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en, or sailors, for instance, they 3 know about these changes ahead of time. Space scientists and airplane pilots 4 need weather information. Since earliest time, men have 5 the sky, the wind, and the atmosphere, as well as a variety of other weather signs, in order to make weather 6 . But often their weather predictions have not been accurate (準(zhǔn)確的). Now there are government bureaus (局, 處) in many places that 7 weather conditions very carefully. They use a lot of scientific 8 to help them make their forecasts (預(yù)報). For instance, they have instruments to 9 speed and direction of the wind. Thus they can predict the path of a storm. They have special balloons, ships, and airplanes to help them 10 their accuracy, and they make use of radar, satellites and puters to gather 11 information. Today when a pilot takes off from an airport, he 12 know what kind of weather to expect when he reaches his destination (目的地). If there is 13 rain or snow in the mountains, a weather bureau can predict the day and 14 the hour that a river may overflow (使?jié)q滿) its banks many miles away. When a storm is moving in a certain direction, the people in that area can learn of it ahead of time and 15 it. 【文章大意】天氣對人們的生活很重要, 介紹了以前人們是怎么預(yù)測天氣的, 還有現(xiàn)在人們是怎么預(yù)測天氣的, 對人們有什么作用。1. A. fine B. terribleC. changeable D. changeless【解析】選C。根據(jù)下文可知天氣是多變的。2. A. Because B. ThoughC. If D. When【解析】選C。表示假設(shè), 如果他們是農(nóng)民、漁夫、水手。用if。3. A. can B. mayC. will D. need to 【解析】選D。結(jié)合上下文可知天氣變化很重要, 所以他們需要提前知道天氣變化。4. A. generally B. especiallyC. usually D. seldom【解析】選B。根據(jù)上下文可知是強調(diào)空間科學(xué)家和飛行員尤其需要知道天氣信息。5. A. noticed B. observedC. saw D. discovered 【解析】選B。根據(jù)下文可知人們是觀察天氣變化, 而不僅僅指看天氣變化。6. A. study B. result C. information D. predictions 【解析】選D。根據(jù)上下文可知人們是通過觀察一些天氣特征來預(yù)測天氣。7. A. research B. study C. learn D. watch 【解析】選B。根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該是研究天氣條件, study和research都可表示“研究”, study偏向于學(xué)術(shù)研究, 有深入研究的意思, research偏向社會研究, 社會調(diào)查。8. A. ways B. assistants C. instruments D. equipment 【解析】選D。根據(jù)上文可知是他們用很多科學(xué)的設(shè)備來幫助他們做天氣預(yù)報。9. A. measure B. makeC. find D. discover【解析】選A。跟speed and direction搭配, 表示“測量風(fēng)速和風(fēng)向”。10. A. study B. predictC. promote D. know【解析】選C。根據(jù)上下文應(yīng)該是用上述的設(shè)備來提升精確度。11. A. necessary B. impossible C. must D. priceless【解析】選A。根據(jù)上文可知這些信息是必要的(necessary)。12. A. should B. can C. person D. might【解析】選B。根據(jù)語境可知是能夠知道到達目的地時是哪種天氣。13. A. light B. slight C. large D. heavy【解析】選D。形容雨雪很大, 用形容詞heavy。14. A. even B. also C. besides D. including 【解析】選A。根據(jù)語境可知是表示能夠預(yù)測得很精確, “甚至”表示程度。15. A. leave B. changeC. prepare D. prepare for【解析】選D。根據(jù)上文可知是提前知道風(fēng)暴來臨可以為此做準(zhǔn)備, prepare后加介詞for, 表示“為某事做準(zhǔn)備”。關(guān)閉Word文檔返回原板塊 15