【備戰(zhàn)2011年職稱英語考試】精選閱讀中英文語句(56)
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2010-09-14 19:23
【小編寄語】職稱英語考試中的閱讀理解有3篇文章，每篇300-450詞，每篇文章后有5道題（四選一，第31-45題，每題3分，共45分），考查應(yīng)試者對文章主旨和細節(jié)信息的理解能力。這里，小編給大家精選了閱讀理解的中英文語句材料，幫助大家積累詞匯，復(fù)習語法知識，為考試打下基礎(chǔ)。
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The Versatile Lead Pencil（萬能的鉛筆）
11. This graphite could be used in its natural state for writing. Seeing the find as a rich prize, merchants cut it into sticks. They sold it for writing purposes. By present-day standards, however, it was far from satisfactory for writing. For one thing, the graphite's hardness could not be changed.
11、這種石墨可以在自然狀態(tài)下用來書寫。這個發(fā)現(xiàn)被看作財富的獎勵，商人們把石墨切割成棒狀，當成書寫工具來賣。然而，按照今天的標準，它還遠未達到書寫的要求。比如說當時石墨的硬度是不能改變的。
12. Grinding low grades of graphite to remove impurities, pencil makers elsewhere found difficulties. Their problem was to bind the black powder together again so it would be hard enough to serve as a writing instrument.
12、對于各地的鉛筆制造者來說，碾磨碎低品質(zhì)的石墨以去掉里面的雜質(zhì)，是十分困難的。它們的難題是如何重新組合這些黑色的粉末，使它成為有足夠硬度的書寫工具。
13. Napoleon Bonaparte had a finger in the development of the modern pencil industry. Cut off from English pencils. He was stuck with his own impure French graphite. Never one to accept second best, Napoleon hired Nicholas Conte to solve the problem.
13、波拿巴·拿破侖影響了現(xiàn)代鉛筆工業(yè)的發(fā)展。由于來自英國的鉛筆供應(yīng)被切斷，他被限制只能使用他的不純凈的法國石墨上。他從不接受次好，于是拿破侖雇傭了尼古拉斯·康特來解決這個問題。
14. Conte found the answer in 1795. By mixing refined graphite powder with clay, then heating it, he produced a firm hard lead. German researchers later perfected the method. The lead pencil was launched on its way to general use.
14、1795年，康特找到了問題的答案。把經(jīng)過精煉的石墨粉末混合以泥土，然后進行加熱燒結(jié)，他生產(chǎn)出了牢固而堅硬的“鉛”。德國的研究員其后又完善了這一方法。鉛筆向著通用性發(fā)展。
15. William Monroe, the Concord, Massachusetts, cabinet-maker, made the first pencils in the United States. The War of 1812 halted imports of pencils. Monroe developed machinery to make wooden slats. Each one was grooved to half the thickness of a pencil lead. Two slats were glued together with the lead between. The method is still being used today.
15、威廉·門羅，馬賽諸塞州康科德城的一個櫥柜制造者，在美國生產(chǎn)了第一批鉛筆。1812年的戰(zhàn)爭中斷了鉛筆的進口。門羅設(shè)計了一套機器用來制作木條。每一根木條中開了一條只有鉛筆直徑一半寬的槽，兩個木條用膠粘合在一起，鉛筆芯置于兩個木條中間。這種方法一直沿用到今天。