题目内容
4.It's hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world.It (50)B where we choose to live,what we wear,our moods,and perhaps even our national features.A sunny day can lessen the deepest (51)B,while very bad weather can destroy homes and threaten lives.The human race has always tried to (52)A the weather,especially in areas of the world where there are many changes.Two popular traditional ways of predicting weather use pine cones(松果) and seaweed(海草).When the air has a high level of humidity(湿度),there is a higher chance of rain.When the humidity is low,there is more chance of (53)C weather.Pine cones and seaweed feels dry when the humidity is low,(54)B high humidity has the opposite effect.
Today's methods of prediction increasingly depend on (55)C.Satellites,balloons,ships,aircraft and weather centers with (56)A equipments send data to computers.The data is then (57)B,and the weather is predicted.However,(58)D this system can not predict weather for longer than about a week.
A recent study by an Australian scientist suggests that certain people may have a special (59)A for predicting weather.However,it is (60)D that these people could use their talent in another way,since the same group had a lot of success in predicting changes in another system-the stock market.
It (61)C that a study of weather may also enable scientists to predict the sudden (62)A of a disease.An Ebola epidemic (a kind of disease) in Uganda in the year 2000came after the same rare (63)D conditions that had been present before a sudden spread of the disease 6years earlier.Efforts to (64)C the spread of air-borne diseases such as foot and mouth are also strongly dependent on favorable wind conditions.
50.A.shows | B.affects | C.predicts | D.introduces |
51.A.enjoyment | B.sadness | C.excitement | D.laziness |
52.A.guess | B.use | C.change | D.improve |
53.A.windy | B.bad | C.fine | D.cold |
54.A.when | B.while | C.although | D.as |
55.A.industry | B.intelligence | C.technology | D.people |
56.A.monitoring | B.predicting | C.shaping | D.moving |
57.A.used | B.processed | C.taught | D.answered |
58.A.also | B.still | C.only | D.even |
59.A.gift | B.concern | C.application | D.liking |
60.A.necessary | B.easy | C.unique | D.possible |
61.A.happens | B.occurs | C.appears | D.estimates |
62.A.start | B.shift | C.cure | D.crash |
63.A.living | B.working | C.health | D.weather |
64.A.encourage | B.quicken | C.limit | D.shorten |
分析 本文为社会生活类说明文;文中介绍人类长期以来一直在尽力预测天气,因为天气影响人们的生活;传统的方法是利用自然界中的现象预测天气;在现代人们常常依赖技术,依赖分析加工由各种监测设备发送到电脑上的数据进行预测;甚至有些人就有预测天气的天赋;不过这些人也许会把这种能力运用到其它方面;研究发现对天气的研究能够使得科学家预测疾病的出现.
解答 50-54 BBACB 55-59CABDA 60-64DCADC
50.答案是B.本题考查动词辨析;A.shows 展示;B.affects 影响;C.predicts 预测;D.introduces 介绍;引进;根据语境可知,此处作者说明的是天气"影响"我们选择生活的地方、我们的穿戴等,故选B.
51.答案是B.本题考查名词辨析;根据语境和常识可知,晴朗的时候人们的心情也会愉悦,即"减少悲伤(sadness)",故选B.
52.答案是A.本题考查动词辨析;根据下文"Two popular traditional ways of predicting weather两个传统的预测天气的方法"推断,作者要说明的是"人类一直尽力想要猜测天气",故选guess(猜测).
53.答案是C.本题考查形容词辨析;根据上文"When the humidity is low当湿度低"和常识判断,湿度低下雨的可能性小,所以更有可能是"晴朗的(fine)"天气,故选C.
54.答案是B.本题考查连词辨析;while 可以表示对比转折"然而";语境中是比较了湿度高和湿度低的时候松果和海草的叶子:湿度低的时候叶子干,"然而"湿度高的时候正相反,故选B.
55.答案是C.本题考查名词辨析;A.industry 工业;B.intelligence 智力;C.technology 技术;D.people 人们;根据下文可知,现在的天气预测要依靠各种设备发送到电脑上的数据,故判断是依靠技术;故选C.
56.答案是A.本题考查动词辨析;A.monitoring 监测;B.predicting 预测;C.shaping 形成;塑造;D.moving 移动;此处作者说明的是现代的天气预测要依靠各种"监测设备"发送到电脑上的数据进行预测,故选A.
57.答案是B.本题考查动词辨析;根据语境和常识判断,数据发送到电脑后要进行数据"处理",process 表示"处理,加工",故选B.
58.答案是D.本题考查副词辨析;上文说明,现代人们依靠技术进行天气预测;由however判断,此处表示转折:"甚至"这种以精密仪器和数据为支撑的预测也不能超过一周,故选D.
59.答案是A.本题考查名词辨析;A.gift 天赋,礼物;B.concern 关心;担心;C.application 运用;D.liking 喜好;have a gift for有…天赋;研究发现,有些人有预测天气的"天赋",故选A.
60.答案是D.本题考查形容词辨析; 由下文的since从句可知,这些有预测天气天赋的人同样能预测股市的变化,所以这些人"有可能(possible)"把这种天赋用到另一方面--预测股市,故选D.
61.答案是C.本题考查动词辨析;A.happens 发生;B.occurs 发生;突然想到;C.appears 看起来;似乎;D.estimates 估计;It appears that…表示"似乎…",其中it 为形式主语;本句表达的意思是;"似乎"研究天气使得科学家能够预测突然发生是某种疾病;故选C.
62.答案是A.本题考查动词辨析;A.start 开始;出现;B.shift 改变;C.cure 治愈;D.crash 碰撞;a sudden start of a disease表示"某种疾病的突然出现",故选A.
63.答案是D.本题考查名词辨析;由上文可知,预测天气的科学家能够预测疾病的出现,故推断"疾病出现"和"天气"之间有关联,故选D.
64.答案是C.本题考查动词辨析;A.encourage鼓励; B.quicken 加快;C.limit 限制;D.shorten 缩短;limit the spread of限制…的传播;本题指限制空气传播的疾病,故选C.
点评 英语完形填空测试,主要考查学生阅读理解能力和语言运用的能力.解题时先要整体理解文章的大意,关注逻辑关系、句子的结构和其中的固定搭配.答完后再通读一篇文章,确保语句通顺,语意连贯.

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