Question

【题目】阅读理解。

Scientists around the world have been studying the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean known as El Nino. The appearance of El Nino is known to affect the weather around the world. Scientists still do not completely understand it. Yet they now find they can use it to tell about the future in different areas of the world.

One example is the work of two scientists at Columbia University in New York, Mark Cane and Gordon Eshel. A scientist of Zimbabwe（津巴布韦）, Roger Buckland worked with them. They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor. The last El Nino was in 1991 to 1993. That was when southeastern Africa suffered a serious lack of rain.

The scientists wrote about their recent work in the publication Nature. Their computer program can tell when an El Nino will develop up to a year before it does. They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.

【1】El Nino is known as ________.

A. the changing of the weather in southern Africa

B. the weather which brings drought (旱灾) to Africa

C. the warming of waters in the Pacific Ocean

D. the weather phenomenon that brings heavy rains to Africa

【2】Scientists study El Nino in order that ________.

A. they can put all this information into their computers

B. they can tell why Zimbabwe has little or no rain

C. they can do some research work in this field

D. they can provide a kind of early warning to the place that will suffer from drought

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Scientists come to understand how El Nino appears.

B. Three scientists from the USA work on this subject.

C. El Nino has something to do with Zimbabwe’s poor crops.

D. Southern Africa suffered a serious drought and many people died from hunger.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析：文章介绍了厄尔尼诺现象和对其的研究有助于及早采取措施来应对它造成的灾害。

【1】C 细节理解题。根据文章第一句话可知，厄尔尼诺现象是太平洋的水域变暖。所以选C。

【2】D 细节理解题。根据文章最后一句They suggest that this could provide an effective early warning system for southern Africa, and could prevent many people from starving.可知，研究的目的是早想良策预防挨饿情况的发生。故选D。

【3】C 推理判断题。根据第二段中They have found that when El Nino appears, Zimbabwe has little or no rain. This means corn crops in Zimbabwe are poor.可知，厄尔尼诺和津巴布韦的农业欠收有关系。选C。