Question

【題目】You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. But you want to ______ the weather forecast (預(yù)報) first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the ________ make the weather report.

“It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning, ______ clearing by early afternoon. The high tomorrow will be 85.”

As there will be no rain, the whole family feels _______. Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your chances. But now, you can plan your picnic ________ worrying whether it will rain or not.

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the weather bureau. He was the first person to publish _______ weather forecasts in the United States.

Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (簡報) in 1869. They were based on weather ________ he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions. Because of their accuracy (準(zhǔn)確), the reports were

________.

Congress (國會) became _______ in Abbe’s weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions), and he ________ issuing (發(fā)布) forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecast probable storms, Abbe earned the nickname of “Old Probabilities.”

【1】A. produce B. spread C. check D. organize

【2】A. fireman B. postman C. fisherman D. weatherman

【3】A. so B. but C. after D. because

【4】A. happy B. worried C. stressed D. curious

【5】A. about B. without C. against D. from

【6】A. online B. polluted C. daily D. indoor

【7】A. maps B. stations C. space D. centres

【8】A. strange B. popular C. terrible D. useless

【9】A. successful B. similar C. bored D. interested

【10】A. avoided B. began C. minded D. risked

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】本篇文章難度適中，主要講解天氣預(yù)報的由來以及克利夫蘭阿貝的一些成就。

【1】句意“但是你首先想要查看一下天氣預(yù)報看看是否會下雨”A.生產(chǎn)；B.擴(kuò)展；C.檢查；D.組織。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

【2】句意“你的父親打開電視機(jī)聽天氣預(yù)報員做天氣預(yù)報”。A.消防員；B.郵遞員；C.漁民；D.天氣預(yù)報員。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【3】句意“明天早晨局部地區(qū)多云，下午變晴”。A.所以；B.但是；C.在……之后；D.因?yàn)�。根�?jù)句意，故選B。

【4】句意“沒有雨，家人們感到非常高興”。A.高興；B.擔(dān)心；C.有壓力的；D.好奇的。因?yàn)槊魈鞗]有雨，家人們可以出去游玩，所以很高興，故選A。

【5】句意“但是現(xiàn)在你可以計劃你的野餐了，不用擔(dān)心是否會下雨”。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【6】句意“他是美國第一個發(fā)布每日天氣預(yù)報的人”。A.在線的；B.污染的；C.日常的；D.室內(nèi)的。根據(jù)下文Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (簡報) in 1869可知，故選C。

【7】句意“他們是基于從天氣狀況的電報中得到天氣地圖”。A.地圖；B.車站；C.空間；D.中心。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【8】句意“由于他們的準(zhǔn)確性，他們很受歡迎”。A.奇怪的；B.受歡迎的；C.糟糕的；D.沒有用的。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【9】句意“過會對他們的天氣報道很感興趣”。A.成功的；B.相同的；C.厭煩的；D.感興趣的。根據(jù)下文They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions)可知，故選D。

【10】句意“過會讓阿貝成為氣象學(xué)者，開始一天三次發(fā)布天氣預(yù)報”。A.避免；B.開始；C.介意；D.冒險。根據(jù)句意，故選B。