WILD WEATHERMAN
Name: Sam Champion
Hot job: TV Weatherman
Where: ABC-TV, New York City
When you were a child, did you plan to forecast wind, rain, and snow on TV?
I wanted to be a foreign journalist. I took courses in weather science at Eastern Kentucky University, but I majored in broadcasting news.
How did you finally become a weatherman?
My first job in the early 1980s was at the local TV station in Paducah, Kentucky. I did everything from turning on the lights in the morning to writing and delivering morning news. I put together weather forecasts, and became interested in them.
Back then, how did you forecast weather?
Independent companies collected computer information that showed, for example, how a single weather system might split into snow or snow mixed with rain. The information was often opposite and the job of a weatherman was to study the information and make the best educated guess about the storm.
Has weather forecasting changed much with new technology?
Advanced computers, satellites, and Doppler radar (sound waves used to track storms) have made forecasting more exact. But we still know very little about how weather is shaped. So far, we just have theories.
 Any advice for children who’d like to become weather scientists?
To me, weather is the most exciting field in the world. There are still so many more questions about weather than answers. After all, if we can’t foresee floods or hurricanes, how safe a society are we? Weather forecasting is wide open for scientists who love to solve puzzling problems. The next generation of meteorologists (weather scientists) will unlock many of Earth’s weather secrets. So get a general knowledge of Earth science, and study meteorology in college.
   Thanks, Sam.
40. Judging from the writing style, the text is _________.
A. a diary        B. an interview      C. a news story       D. an announcement
41. As a child, ABC-TV’s Sam Champion wanted to be a____________.
A. space scientist    B. weatherman      C. news reporter      D. meteorologist
42. Present weather forecasting technology___________.
A. has made weather report more exact than ever   
B. is still not perfect
C. hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years
D. both A and B
43. The study of weather science is called____________.
A. meteorology       B. forecasting        C. geography       D. Earth science

　　Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap，strong and fast．He was able to se11 millions of models because be could produce them in large numbers at a time；that is，he made a great many cars of exactly the same kind．Ford’s father hoped that his son would be come a farmer，but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit（底特律）where he worked as a mechanic（机械师）．By the age of 29，in 1892，he had built his first car．However，the car made in this way，the famous “Model T” did not appear until 1908-five years after Ford bad started his great motor car factory．This car showed to be well-known that it remained unchanged for twenty year．Since Ford’s time，this way of producing cars in large numbers has be come common in industry and has reduced the price of many goods which would otherwise be very expensive．

41．Henry Ford was the man to built _____ cars．

　　A．cheap and strong            B．cheap and long

　　C．fast and expensive          D．strong and slow

42．Ford was able to sell millions of cars，because_____．

　　A．he made many greet cars                           B．his cars are many

　　C．he made lots of cars of the same kind         D．both A and B

43．The young man became a mechanic，_______．

　　A．which was his father’s will                     B．which was against his own will

       C．which was against his father’s will          D．which was the will of both

44．The “Model T” was very famous_____．

　　A．before 1908          B．between 1982 and 1908

　　C．before 1892          D．after 1908

45．Ford built his own car factory

　　A．in 1903      B．in 1908      C．in 1913       D．in 1897