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2017公共英語一級閱讀文章與技巧

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對於參加公共英語一級考試的考生來說,想要通過公共英語一級不難,但是要拿到比較理想的成績就得認真備考了。下面,小編為大家送上一篇公共英語一級閱讀文章與技巧,希望對大家有所幫助。

2017公共英語一級閱讀文章與技巧

Cohesion-tension Theory

Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher; the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the nineteenth century, the movement of water in trees and other tall plants was a mystery. Some botanists hypothesized that the living cells of plants acted as pumps. But many experiments demonstrated that the stems of plants in which all the cells are killed can still move water to appreciable heights. Other explanations for the movement of water in plants have been based on root pressure, a push on the water from the roots at the bottom of the plant. But root pressure is not nearly great enough to push water to the tops of tall trees. Furthermore, the conifers, which are among the tallest trees, have unusually low root pressures.

If water is not pumped to the top of a tall tree, and if it is not pushed to the top of a tall tree, then we may ask: how does it get there? According to the currently accepted cohesion-tension theory, water is pulled there. The pull on a rising column of water in a plant results from the evaporation of water at the top of the plant. As water is lost from the surface of the leaves, a negative pressure, or tension, is created. The evaporated water is replaced by water moving from inside the plant in unbroken columns that extend from the top of a plant to its roots. The same forces that create surface tension in any sample of water are responsible for the maintenance of these unbroken columns of water. When water is confined in tubes of very small bore, the forces of cohesion (the attraction between water molecules) are so great that the strength of a column of water compares with the strength of a steel wire of the same diameter. This cohesive strength permits columns of water to be pulled to great heights without being broken.

 內聚壓力理論

大氣壓能夠支援 10 米高的水柱,但植物可將水送得更高。美洲紅杉就能把水泵到地面以上 100 多米高的樹頂。直到 19 世紀末,水在樹木和其它高大植物中的輸送還是一個謎。一些植物學家假定植物中的活細胞充當了水泵的角色。但許多實驗表明細胞都已死亡的植物莖幹仍能將水輸送到相當可觀的高度。對於植物中輸送水的其它解釋都基於根壓——植物底端的根對水的推動。但根壓完全不足以將水推到樹頂。況且,最高樹木中的松柏只有很低的根壓。

如果水不是被泵到高樹的樹頂,也不是被推到樹頂,那麼我們會問:它是怎樣到達樹頂的呢?根據目前為人們所接受的內聚壓力的理論,水是被拉到上面去的。一株植物中作用於一個正在升高的水柱之上的拉力來自該植物頂部水的蒸發。由於水從葉子表面喪失,一個負壓力,或張力就得以產生。蒸發出去的水被植物裡流動的水代替。這些水形成水柱從植物頂端一直延伸到根部。在任何水樣中造成表面張力的力支援著這些不斷的水柱。當水被限制在內徑很小的管道中時,內聚壓力(水分子之間的相互吸引力)是如此之大以致一支水柱的強度相當於一根直徑相同的鋼絲的強度。這種內聚壓力使得水柱被拉到非常高的 地方而不會斷裂。

附:公共英語一級閱讀技巧

閱讀理解考察考生獲取資訊的能力,這部分的內容在PETS的各級考試中都佔相當的部分。要提高閱讀理解部分的得分,考生必須提高英語的閱讀能力。許多考生對於如何有效提高閱讀水平和應試能力感到茫然和困惑,主要的原因在於大部分的考生將閱讀理解簡單的理解為詞彙加語法,認為只要掌握了這兩者,也就解決了閱讀問題。那麼,該如何提高自己的閱讀水平呢?

首先,考生在平時要注意運用正確的閱讀方法,要培養瀏覽、查詢、預測、研讀和巨集觀把握文章內容結構的能力。其次,要注意解題技巧的培養。

再次,考生應根據考試的`級別採取有針對性的練習,例如,在PETS三級考試中,閱讀理解部分由A、B兩節組成,考查考生理解書面英語的能力。A節3篇文章15題,選項為4選1,考查考生理解總體和特定資訊的能力。B節1篇文章5題,考生須從7個選項中排除兩個干擾項,將正確的概括與5段文字逐一搭配成對。這是考查考生理解文章的主旨要義的能力。在複習閱讀理解部分時要有針對性,首先要複習理解文中的具體資訊,並能根據上下文推測文中的生詞。

平時訓練時,要選擇幾本適合自己的閱讀教材,在學習過程中要培養好的閱讀習慣,不僅用眼,更要用腦去讀,做到積極主動地閱讀。用頭腦去分析、整理所讀到的內容,這是有效閱讀的根本所在,也是閱讀的最高境界。