D

Wouldn’t it be great if you could just look up at the sky and read the weather forecast right away? Well, you can. The forecast is written in clouds. If you can read that writing, you can tell something about the atmosphere. With some practice, you can become a pretty good weather forecaster. Who knows, you might even do as well as meteorologists(气象学家).

Meteorologists use much more information than just the appearance of the clouds to make their forecast. They collect data(数据)from all over the world. Then they put it into powerful, high speed computers. This does give the meteorologists an advantage, because they can track(追踪)weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country. But you have an advantage, too. You can look at the sky and get your data directly. A meteorologist uses a computer forecast that’s several hours old to make a local forecast.

What are you seeing when you look at a cloud? “A picture of moisture(水汽)is doing in the atmosphere,” says meteorologist Peter Leavitt. There’s moisture throughout the atmosphere. Most of the time you don’t see it, because it’s in the form of an unseeable gas called water vapor. Sometimes, the temperature of the air gets cold enough to caus e the waster vapor to change to liquid water. It’s called condensation(凝结), and we see it happen all the time (for example, when humid air from the shower hits the cold glasses of a mirror). When enough water vapor condenses(冷凝), droplets(小滴)come in the air. These droplets scatter(分散) light. A cloud is seen.

Watching clouds over a day or two tells you a lot more than a single cloud about the weather to come. Changes in clouds show changes in the atmosphere. You should begin to notice patterns. Certain clouds, following each other in order, can signal an approaching storm. But don’t take our word for it; see for yourself.

32. According to the passage, an ordinary person might read the weather forecast as well as meteorologists _________.

A. with some simple practice looking up at the sky B. with the help of the high-speed computers

C. through complex (复杂的) instruments   D. by visiting a weather station

33. Meteorologists can make their weather forecast      .

A. by using information of the appearance of the clouds only

B. by collecting data from parts of the world

C. by collecting and analyzing(分析)the data

D. by watching the sky

34. According to the passage, your advantage in weather forecast is that      .

A. you have a high-speed computer

B. you observe the sky and get your data directly

C. you have more instruments at home

D. you can track weather patterns as they move from west to east across the country

35. This passage mainly tells us about how to     .

A. train ourselves as meteorologists   B. be an assistant to a meteorologist

C. forecast the weather by ourselves   D. broadcast the weather forecast

第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节　完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

All through high school, students dream of McDonald’ s for lunch instead of school lunches.  36 , they don’t have that opportunity here. They have to  37 what the school has provided for them. In my opinion, they deserve to have lunches outside of the school.

By  38 teens to spend lunchtime outside, the school could save a lot of money, which could be used to  39  more school programs. As we know, school lunches are subsidized(补贴)by the government. That’s why food in school is sold  40 . If students are able to go outside at noon, the school will spend less money on the  41 program. And the school can use the money saved for  42 things, such as sports equipment or new books.

If students are able to have lunch outside of the school, they will get more  43 about how the real world works. If they stand in a cafeteria line every day, they won’t have the  44  to get involved in wider society. Students,  45  those who are about to graduate, need to know what to expect when they’re on their own. Eating outside makes it possible for them to  46 more of the outside world.

It is  47  for the school to place more trust in teens. They should be trusted enough to eat out and  48 on time. School officials argue that they’re making sure children are  49 by keeping them in school since they’re worried that something  50 might happen to children. Of course, lunch rush can be  51 , especially if teens race outside and back to school at the expected time. But the students are now  52 enough to be responsible for their own behavior. All teens have been taught to  53 road rules when they are outside alone.

54 , the school should let students go outside for lunch. It gives students a sense of  55 and responsibility, and they deserve to be trusted.

36. A. Instead   B. Besides   C. However   D. Therefore

37. A. eat    B. play    C. read    D. cook

38. A. ordering  B. requiring   C. encouraging  D. allowing

39. A. support   B. copy    C. find    D. write

40. A. cheaply   B. easily    C. secretly   D. quickly

41. A. health   B. lunch    C. education   D. exercise

42. A. interesting  B. surprising   C. different   D. unusual

43. A. feelings   B. expectations  C. explanations  D. experiences

44. A. wish   B. ability    C. need    D. chance

45. A. obviously  B. naturally   C. especially   D. clearly

46. A. accept   B. learn    C. enjoy    D. remember

47. A. important  B. easy    C. useless   D. doubtful

48. A. work   B. start    C. return    D. leave

49. A. active   B. safe    C. happy    D. honest

50. A. strange   B. necessary   C. impossible   D. unexpected

51. A. dangerous  B. exciting   C. boring    D. puzzling

52. A. tall    B. strong    C. old     D. smart

53. A. make   B. change    C. break    D. follow

54. A. After all   B. In short   C. In fact    D. As usual

55. A. humor   B. freedom   C. direction   D. achievement

第二节(共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Meet the magic folk

Throughout the ages and across the world, fairies(童话故事)have come alive in the stories, poems, and songs passed down from the old to the young. Some amazing stories about fairies have come to us from the British Isles.  56

Merrows are Irish fairy mermaids(美人鱼). The females are very gentle and beautiful with fishes’ tails. Merrows sometimes come onto land disguised(伪装)as small, white cattle or as beautiful women wearing bright red feather caps.  57

Leprechauns(矮妖)are fairies that appear as tiny old men. They like to be alone most of the time, making and mending shoes and keeping their pots of gold well hidden. If  a human catches a leprechaun and asks for its gold, the leprechaun must hand it over.  58  If the human looks away for even an instant, the leprechaun will joyfully disappear.

Brownies are hairy little men who do chores(杂事)in houses and on farms during the night. All they want as payment is food, and they get very angry if humans watch them do their work. If a brownie is given clothes as a present, he’ll disappear forever.  59

Selkies are seal fairies. Female selkies sometimes come to shore and take off their sealskins to play on the beach in human form. Like merrows, if a human finds a selkie’s sealskin, she can’t go back to the ocean.  60  If she finds her seals kin, she happily returns to the sea, leaving her human husband and children…but she comes close to shore to watch over them from time to time.

A. Here are some of these fairies.

B. Most sailors at sea hope never to see a merrow.

C. But it is far trickier(狡猾的)than it looks!

D. A selkie is quiet and lovely, with dark hair and sad eyes.

E. Instead, she must obey(服从)the human who keeps it and usually marries him.

F. Perhaps this is because he rushes back to s how off his new clothes to the others.

G. If a human steals this cap, a merrow can’t go back to the sea and must stay on land.