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Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass In January, 2003, the eastern two thirds of the United States was at the mercy of a bitterly cold
Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass In January, 2003, the eastern two thirds of the United States was at the mercy of a bitterly cold
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Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass
In January, 2003, the eastern two thirds of the United States was at the mercy of a bitterly cold air mass that has endangered Florida’s citrus trees, choked 3 northern harbors with ice and leftbewildered residents of North Carolina’s Outer Banks digging out of up to a foot of snow.
The ice chill deepened as temperatures fell to the single digits in most of the South, with an unfamiliar dip below the freezing mark, as far South as parts of interior South Florida. Temperatures in Florida plunged, with West Palm Beach dropping to a record low of 2 degrees.
"We couldn’t believe how cold it was," said Martin King, who arrived this week in Orlando from England "We brought shorts, T-shirt, and I had to go out and buy another coat."
The temperature plunge posed a threat to Florida’s USS 9.1 billion-a-year citrus crop, more of which is still on the trees. Growers were hurrying to harvest as much of the fruit as possible before it was damaged by cold.
"Time is of the essence in getting fruit to the plant," said Tom Rogers, a citrus grower who expected to see damage to oranges and grapefruit at that time.
In Florida, Governor Jeb Bush signed an emergency order to eliminate the weight limit on trucks so citrus growers could get as much fruit to market as possible.
Casey Pace, a spokeswoman for Florida Citrus Mutual, said growers had sprayed trees with sprinklers, which created a layer of ice and helped maintain a temperature near freezing. Citrus trees are considered in danger of damage if the temperature drops below minus 2 degrees Celsius for four hours or more. Snow ranging from a dusting to up to 30 centimeters blanketed the Carolinas, Tennessee and parts of Virginia.
citrus n. 柠檬,柑橘;柑橘属果树
bewilder v. 使迷惑;使为难;……弄糊涂
sprinklern. 洒水器;洒水手
Celsius adj.摄氏的
shorts n. 宽松运动裤;男式短衬裤
选项
A、The cold air mass was a threat to Florida’s citrus crop.
B、The temperature in the United States except the South dropped below the freezing mark.
C、The northern harbors were blocked with ice.
D、The eastern two thirds of the United States was hit by cold air mass.
答案
B
解析
利用备选项中的核心词语/短语(citrus crop,temperature,northern harbors, The eastern two thirds of the United States)作为答案线索,在文章中一一进行查找确认:In January,2003,the eastern two-thirds of the United States was at the mercy of (adv.受……支配/控制)a bitterly cold air mass (与D一致)that has endangered Florida’s citrus trees (与A一致),choked northern harbors with ice(北部港口被冰堵塞)与C一致) and left bewildered residents of North Carolina’s outer Banks digging out of up to a foot of snow.
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