2012年职称英语理工类官方教材新增内容—阅读理解

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1、2012年职称英语理工类官方教材新增内容阅读理解考试重点第六篇MakingLightofSleep暂无　第十九篇Graphene’sSuperstrength　　Bigtechnologycomesintinypackages.Newcellphonesandpersonalcomputersgetsmallereveryyear,whichmeanstheseelectronicsrequireevensmallercomponentsontheinside.　　Engineersarelookingforcreativewaystobuildthes

2、ecomponents，andthey’veturnedtheireyestographeme,asuperthinmaterial,madeofcarbon，thatcouldchangethefutureofelectronics.　　Thisyear’sNobelPrizeforPhysicshasbeenawardedtoAndreGeimandKostyaNovoselovfromtheUniversityofManchester,UK.forthediscoveryofgraphene.Grapheneisn’tjustsmall，it’s“

3、thethinnestpossiblematerialinthisworld，”saysNovoselov.Hecallsita“wondermaterial.”It’ssothinthatyouwouldneedtostackabout25，000sheetsjusttomakeapileasthickasapieceofordinarywhitePaper.Ifyouweretoholdasheetofgrapheneinyourfingers，you’dhavenoideabecauseyouwouldn’tbeabletoseeit.　　Carb

4、onisoneofthemostabundantelementsintheuniverse.Everyknownkindoflifecontainscarbon.Grapheneisasheetofcarbon，butonlyoneatomthick.Youdon’thavetolookfartofindgraphene—it’Sallaroundyou.Ifyouwantthishigh—techwonderstuff.allyouneedisapencil，paperandalittleadhesivetape.Usethepenciltoshade

5、asmallareaonthepaper，andthenapplyasmallpieceotadhesivetapeoverthearea.Whenyoupullupthetape，you’llseethatitpullsupathinlayerofsomeoftheshadingfromyourpencil.Thatlayeriscalledgraphite，oneofthesoftestmineralsintheworld.　　Nowstickthesamepieceoftapeonanothersheetofpaperandpullthetapeu

6、p——thereshouldbeaneventhinnerlayer.thistimeleftonthepaper.Nowimaginethatyoudothisoverandover，untilyougetthethinnestpossiblelayerofmaterialonthepaper.Thislayerwouldbeonlyoneatomthick，andyouwouldn’tbeabletoseeit.Graphiteismadeoflayersofgraphene，sowhenyougettothethinnestpossiblelaye

7、r，you’vefoundgraphene.第三十八篇 “LifeFormFound”onSaturn'sTitan　　ScientistssaytheyhavediscoveredhintsofalienlifeontheSaturn’smoon.ThediscoveryofasortoflifewasannouncedafterresearchersattheUSspaceagency，NASA，analyzeddatafromspacecraftCassini，whichpointedtotheexistenceofmethane-basedfor

8、moflifeonSaturn’sbiggestmoon.　　Scientist