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14.Keeping an Eye on the WeatherWeather forecasters don't just look out of the window to prepare the report you see on TV or hear on the radio.They use a high-tech weather information network located all over-and above
-the globe.Satellites orbit Earth all the time.Planes and balloons go up daily to collect data.Weather stations in almost every country on the earth contribute data.
As you've noticed,forecasters sometimes make mistakes.A forecast is only a prediction.It is based on what's happening now.However,nature doesn't always follow a predictable pattern,so a forecast is only an educated guess,not a certainty.
Weather satellites remain in fixed positions 22,000miles above the equator (赤道).Together,their cameras can photograph the entire earth,except the poles.Other satellites follow north-south and south-north routes from pole to pole.
The long tails of weather balloons are equipped with radiosondes,which measure temperature,air pressure,and humidity in the atmosphere.Some balloons can reach as high as 90,000feet to collect data.
Weather monitoring equipment is attached to airplanes.These planes can fly directly into storms to take measurements.
About 10,000weather stations around the world send reports every three hours to 13weather centers operated by the World Meteorological Organization (世界气象组织).
Probably the most familiar piece of weather equipment is the weather vane.It's certainly one of the oldest.Weather vanes have been around since the ninth century.They indicate the direction the wind is blowing.
Radar equipment sends signals into clouds.These signals are then changed into images on radar screens,allowing meteorologists to track storms.
Other stations float at sea and send data to satellites.
64.Why do forecasters sometimes make mistakes?(不多于9个词)Because nature doesn't always follow a predictable pattern
65.What are measured by weather balloons equipped with radiosondes?(不多于9个词)
Temperature,air pressure and humidity
66.What does the weather vane indicate?(不多于6个词)The direction of the wind
67.What does the passage mainly talk about?(不多于6个词)Weather information network.
分析 本文为说明文.介绍了预报天气的一些设备,如卫星,预报气球等.
解答 1.Because nature doesn't always follow a predictable pattern. 细节题.第三段"nature doesn't always follow a predictable pattern"提及了天气预报有时出错的原因在于,大自然有时候不按照预测的来.
2.Temperature,air pressure and humidity.细节题.在weather balloons 这段提到了主要测量的项目有:"which measure temperature,air pressure,and humidity".
3.The direction of the wind. 细节题.在weather vane 这段里提到了:They indicate the direction the wind is blowing.
4.Weather information network.主旨概括题.根据全文的内容以及图片小标题,推出大意为介绍天气预报信息的网络系统.
点评 阅读表达主要考查学生对文章理解能力以及处理信息的能力.要在全面理解大意基础上,对细节进行整合重组,控制字数.
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