2023年職稱英語考試《理工類》A級閱讀理解范題精講(4）
called WISE and is about as wide around as a trashcan. Dont let its small size fool you:WISE has
大約只有一個垃圾盒子那么寬。你可千萬不要輕視這個小東西，WISE可是一款高強數(shù)碼相機
a powerful digital camera, and it will be taking pictures of some the wildest objects2 in the known
它將在人類已知的宇宙里拍攝任何你所
universe,including asteroids,faint stars,blazing galaxies3 and giant clouds of dust where planets
能想到的天體，包括小行星、那些只能看到微弱的光和因燃燒而無法觀察到的天
and stars are born.
體，以及自行星和恒星誕生以來的巨大塵埃云
Im very excited because were going to be seeing parts of the universe that we havent seen
Ned Wright是主持WISE項目的科學家他說：我十分興奮，因為我們就
before,said Ned Wright, a scientist who directs the WISE project.
要看到以前從未看到過的那部分宇宙。
Since arriving in space,the WISE telescope has been circling the Earth,held by gravity in a
到達宇宙空間后，WISE由于受極地軌道重力作用，一直在圍繞地球旋轉(zhuǎn)。
polar orbit4.Its camera is
。它的鏡頭是向外的，遠離地球。
pointed outward,away from the Earth,and WISE will snap a picture of a different part of the sky
每11分鐘WISE就會抓拍天空一個不同的部分。六個月之后，它將把整個天空
every 11 minutes. After six months it will have taken pictures across the entire sky.
拍攝完畢。
The pictures taken by WISE wont be like everyday digital photographs,however. WISE
然而，WISE拍攝的相片不會像我們?nèi)粘５臄?shù)碼相片。WISE是Wide-field
stands forWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.As its name suggests,the WISE camera takes
Infrared Survey Explorer的縮寫。正如名字所示，WISE能
pictures of features that give off infrared radiation6.
Radiation is energy that travels as a wave. Visible light, including the familiar spectrum of
輻射是波浪狀行進的一種能量。人能看到的光，包括大家熟悉的、在彩虹里
light7 that becomes visible in a rainbow,is an example of radiation. When an ordinary digital
看到的光譜就是射線的一個例子。當普通的數(shù)碼相機給一棵樹照相時，它能接收
camera takes a picture of a tree,for example,it receives the waves of visible light that are reflected off
到樹反射回來的、可見的光波。
the tree. When these waves enter the camera through the lens,theyre processed by the camera,which
光波通過鏡頭進入到相機里，相機對它進行加工，
then puts the image together.
然后把圖像合成
Waves of infrared radiation are longer than waves of visible light, so ordinary digital cameras
紅外線的波長比可見光長，所以，普通的數(shù)碼相機捕捉不到他們，人眼也看
dont see them,and neither do the eyes of human beings. Although invisible to the eye,longer
不到這種射線。
infrared radiation can be detected as warmth by the skin.
盡管人們看不到，人的皮膚能感受到較長紅外線帶來的溫暖。
Thats a key idea to why WISE will be able to see things other telescopes cant. Not
這就是為什么WISE能捕捉到其他望遠鏡看不到的物體的主要原因。宇宙
everything in the universe shows up in visible light. Asteroids,for example,are giant rocks that
中，不是所有的東西都以可見光的方式呈現(xiàn)出來。例如，小行星是在太空中漂浮
float through space 一but they absorb most of the light that reaches them. They dont reflect light,so
的大巖石，但是小行星吸收射到他們表面的大部分光。他們不能反射光，所以要
theyre difficult to see. But they do give off infrared radiation, so an infrared telescope like WISE will
看到他們很困難。但他們卻釋放出紅外線，所以，象WISE這樣的紅外線望遠鏡
be able to produce images of them. During its mission WISE will take pictures of
才能夠捕捉到它們的圖像。
hundreds of thousands of asteroids.
WISE的任務就是拍攝成千上萬的小行星圖像。
Brown dwarfs8 are another kind of deep-space object that will show up in WISEs pictures.
WISE的另一任務是為另外一種太空深處的天體一褐矮星拍照。這種天體是
These objects arefailed stars 一which means they are not massive enough to jump start9 the
失敗的恒星，它們是一些不夠大，不能像太陽的能量那樣啟動相同的反應。褐
same kind of reactions that power stars such as the sun. Instead,brown dwarfs simply shrink and
矮星只能縮小和冷卻。
cool down. Theyre so dim that theyre almost impossible to see with visible light, but in the
他們發(fā)出的光如此之微弱，人們根本看不到，但是在紅外
infrared spe ctrum they glow.
頻譜中，它們是發(fā)光的。
注釋：
1.NASA 是縮寫詞，全稱是National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
2. the wildest objects ：任何你能想象得到的天體。wild 有未被人馴養(yǎng)的荒唐的離奇的意思。
3. faint stars, blazing galaxies：指的是那些只能看到微弱的光和因燃燒而無法觀察到的天體。
4. polar orbit：極地軌道。指軌道平面與赤道面夾角為90。的人造地球衛(wèi)星軌道。人造衛(wèi)星運行時能到達南北極區(qū)上空，即衛(wèi)星能飛經(jīng)全球范圍的上空。需要在全球范圍內(nèi)進行觀測和應用的氣象衛(wèi)星、導航衛(wèi)星、地球資源衛(wèi)星等都采用這種軌道。
5. lap：一圈。原指競賽場的一圈或游泳池的一個來回，如： She overtook the other runners on the last lap. 她最后一圈超過了其他參賽者。
6. infrared radiation：紅外線輻射
7. spectrum of light：光譜，即，光輻射的波長分布區(qū)域。
8. Brown dwarfs：褐矮星。褐矮星非常暗淡，很難發(fā)現(xiàn)它們，要確定它們的大小就更加困難。
9.jump start: 啟動
練習：
1 .What is so special about WISE? 什么是特別的聰明?
A It is small in size but carries a large camera. 它是規(guī)模小，但攜帶大型照相機。
B It is as small as a trashcan. 它是作為一個小垃圾桶。
C Its digital camera can help astronomers to see the unknown space. 其數(shù)碼相機可以幫助天文學家看到未知的空間。
D Never before has a telescope carried a digital camera in space. 以前從未有一個望遠鏡進行數(shù)碼相機的空間。
2. Which is NOT the synonym for the word snap in the third paragraph? 這不是同義詞的單詞卡在第三段?
A make. 使。
B shoot. 拍攝的。
C take拿走,取走;奪取,占領;抓,捕;吸引
D photograph. 照片。
3. The camera on WISE相機上的智慧
A is no different from an ordinary camera. 沒有什么不同，從一個普通的相機。
B does not see infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does. 不見紅外輻射，而普通攝像機。
C catches the infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does not. 有紅外輻射，而普通攝像機不。
D reflects light that human eyes can see. 反射光，人的眼睛可以看到。
4. Which of the following is NOT correct aboutasteroids according to paragraph 7? 下列哪項是不正確的關于小行星根據(jù)7款?
A Asteroids float through space giving off visible light. 小行星漂浮在空間發(fā)出可見光的。
B Asteroids do not reflect light that reaches them. 小行星并不反映光線到達他們。
C It is difficult to take asteroids pictures by ordinary cameras, 它是難采取小行星的照片的普通相機，
D The WISE telescope can take pictures of asteroids聰明的望遠鏡可以拍照的小行星
5.What is implied in the last paragraph? 什么是隱含在最后一段嗎?
A Brown dwarfs give off visible light. 褐矮星發(fā)出可見光的。
B Brown dwarfs give off infrared radiation. 褐矮星發(fā)出紅外輻射。
C Brown dwarfs are power stars like the sun. 褐矮星是類似太陽的恒星。
D Brown dwarfs are impossible to see with the WISE telescope.褐矮星是不可能看到的和聰明的望遠鏡。
答案與題解：
1. C 短文的第一和第二段提供了答案。WISE 的特殊之處就在于，雖然體積小，但它的數(shù)碼相機能拍到任何天體，所以能夠幫助天文學家觀測到宇宙空間中的未知天文現(xiàn)象。其他選項都不是短文表達的意思。
2. A snap 是個多義詞，可以解釋為拍照，更為確切的意思是拍快照。這里shoot, take 和photograph 都是snap 的同義詞。
3. C 短文第六段和第四段提供了答案。人類的肉眼和普通相機看到的光是visible lights ，看不見紅外線輻射 ，而WISE 的相機能夠看到。
4. A 短文第七段第二句說并非所有的宇宙中的物體都會發(fā)出可見光，比如asteroids ，所以A是正確選項。其他選項的內(nèi)容都可以在該段中找到。
5. B 最后一段的第一句說，褐矮星能出現(xiàn)在WISE 照片中，根據(jù)上文對WISE 望遠鏡的描述只有WISE 望遠鏡才能拍到紅外線射線，所以B是正確選擇。
called WISE and is about as wide around as a trashcan. Dont let its small size fool you:WISE has
大約只有一個垃圾盒子那么寬。你可千萬不要輕視這個小東西，WISE可是一款高強數(shù)碼相機
a powerful digital camera, and it will be taking pictures of some the wildest objects2 in the known
它將在人類已知的宇宙里拍攝任何你所
universe,including asteroids,faint stars,blazing galaxies3 and giant clouds of dust where planets
能想到的天體，包括小行星、那些只能看到微弱的光和因燃燒而無法觀察到的天
and stars are born.
體，以及自行星和恒星誕生以來的巨大塵埃云
Im very excited because were going to be seeing parts of the universe that we havent seen
Ned Wright是主持WISE項目的科學家他說：我十分興奮，因為我們就
before,said Ned Wright, a scientist who directs the WISE project.
要看到以前從未看到過的那部分宇宙。
Since arriving in space,the WISE telescope has been circling the Earth,held by gravity in a
到達宇宙空間后，WISE由于受極地軌道重力作用，一直在圍繞地球旋轉(zhuǎn)。
polar orbit4.Its camera is
。它的鏡頭是向外的，遠離地球。
pointed outward,away from the Earth,and WISE will snap a picture of a different part of the sky
每11分鐘WISE就會抓拍天空一個不同的部分。六個月之后，它將把整個天空
every 11 minutes. After six months it will have taken pictures across the entire sky.
拍攝完畢。
The pictures taken by WISE wont be like everyday digital photographs,however. WISE
然而，WISE拍攝的相片不會像我們?nèi)粘５臄?shù)碼相片。WISE是Wide-field
stands forWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.As its name suggests,the WISE camera takes
Infrared Survey Explorer的縮寫。正如名字所示，WISE能
pictures of features that give off infrared radiation6.
Radiation is energy that travels as a wave. Visible light, including the familiar spectrum of
輻射是波浪狀行進的一種能量。人能看到的光，包括大家熟悉的、在彩虹里
light7 that becomes visible in a rainbow,is an example of radiation. When an ordinary digital
看到的光譜就是射線的一個例子。當普通的數(shù)碼相機給一棵樹照相時，它能接收
camera takes a picture of a tree,for example,it receives the waves of visible light that are reflected off
到樹反射回來的、可見的光波。
the tree. When these waves enter the camera through the lens,theyre processed by the camera,which
光波通過鏡頭進入到相機里，相機對它進行加工，
then puts the image together.
然后把圖像合成
Waves of infrared radiation are longer than waves of visible light, so ordinary digital cameras
紅外線的波長比可見光長，所以，普通的數(shù)碼相機捕捉不到他們，人眼也看
dont see them,and neither do the eyes of human beings. Although invisible to the eye,longer
不到這種射線。
infrared radiation can be detected as warmth by the skin.
盡管人們看不到，人的皮膚能感受到較長紅外線帶來的溫暖。
Thats a key idea to why WISE will be able to see things other telescopes cant. Not
這就是為什么WISE能捕捉到其他望遠鏡看不到的物體的主要原因。宇宙
everything in the universe shows up in visible light. Asteroids,for example,are giant rocks that
中，不是所有的東西都以可見光的方式呈現(xiàn)出來。例如，小行星是在太空中漂浮
float through space 一but they absorb most of the light that reaches them. They dont reflect light,so
的大巖石，但是小行星吸收射到他們表面的大部分光。他們不能反射光，所以要
theyre difficult to see. But they do give off infrared radiation, so an infrared telescope like WISE will
看到他們很困難。但他們卻釋放出紅外線，所以，象WISE這樣的紅外線望遠鏡
be able to produce images of them. During its mission WISE will take pictures of
才能夠捕捉到它們的圖像。
hundreds of thousands of asteroids.
WISE的任務就是拍攝成千上萬的小行星圖像。
Brown dwarfs8 are another kind of deep-space object that will show up in WISEs pictures.
WISE的另一任務是為另外一種太空深處的天體一褐矮星拍照。這種天體是
These objects arefailed stars 一which means they are not massive enough to jump start9 the
失敗的恒星，它們是一些不夠大，不能像太陽的能量那樣啟動相同的反應。褐
same kind of reactions that power stars such as the sun. Instead,brown dwarfs simply shrink and
矮星只能縮小和冷卻。
cool down. Theyre so dim that theyre almost impossible to see with visible light, but in the
他們發(fā)出的光如此之微弱，人們根本看不到，但是在紅外
infrared spe ctrum they glow.
頻譜中，它們是發(fā)光的。
注釋：
1.NASA 是縮寫詞，全稱是National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
2. the wildest objects ：任何你能想象得到的天體。wild 有未被人馴養(yǎng)的荒唐的離奇的意思。
3. faint stars, blazing galaxies：指的是那些只能看到微弱的光和因燃燒而無法觀察到的天體。
4. polar orbit：極地軌道。指軌道平面與赤道面夾角為90。的人造地球衛(wèi)星軌道。人造衛(wèi)星運行時能到達南北極區(qū)上空，即衛(wèi)星能飛經(jīng)全球范圍的上空。需要在全球范圍內(nèi)進行觀測和應用的氣象衛(wèi)星、導航衛(wèi)星、地球資源衛(wèi)星等都采用這種軌道。
5. lap：一圈。原指競賽場的一圈或游泳池的一個來回，如： She overtook the other runners on the last lap. 她最后一圈超過了其他參賽者。
6. infrared radiation：紅外線輻射
7. spectrum of light：光譜，即，光輻射的波長分布區(qū)域。
8. Brown dwarfs：褐矮星。褐矮星非常暗淡，很難發(fā)現(xiàn)它們，要確定它們的大小就更加困難。
9.jump start: 啟動
練習：
1 .What is so special about WISE? 什么是特別的聰明?
A It is small in size but carries a large camera. 它是規(guī)模小，但攜帶大型照相機。
B It is as small as a trashcan. 它是作為一個小垃圾桶。
C Its digital camera can help astronomers to see the unknown space. 其數(shù)碼相機可以幫助天文學家看到未知的空間。
D Never before has a telescope carried a digital camera in space. 以前從未有一個望遠鏡進行數(shù)碼相機的空間。
2. Which is NOT the synonym for the word snap in the third paragraph? 這不是同義詞的單詞卡在第三段?
A make. 使。
B shoot. 拍攝的。
C take拿走,取走;奪取,占領;抓,捕;吸引
D photograph. 照片。
3. The camera on WISE相機上的智慧
A is no different from an ordinary camera. 沒有什么不同，從一個普通的相機。
B does not see infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does. 不見紅外輻射，而普通攝像機。
C catches the infrared radiation while the ordinary camera does not. 有紅外輻射，而普通攝像機不。
D reflects light that human eyes can see. 反射光，人的眼睛可以看到。
4. Which of the following is NOT correct aboutasteroids according to paragraph 7? 下列哪項是不正確的關于小行星根據(jù)7款?
A Asteroids float through space giving off visible light. 小行星漂浮在空間發(fā)出可見光的。
B Asteroids do not reflect light that reaches them. 小行星并不反映光線到達他們。
C It is difficult to take asteroids pictures by ordinary cameras, 它是難采取小行星的照片的普通相機，
D The WISE telescope can take pictures of asteroids聰明的望遠鏡可以拍照的小行星
5.What is implied in the last paragraph? 什么是隱含在最后一段嗎?
A Brown dwarfs give off visible light. 褐矮星發(fā)出可見光的。
B Brown dwarfs give off infrared radiation. 褐矮星發(fā)出紅外輻射。
C Brown dwarfs are power stars like the sun. 褐矮星是類似太陽的恒星。
D Brown dwarfs are impossible to see with the WISE telescope.褐矮星是不可能看到的和聰明的望遠鏡。
答案與題解：
1. C 短文的第一和第二段提供了答案。WISE 的特殊之處就在于，雖然體積小，但它的數(shù)碼相機能拍到任何天體，所以能夠幫助天文學家觀測到宇宙空間中的未知天文現(xiàn)象。其他選項都不是短文表達的意思。
2. A snap 是個多義詞，可以解釋為拍照，更為確切的意思是拍快照。這里shoot, take 和photograph 都是snap 的同義詞。
3. C 短文第六段和第四段提供了答案。人類的肉眼和普通相機看到的光是visible lights ，看不見紅外線輻射 ，而WISE 的相機能夠看到。
4. A 短文第七段第二句說并非所有的宇宙中的物體都會發(fā)出可見光，比如asteroids ，所以A是正確選項。其他選項的內(nèi)容都可以在該段中找到。
5. B 最后一段的第一句說，褐矮星能出現(xiàn)在WISE 照片中，根據(jù)上文對WISE 望遠鏡的描述只有WISE 望遠鏡才能拍到紅外線射線，所以B是正確選擇。
