2011年理工类职称英语新增文章1

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1、2011年职称英语理工类阅读理解新增文章篇目第二篇WorldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredict第六篇WavingWithLight*第三十四篇BatteriesBuiltbyViruses*第三十八篇LongerLivesforWildElephants+第四十五篇SomePeopleDoNotTasteSaltLikeOthers+第四十六篇MarvelousMetamaterials注：1、+表示A级文章；*表示B即文章；其他为C级文章；2、完形填空请参见第21页；3

2、、2011年词汇部分与2010年教材相比未作任何变化。第二篇WorldCrudeOilProductionMayPeakaDecadeEarlierThanSomePredictInafindingthatmayspeedeffortstoconserveoil,scientistsinKuwaitpredictthatworldconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014.Thispredictionisalmostadecadeearlierthansomeotherpredictions．The

3、irstudyisinACS’Energy＆Fuels1．IbrahimNashawiandcolleaguespointoutthatrapidgrowthinglobaloilconsumptionhassparkedagrowinginterestinpredicting"peakoil"．"Peakoil"isthepointwhereoilproductionreachesamaximumandthendeclines.Scientistshavedevelopedseveralmodelstoforecastthispoint,an

4、dsomeputthedateat2020orlater.OneofthemostfamousforecastmodelsiscalledtheHubbertmodel2.Itassumesthatglobaloilproductionwillfollowabellshapedcurve3.Arelatedconceptisthat4of"PeakOil."Theterm"PealOil"indicatesthemomentinwhichworldwideproductionWillpeak,afterwardstostartonirrever

5、sibledecline．TheHubbertmodelaccuratelypredictedthatoilproductionwouldpeakintheUnitedStatesin1970.Themodelhassincegainedinpopularityandhasbeenusedtoforecastoilproductionworldwide．However,recentstudiesshowthatthemodelisinsufficienttoaccountfor5morecomplexoilproductioncyclesofs

6、omecountries．Thosecyclescanbeheavilyinfluencedbytechnologychanges,politics,andotherfactors,thescientistssay.ThenewstudydescribesdevelopmentofanewversionoftheHubbertmodelthatprovidesamorerealisticandaccurateoilproductionforecast．Usingthenewmodel,thescientistsevaluatedtheoilpr

7、oductiontrendsof47majoroil-producingcountries,whichsupplymostoftheworld’sconventionalcrudeoil6．Theyestimatedthatworldwideconventionalcrudeoilproductionwillpeakin2014,yearsearlierthananticipated.Thescientistsalsoshowedthattheworld'soilreserves7arebeingreducedatarateof2.1perce

8、ntayear.Thenewmodelcouldhelpinformenergy-relateddecisionsandpublicpolicydeb