高考If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to float on the sea?

如果钢比水重，为什么船能在海上漂浮？

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

四级Many scientists have studied the green sea slugs to confirm that they are actually able to create energy from sunlight.

许多科学家对绿色海蛞蝓进行了研究，以证实它们确实能够从阳光中产生能量。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.

很明显，它已经不存在了；曾经强大的纽芬兰舰队现在疯狂地在海底搜寻螃蟹。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperature rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be 0.

如果这些离海平面不远的岛国要生存下去，自工业时代开始以来的最大温升应该是0。

2016年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

六级It is building its second ice-breaking ship and setting up research drilling operations on an ice dome 13,422 feet above sea level that is one of the planet's coldest places.

它正在建造第二艘破冰船，并在海拔13422英尺的冰穹上进行研究钻探，这是地球上最冷的地方之一。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级As the ocean warms, a body of water called the Antarctic Polar Front - an upward movement of nutrient-rich sea that supports a huge abundance of marine life - is being pushed further south. This means that king penguins, which feed on fish and krill in th

随着海洋变暖，一片被称为南极极锋的水域——营养丰富的海洋向上运动，支撑着大量海洋生物——正在进一步向南推进。这意味着，以鱼类和磷虾为食的王企鹅

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级Some of the ventures focus on the Antarctic resources that are already up for grabs, like abundant sea life.

一些投资项目集中在南极资源上，这些资源已经被抢夺，比如丰富的海洋生物。

2016年12月阅读原文

六级wine, bread, olive oil, and nuts are other staples of the region, and the Mediterranean Sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish.

葡萄酒、面包、橄榄油和坚果是该地区的其他主食，历史上地中海出产了大量鱼类。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级This is troubling as climbing Arctic temperatures combined with rapid sea ice loss are creating a new type of climate feedback loop, which could accelerate Arctic warming.

这是一个令人不安的问题，因为北极气温的上升加上海冰的迅速融化正在形成一种新型的气候反馈回路，这可能加速北极变暖。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

六级king penguins are the second-largest type of penguin and only breed on specific isolated islands in the Southern Ocean where there is no ice cover and easy access to the sea.

王企鹅是企鹅的第二大种类，只在南大洋特定的孤岛上繁殖，那里没有冰层，很容易进入大海。

2019年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

高考After climbing up a hill for a panoramic view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

爬上一座小山，可以看到蔚蓝的大海、白色的建筑物和绿色的橄榄树，我停下来喘口气，然后站好姿势，拍下这张全景的最佳照片。

2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲在西班牙内战期间曾是一个著名的战场，现在它正在进行一场不同的竞赛，一场是让稻农与两个敌人较量：吃大米的巨型苹果蜗牛和海平面上升。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

四级A message in a bottle sent out to sea by a New Hampshire man more than five decades ago was found 1500 miles away and has been returned to his daughter.

五十多年前，一位新罕布什尔州男子在1500英里外的一个瓶子里寄出了一条信息，并将其归还给了他的女儿。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级without those masses of cooling sea ice, warm air brought to the Arctic can penetrate further inland than it ever did before.

如果没有这些大量的冷却海冰，进入北极的暖空气可以比以往更深入内陆。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

考研The crash of Egypt Air Flight 804,which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea ,provides another tragic reminder of why.

恐怖分子可能在地中海上空击落的埃及航空公司804航班坠毁，再次令人悲剧性地想起了原因。

2017年考研阅读原文

四级All in all, the Olympic class ships were marvels of sea engineering, but they seemed cursed to suffer disastrous fates.

总的来说，奥运会级别的船只是海洋工程的奇迹，但它们似乎注定要遭受灾难性的命运。

2018年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Also, Venice, the city eternally threatened by the sea, where every morning wooden pathways have to be set up to allow tourists to reach their hotels.

此外，威尼斯，这座永远受到海洋威胁的城市，每天早上都要设置木制通道，让游客到达酒店。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself, let alone an industry.

海洋中已经没有足够的鱼来维持鱼群的生存，更不用说一个产业了。

2016年6月阅读原文

高考Then she ran along the edge of cliff and fell 100 feet, bouncing off a rock into the sea.

然后她沿着悬崖边跑，从100英尺高的地方掉了下来，从岩石上弹到海里。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级It's about an hour outside Seoul, built on reclaimed tidal flats along the Yellow Sea, There's a Coast Guard building and a tall trade tower, as well as a park, golf course and university.

离首尔大约一小时车程，建在黄海沿岸填海的滩涂上，有海岸警卫队大楼和一座高塔，还有公园、高尔夫球场和大学。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Salmon also carry dangerous chemicals as the fish migrate between rivers and the sea.

鲑鱼在河流和海洋之间迁徙时也携带危险的化学物质。

2016年12月听力原文

四级And so far, this green sea slug is the only known animal that can be truly considered solar-powered, although some animals do exhibit some plant-like behaviors.

到目前为止，这种绿色的海蛞蝓是已知的唯一可以真正被认为是太阳能的动物，尽管有些动物确实表现出一些类似植物的行为。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级It will decide on the Weddell Sea sanctuary proposal at a conference in Australia in October, although a decision on the peninsula sanctuary is not expected until later.

该委员会将于10月在澳大利亚召开的一次会议上就威德尔海洋保护区提案作出决定，不过预计到晚些时候才会就半岛保护区做出决定。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface.

与浮冰架不同，浮冰架破裂时对海平面几乎没有影响，冰盖固定在基岩上，会吹向海面。

2010年12月听力原文

高考Have you ever heard of the trees that are homes to animals both on land and sea?

你听说过树是陆地和海洋动物的家园吗？

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

六级One was created in the Ross Sea in 2016, another reserve is being proposed in a vast area of the Weddell Sea, and a third sanctuary is under consideration in the area west of the Antarctic Peninsula—a key krill fishing area.

其中一个保护区于2016年在罗斯海建立，另一个保护区正在威德尔海的广大区域提议建立，第三个保护区正在考虑在南极半岛以西地区建立，这是一个重要的磷虾捕捞区。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

考研The crash of Egyptair Flight 804, which terrorists may have downed over the Mediterranean Sea, provides another tragic reminder of why.

恐怖分子可能在地中海上空击落的埃及航空公司804航班坠毁，再次令人悲剧性地提醒我们为什么要这样做。

2017年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级The sea slugs are so good at gathering energy from the sun that they can live up to nine months without having to eat any food.

海蛞蝓非常善于从太阳收集能量，它们可以在不吃任何食物的情况下活上九个月。

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

四级Nicaraguan naval authorities had banned sea travel in the area because of bad weather and strong winds, but the tour boat proceeded anyway.

由于恶劣的天气和强风，尼加拉瓜海军当局已禁止在该地区进行海上旅行，但旅游船仍在继续。

2017年6月听力原文

四级However, these beasts of the sea do display a vast range of highly refined behaviors that appear to be driving their genetic development.

然而，这些海洋动物确实表现出一系列高度精细的行为，这些行为似乎推动了它们的基因发育。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级The project is also about the history of Europe looking at the sea and wondering when the next enemy would appear.

该项目还讲述了欧洲的历史，它注视着大海，想知道下一个敌人何时会出现。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级Likewise, theimpactof this warming will be very different depending on where you are—coastal areas must worry about rising sea levels, while Siberia and northern Canada may become more habitable (宜居的) andappealingfor humans than these areas are now.

同样，气候变暖的影响也会因你所处的位置而大不相同。沿海地区必须担心海平面上升，而西伯利亚和加拿大北部可能会变得更适合居住(宜居的) 而且比现在这些地区更适合人类。

2014年6月阅读原文

高考Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water doesn't pollute the sea, lakes and rivers.

因为肥皂和其他废物会损害水道，所以要小心你的洗涤水不会污染海洋、湖泊和河流。

2015年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级You made day dream about meeting your life partner, or living in a big house by the sea.

你做白日梦，梦见你的生活伴侣，或者住在海边的大房子里。

2017年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Their massive wake creates waves at the bottom of the sea, weakening the foundations of the centuries-old buildings themselves.

它们巨大的尾流在海底形成波浪，削弱了已有数百年历史的建筑物本身的基础。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级It will have little impact on sea level when it breaks up.

当它破裂时，对海平面的影响很小。

2010年12月听力原文

六级For example, there is the image of the bridge into the sea taken at the Normandy D-Day landing site.

例如，有一张在诺曼底登陆日拍摄的入海大桥的照片。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

高考The ship was the endurance, a small, tight, norwegian-built three-master that was intended to take sir Ernest shackleton and a small crew of seamen and scientists, 27 men in all, to the southernmost shore of antArctica's weddell sea.

这艘船是“耐力号”，是一艘由挪威人建造的小型三船长船，旨在将欧内斯特·沙克尔顿爵士和一小队总共27人的海员和科学家带到南极洲威德尔海的最南岸。

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.

北极海冰在地球气候系统中占据中心位置，其恶化速度比预期的要快。

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

四级Warming waters are known to contribute to coral bleaching and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea levels.

众所周知，变暖的海水会导致珊瑚白化，它们比凉爽的海水占据更多的空间，从而提高海平面。

2016年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

六级Indeed, sea ice cover in the Arctic is melting faster than expected.

事实上，北极海冰的融化速度比预期的要快。

2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

高考We dance from florida to alaska, from north to south and sea to sea.

我们从佛罗里达到阿拉斯加，从北到南，从海到海跳舞。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

六级In just the past few weeks, the world has witnessed the destructive power of earthquakes in Indonesia, typhoons in the Philippines, and the destructive sea waves that struck Samoa and neighboring islands.

就在过去几周里，世界目睹了印度尼西亚地震、菲律宾台风以及袭击萨摩亚和邻近岛屿的破坏性海浪的破坏力。

2016年6月听力原文

六级The countries that have inspired the Mediterranean diet all surround the Mediterranean Sea.

激发地中海饮食的国家都围绕着地中海。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级A bathing machine was rolled down to the sea shore, so women would not be seen in swimwear.

一台洗浴机滚到了海边，这样就不会看到穿着泳衣的女人了。

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

六级As the sea creeps into these fresh—water marshes, however, rising salinity (盐分) is hampering rice production.

然而，随着海水逐渐进入这些淡水沼泽地，盐度不断上升(盐分) 正在阻碍水稻生产。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲是西班牙内战期间著名的战场，现在是一场不同的比赛的背景，这场比赛让稻农与两个敌人对抗：吃米的巨型苹果蜗牛和不断上升的海平面。

2018 年 6 月6级真题第1套

六级Others have been stranded at the sea when their scooters either failed or sank far from shore.

其他人则因摩托车故障或在远离海岸的地方沉没而被困在海上。

2008年6月英语六级真题

六级For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龟) have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to hand-carry the hatchlings (幼龟) down to the water’s edge lest they become disoriented by headlights and crawl towards a motel parking lot instead.

数亿年来，海龟(海龟) 早在有自然纪录片来庆祝它们，或者有GPS卫星和海洋生物学家来追踪它们，或者志愿者亲手携带孵化的幼崽之前，它们就已经挣扎着离开大海在沙滩上产卵了(幼龟) 一直到水边，以免他们被前灯弄得晕头转向，而是爬向汽车旅馆的停车场。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm.

海龟产卵的狭窄海滩一方面受到发展的挤压，另一方面受到海洋变暖时海平面上升的威胁。

2009年6月英语六级真题

六级Among global warming’s most frightening threats is the prediction is that the polar ice-caps will melt, raising sea level so much that coastal cities from New York to Los Angles to Shanghai will be flooded.

全球变暖最可怕的威胁之一是预测极地冰盖将融化，海平面将大幅上升，从纽约到洛杉矶再到上海的沿海城市都将被洪水淹没。

2010年12月英语六级真题

四级Oceanography has been defined as “The application of all sciences to the study of the sea”.

海洋学被定义为“将所有科学应用于海洋研究”。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Before the nineteen century, scientists with an interest in the sea were few and far between.

在19世纪之前，对海洋感兴趣的科学家很少。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Certainly Newton considered some theoretical aspects of it in his writings, but he was reluctant to go to sea to further his work.

当然，牛顿在他的著作中考虑了它的一些理论方面，但他不愿意出海进一步他的工作。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级For most people the sea was remote, and with the exception of early intercontinental travelers or others who earned a living from the sea, there was little reason to ask many questions about it, let alone to ask what lay beneath the surface.

对大多数人来说，海洋是遥远的，除了早期的洲际旅行者或其他靠海洋谋生的人，没有什么理由问很多关于海洋的问题，更不用说问海底是什么了。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级Later, some of his findings aroused much popular interest in his book The Physical Geography of the Sea.

后来，他的一些发现在他的《海洋自然地理》一书中引起了人们的广泛兴趣。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级At the early attempts, the cable failed and when it was taken out for repairs it was found to be covered in living growths, a fact which defied contemporary scientific opinion that there was no life in the deeper parts of the sea.

在早期的尝试中，电缆失败了，当它被取出进行维修时，发现上面覆盖着有生命的生长物，这一事实违背了当代科学认为海洋深处没有生命的观点。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级In 1872 Thomson led a scientific expedition (考察), which lasted for four years and brought home thousands of samples from the sea.

1872年汤姆森率领一支科学探险队(考察), 它持续了四年，从海上带回了数千个样本。

1990年1月英语四级真题

四级In cream, fatty globules drift about in a sea of water.

在奶油中，脂肪球在海水中漂移。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In butter, globules of a watery solution are locked away in a sea of fat.

在黄油中，水溶液的小球被锁住在脂肪的海洋中。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级When the situation is reversed, the bacteria are locked away in compartments (隔仓室) buried deep in the sea of fat.

当情况逆转时，细菌会被锁在隔间里(隔仓室) 埋在脂肪的海洋深处。

2000年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built.

海水侵蚀了建造它们的柔软的石灰岩悬崖。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea.

当专家们研究这个问题时，这家酒店和几栋房子完全消失了，滑下悬崖，坠入大海。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland.

随着海水向内陆越来越深，数十所房屋不得不被遗弃。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.

专家们研究了受影响最严重的地区，并为当地人绘制了一张地图，预测他们的家园将在哪一年被饥饿的大海吞噬。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes.

愤怒的业主们呼吁政府建立海防系统来保护他们的家园。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another.

新的海堤将耗资数亿英镑，只会使海浪和洋流沿着海岸走得更远，将问题从一个地区转移到另一个地区。

2001年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级When my interest shifted from space to the sea, I never expected it would cause such confusion among my friends, yet I can understand their feelings.

当我的兴趣从太空转移到海洋时，我从未想过这会在我的朋友中引起如此大的困惑，但我能理解他们的感受。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级As I have been writing and talking about space flight for the best part of 20 years, a sudden switch of interest to the depth of the sea doer seem peculiar.

在20年的大部分时间里，我一直在写和谈论太空飞行，突然将兴趣转向海洋深处似乎很奇怪。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级In their different ways, both sea and space are equally hostile.

在不同的方面，海洋和太空同样充满敌意。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级The feelings and the emotions of a man beneath the sea will be much like those of a man beyond the atmosphere.

海底男人的感受和情感将与大气之外的男人的感受非常相似。

2005年12月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Originally found in Asia, it was brought to America to help protect the land from being swallowed by the sea.

它最初在亚洲发现，后来被带到美国，以帮助保护土地不被海洋吞噬。

2006年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级And those who stick around are tired of living in a place where they can't even get to the market without swimming through a sea of picture-snapping tourists.

那些留下来的人已经厌倦了生活在这样一个地方，在那里，他们甚至不能不在拍照游客的海洋中游泳就去市场。

2018年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套)

四级Well, those dividing lines come crashing down with the discovery of a sea slug(海姑蛹）that’s truly half animal and half plant.

嗯，随着海蛞蝓的发现，这些分界线崩溃了(海姑蛹）这真的是一半动物一半植物。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级The sea slugs are so good at gathering energy from the sun that they can live up to nine months without having to eat any food.

海蛞蝓非常善于从太阳中收集能量，它们可以在不吃任何食物的情况下存活九个月。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

四级It’s about an hour outside Seoul, built on former tidal flats along the Yellow Sea.

离首尔大约一个小时的路程，它建在黄海沿岸以前的滩涂上。

2019年12月大学英语四级真题（第3套）

考研If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities.

如果这种变暖发生，极地的冰盖将开始融化，从而使海平面上升几米，并严重淹没沿海城市。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Africa and South America, for example, are moving away from each other as new material is injected into the sea floor between them.

例如，非洲和南美洲正在相互远离，因为新材料被注入它们之间的海底。

1998年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研“Important information can get buried in a sea of trivialities, ” says a law professor at Cornell Law School who helped draft the new guidelines.

康奈尔大学法学院一位帮助起草新指南的法学教授表示：“重要信息可能会被淹没在琐碎的海洋中。”。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题

考研That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.

这意味着海洋中有更高比例的东西被捕获，因此现在和过去的真正差异可能比捕获量变化记录的更糟。

2006年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语试题