1、1. The committee comprises five persons.A) absorbs B)concernsC) excludes D)involves2. We derive (B)knowledge mainly from booksA)deprive (B) B) obtainC) descend D)trace3. The room was furnished (B) with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a tableA)supplied B) gatheredC)grasped D)made4. The l
2、ocal government decided to merge (B)the two firms into a big one.A)motivate B) combineC)compact D)nominate5. He emphasized a feasible (B)plan which can be accepted by the both sides.A)favorable B) possibleC)formal D)genuine6. When does the next train depart(B)?A)pull up B) pull downC)pull out D)pull
3、 in7. Because administering (B)the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock. A)adjusting B) evaluatingC)engaging D)managing8. The town is notable (A)for its beautiful scenery in winter. A)similar B) promptC)profound (B) D)famous9.He is assigned to oversee (A)the production of the ass
4、embly lines. A)supervise B) watchC)suspect D)predict10.Soldiers have to obey (A)orders.A)reply to B) apply forC)abide with (A) D)comply with (A)11. The advertising company was surprised by the adverse(A) public reaction to the poster.A) delayed B)quickC) positive D) unfavorable12. It is said that th
5、e house along the street will soon be demolished(A).A) pulled down B) rebuiltC) renovated D) whitewashed13. In his two-hour-long lecture he made an exhaustive (A)analysis of the issue.A) extremely thorough B) long and strongC) crazy D) unconvincing14. These are our motive (B)for doing it.A) reasons
6、B) argumentsC) targets D) stimulus (A)15. Do you think there is any likelihood (A)of his agreeing to it?A) respect B) occasionC) prospect D) anticipation第二部分:阅读判断(每题1分,共7分,建议12分钟以内完成)阅读下面这篇短文,短文后列出了七个句子,请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息,请在答题卡上把A涂黑;如果该句提供的是错误信息,请在答题卡上把B涂黑;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及,请在答题卡上把C涂黑El Nin
7、o (厄尔尼诺现象)While some forecasting methods had limited SUCCESS predicting the 19xx E1 Nino a few months in advance,the Columbia University researchers say their method call predict large E1 Nino events up to two years in advanceThat would be good news for governments,farmers and others seeking to plan
8、 for the droughts and heavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world. Using a computer the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and 20xx and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior sea-surfac
9、e temperaturesThe results were reported in the latest issue of the journal NatureThe researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan CWearea meteorologist at the University of California, Davis,who was not involved in the work,said it“suggestsE1 Nino is indeed predictable”“This will probably
10、convince others to search around more for even better methods”said WeareHe added that the new method“makes it possible to predict El Nino at 1ong lead times” Other models also use sea-surface temperatures, but they have not looked as far back because they need other data,which is only available for
11、recent decades,Weare saidThe ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacitic is of immense importanceThe 19xx El Nino,for example,caused an estimated$20 billion in damage worldwide,offset by beneficial effects in other areas,said David Anderson,of the European Centre for MediumRange Weathe
12、r Forecasts in Reading EnglandThe 1877 El Nino,meanwhile,coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China。prompting the development of seasonal forecasting,Anderson saidWhen El Nino hit in 199 1 and 19xx200 million people were affected by
13、flooding in China aloneaccording to a 20xx United Nations reportWhile predicting smaller E1 Nino events remains trickythe ability to predict larger ones should be increased to at least a year if the new method is confirmedE1 Nino tends to develop between April and June and reaches its peak between D
14、ecember and FebruaryThe warming tends to last between 9 and 1 2 months and occurs every two to seven years The new forecasting method does not predict any major El Nino events in the next two years, although a weak warming toward the end of this year is possibleE1 Nino n厄尔尼诺现象Equatorial adj赤道的Occurr
15、ence n发生Meteorologist n气象学家Offset v抵销Lead adj提前的Monsoon n季风Tricky adj难以捉摸的练习:1The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advanceARight BWrong CNot mentioned2. The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and seasurface temperatures3. The Columbia Uni
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