E1 Nino n．厄爾尼諾現(xiàn)象
Equatorial adj．赤道的
Occurrence n．發(fā)生
Meteorologist n．氣象學(xué)家
Offset v．抵銷
Lead adj．提前的
Monsoon n．季風(fēng)
Tricky adj．難以捉摸的
練習(xí)：
1．The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advance．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
2. The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and sea—surface temperatures．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
3. The Columbia University researchers are the first to use sea-surface temperatures to match the past EI Nino occurrences．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
4. Weare’s contribution in predicting E1 Nino，was highly praised by other meteorologists．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
5. According to a Chinese report，the flooding in China caused by E1 Nino in 1 99 1 and 1 997 affected 200 million Chinese people．
A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
6. It takes about eight months for El Nino to reach its peak．
A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
7. A special institute has been set up in America to study E1 Nino．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
第三部分：概括大意與完成句子 （每題1分，共8分）
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項(xiàng)測試任務(wù)：（1）1---4 題要求從所給的6個選項(xiàng)中為第2--5 段每段選擇1個正確的小標(biāo)題；（2）第5--8題要求從所給的6個選項(xiàng)中選擇4個正確的選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Icy Microbes
In ice that has sealed a salty Antarctic lake for more than 2,800 years, scientists have found frozen bacteria and algae that returned to life after thawing. The research may help in the search for life on Mars, which is thought to have subsurface lakes of ice.
A research team led by Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago drilled through more than 39 feet ice to collect samples of bacteria and algae. When Doran’s team brought them back and warmed them up a bit, they sprang back to life.
Doran said the microbes have been age-dated at 2,800 years old, but even older microbes may live deeper in the ice sheet sealing the lake, and in the briny water below the ice. That deeper ice and the water itself will be cautiously sampled in a later expedition that will test techniques may one day be used on Mars.
Equatorial adj．赤道的
Occurrence n．發(fā)生
Meteorologist n．氣象學(xué)家
Offset v．抵銷
Lead adj．提前的
Monsoon n．季風(fēng)
Tricky adj．難以捉摸的
練習(xí)：
1．The method used by the Columbia University researchers can predict E1 Nino a few months in advance．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
2. The Columbia University researchers studied the relationship between the past EI Nino occurrences and sea—surface temperatures．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
3. The Columbia University researchers are the first to use sea-surface temperatures to match the past EI Nino occurrences．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
4. Weare’s contribution in predicting E1 Nino，was highly praised by other meteorologists．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
5. According to a Chinese report，the flooding in China caused by E1 Nino in 1 99 1 and 1 997 affected 200 million Chinese people．
A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
6. It takes about eight months for El Nino to reach its peak．
A．right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
7. A special institute has been set up in America to study E1 Nino．
A．Right B．Wrong C．Not mentioned
第三部分：概括大意與完成句子 （每題1分，共8分）
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項(xiàng)測試任務(wù)：（1）1---4 題要求從所給的6個選項(xiàng)中為第2--5 段每段選擇1個正確的小標(biāo)題；（2）第5--8題要求從所給的6個選項(xiàng)中選擇4個正確的選項(xiàng)，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Icy Microbes
In ice that has sealed a salty Antarctic lake for more than 2,800 years, scientists have found frozen bacteria and algae that returned to life after thawing. The research may help in the search for life on Mars, which is thought to have subsurface lakes of ice.
A research team led by Peter Doran of the University of Illinois at Chicago drilled through more than 39 feet ice to collect samples of bacteria and algae. When Doran’s team brought them back and warmed them up a bit, they sprang back to life.
Doran said the microbes have been age-dated at 2,800 years old, but even older microbes may live deeper in the ice sheet sealing the lake, and in the briny water below the ice. That deeper ice and the water itself will be cautiously sampled in a later expedition that will test techniques may one day be used on Mars.