2014年四川大学考博英语真题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．argument

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.

【参考翻译】

2012年伦敦奥运会可持续发展监督机构卷入了陶氏化学(Dow Chemical)与奥林匹克体育场(Olympic Stadium)的争端，该机构将推动国际奥委会(ioc)为未来奥运会任命一位“道德冠军”。

2012年伦敦奥运会可持续发展委员会(Commission for a Sustainable London 2012)因陶氏化学(Dow chemical)赞助将围绕奥林匹克体育场(Olympic stadium)举行的颁奖礼而受到批评，尤其是在该委员会委员亚历山大(Meredith Alexander)上月因抗议而辞职后。

活动人士认为，陶氏化学对1984年博帕尔(Bhopal)灾难负有责任，那场灾难造成估计2万人死亡，数万人严重受伤。陶氏化学在2001年收购了这家工厂的所有者，该公司坚称，所有债务已全部结清。

该委员会主席肖恩麦卡锡(Shaun McCarthy)表示，该委员会严格的可持续发展职责并不包括充当奥林匹克运动的道德卫士，但它将敦促在评估未来奥运会赞助商时，建立这样一个角色。

除了赞助围绕奥林匹克体育场的700万英镑的包裹外，陶氏化学还与国际奥委会签署了一项1亿美元的赞助协议。

但在国际特赦组织(Amnesty International)写信给2012年伦敦奥运会主席科勋爵(Lord Coe)提出该问题后，麦卡锡还为该委员会在评估陶氏化学交易中的作用进行了辩护。

“在这整个故事中，我们失去的是一个真正优秀的、可持续的产品已经被采购，我们看了伦敦奥组委对陶氏化学公司当前企业责任政策的审查，再次，陶氏在评估中获得了较。我们验证。”麦卡锡说。

“就历史和博帕尔事件而言，博帕尔无疑是一场可怕的灾难，受害者受到了不公正的对待。谁应对这种不公正负责，是法院的事，也是别人的事。我们有具体的职权范围和职权范围，我们在这些条款下努力工作。

欧盟委员会将于周四发布年度评估报告。报告发现，许多伦敦奥组委的可持续发展目标都得到了“良好的宣传”，但“重大挑战”依然存在。特别值得一提的是，委员会发现，在先前的一项利用可再生能源的计划被证明不切实际后，并没有一致的策略来实现碳排放量减少20%的目标。

麦卡锡说:“我们与伦敦奥组委一年多前就这个问题进行了对话，他们说，如果不通过可再生能源来实现，他们必须证明，他们将如何通过节能来实现至少20%的碳减排。”“有一些很好的倡议，但坦率地说，他们只是没有这么做。”

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