8.So you want to be a civilian scientist?The National Science Foundation(NSF)has got you covered.NSF supports civilian science across all area of science,whether your passion is to scan the night sky,or explore your own backyard.
Join a group of birders.
eBird is an online platform that allows bird-watchers to go online and record their sightings to a database.With more than 100,000 active users,eBird's system is a treasure of information on bird population,distribution and habitat,with users can explore in real time.
Count every drop.
The Community Collaborative Rain,Hail and Snow Network(CoCoRaHS) is the largest provider of daily precipitation(降水)observations in the United States.Volunteers set up rain gauges(測量儀器)and record data every time rain or snow passes over.Data is organized and shared on the CoCoRaHS website,and used by scientists,farmers and more.
Search for stars with your computer.
Einstein@Home uses your computer's spare time to search for space signals.The project has already had major successes; Volunteers discovered about 50 stars,using data from Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory and Australia's Parkes Observatory.Einstein@Home also searches for gravitational-wave signals using data from NSF's Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory.
Be part of a supercomputer.
To link all those home computers,Einstein@Home uses the software called the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing,better known as BOINC.The software choreographs(編排)the technical aspect of volunteer computing and help you use radio telescope signals to search for creatures outside the earth.
Join the Plankton Party.
Without plankton,life in the ocean would not exist.These tiny organisms form the base of the food chain,and play an important role in the global carbon cycle.Plankton Portal enlists(征募) civilian scientists to identify images of plankton,snapped by In Situ Icthyoplankton Imagine System(ISIIS),an underwater robot engineered at the University of Miami.ISIIS has taken millions of images in oceans around the world;classifying the images helps researchers understand plankton diversity,habitat and behavior.
36.According to"Join a group of birders",eBird's system helps people find the information aboutB.
A.the record paper of its database
B.the spreading areas of a bird species
C.more than 100,000 active users
D.the living habits of a bird species
37.You can join"Count every drop"if you are interested inB.
A.space
B.weather
C.a(chǎn)nimals
D.organisms
38.Which of the following two programs is related to the space exploration?C
A."Join a group of birders"and"Count every drop".
B."Count every drop"and"Search for stars with your computer".
C."Search for stars with your computer"and"Be part of a supercomputer".
D."Be part of a supercomputer"and"Join the plankton party".
39.Plankton is vital toA.
A.sharks
B.elephants
C.snakes
D.eagles
40.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?B
A.Make the Most of Computers!
B.Become a Citizen Scientist!
C.Be Part of Space Exploration!
D.Make a Contribution to NSF!
分析 短文主要介紹一些項目,這些項目是我們?nèi)粘I钪心軐崿F(xiàn)的研究實驗.
解答 36.B,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子With more than 100,000active users,eBird's system is a treasure of information on bird population,distribution and habitat,with users can explore in real time可知,eBird系統(tǒng)能幫助人們找到鳥類的分散區(qū)域,故答案為B.
37.B,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子The Community Collaborative Rain,Hail and Snow Network(CoCoRaHS) is the largest provider of daily precipitation(降水)observations in the United States可知,"Count every drop"是測量日常的降水量,故答案為B.
38.C,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)Search for stars with your computer.中的Volunteers discovered about 50stars以及Be part of a supercomputer中的The software choreographs(編排)the technical aspect of volunteer computing and help you use radio telescope signals to search for creatures outside the earth.可知,這兩個項目是跟探索太空有關(guān)的,故答案為C.
39.A,推理判斷題,根據(jù)句子Without plankton,life in the ocean would not exist可知,浮游生物對于海洋的生命是重要的,只有sharks"鯊魚"是屬于海洋生命,故答案為A.
40.B,主旨大意題,短文主要講了如何成為一名平民科學家所提供的一些項目,故答案為B.
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題,首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽,掌握全文的主旨大意.因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題,所以,速讀全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速讀的過程中,應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料.其次,細讀題材,各個擊破.掌握全文的大意之后,細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題,弄清每題要求后,帶著問題,再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主題句,閱讀時,要有較強的針對性.對于捕獲到的信息,要做認真分析,仔細推敲,理解透徹,只有這樣,針對題目要求,才能做到穩(wěn)、準.