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Hurricanes

    在每年的6月到11月的飓风期间要发生6～8次“飓风”，2003年9月“伊莎贝尔”飓风在美国东海岸的北卡罗来纳州大举登陆。当地媒体报道说，时速高达160千米的大风和250毫米的降雨造成北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州南部41万多居民断电。飓风再一次让人类感受到它的威力。

    Early every summer, weather scientists in North America prepare for a new season of powerful ocean storms. These storms are called hurricanes. The word “hurricane” comes from the language of people who lived on islands in the Caribbean Sea (加勒比海) before the Europeans arrived. They experienced strong ocean storms usually caused by weather movements off the coast of North Africa. These weather events gather force as they move west toward the Caribbean and North America．

    A storm is called a hurricane when its wind speed becomes greater than 120 kilometers an hour. Some huge storms cause great loss of life and thousands of millions of dollars in damage. Understanding the movements of storms and hurricanes is the job of the National Hurricane Center in Miami (迈阿密), Florida. Today, many electronic tools make the job of weather scientists, or meteorologists (气象工作者) easier. Satellites observe weather from space. New radar (雷达) instruments gain information about weather movements. Also, airplanes can drop special instruments into storms that record large amounts of information about air movements. One computer program permits meteorologists to see all the information about weather that the National Hurricane Center collects.

   The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(美国海洋及大气管理局) has estimated (评估) the number of hurricanes for each year since 1998. NOAA expects six to eight hurricanes and nine to thirteen powerful Atlantic Ocean storms every year. Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean lasts from the beginning of June to the end of November.　　

Also, a weather event called El Nino (厄尔尼诺) will affect storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. El Nino is caused by unusual warm currents of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It affects weather around the world.

Judge the following true (T) or false (F).

1. Hurricanes are a certain kind of powerful ocean storm.

2. The hurricane is not terrible and doesn't bring about deaths or do a lot of damage to the cities.

3. With the help of science and technology, it is not difficult for the scientists to know more about hurricanes today.

4. In the opinions of the NOAA experts, more than 20 hurricanes happen every year.

5. Hurricanes and El Nino make the weather warm around the world.

Hurricanes

    在每年的6月到11月的飓风期间要发生6～8次“飓风”，2003年9月“伊莎贝尔”飓风在美国东海岸的北卡罗来纳州大举登陆。当地媒体报道说，时速高达160千米的大风和250毫米的降雨造成北卡罗来纳州和弗吉尼亚州南部41万多居民断电。飓风再一次让人类感受到它的威力。

    Early every summer, weather scientists in North America prepare for a new season of powerful ocean storms. These storms are called hurricanes. The word “hurricane” comes from the language of people who lived on islands in the Caribbean Sea (加勒比海) before the Europeans arrived. They experienced strong ocean storms usually caused by weather movements off the coast of North Africa. These weather events gather force as they move west toward the Caribbean and North America．

    A storm is called a hurricane when its wind speed becomes greater than 120 kilometers an hour. Some huge storms cause great loss of life and thousands of millions of dollars in damage. Understanding the movements of storms and hurricanes is the job of the National Hurricane Center in Miami (迈阿密), Florida. Today, many electronic tools make the job of weather scientists, or meteorologists (气象工作者) easier. Satellites observe weather from space. New radar (雷达) instruments gain information about weather movements. Also, airplanes can drop special instruments into storms that record large amounts of information about air movements. One computer program permits meteorologists to see all the information about weather that the National Hurricane Center collects.

   The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(美国海洋及大气管理局) has estimated (评估) the number of hurricanes for each year since 1998. NOAA expects six to eight hurricanes and nine to thirteen powerful Atlantic Ocean storms every year. Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean lasts from the beginning of June to the end of November.　　

Also, a weather event called El Nino (厄尔尼诺) will affect storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean. El Nino is caused by unusual warm currents of water in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It affects weather around the world.

Judge the following true (T) or false (F).

1. Hurricanes are a certain kind of powerful ocean storm.

2. The hurricane is not terrible and doesn't bring about deaths or do a lot of damage to the cities.

3. With the help of science and technology, it is not difficult for the scientists to know more about hurricanes today.

4. In the opinions of the NOAA experts, more than 20 hurricanes happen every year.

5. Hurricanes and El Nino make the weather warm around the world.

阅读下列各小题，根据句后的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

71、　 Next time you come to the country for another trip, you’ll find________________to learn some customs here ahead of time. (benefit)

　 下一次你再来这个国家旅游就会发现提前了解一些这里的风俗习惯是大有裨益的。

72. Little________________how to get used to the job in the company as soon as possible, though he is still new to his duties. (concern)

尽管他对自己的职责还不熟悉，但他很少担心如何尽快地习惯公司的工作。

73. He is the only one of the students _______________ from the whole school to take part in the competition which is to be held in Wuhan next month. (pick)

他是整个学校唯一一个被挑选出来参加下个月武汉举行竞赛的学生。

74. It seems that we have to accept the result and make a good preparation to have another try. __________________earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)

看来我们必须接受这个结果并做好再次尝试的准备了。要是我早点得知的话，就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。

75. We are told from the director’s office that___________________we know the result of the final examination. (long)

　 我们从主任办公室获悉，过不了多久，我们就可以知道期终考试的结果。

76. I wonder_____________that caused the accident during the launch, which I have to write into my report. (what)

我想知道在发射过程中究竟是什么导致的这次事故。我必须把这写进报告里。

77. __________________the issue, he failed to obtain those specialists’ authorization, as you said just now. (prepare)

正如你刚才说的，对那个话题没有作好充分的准备，他没有赢得那些专家们的认可。

78._______________________on the phone just now is whether he has decided to make every effort to run the hotel. (sense)

是否决定要倾尽全力去经营饭店，他刚才在电话里没说清楚。

79. What made my father very disappointed was that he found the cellphone______________two days before went wrong again. (have)

让我父亲很失望的是，他发现两天前请人修过的手机又坏了。

80. Many a high-standard house_______________________for the survivors of the earthquake--stricken area, which is really inspiring for the public. (report)

有报道说，灾区已经为地震中的幸存者们兴建一大批高标新房。这消息真是大慰人心。