中石油職稱英語考試閱讀精講：A-World-without-Oil

中石油職稱英語考試閱讀精講：AWorldwithoutOil你曾想過沒有，如果世界上用盡了石油，你的生活會發(fā)生什么樣變化呢?下面是小編分享的中石油職稱英語考試閱讀精講，歡迎大家閱讀!?AWorldwithoutOil假如世界沒有石油1.Haveyoueverstoppedtothinkhowyourlifewouldchangeiftheworldranoutofoil?Takealookatyourday.Theroofofyourhomeisprobablymadewaterproofbyanoilproduct,bitumen.Thesameproductisusedfortheroadsurfaceoutsideyourhome.Beforeyouleavetogotoworkorschool,justexamineyoursurroundings.Istheroomwarmerthanthecoldairoutside?Oil,orelectricityfromoil-fedgeneratorsmaybekeepingyoucomfortablywarm.Ifyouarecomfortablycoolinatropicalclimate,yourairconditioningunitmayalsodependonoil-fedgenerators.?1.你曾想過沒有，如果世界上用盡了石油，你的生活會發(fā)生什么樣變化呢(虛擬語氣)?請看一看你的日常生活。你家的屋頂可能是用一種叫瀝青的石油產品做成防水的。瀝青同樣可用來鋪你家外面的路面。在你離家去上班或上學之前，請觀察一下你周圍的環(huán)境。房間里會比外面冷空氣暖和嗎?這是石油或由燃油發(fā)電機(oil-fedgenerators)發(fā)出來的電使你感到舒適溫暖。如果你在炎熱的氣候里感到舒適涼爽，那么你家的空調器可能也是靠燃油發(fā)電機工作的。?2.Inthekitchenandthebathroomyouwillprobablyseesomeplasticfittingssuchastilesandworkingsurfaces;polystyrenecups;curtainsmadefromsyntheticmaterials;disinfectantsanddetergents.Allowetheirorigintotheoilknownaspetroleum(Latin/Greek'petra',rock,andLatin'oleum',oil),founddeepintheearth.Lookinsidethemedicinecupboardformorepetroleumproducts,medicalparaffinandpetroleumjelly.Cosmeticssuchasfacecreams,lipsticksandhairpreparationsareoftenbasedonpetroleum.?2、在廚房和浴室里你可能看到一些塑料器具(fittings)，如塑料地板和塑料操作臺面、聚苯乙烯杯子、合成材料的浴簾(curtainsmadefromsyntheticmaterials)、消毒劑和去污劑。所有這些都是來自稱為Petroleum的石油(allowetheirorigintotheoilknownaspetroleum)。Petroleum(石油)是由拉丁或希臘文petro(巖石)和拉丁文oleum(油)組成，深埋在地下。向藥廚里看看，你可以找到更多的石油產品，如藥用石蠟和凡士林?；瘖y品如雪花膏、唇膏、洗發(fā)劑等，常用石油作為基本原料(areoftenbasedonpetroleum)。?3.Whenyou'reout,noticethefieldsandgardens.Fertilizersandinsecticidesmadefrompetroleumcanimprovecropproduction.Recentlyproteinfeedsforanimalshavebeendevelopedbygrowingyeastinapetroleumbasedstock.Asyouheadforyourbus,trainorcar,allofwhichusepetroleumproductsintheformoffueltomovethemandlubricantstokeeptheminworkingorder,takealookinthemirror.Whatareyouwearingtoday?Apolyestershirtordress,nylonsocksorstockings,andacrylicsweater-araincoatofPVC(polyvinylchloride)?Allofthesearebasedonpetroleumproducts.?3、當外出時你會看到農田和花園。化肥和殺蟲劑是由石油制取的，可以使農作物增產。最近已經研制出一些動物食用的蛋白質飼料(proteinfeedsforanimals)，它們是用石油作為基本原料(inapetroleumbasedstock)加上酵母而制成的。公共汽車、貨車或小轎車，都是靠石油產品作燃料開動的(tomovethem)，用潤滑油保持這些車輛正常工作(tokeeptheminworkingorder)。當你去乘車之前要照一照鏡子(asyouheadforyourbus,takealookinthemirror)。看看今天穿什么衣服好?是化纖服裝(襯衫還是外套)，是尼龍襪(短襪還是長襪)，晴綸毛衣還是塑料雨衣?而所有這些都是用石油產品作原料的(allofthesearebasedonpetroleumproducts)。?4.Scientistspredictthattheworld'sknownoilresourceswillrunoutearlyinthenextcentury.Butlongbeforethentheworldwillhavetodecideonitspriorities.Canweaffordtousesomuchofourlimitedpetroleumsuppliesforprivatemotoring?Shouldairlinescompeteonsimilarroutesallowingplanestoflylongdistanceswithemptypassengerseats?Whatalternativeenergyresourcescanbedeveloped??4、科學家預言世界上已探明的石油資源(theworld'sknownoilresources)將在下個世紀初用盡。但遠在那時候以前(butlongbeforethen)，世界就必須確定石油是優(yōu)先考慮控制使用的物資。石油儲量既然有限，我們還能把那么多的石油用于私人汽車嗎?難道航空GS還應該為了在類似的航線上競爭而允許他們的客機有空座的長途飛行嗎?能開發(fā)出什么樣的替代能源呢??5.ThereisanoldEnglishsaying,Necessityisthemotherofinvention,whichmeansthatwhenyouarefacedwithaneedyouwilldiscoversomewayoffulfillingit.Alreadyscientistsareproposingsomefascinatingsolutions.Thereisonesuggestionthatthewheeledtrafficandthefootstepsofcrowdswalkingthestreetsinmajorcitiescouldgenerateenergy.Onecompanyhaspresentedanideainwhichmetalstripsinsertedinpavementsandroadsoperateflywheelsbymeansofapistonactionusinghydraulicfluid.Theysaythehumanandwheeledtrafficinabusycitycentercouldprovideenoughenergytolightthestreetsofanentiretownorpowertheheatingsystemforahospitalorschool.Somepeoplearedevelopingsophisticatedversionsofthewindmill.Enginescanrunonalcohol,sosurplussugarcanecouldbeusedtoproduceenergy.Anairshippoweredbyenergyfromthesunhasbeensuggested.Suchsunshipwouldhavealargeenoughsurfaceareatocarrytheenormousnumberofsolarcellsnecessarytomoveanyappreciableload.Suchsunshipmighttravelatoveronehundredkilometersanhour.Insuchcircumstances,ofcourse,thetropicalpartsoftheworldwouldhaveaheadstartintheracetofindnewenergysources.?5、英國有一句古話需要是發(fā)明之母(Necessityisthemotherofinvention.)。這意味著當你面對(befacedwith)一種需要時，你將發(fā)現一種方法滿足它(somewayoffulfillingit)。科學家們已經在提出一些迷人的(fascinating)解決方案。有一個建議提出，在大城市街道上，擁擠的人群走的腳步和路面上往來行使的車輛可以用來生產能量。一個GS提出這樣想法：嵌在人行道和路面上的金屬條用液壓活塞的作用(apistonactionusinghydraulicfluid)使飛輪轉動。他們說，在繁華大城市的中心，人群和過往車輛可提供足夠的能量為整個城鎮(zhèn)的街道照明或者為一個醫(yī)院或學校提供供暖系統的動力。某些人正在研制高級的風車技術(sophisticatedversionsofthewindmill)。發(fā)動機可用乙醇作燃料開動，因此，過剩的甘蔗(surplussugarcane)可用來產生能量。還有人建議用太陽能作動力來驅使飛艇(airship)。這種太陽能飛艇(sunship)必須要很大的面積以攜帶大量的太陽能電池(tocarrytheenormousnumberofsolarcells)，這樣才有可能運載可觀的載荷(anyappresiableload)。這種太陽能飛艇也許每小時能航行100多公里。當然倘若這樣(insuchcircumstances)，世界的熱帶地區(qū)在尋找新能源的競賽中將會領先一步(wouldhaveaheadstart)。?1Haveyouever_____howyourlifewouldchangeiftheworld_____oil??Astoppedthinking,ranoutof?Bstoppedtothink,runoutof?Cstoppedtothink,ranoutof?Dstoppedthinking,runoutof?2All_____theirorigintotheoilknownaspetroleum,____deepintheearth.?Aown,foundedBowe,findCowing,fundDowe,found?3Asyou____yourbus,traino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