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1、2014届高考英语一轮复习全面回扣训练16(1)(8min.)It'shardlysurprisingthatweatherisafavoritetopicforsomanypeoplearoundtheworld—itaffectswherewechoosetolive,whatwewear,ourmoods,andperhapsevenournationalcharacteristics.Studieshaveshownthatchangeableweathercanmakeitdifficulttoconcentrate,cloudyskiesslowdownreaction,an
2、dhighhumiditywithhot,drywindsmakesmanypeoplebadtempered.IfyouliveinaplacelikeBritain,wheretheweatherseemstochangedailyifnothourly,youcouldbeforgivenforthinkingthattheweatherisrandom.Infact,theweatheriscontrolledbysystemswhichmovearoundareasoftheglobe.IntheUKtheweatherdependsondepressions,oftencal
3、ledlows,andanticyclones,alsoknownashighs.ThesesystemsstartintheAtlanticOcean,andmaketheirwayacrosstheBritishIslesfromthewesttotheeast.Highsbringsunnyweather,whilelowsbringrainandwind.Inmoderntimes,humanactivitiesseemtobealteringweatherpatterns.Gasesproducedbyheavyindustrychangethetemperatureofthe
4、Earth'ssurface,andaffectcloudformation.SomeresearcherssaythatfactoriesinEuropeandNorthAmericamayhavebeenoneofthecausesofthedroughtsinAfricainthe1980s.Thehumanracehasalwaystriedtoguesstheweather,especiallyinareasoftheworldwheretherearefrequentchanges.Traditionalrhymespointtoearlyattemptstoidentify
5、weatherpatterns,popularpoemsinclude：Redskyatnight,shepherds'delight;redskyinthemorning,shepherds'warning.Flieswillswarm(云集)beforeastorm.Rainbefore7,clearby11.Whilefolkwisdomcanstillprovideaguidetohelpforecastweather,today'smethodsofpredictionincreasinglyrelyontechnology.Satellites,balloons,ships,
6、aircraftsandweathercenterswithsensitivemonitoringequipment,senddatatocomputers.Thedataisthenprocessed,andtheweatherispredicted.However,eventhissystemcannotpredictweatherforlongerthanaboutaweek.1.Whenweatherkeepschanging,______.A.peoplebecomebadtemperedB.people'sreactionslowsdownC.peoplefindithard
7、tofocusontheirworkD.peoplebecomehungrier2.Whatismainlytalkedaboutinthesecondparagraph?A.Changesinweather.B.WeatherinBritain.C.Africandroughts.D.Researchonweather.5 3.TheweatherinBritainis______.A.randomB.moistC
