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cast the weather for a week or more ahead (提前). 1. Satellites travel __________. A. in space B. above space C. above the ground D. in the atmosphere 2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?Because _______. A. clouds form there B. the weather forms there C. the weather satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can forecast the weather 3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _______. A. without studying satellite pictures B. before they receive satellite pictures C. when they have received satellite pictures D. after they have pared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones 4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _________. A. one day B. two days C. five days D. seven days or even longer 5. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in __________. A. taking pictures of the earth B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere C. weather forecasting D. doing other work in many ways (A) 這篇閱讀材料向我們介紹了氣象衛(wèi)星在預(yù)報(bào)天氣中所發(fā)揮的重要作用。如今,許多國家的氣象站都是在接收到衛(wèi)星云圖后,由氣象學(xué)家進(jìn)行研究分析,然后預(yù)報(bào)天氣的。在衛(wèi)星的幫助下,人們可以預(yù)測未來三五天或更長時(shí)間內(nèi)的天氣狀況。1. A。本題屬表層理解題。短文首句即是答案之所在。2. D。From the pictures,the scientists can often say how the weather will change 是該小題答案的出處。3. D。答案就在 the meteorologists pare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too 中。4. D。文章結(jié)尾的 Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead 這句即是答案之所在。5. C。短文首句即點(diǎn)明了主旨。 There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glasshouses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for petitions (比賽). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (銀杯) for the Rose of the Year. Mr. Flowers’ glasshouses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引誘) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glasshouses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glasshouses at the beginning and end of the school day. But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster。 but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden。 but the boys could