全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语预测试题参考答案及详细解答(2-7)
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Section B
Direction: Read the following passage and then give
short ansvxers to the five questions. Write your answers on
the Answer Sheet.
In the second half of each year, many powerful storms
are born in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean seas. Of
these, only about a half a dozen generate the strong,
circling winds of 75 miles perhour or more that give them
hurricane status, and several usually make their way to the
coast. There they cause millions of dollars of damage, and
bring death to large numbers of people.
The great storms that hit the coast start as innocent
circling disturbances hundreds -- even thou-sands -- of
miles out to sea. As they travel aimlessly over water
warmed by the summer sun, they are carried westward by the
trade winds. When conditions are just right, warm, moist
air flows in at the bottom of such a disturbance, moves
upward through it and comes out at the top. In the process,
the moisture in this warm air produces rain, and with it
the heat that is converted to energy in the form of strong
winds. As the heat increases, the young hurricane begins to
swirl in a counter-clockwise motion.
The average life of a hurricane is only about nine
days, but it contains almost more power than we can
imagine. The energy in the heat released by a hurricanes
rainfall in a single day would satisfy the entire
electrical needs of the Unites States for more than six
months. Water, not wind, is the main source of death and
destruction in a hurricane. A typical hurricane brings 6-
to 12-inch downpours resulting in sudden floods. Worst of
all is the powerful movement of the sea -- the mountains of
water moving toward the low-pressure hurricane center. The
water level rises as much as 15 feet above normal
as it moves toward shore.
41. When is an ordinary tropical storm called a
hurricane?
42. What is the worst thing about hurricane?
43. What causes the counter-clockwise swiding of the
hurricane?
44. What does the word "downpour" mean?
45. What is the passage mainly about?
参考答案:
Section B
41.When江beginsintheAtlanticandCaribbeanseas.
42.I~structiveeffectsOfwater.
43.The increasing heat.
44.Heavyrainfall.
45.Hurricaneand itSdestruction.
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