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【题目】One day, around Christmas time, fishermen off the west coast of Peru started on their traditional fishing trip. Much to their surprise, there were no fish! They knew immediately what had happened. Tales from years gone by had told them this was the result of El Nino which sometimes stop fishing for many months!

El Nino is a warm current that comes and goes along the west coast of South America. It got its name from fishermen in Peru more than a century ago. Every few years, they noticed a sudden warming in the normally cool Pacific water where they fished. Because this warming often came about around Christmas, they called it El Nino, which is Spanish for the “Christ Child”. Generally, El Nino occurs every three to seven years and lasts only a few weeks to a month or more.

El Nino warms the water it flows through. Because the fish and sea birds need cold water to live, many of them die when El Nino comes through. El Nino also causes both floods and droughts. It is believed that El Nino may have caused the 1993 Mississippi and 1995 California floods. And at the same time, it may have caused droughts in South America, Africa and Australia.

El Nino has occurred thirteen times within the last fifty years, bringing natural disasters to many countries such as Indonesia and Peru. However, El Nino does not often trouble China. During this period China was badly hit by El Nino only once. In 1998, North China had a terrible drought, while South China was troubled by floods.

【1】The underlined word "current" （in Paragraph 2）most probably refers to “______”.

A. water B. wind C. atmosphere D. climate

【2】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about El Nino?

A. It happens in November and December.

B. It was named by some Spanish fishermen.

C. It only happens in South America.

D. It lasts a few weeks or more.

【3】If El Nino happens, the following will take place EXCEPT ______.

A. rises in temperature of the sea water

B. diseases spreading around the world

C. floods and droughts

D. death of fish and sea birds

【4】The purpose of this passage is ______.

A. to discuss the prevention of El Nino

B. to explain how El Nino trouble farmers

C. to let us know about El Nino

D. to tell us how to prepare for El Nino

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇说明文，让人们了解更多关于El Nino。

【1】A词义猜测题。根据后面that comes and goes along the west coast of South America.m沿着南美西部海湾流动。第三段第一句El Nino warms the water it flows through. El Nino使温暖的水流过。可推知划线单词的意思最有可能是：水流.故选A。

【2】D细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句El Nino occurs every three to seven years and lasts only a few weeks to a month or more. El Nino每3到7年发生一次，持续几周到一个月或更长时间。故选D。

【3】B细节理解题。第三段第一句El Nino warms the water it flows through. El Nino使温暖的水流过，也就是让海水的温度升高；排除A；根据El Nino also causes both floods and droughts. El Nino也带来洪水和干旱。可排除C；根据Because the fish and sea birds need cold water to live, many of them die when El Nino comes through.鱼和海鸟需要冷水，所以当El Nino经过时他们当中很多会死去的。可排除D。故选B。

【4】C主旨大意题。根据第三段第一句El Nino warms the water it flows through. El Nino使温暖的水流过，也就是让海水的温度升高；根据第三段第三句El Nino also causes both floods and droughts. El Nino也带来洪水和干旱；根据第三段第一、二句Because the fish and sea birds need cold water to live, many of them die when El Nino comes through.鱼和海鸟需要冷水，所以当El Nino经过时他们当中很多会死去的。纵观全文，介绍El Nino的情况就是为了让人们了解更多关于El Nino。故选C。

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