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1、英语复习专项训练：完形填空（十二）Passage12OnceinabluemoonthereisoneonNewYear'sEve.Revelersringingin2010willbetreatedtoaso-calledbluemoon.Accordingtopopulardefinition,abluemoonisthesecondfullmooninamonth.Butdon't1ittobeblue-thenamehasnothingto2thecolorofourclosestceles
2、tial（天体）neighbor.Afullmoon3onDecember2.ItwillappearagainonThursdayintimefortheNewYear'scountdown."Ifyou'reinTimesSquare,you'llseethe4moonrightaboveyou.It'sgoingtobethatbrilliant,"saidJackHorkheimer,directoremeritusoftheMiamiSpaceTransitPlanetariumandho
3、stofaweeklyastronomyTVshow.TheNewYear'sEvebluemoonwillbe5intheUnitedStates,Canada,Europe,SouthAmericaandAfrica.ForpartygoersinAustraliaandAsia,thefullmoondoesnotshowup6NewYear'sDay,makingJanuaryabluemoonmonthforthem.However,theEasternHemispherecanceleb
4、ratewithapartiallunareclipse（月蚀）onNewYear'sEvewhen7ofthemoonenterstheEarth'sshadow.The8willnotbevisibleintheAmericas.Afullmoonoccurs929.5days,andmostyearshave12.10,anextrafullmooninamonth-abluemoon-occursevery2.5years.The11timetherewasalunardoubletakew
5、asinMay2007.NewYear'sEvebluemoonsarerarer,occurringevery19years.Thelasttimewasin1990;thenextonewon't12againuntil2028.Bluemoonshavenoastronomical13,saidGregLaughlin,anastronomerattheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz."`Bluemoon'isjusta14inthesamesenseasa`
6、hunter'smoon'ora`harvestmoon,'"Laughlinsaidinane-mail.Thepopulardefinitionofbluemoon15afterawriterforSky&Telescopemagazinein1946misunderstoodtheMaineFarmer'sCalendarandmarkedabluemoonasthesecondfullmooninamonth.Infact,thecalendar16abluemoonasthethirdfu
7、llmooninaseasonwithfourfullmoons,nottheusualthree.ThoughSky&Telescopecorrectedthe17decadeslater,thedefinitioncaughton.Forpurists（语言纯正癖者）,however,thisNewYear'sEvefullmoondoesn'tevenqualifyasa18moon.It'sjustthefirstfullmoonofthewinterseason.Inatongue-in-
8、cheekessay19onthemagazine'sWebsitethisweek,seniorcontributingeditorKellyBeattywrote:"IfskiesareclearwhenI'm20celebrating,I'lltakeapeek（眯着眼睛看）atthatbrilliantorb（天体）asitrisesovertheBostonskylinetoseeifit'sanicyshadeofblue.OrmaybeI'lljusth
