In the 1500s, South American fishermen said that the sea became warmer every few years. They gave this special event a Spanish name ’El Nino’, meaning ’the baby’. It is called ’the baby’ because it arrives around Christmas.
El Nino is a huge area of warm water in the middle of cold water in the Pacific Ocean. It happens every two to seven years. It moves around the ocean and bees bigger and smaller at different times. This warm water affects the weather. It is always raining over El Nino. El Nino contains a lot of energy. Scientists think this energy is formed when wind es from the northern half of the world. The winds blow across warm sea water in the south. When the strong wind hits the warm water, violent weather happens. Scientists think that El Nino existed for many thousands of years.
El Nino affects every person in the world because it affects the entire world’s weather. It can bring the rain that farmers need. It can bring storms that destroy homes. It can mean that fishermen cannot catch fish, and it can bring floods. There is nothing we can do about El Nino. It is an event of nature. We can help the world’s weather by trying to stop the greenhouse effect and air pollution. The most important job for scientists is to learn how to predict when El Nino is going to bring dangerous weather. Then, people can try to prepare for storms, floods and droughts. New technology like satellite pictures and temperature measuring equipment can help. Still, it is very hard to say when or where El Nino will cause damage.
【小题1】El Nino is .A．a storm that hits every two yearsB．a huge area of warm waterC．a wind from the southD．some cold water in the Pacific Ocean【小题2】 It happens .A．every yearB．every monthC．every seven yearsD．every two to seven years【小题3】El Nino .A．makes the weather betterB．affects the weatherC．gives the weather energyD．predicts the weather【小题4】It is always over EI Nino.A．sunnyB．cloudyC．rainyD．windy【小题5】El Nino affects .A．everybodyB．just farmersC．only fishermenD．only students【小题6】 We can help the world’s weather by .A．finding out more about El NinoB．being careful during the floodsC．driving carsD．stopping the greenhouse effect【小题7】 helps to predict El Nino.A．Looking out of the windowB．Checking the weather each dayC．Satellite picturesD．New boatsB
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(答案→)B
解析：
【小题1】由短文第二自然段第一句话“El Nino is a huge area of warm water”得出答案B。
【小题1】由短文第二自然段第二句话“It happens every two to seven years”得出答案D。
【小题1】由短文第二自然段第三、四句“It moves around the ocean and bees bigger and smaller at different times. This warm water affects the weather”得出答案B。
【小题1】由短文第二自然段第五句话“It is always raining over El Nino”得出答案C。
【小题1】由短文第三自然段第一句话“El Nino affects every person in the world because it affects the entire world’s weather”中的“every person”得出答案A。
【小题1】由短文第三自然段第七句话“We can help the world’s weather by trying to stop the greenhouse effect and air pollution”得出答案D。
【小题1】由短文第三自然段倒数第二句“New technology like satellite pictures and temperature measuring equipment can help”得出答案C。
做阅读理解题，要先把握短文大意，然后从题干入手，在短文中找出与问题相关的语句，如是原句则答案一目了然（如本题的几个小题），如找不到原句，则要分析有关联的上下句找出答案。