Question

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（简报）every day in 1869. They were based on weather maps he drew from telegraphed reports of weather _______. Because of their accuracy（准确）, the reports were _______.

Congress（国会）became _______ in Abbe's weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist（气象学家）, and he ________ to issue（发布）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.produce B.attend C.check D.reply

2.A.fireman B.postman C.fisherman D.weatherman

3.A.so B.but C.after D.because

4.A.happy B.worried C.sad D.tired

5.A.time B.chances C.vacations D.points

6.A.online B.simple C.daily D.indoor

7.A.conditions B.stations C.reasons D.communications

8.A.strange B.popular C.terrible D.useless

9.A.successful B.smart C.bored D.interested

10.A.avoided B.began C.minded D.failed

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.A

8.B

9.D

10.B

【解析】

文章讲述了大家出门前都要查看一下天气预报是否会影响出行，由此说明了天气预报的重要性。这些都要感谢天气预报之父克利夫兰.阿贝，他是美国第一个发表气象预报的人，文章介绍了他的一些成就。

1.句意：所以你想先核实天气看是否会下雨。

考查动词，produce生产；attend出席；check检查，查看；reply回复。根据后文 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，故选C。

2.句意：你父亲打开电视，一家人听预报员做天气报告。

考查名词， fireman 消防员；postman邮递员 ；fisherman 渔民；weatherman天气预报员。根据后文播报 the weather report进行天气预报，可知是“天气预报员”播报天气预报，故选D。

3.句意：明天早晨局部地区多云，但是下午会放晴。

so因此；but但是；after在……之后；because因为。根据前文It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning早晨局部地区多云，后文clearing by early afternoon下午放晴，可知前后转折关系，故选B。

4.句意：因为不会下雨，全家人都觉得开心。

happy开心的；worried担心的；sad难过；tired累的。根据前文As there will be no rain，the whole family feels……若没有雨，一家人都是感觉……，根据语境，没有雨就不会影响出游了，可知大家是“开心的”，故选A。

5.句意：如果没有天气预报，你就不会知道这一点，你只能去碰运气。

time时间；chances机会；vacations假期；points要点。分析句意，前面说到无法预知下雨，所以只能碰运气。“碰运气”用take one’s chances。故选B。

6.句意：他是第一个在美国发布日常天气预报的人。

考查形容词，online在线的；simple简单的；daily日常的；indoor室内的。根据Abbe began his daily weather bulletins（简报） in 1869，阿贝在1869年开始他的日常的天气预报，可知此处也是说的“日常”天气预报，故选C。

7.句意：它们都是根据他从有关天气状况的电报中提取的天气地图制作的。

conditions状况，条件；stations车站；reasons理由；communications交流。考查名词，根据They were based on weather maps他们天气“地图”为基础，可知此处表示的 是天气状况，结合选项，conditions符合题意，故选A。

8.句意：由于其准确性，这些报告非常受欢迎。

考查形容词，strange奇怪的；popular受欢迎的；terrible可怕的 ；useless没用的。根据Because of their accuracy （准确），因为它们的准确性，可推出这是“受欢迎”的，故选B。

9.句意：国会开始对阿贝的天气报告感兴趣。

successful成功的；smart聪明的；bored无聊的；interested感兴趣的。根据They made Abbe a meteorologist 他们让他成为了气象学者，可知国会是对阿贝的天气预报“感兴趣的”，结合选项，interested符合题意，故选D。

10.句意：他们让阿贝做气象学家，他开始一天发布三次天气预报。

考查动词，avoided避免；began开始；minded介意；failed失败。根据语境，国会让他研究天气预报，于是他“开始”一天发布三次天气预报，结合选项，只有began符合题意，故选B。