2014年四川大學(xué)考博英語真題3

Reading Comprehension 3

The London 2012 sustainability watchdog embroiled in a row over the sports ship of the Olympic Stadium by Dow Chemical is to push the International Olympic Committee to appoint an"ethics champion"for future Games.

The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 has been bruised by criticism over Dow's sponsorship of the wrap that will surround the Olympic stadium,particularly since commissioner Meredith Alexander last month resigned in protest.

Campaigners believe that Dow has ongoing liabilities relating to the 1984 Bhopal disaster that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 20,000 people and the serious injury of tens of thousands more.Dow,which bought the owner of the plant in 2001,insists that all liabilities have been settled in full.

Commission chairman Shaun McCarthy said that its tight sustainability remit did not extend to acting as moral guardian of the Olympic movement but that it would press for such a role to be created when evaluating sponsors for future Games.

In addition to sponsoring the 7m pounds wrap that will surround the Olympic Stadium,Dow has a separate 100m dollars sponsorship deal with the IOC that was signed in.

But McCarthy also defended the commission's role in evaluating the Dow deal,after Amnesty International wrote to London 2012 chairman Lord Coe to raise the issue.

"What has been lost in all of this story is that a really excellent,sustainable product has been procured,we looked at Locog's examination of Dow Chemical's current corporate responsibility policies and,again,Dow achieved that highest score in that evaluation.We verified that."said McCarthy.

"As far as the history is concerned and issues around Bhopal,there is no doubt Bhopal was a terrible disaster and snore injustice was done to the victims.Who is responsible for that injustice is a matter for the courts and a matter for others.We have a specific remit and terms of reference that we operate under and we have operated diligently under those terms."

The commission will on Thursday release its annual review.It finds that"good press"has been made to wands many of Locog's sustainability target,but that"major challenges"remain.In particular,the commission found that there was no coherent strategy to achieve a 20%reduction in carbon emissions after an earlier scheme to use renewable energy feel through when a wind turbine on the site proved impractical.

"We had conversations with Locog over a year ago about this and said they had to demonstrate how they were going to achieve at least 20%carbon reductions through energy conservation if they're not going to do it through renewable energy,"said McCarthy."There are some good initiatives,but quite frankly they just haven't done it."

11．Why was Dow's sponsorship criticized according to the passage?

A．The products are not sustainable.

B．It was related to Bhopal disaster.

C．It bribed the London Olympic committee.

D．It can't reduce 20%of the carbon emission.

12．What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．Commission's role

B．Commission's achievements

C．Commission's complaints

D．Commission's defense

13．Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word"row"(Para.1)?

A．line

B．a(chǎn)rgument

C．boating

D．course

14．What is one of the challenges of the sustainability target mentioned in the passage?

A．Ethic champion of the games.

B．Reduction in carbon emissions.

C．The wind turbine proved to be impractical.

D．Renewable energy is not available.

15．Which of the following can best summarize the passage?

A．Commission defends its own role in evaluating controversial.

B．Dow's way to the 2012 London Olympic Games.

C．Campaign against Dow's sponsorship.

D．IOC's review on the controversy.

【參考翻譯】

2012年倫敦奧運會可持續(xù)發(fā)展監(jiān)督機構(gòu)卷入了陶氏化學(xué)(Dow Chemical)與奧林匹克體育場(Olympic Stadium)的爭端，該機構(gòu)將推動國際奧委會(ioc)為未來奧運會任命一位“道德冠軍”。

2012年倫敦奧運會可持續(xù)發(fā)展委員會(Commission for a Sustainable London 2012)因陶氏化學(xué)(Dow chemical)贊助將圍繞奧林匹克體育場(Olympic stadium)舉行的頒獎禮而受到批評，尤其是在該委員會委員亞歷山大(Meredith Alexander)上月因抗議而辭職后。

活動人士認為，陶氏化學(xué)對1984年博帕爾(Bhopal)災(zāi)難負有責(zé)任，那場災(zāi)難造成估計2萬人死亡，數(shù)萬人嚴(yán)重受傷。陶氏化學(xué)在2001年收購了這家工廠的所有者，該公司堅稱，所有債務(wù)已全部結(jié)清。

該委員會主席肖恩麥卡錫(Shaun McCarthy)表示，該委員會嚴(yán)格的可持續(xù)發(fā)展職責(zé)并不包括充當(dāng)奧林匹克運動的道德衛(wèi)士，但它將敦促在評估未來奧運會贊助商時，建立這樣一個角色。

除了贊助圍繞奧林匹克體育場的700萬英鎊的包裹外，陶氏化學(xué)還與國際奧委會簽署了一項1億美元的贊助協(xié)議。

但在國際特赦組織(Amnesty International)寫信給2012年倫敦奧運會主席科勛爵(Lord Coe)提出該問題后，麥卡錫還為該委員會在評估陶氏化學(xué)交易中的作用進行了辯護。

“在這整個故事中，我們失去的是一個真正優(yōu)秀的、可持續(xù)的產(chǎn)品已經(jīng)被采購，我們看了倫敦奧組委對陶氏化學(xué)公司當(dāng)前企業(yè)責(zé)任政策的審查，再次，陶氏在評估中獲得了較。我們驗證?！丙溈ㄥa說。

“就歷史和博帕爾事件而言，博帕爾無疑是一場可怕的災(zāi)難，受害者受到了不公正的對待。誰應(yīng)對這種不公正負責(zé)，是法院的事，也是別人的事。我們有具體的職權(quán)范圍和職權(quán)范圍，我們在這些條款下努力工作。

歐盟委員會將于周四發(fā)布年度評估報告。報告發(fā)現(xiàn)，許多倫敦奧組委的可持續(xù)發(fā)展目標(biāo)都得到了“良好的宣傳”，但“重大挑戰(zhàn)”依然存在。特別值得一提的是，委員會發(fā)現(xiàn)，在先前的一項利用可再生能源的計劃被證明不切實際后，并沒有一致的策略來實現(xiàn)碳排放量減少20%的目標(biāo)。

麥卡錫說:“我們與倫敦奧組委一年多前就這個問題進行了對話，他們說，如果不通過可再生能源來實現(xiàn)，他們必須證明，他們將如何通過節(jié)能來實現(xiàn)至少20%的碳減排?！薄坝幸恍┖芎玫某h，但坦率地說，他們只是沒有這么做?！?/p>

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