Ancient man attempted to change the weather by usingmagic. While experience taught him this was impossible, __1__he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier in __2__ 1000 B.C.there were weather seers in Babylon----and priestsclever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted __3__the weather a year in the advance. Some forecasters used__4__ methods that seemed to take no connection with theactual __5__ factors controlled the weather. Chickens and other animals __6__ were sacrificedand their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. Somewhat more scientific were__7__ predictions based on vegetation:"Onion's skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onion'sskin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough." Insects and animals were also __8__favorite weather clues: "Before the glowworm lights his __9__ lamp , then the air is always damp ." "If spiders their cobwebs forsake , the weather will for certain break ." "If frogs remained in pools ,the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, __10__ rain and cold were due." It's difficultto say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : " Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinkswe'll have some rain today ."
參考答案及解析:
1.While—When或After.本句的this指代的是to change theweather by using magic. when/after 引導(dǎo)時間狀語
2.in—than.earlier是early的比較級，其后應(yīng)有than
3.those之后加who.who引導(dǎo)定語從句
4. 刪除advance前的the.in advance為習(xí)語
5. take—have.have connection with 為習(xí)語
6. controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/whichcontrolled the weather做定語修飾the actual factors
7. and—or.rain和draught只能是二者之一
8. 刪除is.與上文平衡，均為省略句
9. before—when/if.條件句
10. will—would.if引導(dǎo)的是條件句用的是remained一般過去時