专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷9（共186题）.pdf

专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷9共（9

套）

(共186题)

专业英语四级(阅读)模拟试卷第1套

一、选择题(本题共10题，每题1.0分，共10分。)

(l)SpanningtheoceandividebetweentheU.S.andRussia,itisoneoftherichestand

mostcommerciallyproductivemarineenvironmentsonearth,teemingwithpollackand

halibut,fursealsandStellerssealions,puffinsandmurres.Thesealsandseabirds

dependoncatchingfish,andsodohumans.orethan2,000boatsfromtheU.S.,Russia,

Japan,Norway,China,PolandandtheKoreashaulinanannualcatchworthroughly$1

billion.TheportiontakenofftheshoresofAlaskaaloneamountstoone-halfthesealife

caughtbycommercialfishingvesselsinU.S.waters.(2)Butwillthebountylast?Since

themajorityoftheworldsfisheriesareinastateofcollapse,astoomanyboatschasetoo

fewfish,conservationistsfearthesamefatefortheBeringSea,thelastgreatrefugeof

marineabundance.Competitionamongcountriesfortherightstofishcertainsectorsof

theseaisalreadyfierceandcouldturnviolent,asithaselsewhereintheworld.The

Russianshaveseverelydepletedfishstocksintheirzone,andtheinternationalareaopen

toallboats,calledtheDoughnutHole,hasbeennearlystrippedofcommercialfish.

(3)Nospeciesismoreimportanttomanandbeastthanpollack,theNo.1ingredientof

frozenfishsticksandthefishitemsservedbychainslikeBurgerKingandLongJohn

Silver.EachyeartheBeringSeayieldsIwobillionkgofthisbottom-dwellingcreature,

makingthepollackbusinessthebiggestfishharvestintheworld.(4)Onthesurface,that

businessishealthy:thepollackcatchhasstayednearrecordlevels.Butsignsof

overfishingandanailingecosyst