International Weather Forecast(January 18 th,2008)   

    Paris Weather

    ·Today:Plentiful sunshine High 59F.Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph.

    ·Tonight:Generally clear.Low near 35F.Winds light and variable.

    ·Tomorrow:A mainly sunny sky.High 59F.Winds ENE at 5 to l0mph.

    ·Tomorrow night:A mostly clear sky.Low 36F,Winds light and variable.

    New York Weather    

    ·Today:Cloudy with rain and snow showers Temps nearly steady in the mid 30s.Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.Chance of precip 40%.

    ·Tonight:Rain and snow showers this evening changing to rain showers overnight Low 34F.Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph Chance of precip 60%.

    ·Tomorrow:Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day.High around 45F.Winds WNW at l0 to 20mph.

    ·Tomorrow night:Partly cloudy early with increasing clouds overnight Low 29F.Winds W at 5 to10 mph.

    London Weather

    ·Today:Cloudy and windy.High 56F. Winds WSW at 20 to 30 mph.

    ·Tonight:Partly cloudy and windy.Low 43F.Winds W at 20 to 30 mph.

    ·Tomorrow:Windy with occasional light rain.High 58F.Winds SW at 20 to 30 mph.Chance of rain 70%.

    ·Tomorrow night:Cloudy and windy.Periods of light rain early.Low 54F.Winds WSW

at 20 to 30 mph,Chance of rain 60%.

    Sydney Weather

    ·Today:Cloudy with periods of rain.High 73F.Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph.Chance of rain 70%.Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.   

    ·Tonight:Rain.Low near 70F.Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph.Chance of rain 70%.Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.

    ·Tomorrow:Showers in the morning with isolated thunderstorms arriving in the afternoon.High 78FWindsNNE at 5 to10 mph.Chance of rain 40%.

    ·Tomorrow night:An isolated thunderstorm possible during the evening.then occasional showers overnight.Low near 70F.Winds WNW at 5 to 10 mph..Chance of rain 40%.

65.Which city has the strongest wind on January 19th?

    A.Paris.    B.New York.    C.London.     D.Sydney.

66.There will be thunderstorms in Sydney oil      

    A.the evening of January 18th      B.the afternoon of January 18th

    C.the morning of January 19th      D.the afternoon of January 19th

67.If you go on a tour on January l8th,which of the following places of interest is the most favorable according to the weather report?

    A.The Eiffel Tower.   B.Statue of Liberty. C.Big Ben.D.The Sydney Opera House.

The first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best — the people of Puerto Rico. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of Florida. This is where all the hurricanes begin that strike the east coast of the United States. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north. The people of Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visitors every year. Each one is named after the Saint’s Day on which it arrives. Two of the most destructive storms were the Santo Ana in 1840 and the San Ciriaco in 1899.

Giving girls’ names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “Storm”, written by George Stewart in 1941. In it a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew. He named one Maria. The story describes how she Maria grew and developed, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States.

Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World WarⅡ. They were studying weather conditions over the Pacific Ocean. One of their duties was to warn American ships and planes when a storm was coming. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girl’s name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with [A]. The second one got a name beginning with [B]. They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet. It served as a model for the system the Weather Bureau (局) introduced in 1942.

  Before 1950 the Weather Bureau had no special system for naming hurricanes. When a hurricane was born down in the West Indies, the Weather Bureau simply collected information about it. It reported how fast the storm was moving and where it would go next. Weather reports warned people in the path of the hurricane, so that they could do whatever was necessary to protect themselves.

  This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time. But one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. The things began to get confused. Some people got the hurricanes mixed up and didn’t know which was which. This convinced the Weather Bureau that it needed a code for naming the storms in order to avoid confusion in the future.

Hurricanes were first named after the _________.

       A. date on which they occurred  B. place where they began

     C. amount of destruction they did      D. particular feature they have

The practice of giving girls’ names to hurricanes was started by _________.

     A. a radio operator       B. an author                 C. a sailor              D. local people

The purpose for which weathermen of the army and navy began using girls’ names for hurricanes was ________.

     A. to keep information from the enemy      B. to follow the standard method of the United States

     C. not given in the article   D. to remember a certain girl

The Weather Bureau began naming hurricanes because it would help them _________.

     A. collect information more rapidly   B. warn people more efficiently

     C. make use of military (军事的) records  D. remember them


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Texas——US President George W.Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to bridge their differences over a key arms control treaty last week, but that didn’t stop them from backslapping(喧闹的狂欢) as they ended a summit.
The two leaders also offered differing interpretations of the fate of nuclear warheads to be removed from missiles under arms reductions they each announced last week.Bush said he intended to destroy the warheads, but Putin said their fate should be negotiated.
The two men untied on the need for Northern Alliance forces——to allow for a broad based government that respects all parties there.
Bush and Putin had spent the night at Bush’s ranch.Despite the rain, the rural environment and friendly company appeared to have worked its magic.They slapped on the back and joked, at one point teasing each other about whether it is better to visit Texas in the heat of August or Siberia in winter.
Analysts say the dramatic warming in US-Russian relation could herald(预示) an era of pragmatism(务实的想法或做法) in global affairs as the two old rivals finally end decades of hostility and become friends.
“Washington and Moscow are no longer playing the ‘big game’ against each other, but with each other,” said Karl Heniz Kamp, an analyst at the Konrad Adenanaer Foundation,a German think tank.
72.It can be concluded that President Bush and President Putin__________.
A.didn’t agree on key arms control treaty
B.offered different explanations of the future of nuclear warheads under arms reductions
C.neither A or B
D.both A and B
73.The reason why the two men joined together is that.
A.they were needed by the Northern Alliance forces
B.they had taken the advice given by Karl Heniz Kamp, an analyst of German think tank.
C.they had already been partners
D.they had no different opinions on everything
74 The warming of US-Russian relations indicates that_______.
A.the two persons end hostility and become friends
B.US can benefit a lot from global affairs
C.there will be an end to all the armies of the world
D.it is a turning point to words being practical in global affairs
75.What the two men teased about shows that___________.
A.they appeared friendly but in fact they didn’t
B.they just made fun of each other
C.they are friendly and humorous
D.they invited each other to their countries in the bad weather

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