单选题According to the Weather Channel, there is a ______ of rain or even snow in the southwestern region of the United States.A potentialB speculationC chanceD plan

Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness． Yet, dark glasses or not,they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light"．
The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snow-
blindness in troops in a snow-covered country． Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain． So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at． Finding nothing,hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye musclesache． Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball． The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is observed, and the result is
total, even though temporary, snow-blindness．
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem． Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape． Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus． The men following can then see something．Their gaze is arrested． Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape． By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost． In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome．
Snow-blindness may be avoided by__________

A.concentrating to the solid white terrain
B.searching for something to look at in snow-covered terrain
C.providing the eyes with something to focus on
D.covering the eyeballs with fluid

An abnormal amount of snow fell here last week which is quite rare in the region.

A:funny
B:frightening
C:repeated
D:unusual

Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness． Yet, dark glasses or not,they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light"．
The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snow-
blindness in troops in a snow-covered country． Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain． So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at． Finding nothing,hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye musclesache． Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball． The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is observed, and the result is
total, even though temporary, snow-blindness．
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem． Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape． Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus． The men following can then see something．Their gaze is arrested． Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape． By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost． In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome．
A suitable title for this passage would be __________ ．

A.Snow-Blindness and How to Overcome It
B.Nature's Cure for Snow Blindness
C.Soldiers in the Snow
D.Snow Vision

Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness． Yet, dark glasses or not,they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light"．
The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snow-
blindness in troops in a snow-covered country． Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain． So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at． Finding nothing,hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye musclesache． Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball． The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is observed, and the result is
total, even though temporary, snow-blindness．
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem． Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape． Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus． The men following can then see something．Their gaze is arrested． Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape． By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost． In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome．
?The scouts shake snow from evergreen bushes in order to__________ ．

A.give the men behind something to see
B.beautify the landscape
C.warm themselves in the cold
D.prevent the men behind from losing their way

Many people believe the glare from snow causes snow-blindness． Yet, dark glasses or not,they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness, when exposed to several hours of "snow light"．
The United States Army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snow-
blindness in troops in a snow-covered country． Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad expanse of barren snow-covered terrain． So his gaze continually shifts and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at． Finding nothing,hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become sore and the eye musclesache． Nature offsets this irritation by producing more and fluid which covers the eyeball． The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until vision blurs, then is observed, and the result is
total, even though temporary, snow-blindness．
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem． Scouts ahead of a main body of troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape． Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark colored objects ahead on which they too can focus． The men following can then see something．Their gaze is arrested． Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop scouring the snow-blanketed landscape． By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost． In this way the problem of crossing a solid white terrain is overcome．
To prevent headaches, watering eyes and blindness caused by the glare from snow, dark glasses are__________ ．

A.indispensible
B.useful
C.ineffective
D.available

As both a religion and a social force,Puritanism has made a widespread influence in the United States.

A: afar-reaching
B: a disturbing
C: an annoying
D: a favorable