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Passage1
Worms Put New Life Into Derelict Site
Poisoned soil at an old steelworks is being cleand by thousands of worms A Thousands of deep-burrowing earthworms are to help turn the long-derelict
site of a steelworks into woodland and a renewable energy park.
B As part of a pioneering low-cost plan to reclaim the site of the former Hallside
Steelworks at Cambuslang near Glasgow,worms are being ud to accelerate the process of soil regeneration and to transform the land,over time,into an attractive and financially productive site.
C Hallside’s closure in1979put an end to more than100years of steel
production.The surrounding land had become heavily compacted and was too contaminated with heavy metals such as chromium,cadmium and leads to support any kind of brick and mortar development.
D The site’s30hectares were left abandoned until1990,when a rescue plan put
together by local landscaping and earthmoving company,HL Banks,and the regional developer,Scottish Greenbelt,was approved by local authorities.
E Now the site has been covered by a two-meter layer of partially treated wage
material which has been mixed with colliery waste.This will be converted into usable soil by about21,000Lubricus territories(garden lobworms)and Aporrectodea longa(black headed worms)that have been let loo on the site.
F The specially raid hermaphrodites,which are lf-impregnation,will spend the
next five to ten years chewing their way through the topping layer to create a soil structure able to sustain long-term plant growth.Without them,the process could take up to60years.
G Rearchers at Bell College of Technology in nearby Hamilton examined the u
of earthworms in land regarding,and found that even in the hostile mixture of coal-tip waste and partially treated wage,earthworms were able to speed up the process of soil recomposition.
H They lected different varieties of deeper burrowing earthworm species,
who bulk feeding and casting actions,as well as their ability to improve the mineral content of soil,would increa the rate of reformulation much faster than the natural process.
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I Sean Ince,of Bell’s department of biology,says,“The idea is that earthworms
will contribute in a cumulative way to further soil binding,and that they will aerate and add nitrogen to the soil covering the Hallside site.”
J At the same time,Scottish Greenbelt has begun planting the area with250,000 trees including willow and alder specially lected for their ability to grow on degraded land.
K The will have the dual function of extracting contaminants from the soil
through their root systems,and burning or chipboard manufacture.
L By using the cash raid from wood harvesting,David Craven,director of Scottish Greenbelt,says he expects Hallside to be lf-financing.
M“The first tranche of trees was planted in April and they are now over six feet tall,despite dry weather through the summer,”he says.The fields are being planted on a four-year rotation basis and will be ud to help us meet our costs. N Craven says the cost of land bio-remediation—the labor intensive process of removing soil for chemical and bacterial cleansing-could have been more than 30m.
O At Bell College,Ince says“There’s a whole legacy of toxic soil contamination going back many years.There is physical degradation of the soil as well as contamination from metals,including lead,chromium and arnic.”
P Sampling of the soil at regular intervals over the next few years will give an indication of the level of contaminants.Within less than20years the land could be re-integrated into the community.
Q Hopes of a successful outcome at Hallside have paved the way for similar regeneration plans for the nearby Gartoosh steelworks and at Glengarnock in Ayrshire.
1.The Hallside site has been_____.
A.turned into a steelworks from a woodland and an energy park.
B.in u as an energy park.
C.disud for a long period of time.
D.out of u for a short period of time.
2.After more than one hundred years of steel production at Hallside,_____.
A.the land could not be ud for anything.
B.it was impossible to u the land to build on.
C.the land could then be built on.
D.the land could be ud for any purpo.
3.The plan to reclaim Hallside was propod by_____.
A.Scottish Greenbelt and the regional developer.
B.local authorities and Scottish Greenbelt.
C.a local landscaping company and authorities.
D.Scottish Greenbelt and HL Banks.
4.In the conversion of the soil at the Hallside site,_____.
A.two types of worms are being ud.
B.three types of worms are being ud.
C.many types of worms are being ud.
trouble maker什么意思D.thousands of different types of worms are being ud.
artex5.The soil regeneration at the Hallside site will take_____.
A.60years.capability
B.between5and10years.
C.over60years.
D.less than five years.
【答案与解析】
1.C.根据题干关键词Hallside site可定位到原文C和D段，C段中“Hallside’s closure
in1979put an end to more than100years of steel production”，可知该厂于1979年倒闭，D段中“The si
te’s30hectares were left abandoned until1990”，可知直到1990年该厂才开始重新使用。因此，可以得知从1979年到1990年该厂一致出于废弃状态，因此，C项的长期不被使用与该意相符，为正确选项。
2.B.根据题干中的关键词one hundred years，steel production可定位到C段“The
surrounding land had become heavily compacted and was too contaminated with heavy metals such as chromium,cadmium and leads to support any kind of brick and mortar development”，可知该厂的土地在经过100年的钢铁生产之后很难再用作建筑用地了，故选项B是正确的。
3.D根据题干关键词reclaim可定位到原文D段“…when a rescue plan put together by
local landscaping and earthmoving company,HL Banks,and the regional developer,Scottish Greenbelt,was approved by local authorities”，其中rescue 就相当于题干中的reclaim，put together对应原文中的propod，因此by后面的几个名词就是答案所在。所以正确答案为D。
lkk4.A.根据题干关键词conversion，Hallside site可定位到E段第二句“This will be
converted into usable soil by about21,000Lubricus territories(garden lobworms)and Aporrectodea longa(black headed worms)that have been let loo on the site”，由此可知将这块土地转换成可用的
土壤用到了两种蠕虫。所以正确答案为A。
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student的音标>evisu怎么读5.B.这道题问的是这块土地的再生需要多少年的时间。根据题干中的关键词regeneration，刍议
Hallside site可定位到F段“The specially raid hermaphrodites,which are lf-impregnation,will spend the next five to ten years chewing their way through the topping layer to create a soil structure able to sustain long-term plant growth.Without them,the process could take up to60years”，意思是，如果使用这两种蠕虫的话则需要5到10年的时间，没有它们则要花费60年以上的时间，从上文中我们知道在土地再生过程中实际使用了这两种蠕虫，因此，这块土地的再生时间应该是5到10年。
Passage2
The discovery that language can be a barrier to communications is quickly made by all who travel,study,govern or ll.Whether the activity is tourism, rearch,government,policing,business,or data dismination,the lack of a common language can verely impede progress or can halt it altogether.“Common language”here usually means a foreign language,but the same point applies in principle to any encounter with unfamiliar dialects or styles within a single language.“They don’t talk t
he same language”has a major metaphorical meaning alongside its literal one.Although communication problems of this kind must happen thousands of times each day,very few become public knowledge. Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major conquences,such as strikes,lost orders,legal problems,or fatal accidents-even,at times,war.
