A country's latitude, or distance from the equator,
! x3 r, ]1 m4 H" j- U has an important effect on its climate. In places- @/ L7 ?$ i: \: {+ m) _% i% |
locating at low latitudes, or near the equator, like__1__4 E: m: U* R) I7 A
Ecuador and northern Brazil, the amount of sunshine
* D9 Z% o& d" |* z changes the most during the years. At mid-latitudes, in __2__/ s& T/ c% U+ E5 i$ p( l
places like Japan or Argentina, there is less sunshine__3__
; I, z* F3 m0 {% G3 S2 w7 Q6 u in the summer than in winter. The greatest change
0 x) c! Y* b. B" V8 ^+ f) B occurs at the highest latitudes, in places like northern
4 C" k# B! V1 v' ~ Canada and Alaska. In these places, the nights are very$ j! B( w4 i& K8 C; r Z/ \6 B
long for half the year, and the days are long during7 u9 ^" ]" M, h K+ `4 G- o" u
other half. At the North or South Pole, sunlight lasts __4__
# F/ f4 Y& Z7 e- D! d( j the longest during the winter. But light and heat are __5__4 E5 X. B( ?) [; v( a+ _3 C
the most intense at the equator.
; i ]& x( ]. |( x) _; i& I Altitude and distance from the sea also affect climate. G2 Z. b {7 b
The thin air in the high mountain areas absorb less of the __6__
8 L- m0 L+ M2 ]0 _ sun's heat than the thicker air at sea level. The daily
7 C7 M! w- q* h3 z; n, f change in temperature also increases with distance3 n4 c6 d6 f/ W% S5 J" d) T
from the sea. Snow and rain are not very important to __7__1 ~/ ?/ b* C2 F" S* j0 ~
climate. Snow reflects as much as eighty or ninety
; v4 B3 _! e6 l/ n; r# V Y1 h! j percent of the heat from the sun, and making the __8__
% o# c" S% R" g" Q weather even colder. But a large forest area can reflect
3 V' h0 a. X5 ~ d" y* e+ O+ T as little as five percent of the sun's heat. This makes
; ^& k$ i ~, r+ v; M4 [* y the weather warmer. Of course, the general effects of- h }+ {0 K+ W7 e, H3 T
climate do not explain everything about the weather. a2 g! O( v: ?# x! g
For example, either the driest places in the world and __9__
$ ^4 Z( U7 W5 W& B! K% M the place with the most rainy days are located in Chile.3 X# S. X7 H( w/ l: R: S5 ~
Calama, in the Atacama Desert, has had no rain over__10__4 h0 P$ o6 H w+ X; `& Q" o( }
400 years. But during the year 1916, it rained in Bahia, `; p% F# s& m/ i4 C1 P1 e4 a) V
Felix, Chile for 348 days. ~6 k0 I& S+ N+ N
答案及解析:
/ W* k ?. m* v9 p B9 y; X. n 1. locating—located* K5 m r8 [9 E- R
locate作位于解释时,常常用被动语态- P2 t7 }5 t/ ~# p
2. most—least: Y8 |5 Z# U# p; |4 P6 B4 x
根据上下文及常识,低纬度或赤道地区的日照量变化最小
7 c: P7 E9 G: o 3. less—more X m$ m. o1 E( V
常识告诉我们,诸如日本,阿根廷等纬度不高不低的国家或地区,夏季的日照要比冬季的日照多得多
7 o" W* g" F: G( K 4. 在other前加the
! s% J: w2 [6 j" h 是指另外半年。other用于the、my、your、his等之后与一单一名词连用,意义为“两个中的另一个”
' `5 j" F* b' Q0 S3 e! }1 }6 a 5. winter—summer
! [# ~( E& V- d9 ?# p4 t, z 根据常识或科普知识可得- M5 |0 f [- B7 o6 b) Y% h9 S9 ]1 |( ^
6. absorb—absorbs% M7 B d* ^" k" F r
the thin air是动词absorbs的主语
R6 b! Y3 Y3 S8 H) X: |, Q, o 7. 删除not+ {& C8 s+ I7 J( W2 ?- c O
我们的常识和下文Snow reflects as much as eighty or ninety percent of the heat from the sun, and making the weather even colder.能充分说明如果该句中有not一次是彻底错误的。
! h8 d# w; L8 \, q2 [6 ^9 o 8. making—makes' Q* n4 U1 _. A; t
makes the weather even colder由and链接reflects as much as eighty or ninety percent of the heat from the sun8 ]6 U# t* E; A6 X
9. either—both
2 r: u4 P6 L' p8 o 首先是下文的and;其次,谓语动词是are located: _# M' g3 a4 ?& `' [0 }
10. 在over前插入for
) J. l6 H" L% R8 y* j! `! I; F* u; x+ F for用于表示一段时间,作为时间状语,其修饰的谓语动词常常用完成时。 |