大学英语四级2006年6月真题精讲：选词填空
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) （25 minutes）Section A
Direction: In
this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select
one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following
the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.
Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the
corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on
the following passage.
El Nino is
the name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate
of the world. This strange 47 happens every five to eight years. It starts
in the Pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade
winds (信风), which
affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in 48 , the ocean temperatures rise, causing
the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5℃.
The
warming of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid (潮湿的) air over the ocean
causes severe 49 thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased
across South America, 50 floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there
are droughts affecting Australia
and Indonesia.
So while
some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face
drought, poor crops and 51 .
El Nino usually lasts
for about 18 months. The 1982-83 El Nino brought the most 52 weather in modern history. Its effect was
worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion
pounds 53 of damage. The 1990 El Nino lasted until June
1995. Scientists 54 this to be the longest El Nino for 2,000
years.
Nowadays, weather
experts are able to forecast when an El Nino will 55 but
they are still not 56 sure what leads to it or what affects how
strong it will be.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A)
estimate B) strengthC) deliberatelyD)
notify E)
tropical
F)
phenomenonG) stable H) attraction I)
completely J) destructive
K)
starvationL) bringingM) exhaustion N)
worth O)
strike
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