英语阅读理解100篇(中级篇)-英语题库

studiesonthecauseofcancer

controversialview-pointsinthecauseofcancer

therelationshipbetweenelectricityandcancer.

differentideasabouttheeffectofelectricityoncaner.

2.Theview-pointoftheEPAis

[A].thereiscasuallinkbetweenelectricityandcancer.

[B].electricityreallyaffectscancer.

[C].controversial.

[D].lowfrequencyelectromagneticfieldisapossiblecauseofcancer

3.WhydidthePentagonandWhitHouseobjecttothereleaseofthereport?

Because

[A].itmaystiragreatdealofdebateamongtheBushAdministration.

[B].everyunitofthemodernmilitaryhasdependedontheheavyuseofsomekind

ofelectronicequipment.

[C].thePentagon’sconcernwasunderstandable.

[D].theyhaddifferentarguments.

4.Itcanbeinferredfromphysicalphenomenon

[A].theforceoftheelectromagneticfieldistooweaktobeharmful.

[B].theforceoftheelectromagneticfieldisweakerthantheelectricfieldthat

thecellsgenerate.

[C].electromagneticfieldmayaffecthealth.

[D].onlymorepowerfulradiationcanknockelectronoutofhumanbody.

5.Whatdoyouthinkordinarycitizensmaydoafterreadingthedifferent

arguments?

[A].Theyareindifferent.[B].Theyareworriedverymuch.

[C].Themayexerciseprudentavoidance.[C].Theyareshocked.

Vocabulary

1.preposterous

2.leukemia

3.malignancy

4.legitimate

5.paranoia

6.lymphoma

7.carcinogen

8.minuscule

9.consensus

10.wallop

11.epidemiological

12.blistering

13.critique

14.imprimatur反常的，十分荒谬的，乖戾的白血病恶性肿瘤合法的，合理的偏执狂，妄想狂。这里指：无根据的担心。淋巴瘤致癌物很小的，很不重要舆论乱窜，猛冲，冲击力流行病学的罗嗦的，胡扯的评论，批评出版许可（官方审查后的），批准[A].[B].[C].[D].

难句译注

1.Becauseevidenceonthesubjectisinconclusiveandoftencontradictory,

ithasbeenhardtodecidewhetherconcernaboutthehealtheffectsofelectricityislegitimate—ortheworstkindofparanoia.

[参考译文]由于这问题的证据还不是结论性的，而且常常是矛盾的，所以就难以断定有关电力对身体的影响的顾虑是合乎情理，还是毫无根据的怀疑。

2.EPA——U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency美国环境保护署

3．Whilethereportfallsshort(缺乏，不够)ofclassifyingELFfieldsasprobable

carcinogens,itdoesidentifythecommon60-hertzmagneticfieldas“apossible,butnotproven,causeofcancerinhumans.”

[参考译文]虽然报告没有把极低频磁场归类为可能致癌物，但它确实指出通常60赫兹的磁场是“一种虽尚未证实，但可能导致人患癌症的因素。”

4．Theevidenceisstillsocontroversialthatthedraftstirreda

greatdealofdebatewithintheBushAdministration,andtheEPAreleaseditoverstrongobjectionsfromthePentagonandtheWhitHouse

[参考译文]证据争议性仍然很大，所以报告草案在布什政府内引起巨大的争辩，而环