05年职称英语理工ab考试模拟题(2).docx

05 年职称英语理工 AB 考试模拟题 (2) 第二部分：阅读判断（每题1分，共七分， 建议12分钟以内 完成） 阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了七个句子，请根据短文的内容 对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把 A 涂黑；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把 B 涂黑；如果 该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把 C 涂黑 El Nino （厄尔尼诺现象） While some forecasting methods had limited SUCCESS predicting the 1997 E1 Nino a few months in advance ， the Columbia University researchers say their method call predict large E1 Nino events up to two years in advance ．That would be good news for governments ， farmers and others seeking to plan for the droughts and heavy rainfall that El Nino can produce in various parts of the world. Using a computer the researchers matched sea-surface temperatures to later El Nino occurrences between 1980 and 2000 and were then able to anticipate E1 Nino events dating back to1857, using prior sea-surface temperatures ．The results were reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature ． The researchers say their method is not perfect, but Bryan C．Weare ．a meteorologist at the University of California, Davis who was not involved in the work ，said it"suggests'E1 Nino is indeed predictable ．" "This will probably convince others to search around more for even better methods ．"said Weare ．He added that the new method"makes it possible to predict El Nino at 1ong lead times ． " Other models also use sea-surface temperatures, but they have not looked as far back because they need other data ， which is only available for recent decades ， Weare said ． The ability to predict the warming and cooling of the Pacitic is of immense importance' ． The 1997 El Nino ， for example ， caused an estimated$20 billion in damage worldwide ，offset by beneficial effects in other areas ，said David Anderson ，of the European Centre for Medium ． Range Weather Forecasts in Reading England ． The 1877 El Nino ， meanwhile ，coincided with a failure of the Indian monsoon and a famine that killed perhaps 40 million in India and China 。 prompting the development of seasonal forecasting ，Anderson said ． When El Nino hit in 199 1 a