Question

【題目】

You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. So you want to _______ the weather forecast 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 temperature 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 _______. But now, you can plan your picnic without 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 weather bulletins（簡報）every day in 1869. They were based on weather maps he drew from telegraphed reports of weather _______. Because of their accuracy（準(zhǔn)確）, the reports were _______.

Congress（國會）became _______ in Abbe's weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist（氣象學(xué)家）, and he ________ to issue（發(fā)布）forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecasted probable storms. Abbe earned the nickname of “Old Probabilities".

【1】A.produceB.attendC.checkD.reply

【2】A.firemanB.postmanC.fishermanD.weatherman

【3】A.soB.butC.afterD.because

【4】A.happyB.worriedC.sadD.tired

【5】A.timeB.chancesC.vacationsD.points

【6】A.onlineB.simpleC.dailyD.indoor

【7】A.conditionsB.stationsC.reasonsD.communications

【8】A.strangeB.popularC.terribleD.useless

【9】A.successfulB.smartC.boredD.interested

【10】A.avoidedB.beganC.mindedD.failed

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】

文章講述了大家出門前都要查看一下天氣預(yù)報是否會影響出行，由此說明了天氣預(yù)報的重要性。這些都要感謝天氣預(yù)報之父克利夫蘭.阿貝，他是美國第一個發(fā)表氣象預(yù)報的人，文章介紹了他的一些成就。

【1】句意：所以你想先核實天氣看是否會下雨。

考查動詞，produce生產(chǎn)；attend出席；check檢查，查看；reply回復(fù)。根據(jù)后文 to see whether there will be rain or not看看是否有雨，可知字外出前是想“查看”一下是否下雨，故選C。

【2】句意：你父親打開電視，一家人聽預(yù)報員做天氣報告。

考查名詞， fireman 消防員；postman郵遞員 ；fisherman 漁民；weatherman天氣預(yù)報員。根據(jù)后文播報 the weather report進(jìn)行天氣預(yù)報，可知是“天氣預(yù)報員”播報天氣預(yù)報，故選D。

【3】句意：明天早晨局部地區(qū)多云，但是下午會放晴。

so因此；but但是；after在……之后；because因為。根據(jù)前文It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning早晨局部地區(qū)多云，后文clearing by early afternoon下午放晴，可知前后轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選B。

【4】句意：因為不會下雨，全家人都覺得開心。

happy開心的；worried擔(dān)心的；sad難過；tired累的。根據(jù)前文As there will be no rain，the whole family feels……若沒有雨，一家人都是感覺……，根據(jù)語境，沒有雨就不會影響出游了，可知大家是“開心的”，故選A。

【5】句意：如果沒有天氣預(yù)報，你就不會知道這一點，你只能去碰運氣。

time時間；chances機會；vacations假期；points要點。分析句意，前面說到無法預(yù)知下雨，所以只能碰運氣�！芭鲞\氣”用take one’s chances。故選B。

【6】句意：他是第一個在美國發(fā)布日常天氣預(yù)報的人。

考查形容詞，online在線的；simple簡單的；daily日常的；indoor室內(nèi)的。根據(jù)Abbe began his daily weather bulletins（簡報） in 1869，阿貝在1869年開始他的日常的天氣預(yù)報，可知此處也是說的“日�！碧鞖忸A(yù)報，故選C。

【7】句意：它們都是根據(jù)他從有關(guān)天氣狀況的電報中提取的天氣地圖制作的。

conditions狀況，條件；stations車站；reasons理由；communications交流�？疾槊�詞，根據(jù)They were based on weather maps他們天氣“地圖”為基礎(chǔ)，可知此處表示的 是天氣狀況，結(jié)合選項，conditions符合題意，故選A。

【8】句意：由于其準(zhǔn)確性，這些報告非常受歡迎。

考查形容詞，strange奇怪的；popular受歡迎的；terrible可怕的 ；useless沒用的。根據(jù)Because of their accuracy （準(zhǔn)確），因為它們的準(zhǔn)確性，可推出這是“受歡迎”的，故選B。

【9】句意：國會開始對阿貝的天氣報告感興趣。

successful成功的；smart聰明的；bored無聊的；interested感興趣的。根據(jù)They made Abbe a meteorologist 他們讓他成為了氣象學(xué)者，可知國會是對阿貝的天氣預(yù)報“感興趣的”，結(jié)合選項，interested符合題意，故選D。

【10】句意：他們讓阿貝做氣象學(xué)家，他開始一天發(fā)布三次天氣預(yù)報。

考查動詞，avoided避免；began開始；minded介意；failed失敗。根據(jù)語境，國會讓他研究天氣預(yù)報，于是他“開始”一天發(fā)布三次天氣預(yù)報，結(jié)合選項，只有began符合題意，故選B。