. They are happier when they can keep their traditional culture and customs. Finally, people are happier when they have a good, stable government.

　　Now there is some evidence of increased GNH in Bhutan. People are healthier and are living longer. More people are educated and employed. Twenty-five percent of the land has become national parks, and the country has almost no pollution. The Bhutanese continue to wear their traditional clothing and follow their ancient Buddhist customs. Bhutan has also become a democracy. In 2008, King Wangchuck gave his power to his son. Although the country still had a king, it held its first democratic elections that year. Bhutan had political parties and political candidates for the first time. Finally, Bhutan has connected to the rest of the world through television and internet.

　　Bhutan is a symbol for social progress. Many countries are now interested in Bhutan’s GNH. These countries are investigating their own ways to measure happiness. They want to create new policies that take care of their people, cultures, and land.

　　Brazil may be the nest country to use the principles of GNH. Brazilian leaders see the principles of GNH as a source of inspiration. Brazil is a large country with a diverse population. If happiness works as a measure of progress in Brazil, perhaps the rest of the world will follow.

　　31. Who was Jigme Singye Wangchuck? Q727 007 008

　　A. A president. 　　B. A Buddhist priest.

　　C. A king. 　D. A general.

　　32. Apart from modernizing Bhutan, what else did Wangchuck want to do for Bhutan?

　　A. To make its population grow. B. To keep it separate from the world.

　　C. To encourage its people to get rich. D. To keep its traditions and customs.

　　33. A country shows its progress with GNP by .

　　A. spending more money B. spending less money

　　C. selling more products D. providing more jobs

　　34. According to GNH, people are happier if they .

　　A. have new technology 　　B. have a good, stable government

　　C. can change their religion 　　D. have more money

　　35. Today many countries are .

　　A. trying to find their own ways to measure happiness

　　B. using the principles of GNH to measure their progress

　　C. working together to develop a common scale to measure GNH

　　D. taking both Bhutan and Brazil as symbols for social progress

　　參考答案：31、C 　32、D　33、C　34、B　35、A

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　　Many people believe the glare from snow causes snowblindnenss. Yet, dark glasses or not , they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes,and even snowblindness,when exposed to several hours of "snow light" .

　　The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country.Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to foucs on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain. So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of tsomething to look at. Finding nothing, hour after hour, the eyes never sotp searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye muscles ache. Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball. The fluid coversthe eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is obsured,and the result is total, even though temporary,snowblindness.

　　Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem. Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape,Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight , dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus . The men following can then see something.Their gaze is arrested. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see,stop scouring the snow-blanketed lanscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time,the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome.

　　1.To prevent headaches, watering eyes and blindness caused by the glare from snow, dark glasses are_____.

　　A.indispensible

　　B.useful

　　C.ineffective

　　D.available

　　2.When the eyes are sore tears are produced to ________.

　　A.clear the vision

　　B.remedy snowblindness

　　C.ease the irritation

　　D.loosen the muscles

　　3.Snowblindness may be avoided by_______.

　　A.concentrating to the solid white terrain

　　B.searching for something to look at in snow-covered terrain

　　C.providing the eyes with something to foucs on

　　D.covering the eyeballs with fluid

　　4.The scouts shake snow from evergreen bushes in order to _______.

　　A.bive the men behind something to see

　　B.beautify the landscape

　　C.warm themselves in the cold

　　D.prevent the men behind from losing their way

　　5.A suitable title for this passage would be _______.

　　A.snowblindness and how to overcome it

　　B.natrue's cure for snowblindness

　　C.soldiers in the snow

　　D.snow vision

　　答案：CCCAA