prevent any possible accident at sea
prepare a reasonable forecast of the wind and weather
help the mariner to fix a accurate ship's position
aid the salvage of a ship in peril
第1题：
______terrible weather we've been having these days!
A. What
B. What a
C. How
D. How a
12．答案为A 这几天的天气真糟糕!what表感叹时后接名词，how表感叹接形容词和副词。 weather为不可数名词。
第2题：
A.benefits
B.affects
C.affects
D.effects
第3题：
A、decides
B、determines
C、relies on
D、depends on
第4题：
We _____ rather talk about football or the weather or what we had for lunch.
A: will
B: should
C: would
D: could
第5题：
If we get some()weather, we might all go off one day and visit the Carters.
A.recent
B.innocent
C.decent
D.accent
第6题：
Ⅲ. Cloze (20 points)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the answer sheet.
We are interested in the weather because it (21) us so directly—what we wear, (22) we do, and even how we feel. Geographers, however, are (23) interested in climate than in weather. Climate is the pattern of all the weather conditions over a long period of time. Generally (24) , climate (25) to these normal weather conditions, not (26) daily or yearly changes.
Climate, like weather, changes (27) time. It is true (28) these changes (29) a long time, but not as long as we might expect. Records show that over the centuries large portions of the earth have experienced great changes (30) climate.
21. A. effects
B. defects
C. infects
D. affects
21．答案为D 根据空格，此处为动词，affect，vt． “影响”。effect，vt． “引起变化”。defect， vi.“逃跑”。infect，vt．“感染”。
第7题：
A)as
B)since
C)while
D)unlsee
第8题：
A.Because
B.For
C.Because of
D.With
第9题：
此题为判断题(对，错)。
第10题：
Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?Because______．
A．the weather satellites can do it easily
B．clouds form. there
C．the weather forms there
D．the pictures can forecast the weather