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1、2015年职称英语《理工类》新增文章理工C阅读理解第九篇：AnEssentialScientificProcess补全短文第五篇：ARecord-BreakingRover理工B阅读理解第二十二篇：Real-WorldRobots补全短文第九篇：LighteningStrikes理工A补全短文第十三篇：AffectionateAndroids第五篇ARecord-BreakingRoverNASA’sMarsroverOpportunityhasboldlygonewherenoroverhasgonebefore—atleastinterm
2、sofdistance.____1____OnJuly27,afteryearsofmovingaboutonMartianground,thegolf-cart-sizedOpportunityhaddrivenmorethan24miles,beatingthepreviousrecordholder—aSovietroversenttothemoonin1973.“ThisissoremarkableconsideringOpportunitywasintendedtodriveabout1kilometerandwasneverdes
3、ignedfordistance,”saysJohnCallas,theMarsExplorationRoverProjectManager.____2____“Butwhatisreallyimportantlyisnothowmanymilestheroverhasrackedup,buthowmuchexplorationanddiscoverywehaveaccomplishedoverthatdistance.”OPPORTUNITYThesolar-poweredOpportunityanditstwinrover,Spirit,
4、landedonMars10yearsagoonamissionexpectedtolast3months.____3____SpiritstoppedcommunicatingwithEarthinMarch2010,afewmonthsafteritgotstuckinasandpit.ButOpportunityhascontinuedtocollectandanalyzeMartiansoilandrocks.Duringitsmission,Opportunityhascaptured,andsentbacktoEarth,some
5、187,000panoramicandmicroscopicimagesofMarswithitscameras.____4____MARATHONROVERTheroverdoesn’tseemtobereadytostopjustyet.IfOpportunitycancontinueon,itwillreachanothermajorinvestigationsitewhenitsodometerhits26.2miles.____5____ResearchersbelievethatclaymineralsexposednearMar
6、athonValleycouldholdcluestoMars’sancientenvironment1.Opportunity’scontinuingtravelswillalsohelpresearchersastheyplanforaneventualhumanmissiontotheRedPlanet.词汇：Marsrovern.火星车panoramicadj.全景的odometern.里程计rackupv.积累microscopicadj.微观的注释：1.couldholdcluestoMars’sancientenvironmen
7、t：含有与火星早期环境有关的线索。练习：A Ithasalsoprovidedscientistswithdataontheplanet’satmosphere,soil,rocks,andterrain.B HeworksatNASA’sJetPropulsionLaboratoryinPasadena,California.C ScientistscallthissiteMarathonValley,becausewhentheroverreachesthearea,itwillhavetraveledthesamedistanceast
8、helengthofamarathonsinceitsarrivalonMars.D OpportunityhasbeenworkingonMarssinceJan
