[单项选择]

Ida Likely to Hit Florida

The National Weather Forecasting Center issued a hurricane alert from the Caribbean Islands to the southeast of Florida today, (150) fears that the season’s latest storm may hit the peninsula within a few days. That is anything but certain. Last month Hurricane David was on a bull’s-eye course with Florida but turned north before hitting the coast. Meteorologists continually try to remind the public that weather (151) is not an exact science, especially with storms the size and intensity of hurricanes.
Nonetheless, the Florida State Disaster Management Team has issued a yellow flag alert, meaning that severe weather may be expected within three days. Testing of alarm and communication systems must be (152) as soon as possible. The newly named Hurricane Ida is currently only a Category 1 storm, but if it gains in intensity, it could do great damage to Florida.

A. raising
B. raises
C. to raise
D. raised

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The National Weather Forecasting Center issued a hurricane alert from the Caribbean Islands to the southeast of Florida today, (150) fears that the season’s latest storm may hit the peninsula within a few days. That is anything but certain. Last month Hurricane David was on a bull’s-eye course with Florida but turned north before hitting the coast. Meteorologists continually try to remind the public that weather (151) is not an exact science, especially with storms the size and intensity of hurricanes.
Nonetheless, the Florida State Disaster Management Team has issued a yellow flag alert, meaning that severe weather may be expected within three days. Testing of alarm and communication systems must be (152) as soon as possible. The newly named Hurricane Ida is currently only a Category 1 storm, but if it gains in intensity, it could do great damage to Florida.

A. presentation
B. prescription
C. prediction
D. presumption

[单项选择] Weather Map
A weather map is an important tool for geographers. A succession of three of four maps presents a continuous picture of weather changes. Weather forecasts are able to determine the speed of air masses and fronts; to determine whether an individual pressure area is deepening or becoming shallow and whether a front is increasing or decreasing in intensity. They are also able to determine whether an air mass is retaining its original characteristics or taking on those of the surface over which it is moving. Thus, a most significant function of the map is to reveal a synoptic picture of conditions in the atmosphere at a given time.
All students of geography should be able to interpret a weather map accurately. Weather maps contain an enormous amount of information about weather conditions existing at the time of observation over a large geographical area. They reveal in a few minutes what otherwise would take hours to describe. The United States w
A. wind speed
B. thermal changes
C. fronts
D. barometric pressure

[填空题]The American passion for speedy has now hit the food business. 76.______
Many restaurants, in particularly the great chain restaurant company, 77.______
McDonald’s, specialize in "fast food," which is served on the counter 78.______
ready "to go" or "to take out". The heat food is packed into cardboard 79.______
containers. There are also drive-in fast food restaurants, where 80.______
the customer does even have to leave his or her car. They first 81.______
stop at a board where the menu is displayed, order through a 82.______
microphone and then drive other twenty yards, where a girl hands them 83.______
the meal, cooked and packed. People whom prefer to eat in the 84.______
restaurant also receive her food in cardboard containers. When they 85.______
have finished, they throw the containers into a trash can.

[单项选择]What did the forecast indicate that the weather for the weekend would be
A. Rainy and mild.
B. Rainy and cold.
C. Sunny and mild.
D. Cloudy and cold.

[填空题]Ida