题文

阅读理解。

Scientists think that a weather pattern (形式) called El Nino (厄尔尼诺现象) caused the Drought (干旱) in Australia. E1 Nino causes different weather in different parts of the world. It causes a lot of rain and floods in some places. It causes droughts in other places. Droughts can badly affect people and the land. E1 Nino lasts about a year.     In normal weather conditions, warm winds from South America blow from east to west across the Pacific Ocean. The winds early take storms to Australia. These storms bring rain to Australia.     During an E1 Nino weather pattern, the winds change direction. They blow from west to east across the Pacific Ocean. The storms no longer move across Australia. So Australia gets very little rain during E1 Nino.      The drought began in January, 1982. E1 Nino often occurs at this time of year. But that year, El Nino was stronger than usual. There was very little rainfall (降雨量) in eastern Australia. There was also very little water in the rivers. The drought was at its worst in February, 1983. At that time, the weather was very hot. The forests and fields were very dry. Cotton growers eouldn't plant their cotton. Sheep farmers had no grass for their animals to eat. So many of them died.Because the forests were dry. Forest fires started quickly. Some of the fires burned for a month. Many forests were destroyed. Over 2,000 people lost their houses in the fires and 75 people died.     The Australian drought of 1982-1983 affected thousands of people and animals. The drought cost the country over $3,000,000,000. It was a reminder (提示) to Australians of how the weather could change their lives.

1. From the passage we know El Nino is ______.

A. a powerful storm B. a place in Australia C. a weather pattern

2. The undedined word "occurs" in the passage means "______" in Chinese.

A. 发生 B. 发展 C. 消失

3. Picture ______ shows how E1 Nino causes a drought in Australia.

4. W1lich of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There was very little rainfall in eastern Australia in 1982. B. Many forests weI_e destroyed in the Australian drought. C. Australian government paid over￥3,000,000,000 for this drought.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. A drought happened in South America. B. E1 Nino caused a great drought in Australia. C. Australia got much rain during E1 Nino.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

1-5    CABCB

据专家权威分析，试题“阅读理解。 Scientists think that a weather pattern (形式) ca..”主要考查你对  科教类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

科教类阅读

考点名称：科教类阅读

• 科普类的阅读：
  科普类的阅读理解包含介绍科学知识、社会知识的短文。阅读这类短文时，要以事实为中心进行思考，抓住事物的特征、用途、相互关系等。
  如果是介绍社会现象的文章，要掌握所谈现象的内涵。

• 答题技巧：
  1. 加强整体意识，把握文章的主要内容。在阅读的时候可给段落标上序号，并给重要的句子和
     关键词做上记号，尤其是各段中心句，为答题提供更快捷更多的信息源。
  2. 审清题干，发觉和把握试题中有效的提示性信息，确认命题的角度、阅读范围和答题方式。
  3. 定位阅读，强化对应意识。同时要注意原文利用和自我加工相结合。