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The meteorological office says there is little ____ of rain in the near future.
A.perspective
B.foresight
C.prospect
D.outlook
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C.prospect
D.outlook
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The author implies that increased accuracy in weather forecasting will lead to ______.
A．greater protection of human life
B．more funds allocated to meteorological research
C．a higher number of professional forecasters
D．less-specialized forms of synoptic meteorology
听力原文：W: I think we ought to turn around and head back down the trail.
M: Tired, after just a few miles？
W: Not at all, but those are cumulonimbus clouds building up there.
M: So, I don't really care if it gets cloudy. The sun's been pretty strong.
W: Right, but those clouds mean a thunderstorm, lots of rain and sometimes even hail with those kinds of clouds.
M: That doesn't sound so great, but I thought that those cumulus were fair weather clouds.
W: You are thinking of cumulus clouds I bet. Those are definitely cumulonimbus.
M: How on earth did you ever hear all that, from a meteorological course？
W: I'm an English major, but growing up on a farm, you learn a lot about the weather,
M: You convince me, let's turn back, and maybe on the way down, you can give a lesson on clouds.
W: Sure thing, but let's get going.
Where does the conversation take place？
A．On a mountain trail.
B．In a classroom.
C．At a weather station.
D．At a planetarium.
听力原文： In Britain, just after the main television news programs, audience figures rise. It' s weather forecast time. The BBC broadcasts 44 live forecasts a day, 443 hours of weather a year, using forecasters from the Meteorological Office. The Office makes predictions about the weather seven days in advance. These are based on observations from the ground, from satellites and from radar. The observations are stored in a computer that can do up to 4,000 million calculations a second.
In Britain the weather is news. The BBC forecasters are professional meteorologists, but they do not have an easy job. They are the only presenters on television who do not use a script, and they cannot see the map that they are describing. Viewers are often critical, especially of female presenters. One woman left her job after rude letters and press reports about her clothes.
The British talk about weather more than almost any other subjects, so it is a surprise to discover that 70 percent of television viewers cannot remember what they saw on the weather forecasts. "What happens is that people like watching and hearing the forecasts, but they probably only take real notice when they need to--when they' re going on holiday or wondering what the weather will be like for the tennis at Wimbledon," says one forecaster. "Or, of course, when we make mistakes!"
(33)
A．Forty-four.
B．Four hundred and thirty-three.
C．Eighty-eight.
D．Four thousand million.
It is virtually impossible to estimate the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own language. The purposes for which English is learned and the situations in which such learning takes place are so varied that it is difficult to define and still more difficult to assess what constitutes an adequate working knowledge for each situation.
The main reason for the widespread demand for English is its present-day importance as a world language. Besides serving the infinite needs of its native speakers, English is a language in which some of the most important works in science, technology, and other fields are being produced, and not always by native speakers. It is widely used for such purposes as meteorological and airport communications, international conferences, and the dissemination(传播)of information over the radio and television networks of many nations. It is a language of wider communication for a number of developing countries, especially former British colonies. Many of these countries have multilingual populations and need a language for internal communication in such matters as government, commerce industry, law and education as well as for international communication and for access to the scientific and technological development in the West.
There are about 260 million people who can speak ______.
A．English in its regional variety
B．English in its standard variety
C．English as a second language
D．English as a working language
请根据短文的内容，回答题。
Nice Name But She"s So Deadly
(1) More than a million people in the United States were told to leave their homes over the weekend as Hurricane (飓风) Dennis headed to the Gulf coast, after killing at least 15 people in the Caribbean Sea.＜br＞
(2) If you read the news often enough, you may notice that all hurricanes are given names. Why is that？ Remember, there can be more than one hurricane operating at one time. Without naming them, we could get confused about which storm we&39;re talking about.＜br＞
(3) For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women&39;s names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By 1979, both women and men&39;s names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected, except for Q, U and Z.＜br＞
(4) So who decides which names are used each year？ The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation, so each list is reused every six years.＜br＞
(5) Here&39;s a list of the 2005 Atlantic hurricanes, according to the US National Hurricane Centre:＜br＞
Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria,Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma.
Paragraph 1 __________ 查看材料
A.Reason for naming hurricanes
B.Warning of an approaching hurricane
C.Deadly women
D.History of naming hurricanes
E.Organization responsible for naming hurricanes
F.Ways to track hurricanes
根据短文内容，回答题。
Nice Name But She&39;s So Deadly
(1) More than a million people in the United States were told to leave their homes over the weekend as Hurricane (飓风) Dennis headed to the Gulf coast, after killing at least 15 people in the Caribbean Sea.
(2) If you read the news often enough, you may notice that all hurricanes are given names. Why is that？ Remember, there can be more than one hurricane operating at one time. Without naming them, we could get confused about which storm we&39;re talking about.
(3) For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the Caribbean were named after the particular religious day on which they occurred. One Australian meteorologist (气象学家) began giving women&39;s names to tropical storms at the end of the 19th century. In 1953, the US National Weather Service, which is responsible for tracking hurricanes and issuing warnings, began using female names for storms. By 1979, both women and men&39;s names were being used. One name for each letter of the alphabet (字母表) is selected, except for Q, U and Z.
(4) So who decides which names are used each year？ The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation, so each list is reused every six years.
(5) Here&39;s a list of the 2005 Atlantic hurricanes, according to the US National Hurricane Centre: Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, Jose, Katrina, Lee, Maria,Nate, Ophelia, Philippe, Rita, Stan, Tammy, Vince, Wilma.
Paragraph 1 __________ 查看材料
A.Reason for naming hurricanes
B.Warning of an approaching hurricane
C.Deadly women
D.History of naming hurricanes
E.Organization responsible for naming hurricanes
F.Ways to track hurricanes
Desertification， drought， and despair－that＇s what global warming has in store for much of Africa. Or so we hear.
Emerging evidence is painting a very different scenario， one in which rising temperatures could benefit millions of Africans in the driest parts of the continent. Scientists are now seeing signals that the Sahara desert and surrounding regions are greening due to increasing rainfall. If sustained， these rains could revitaliｚe drought－ravaged regions， reclaiming them for farming communities. This desert－shrinking trend is supported by climate models， which predict a return to conditions that turned the Sahara into a lush savanna some 12，000 years ago.
The green shoots of recovery are showing up on satellite images of regions including the Sahel， a semi－desert ｚone bordering the Sahara to the south that stretches some 2，400 miles.
Images taken between 1982 and 2002 revealed extensive regreening throughout the Sahel， according to a new study in the journal Biogeosciences. The study suggests huge increases in vegetation in areas including central Chad and western Sudan. The transition may be occurring because hotter air has more capacity to hold moisture， which in turn creates more rain， said Martin Claussen of the Max Ｐlanck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg， Ｇermany， who was not involved in the new study. ＂The water－holding capacity of the air is the main driving force，＂ Claussen said.
While satellite images can＇t distinguish temporary plants like grasses that come and go with the rains， ground surveys suggest recent vegetation change is firmly rooted. In the eastern Sahara area of southwestern Egypt and northern Sudan， new trees—such as acacias—are flourishing， according to Stefan Ｋr？pelin， a climate scientist at the University of Cologne＇s Africa Ｒesearch Unit in Ｇermany.
＂Before， there was not a single scorpion， not a single blade of grass，＂ saidＫr？pelin， who has studied the region for two decades.＂Now you have people graｚing their camels in areas which may not have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years. Ｙou see birds， ostriches， gaｚelles coming back， even sorts of amphibians coming back，＂ he said.＂The trend has continued for more than 20 years. It is indisputable.＂
An explosion in plant growth has been predicted by some climate models.For instance， in 2005 a team led by Ｒeindert Haarsma of the Ｒoyal Netherlands Meteorological Institute in De Bilt， the Netherlands， forecast significantly more future rainfall in the Sahel.The study in Ｇeophysical Ｒesearch Letters predicted that rainfall in the Ｊuly to September wet season would rise by up to two millimeters a day by 2080.
Satellite data shows ＂that indeed during the last decade， the Sahel is becoming more green，＂ Haarsma said.Even so， climate scientists don＇t agree on how future climate change will affect the Sahel： Some studies simulate a decrease in rainfall.＂This issue is still rather uncertain，＂ Haarsma said.
Max Ｐlanck＇s Claussen said North Africa is the area of greatest disagreement among climate change modelers.Forecasting how global warming will affect the region is complicated by its vast siｚe and the unpredictable influence of high－altitude winds that disperse monsoon rains， Claussen added.＂Half the models follow a wetter trend， and half a drier trend.＂
86. According to the first paragraph， global warming is supposed to have the following impacts on Africa EＸCEＰT
A.water deficiency
B.distress
C. desertifications
D. more grasses and lakes
