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

考研Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" — it takes several days before a check is cashed and funds are withdrawn from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meant

第三，纸质支票的使用给了消费者几天的“浮动”——支票兑现和从发行人账户中提取资金需要几天的时间，这意味着支票的开证人可以从银行的资金中赚取利息

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

六级As a young man, he began walking over tens of thousands of miles during his lifetime, through the south to Florida, the west to California and north to Alaska, where readers are taken a long and particularly hair-raising adventure on a large mass of floating ice

年轻时，他开始在有生之年步行数万英里，南至佛罗里达，西至加利福尼亚，北至阿拉斯加，在那里，读者们在一大片浮冰上进行了一次漫长而令人毛骨悚然的冒险

2013年6月听力原文

高考But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds prevent starvation during the wet season.

但他也在一个更基本的层面上工作：他的工作人员向人们展示如何使浮动花园和鱼塘在雨季防止饥饿。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

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You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want.

你可以一边踩踏板一边看电影，把微型计算机放在你想去的任何地方。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet dancer.

如果你把手臂伸出来，它们会在零重力下自由漂浮，经常会让正在睡觉的宇航员看起来像一个滑稽的芭蕾舞演员。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级There was just this egg floating about in gallons of fat and raw bacon.

只有一个鸡蛋漂浮在几加仑的脂肪和生培根中。

2016年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

考研Because electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.

因为电子支付是即时的，它们消除了消费者的浮动。

2013年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

高考Leroy Chiao describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, your inner ear thinks you're falling.

焦乐华描述了在你从座位上浮起来之前发生的事情，你的内耳认为你在跌倒。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries, schools, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels and other communicating facilities.

他的非营利组织经营着100艘内河船，这些船可以作为浮动图书馆、学校和医疗诊所，并配有太阳能电池板和其他通讯设施。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考Rezwan is creating floating connectivity to replace flooded roads and highways.

Rezwan正在创建浮动连接，以取代淹没的道路和高速公路。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.

当北京允许其货币汇率浮动时。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考They float out of their seats unexpectedly.

他们出人意料地从座位上浮了出来。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

六级For example, two women were vacationing in Longboat Key while they were floating on the rubber boat along the shore, a water scooter crashed into them and kill them.

例如，两名妇女在Longboat Key度假时，她们漂浮在岸边的橡胶船上，一辆水上摩托车撞向她们，导致她们死亡。

2008年6月英语六级真题