11.It's hard to predict the weather in the near future.It's even more difficult to know what the climate of the coming season is like.Now you know the winter of 2011/12 was not warm but a freezing one/many people in the Northern Hemisphere died of cold.but a Native American tribe was fortunate enough to survive the terrible winter because of what was foretold b y a weatherman.
One day in early September o 2011 the chief of the Native American tribe was asked by his tribal elders if the winter was going to be cold or mild.The chief asked his medicine man,but the man also had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes.
In truth,neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter.However,the chief decided to take a modern approach,and rang the National Weather Service in Gaylord Michigan.
"Yes,it is going to be a cold winter,"the weatherman told the chief.Consequently,the chief went back to h is tribe and told his tribe people to collect plenty of firewood.
A fortnight later the chief called the National Weather Service and asked for an update."Are you still forecasting a cold winter?"he asked.
"Yes,very cold,"the weatherman told him.
As a result of this brief conversation the chief went back to the tribe people to collect every bit of wood they could find.
A month later the chief called the National Weather Service once more and asked about the coming winter."Yes,"he was told,"it s going to be one of the coldest winters ever."
The weatherman was right!And the Native American tribe went comfortably through the terrifying winter.The chief was thankful and curious.He rang the weatherman again and asked,"How can you be so sure about it tat it was freezing winter?"
The weatherman replied,"Because the Native American tribe of the Great Lakes are collecting wood like crazy."
25.The underlined words in Paragraph2 must be a person whoB.
A.only has the ability to cure illness
B.can foretell what will happen in the future
C.governs he whole American tribes
D.is a weatherman for the Great Lakes
26.The chief decided to take a modern approach,so he turned toD.
A.his medicine man
B.his tribe people
C.a telephone
D.a weatherman
27.The native tribe survived the terrible winter mainly because ofA.
A.lucky coincidence
B.good leadership
C.scientific prediction
D.modern technology
28.The chief rang the weatherman several times out ofD.
A.anger B.excitement
C.curiosity D.doubt.
分析 本文是一篇故事类阅读,主要讲述了因为一个偶然的幸运,五大湖周围的一个本土部落的人安然度过非常寒冷的冬天.
解答 25.B 推理判断题.根据文章第二段"the man also had lost touch with the reading signs from the natural world around the Great Lakes.以及下句neither of them had idea about how to predict the coming winter."可看出这个人是一个根据自然现象观测未来的人,故选B.
26.D 推理判断题.根据文中此句"the chief decided to take a modern approach,and rang the National Weather Service in Gaylord Michigan."以及"Yes,it is going to be a cold winter,"the weatherman told the chief.,可看出主管求助于天气预报员.故选D.
27.A 推理判断题.从文章最后一段"The weatherman replied,"Because the Native American tribe of the Great Lakes are collecting wood like crazy.""可看出他们能度过寒冷冬天是比较幸运的巧合.故选A.
28.D 推理判断题.根据文章首领多次打电话询问,最可能是出于怀疑,故选D.
点评 本文是一篇故事类阅读,题目涉及多道推理判断题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测