【小編寄語(yǔ)】職稱英語(yǔ)考試中的閱讀理解(四選一,第31-45題,每題3分,共45分)考查應(yīng)試者對(duì)文章主旨和細(xì)節(jié)信息的理解能力。本部分為3篇文章,每篇300-450詞,每篇文章后有5道題。要求應(yīng)試者根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容,從每題所給的4個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇1個(gè)最佳答案。小編給大家精選了閱讀理解的中英文材料,希望對(duì)大家的考試有幫助!
1. A small boy lay flat on his stomach in the
royal garden of the King of Hawaii. Looking into the water and very excited, young Austin Strong saw shapes of double-tailed goldfish —a recent gift from the Emperor of Japan to His Oceanic Majesty, King Kalakaua. Austin lowered a
bent pin attached to a piece of string.
1、一個(gè)小男孩趴在夏威夷國(guó)王的皇家花園的地上,小奧斯汀·斯特朗非常激動(dòng)地望著水里,因?yàn)樗吹搅诵螤罡鳟惖碾p尾金魚,它是日本天皇送給夏威夷國(guó)王陛下卡拉卡瓦的一個(gè)新禮物。奧斯汀放下一個(gè)細(xì)繩系住的彎針。
2. A few minutes later he ran from the park, a royal goldfish flopping inside the crown of his straw hat. But on the road he heard a horse and carriage. It stopped. He was caught.
2、幾分鐘后他從公園里跑出來(lái),一條寶貴的金魚躺在他的草帽殼里。但是,他聽到了路上有馬車的聲音。馬車停下來(lái),他被抓住了。
3. The frightened boy was led to the carriage. In it was King Kalakaua himself. Austin told of his crime. He had stolen the
fancy goldfish.
3、受驚的孩子被領(lǐng)到馬車前。在馬車?yán)锏氖强ɡㄍ邍?guó)王本人。奧斯汀承認(rèn)了自己的罪過(guò),他偷了奇異的金魚。
4. Austin expected to be shot on the spot. Instead, the king sent a runner for fresh water. Placing the fish in the bowl, he presented it to the boy and took them home. The next day came an
envelope with the royal seal. Inside was a letter signed by King Kalakaua giving Austin the right to fish in the royal park for the rest of his life.
4、奧斯汀預(yù)料自己會(huì)被當(dāng)場(chǎng)槍斃。然而,國(guó)王派了個(gè)快腿的人去取來(lái)新鮮水,然后把金魚放在碗里,把它送給了那個(gè)男孩并把他們送回家。第二天奧斯汀收到一件用皇家印記密封的信封。里面是卡拉卡瓦國(guó)王簽署信,他授予奧斯汀可以終身在皇家花園釣魚的權(quán)利。
5. Today fish collecting is still an exciting hobby in the Unite States. More than 20 million Americans own pet fish. Some raise plain or fancy goldfish, some collect fish found nearby. But the majority stock their tanks with "tropicals"-guppies and gouramies, bettas and angelfish, or others of the more than 150 kinds.
5、在今天的美國(guó),養(yǎng)魚依然是一種激動(dòng)人心的愛(ài)好。有超過(guò)兩千萬(wàn)的美國(guó)人擁有自己的觀賞魚。一些人養(yǎng)普通或者奇特的金魚,一些人喂養(yǎng)在附近捕到的魚。但是,魚缸中最主要的品種是“熱帶魚”——虹鳉和絲足魚,貝塔和天使魚,或者其它什么魚,超過(guò)一百五十種。
6. Fish collectors pay from 19 cents for a guppy to $100 or more for hard-to-breed fish. They subscribe to such magazines as The
Aquarium, and join clubs. They also spend more than a million dollars a year for fish, tanks, plants, sand, shells, food and gadgets for heating and cleaning aquariums.
6、養(yǎng)魚愛(ài)好者可以為虹鳉支付19美分,也可能為某種難以繁殖的魚付一百多美元。他們訂閱諸如“水族館”這樣的雜志,并且加入俱樂(lè)部。他們一年花費(fèi)超過(guò)一百萬(wàn)美元,用于魚、魚缸、水草、沙子、貝殼、魚食,以及用于加熱和清潔魚缸的器具。
7.Collecting tropical fish dates back to World War Ⅱ in this country. But raising of pet fish goes back to the early days of the Sung Dynasty in China, about 900 A.D., when they were raised in small bottles as house pets.
7、在(美國(guó))這個(gè)國(guó)家里,收養(yǎng)熱帶魚的習(xí)慣可以追溯到第二次世界大戰(zhàn)。但是,人們飼養(yǎng)觀賞魚可以追溯到中國(guó)宋朝早期,大約公元900年左右。當(dāng)時(shí),觀賞魚作為家庭寵物飼養(yǎng)在小瓶子里。
8. They chose a small member of carp family, Carassius auratus, better known as the goldfish. From them they obtained different shaped and colored fish. There developed more than 100 beautiful kinds with such names as Falling Flowers, Seven Stars, Eight Melon Seeds, Piled-up-Gold, As Europeans began to go the Far East in numbers during the 17th century, it happened that they too grew to like the little carp. A jar-full of goldfish was then taken on a long sea trip back to London in 1665.By the late 18th century the fish were widely popular in England and soon the goldfish bowl was seen in many homes.
8、人們選擇了鯉魚族的一個(gè)小成員,Carassius auratus,如同金魚一樣很早就被人所熟識(shí)了。從它開始,久而久之,人們獲得了種種不同外形和色彩的觀賞魚。觀賞魚種類擴(kuò)展到一百個(gè)美麗的品種,它們有的帶著奇特的名字:落花、七星、八顆瓜子、黃金細(xì)毛等等。十七世紀(jì),大批的歐洲人開始去遠(yuǎn)東,奇怪的是他們也開始喜歡這種小鯉魚。于是在1665年,一個(gè)裝滿了金魚的壇子經(jīng)過(guò)漫長(zhǎng)的海上旅行被帶到倫敦。到18世紀(jì)晚期,在英國(guó)喂養(yǎng)這種金魚已經(jīng)很流行,在許多家庭都能看到金魚碗。
9. In 1853 the world's first public aquarium—The Regent's Park Fish House—was opened. So far, home aquarium contained only goldfish or other local plant life. Then from the Amazon and the Congo, from Pacific Island and West Indian reefs, scientists began to send home hundreds of strange, beautiful fish. Many of them have become popular pets. They are called
tropicals.
9、1853年,世界第一個(gè)公共水族館:REGENT公園觀賞魚之家開放了。不過(guò),到此時(shí)為止,家庭的水族館仍然僅僅喂養(yǎng)金魚和其它本地水生植物。之后,科學(xué)家們帶給水族館數(shù)以百計(jì)奇特而美麗的魚,它們來(lái)自世界各地:從亞馬孫河到剛果,從太平洋島到西印度暗礁。它們之中的許多品種已經(jīng)成為流行寵物。人們叫它熱帶魚。
10. Today a busy aquarium store may sell up to $20,000 worth of fish in a good year. The most sold are still tropicals, especially guppies, swordtails and millies, which people like because of their bright colors and because they provide the tank with new young fish.
10、如今,一所興旺的水族商店在好年份一年可以銷掉價(jià)值兩萬(wàn)美元的觀賞魚。大部分賣出的依然是熱帶魚,尤其是虹鳉,劍尾魚和米莉。人們喜歡這些魚的明亮顏色,而且它們能給水族館提供新的年輕的生命。
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