2018年的專八英語(yǔ)閱讀
2018年的專八備考已經(jīng)開(kāi)始，下面，小編為大家整理了一些2018年的專八英語(yǔ)閱讀，共各位考生備考所用。
2018年的專八英語(yǔ)閱讀一
Exploration of the Titanic
After resting on the ocean floor, split asunder and rusting, for nearly three-quarters of a century, a great ship seemed to cone alive again. The saga of the White Star liner Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on its maiden voyage in 1912, carrying more than 1,500 passengers to their death, has been celebrated in print and on film, in poetry and song. But last week what had been legendary suddenly became real. As they viewed videotapes and photographs of the sunken leviathan, millions of people around the world could sense her mass, her eerie quiet and the ruined splendor of a lost age.
Watching on television, they vicariously joined the undersea craft Alvin and Jason Jr. (J.J.) as they toured the wreckage of the luxury liner, wandering across the decks past corroded bollards, peering into the officer’s quarters and through rust-curtained portholes. Views of the railings where doomed passengers and crewmembers stood evoked images of the moonless night 74years ago when the great ship slipped beneath the waves.
The two-minute videotape and nine photographs, all in color and shot 12,500ft.under the North Atlantic, were a tiny sample of 60 hours of video and 60,000 stills garnered during the twelve-day exploration. They are released at a Washington press conference conducted by Marine Geologist Robert Ballard, 44, who led the teams from the Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution that found the Titanic last September and revisited it this July.
Recounting the highlights of what has already become the most celebrated feat of underwater exploration, Ballard revealed some startling new information. His deep-diving craft failed to find the 300-ft. gash that, according to legend, was torn in the Titanic’s hull when the ship plowed into the iceberg. Instead, he suggested, the collision had buckled the ship’s plates, allowing water to pour in. He also brought back evidence that the ship broke apart not when she hit bottom, as he had thought when viewing the first Titanic images last September, but as she sank: the stern, which settled on the bottom almost 1,800ft. from the bow, had swiveled 180 on its way down.
1. What is the best title for this passage?
[A] New Information about the Sunken Ship.
[B] Exploration of the Titanic.
[C] To watch the Videotape.
[D] To explore the Titanic with High Tech.
2. How did the viewers feel when watching the videotape?
[A] They felt rather sad, and felt they themselves took part in the exploration.
[B] They felt keenly for it.
[C] They felt rather bad about it.
[D] They felt out of spirits.
3. When did the great ship sink?
[A] In 1912.
[B] She sank in its maiden voyage in 1912.
[C] She sank in its second voyage in 1912.
[D] She sank in its first voyage in 1912.
4. What did Robert reveal at a press conference?
[A] He revealed some startling information.
[B] He said nothing.
[C] He complained the exploration was very hard.
[D] He revealed the success of their work.
答案詳解：
1.D. 用高技術(shù)探測(cè)泰坦尼克號(hào)。第一段最后一句“當(dāng)世界上千百萬(wàn)人觀看這艘沉沒(méi)巨輪的錄像帶說(shuō)，他們都會(huì)覺(jué)察到她的巨大的船體，她周圍可怕的沉寂和歲月流失那種凄慘的景象。”這里已說(shuō)明是探測(cè)的錄像片。第三段“這兩分鐘彩色錄像帶和九張照片是在被大西洋12500英尺深處拍攝的，它們只是十二天探測(cè)期間拍攝的60小時(shí)錄像帶和60000靜物照中的一小部分。這些錄像帶和照片是44對(duì)的海洋地質(zhì)學(xué)家羅伯特巴拉德領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的伍德霍爾海洋研究所科學(xué)探險(xiǎn)隊(duì)，于去年九月發(fā)現(xiàn)了泰坦尼克號(hào)并于今年七月重訪了它。”第二段中點(diǎn)明用“深水工作船和機(jī)器人小賈森……”高科技。
A. 有關(guān)沉船的新消息。這只是羅伯特在記者招待會(huì)上宣布的一條消息。作為標(biāo)題不合適。 B. 探測(cè)泰坦尼克號(hào)，接近標(biāo)題，但沒(méi)有D確切。 C. 看錄像帶。
2.A. 他們黯然神傷，有身臨其境在探測(cè)之感。見(jiàn)第1題中第一段最后一句注譯和難句譯注2。
B. 他們很同情這艘船; C. 他們感到不愉快。 D. 他們感到很消沉。這三段文內(nèi)都沒(méi)有提到。
3.B. 她于1912年首航中沉沒(méi)。見(jiàn)難句譯注1。
A. 1913。 C. 1912。第二次航行。 D. 1913年首航。這三項(xiàng)都不對(duì)。
4.A. 他宣布一個(gè)驚人的消息。見(jiàn)最后一段第二句起：“他的探潛工作船沒(méi)找到泰坦尼克號(hào)船上那三百英尺長(zhǎng)裂縫，據(jù)說(shuō)這裂縫是巨輪撞冰山時(shí)在船體上留下的。相反，巴拉德認(rèn)為與冰山相撞造成船體彎曲變形，使海水大量涌入船內(nèi)”后面譯文見(jiàn)難句譯注4。
B. 他沒(méi)有說(shuō)什么。C. 他抱怨探測(cè)工作非常艱難。D. 他宣布探測(cè)成功。這三項(xiàng)文內(nèi)沒(méi)有涉及。