2008年英语四级复习资料（十三）
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40 “… sometimes telecast around the clock in the 1960s、 ” means ____。
A、TV telecast used to have a round clock B、people watch TV with around clock nearby
C、TV telecast 24 hours a day in the 1960s D、TV was on show everyday
第二篇阅读文章：
EI Nino is the name given to the mysterious and often unpredictable change in the climate of the world、 This strange （47) happens every five to eight years. It starts in the pacific Ocean and is thought to be caused by a failure in the trade winds(信风., which affects the ocean currents driven by these winds. As the trade winds lessen in （48) , the ocean temperatures rise, causing the Peru current flowing in from the east to warm up by as much as 5℃.
The warning of the ocean has far-reaching effects. The hot, humid (潮湿的.air over the ocean causes severe （49) thunderstorms. The rainfall is increased across South America, （50) floods to Peru. In the West Pacific, there are droughts affecting Australia and Indonesia. So while some parts of the world prepare for heavy rains and floods, other parts face drought, poor crops and （51).
EI Nino usually lasts for about 18 months. The 1982-83 EI Nino brought the most （52) weather in modern history) Its effect was worldwide and it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused over eight billion pounds （53) of damage. The 1990 EI Nino lasted until June 1995. Scientists （54) this to be the longest EI Nino for 2,000 years.
Nowadays, weather experts are able to forecast when an EI Nino will （55) , but they are still not （56） sure what leads to it or what affects how strong it will be.
[F] phenomenon [B] strength [E] tropical [L] bringing [K] starvation
[J] destructive [N] worth [A] estimate [O] strike [I] completely
[C] deliberately [D] notify [G] stable [H] attraction [M] exhaustion
第三篇完型填空文章：
Part Ⅳ Cloze (15 minutes)
Anyone who has ridden on a railroad train knows how rapidly another train ____ (71) ____ by when it is traveling in the__ (72) __ direction and conversely how it may look almost __ (73) __ when it is moving in the same direction、 __ (74) __ a train at a station starts to move forward __ (75) __ gently that passengers feels no backward movement ___ (76) __、 Then if they happened to__(77)__ the window and see another train slide past on the next track, they have no way of knowing __(78) __ train is in motion and which is at rest.__(79)__ can they tell how fast either one is moving or in which direction、 The only way they can judge their __ (80)__ is by looking out the other side of the car for some fixed body of reference __(81) __ the station platform or a single light、 Newton was__ (82) __ these tricks of motion, only he thought in terms of ships、 He knew that on a calm day at sea a sailor can shave himself or drink soup as__ (83) __ as when his ship is lying motionless in harbor、 The water in his basin, the soup in his bowl, will rem
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