Question

【题目】You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. But you want to ______ the weather forecast (预报) first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the ________ make the weather report.

“It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning, ______ clearing by early afternoon. The high tomorrow will be 85.”

As there will be no rain, the whole family feels _______. Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your chances. But now, you can plan your picnic ________ worrying whether it will rain or not.

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the weather bureau. He was the first person to publish _______ weather forecasts in the United States.

Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报) in 1869. They were based on weather ________ he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions. Because of their accuracy (准确), the reports were

________.

Congress (国会) became _______ in Abbe’s weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions), and he ________ issuing (发布) forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecast probable storms, Abbe earned the nickname of “Old Probabilities.”

【1】A. produce B. spread C. check D. organize

【2】A. fireman B. postman C. fisherman D. weatherman

【3】A. so B. but C. after D. because

【4】A. happy B. worried C. stressed D. curious

【5】A. about B. without C. against D. from

【6】A. online B. polluted C. daily D. indoor

【7】A. maps B. stations C. space D. centres

【8】A. strange B. popular C. terrible D. useless

【9】A. successful B. similar C. bored D. interested

【10】A. avoided B. began C. minded D. risked

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】A

【8】B

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲解天气预报的由来以及克利夫兰阿贝的一些成就。

【1】句意“但是你首先想要查看一下天气预报看看是否会下雨”A.生产；B.扩展；C.检查；D.组织。根据句意，故选C。

【2】句意“你的父亲打开电视机听天气预报员做天气预报”。A.消防员；B.邮递员；C.渔民；D.天气预报员。根据句意，故选D。

【3】句意“明天早晨局部地区多云，下午变晴”。A.所以；B.但是；C.在……之后；D.因为。根据句意，故选B。

【4】句意“没有雨，家人们感到非常高兴”。A.高兴；B.担心；C.有压力的；D.好奇的。因为明天没有雨，家人们可以出去游玩，所以很高兴，故选A。

【5】句意“但是现在你可以计划你的野餐了，不用担心是否会下雨”。根据句意，故选B。

【6】句意“他是美国第一个发布每日天气预报的人”。A.在线的；B.污染的；C.日常的；D.室内的。根据下文Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报) in 1869可知，故选C。

【7】句意“他们是基于从天气状况的电报中得到天气地图”。A.地图；B.车站；C.空间；D.中心。根据句意，故选A。

【8】句意“由于他们的准确性，他们很受欢迎”。A.奇怪的；B.受欢迎的；C.糟糕的；D.没有用的。根据句意，故选B。

【9】句意“过会对他们的天气报道很感兴趣”。A.成功的；B.相同的；C.厌烦的；D.感兴趣的。根据下文They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions)可知，故选D。

【10】句意“过会让阿贝成为气象学者，开始一天三次发布天气预报”。A.避免；B.开始；C.介意；D.冒险。根据句意，故选B。