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【题目】阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

For thousands of years, people have been trying to predict the weather. In China during the Shang Dynasty, people 【1】 (record) weather forecasts on animal bones and tortoise shells. Centuries later, 【2】 Greece, the philosopher, Aristotle wrote his theories about how weather conditions formed. Weather forecasting advanced over time, with more and more instruments used to measure temperature, humidity and air pressure. Today, satellite data and computer technology help scientists predict the weather more 【3】 (precise).

【答案】

【1】recorded

【2】in

【3】precisely

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了几千年来，人们一直试图预测天气。由商代人们用兽骨和龟甲记录天气预报到今天卫星数据和计算机技术帮助科学家更准确地预测天气。

【1】考查时态。句意：在中国的商代，人们用兽骨和龟甲记录天气预报。此处需要谓语动词，根据during the Shang Dynasty可知时态是一般过去时。故填recorded。

【2】考查介词。句意：几个世纪后，哲学家亚里士多德在希腊写下了他关于天气条件如何形成的理论。in Greece在希腊。故填in。

【3】考查副词。句意：今天，卫星数据和计算机技术帮助科学家更准确地预测天气。此处要用副词修饰动词predict。故填precisely。

第1小题由during the Shang Dynasty可知考查了一般过去时的用法。一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态，也可表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。常和表示过去的时间状语连用，如yesterday, last week, last night, in 2003, two days ago等。

I got up at 6:30 yesterday. 我昨天6:30起床。

My father was very busy last week. 我父亲上周很忙。

一般过去时肯定句的基本结构：“主语+动词过去式+其他”或者“主语+was/were+其他”。

I played tennis last weekend. 我上周末打网球了。

My school trip was great. 我的学校郊游棒极了。

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