2022職稱英語(yǔ)考試模全真擬試題理工類B級(jí)第二套5UrbanRainforest

OnthewestsideoftheislandofManhattaninNewY0rkCity，treebytree，leafbyleaf,a2,500squarefootsectoroftheCentralAfricanRepublic’sDzangaNdokiRainforesthasbeentransportedto，orrecreatedat，theAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory’snewhallofbiodiversity．WhenthehallopensthisMay,visitorswillvisitoneoftheworld’sbiggestandmostaccuratereproductionofoneofnature’smostthreatenedcreations．

TobringtherainforesttoNewY0rk．a(chǎn)teamofnearlytwodozenscientists—thelargestcollectingexpeditionthemuseumhaseverorganisedforanexhibit—spentfiveweeksintheAfricanrainforestcollectingsoil，plants，andleaves；recordinganddocumentingspecies；studyingtrees；shootingvideotapeandstillphotos；andinterviewinglocalpeople．“Thisareahasbeenexploredverylittle,”saysHoelCracraftwhoestimatesthatthemuseumwilleventuallycollect150to180mammals，morethan300speciesofbirds，hundredsofbutterflies，andhundredsofthousands，ifnot111illions，oforganisms．Theexhibitionmayevenhaveproducedaspecialprize-scientistssuspecttheyhaveuncoveredseveralnewspecies．

Togivetheforestasenseofrealness，thebackwalloftheexhibitisanenormousvideoscreen，soundswillcomeoutfromhiddenspeakers．a(chǎn)ndplansevencallforforestsmells．Computercontrolswillvarytheeffectssothatnotwowalkthroughswilleverbeexactlythesame．

AftertheteamreturnedtoNewYork．theforestwasreproducedwiththehelpofthecomputerComputermodellingprogrammesplotteddistancesandspecialrelationships．Artistsstudiedphotosandbroughtwhattheysawto1ife．Plastertreesweremade．Recreatedanimalsbegantostandintherainforestofthehall．Flyingcreatureswillhangfromtheceiling．The1ightintheforest—oneoftheexhibit’scleverestre-creations—willseemreal．Longtube1ightswillhavethecorrectcolourandtemperaturetoproduceanaturaleffect．Theplantsandanimalsexhibitedthroughoutthehallexistnaturallyinaperfectbalance—removeone．a(chǎn)ndthewholeisimperfectifnotendangered．Theexhibitisprooftothehopethattheworld’srainforestswillneverexistsolelyasacarefullypreservedartifact．

詞匯：

biodiversityn．生物多樣性

documentv．紀(jì)實(shí)性地描述

mammaln．哺乳類動(dòng)物

organismn．微生物

exhibitn．展品

walkthroughn．開拍前的排練，預(yù)排

plotv．為……設(shè)定

plastern．熟石膏

artifactn．人工制品

1．Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A)ThehistoryoftheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistory．

B)ThereproductionoftherainforestataNewYorkmuseum．

C)Visitors’interestintherainforestreproductionataNewYorkmuseum

D)SavingrainforestsintheCentralAfricanRepublic．

2．HowdidthemuseumcollectthedataintheCentralAfricanRepublic?

A)Itsentalargeteamofscientiststhere．

B)ItcooperatedwithmanyAfricanscientists．

C)Itrecruitedlocalpeopletocollectmammals，etc．．

D)Itsentcameramentoshootvideotapes．

3．Togivetheforestasenseofrealness．a(chǎn)llthefollowingareusedEXCEPTthat

A)hiddenloudspeakersareusedtoproduceforestsound．

B)ahugevideoscreenisputuponthebackwall．

C)specialequipmentisemployedtoproduceforestsmells．

D)theforestissurroundedbyfrontandbackwalls．

4．Whatisthemainthemeofthelastparagraph?

A)Thelayoutoftherainforestexhibition．

B)Thebalancebetweenanimalsandplants．

C)Thecleverdesignoflighting．

D)Preservationoftherainforestexhibitionasanartifact

5．Whatdoesthelastsentenceofthepassagemostprobablymean?

A)TherainforestintheCentralAfricanRepublicwillbepreservedforever．

B)Thewell-designedexhi