首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they d
[originaltext] Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they d
游客
2024-02-20
58
管理
问题
Scientific experiments can sometimes go wrong and when they do, the results may range from the disastrous to the troubling. One such experiment took place in South America about fifty years ago. Whether its final consequences will cause serious damage or nothing more than a small trouble still remains to be seen.
The story began in 1956 when an American scientist working in Brazil decided to solve the problem of increasing the productivity of that country’s bees. He imported a very active type of African bee from Tanzania and mated it with the more easy-going native variety to produce a new kind of bees. The new bees worked harder and produced twice as much honey. It seemed that Professor Kerr, for that was the scientist’s name, had a total success on his hands.
Then things began to go wrong. For some reason as yet unseen, but perhaps as a result of something in their environment, the new bees began to develop extremely attacking personalities. They became bad-tempered and easy to be angry, attacked the native bees and drove them from their living places.
But worse was to follow. Having taken over the countryside, the new bees, with their dangerous stings, began to attack its neighbors’ cats, dogs, horses, chickens and finally man himself. A long period of terror began that has so far killed a great number of animals and about 150 human beings.
This would have been bad enough if the bees had stayed in Brazil. But now they are on the move, heading northwards in countless millions towards Central and North America, and moving at the alarming speed of 200 miles a year. The countries that lie in their path are naturally worried because it looks as if nothing can be done to stop them.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. What do we learn about the results of the South American experiment?
34. For what purpose was the experiment mentioned in this passage designed?
35. Which may be the cause of the new bees’ attacking personalities?
选项
A、To make African bees less active.
B、To increase the number of bees in Brazil.
C、To make Brazilian bees more easy-going.
D、To increase the amount of honey in Brazil.
答案
D
解析
选项均以“To+原形动词”开头表明,本题考查行为目的。短文中提到一位在巴西工作的美国科学家决定解决increasing the productivity of that country’s bees(增加巴西蜜蜂蜂蜜的产量)的问题,由此可知,答案为[D]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3467181.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Britishpeopleplaceconsiderablevalueonpunctuality.Ifyo
[originaltext]Britishpeopleplaceconsiderablevalueonpunctuality.Ifyo
[originaltext]Britishpeopleplaceconsiderablevalueonpunctuality.Ifyo
[originaltext]Multiculturalismandachangingeconomyaregraduallytaking
[originaltext]Multiculturalismandachangingeconomyaregraduallytaking
[originaltext]W:So,whichmodeldoyouprefer?M:Well,Ireadsomegoodrevie
[originaltext]W:So,whichmodeldoyouprefer?M:Well,Ireadsomegoodrevie
[originaltext]W:Hasyourbrotherfoundanapartmentyet?M;No,he’sstillliv
[originaltext]ItarrivedonaFridayafternoon.Theideaprobablyoriginate
[originaltext]ItarrivedonaFridayafternoon.Theideaprobablyoriginate
随机试题
Inmysixties,onechangeInoticeisthat_________(我比以前更容易累了).Ifeel/gettire
[originaltext]M:Goodevening,everybody.Anewreportlooksathowdigitaldev
关于糖皮质激素对血液成分影响的描述,错误的是A.使红细胞和血红蛋白含量增加 B
集料磨光值是利用加速磨光机磨光集料,用摆式摩擦系数测定仪测定的集料经磨光后的摩擦
某施工企业结合自身情况确定砌筑“1砖混水砖墙”子日中人工消耗量。已知砌筑小组由3
()产生的内部根源,直接说来在于医务人员的社会性;最终说来在于它攸关
不属于车前草中车前性状特征的是A主根直而长 B叶呈卵状椭圆形或宽卵形,具明显弧
导致语言时有错乱,语后自知言错的病因是A.热扰心神 B.痰热扰心 C.
女性,35岁,患风湿性心脏病二尖瓣狭窄6年,日常活动即出现胸闷、气短,做心脏彩超
根据现行《企业会计准则》,下列支出中应列为当期费用的是()。A.缴纳罚款
最新回复
(
0
)