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A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean, matching a 72-year-old record for the highest number of Atlantic storms in a s
A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean, matching a 72-year-old record for the highest number of Atlantic storms in a s
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2013-02-24
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A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean, matching a 72-year-old record for the highest number of Atlantic storms in a single season. Tropical Storm Wilma is the 21st【B1】______storm of the 2005 season and is【B2】______to become a hurricane be- fore heading to Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula and possibly the battered U. S. Gulf【B3】______by the end of the week.
The last time this many storms【B4】______since record-keeping began 154 years ago was in 1933. If Wilma does turn into the season’s 12th hurricane it would also【B5】______a 1969 record of the most hurricanes in one term.
Reeling from the【B6】______effects of Katrina, Rita, and Dennis, the residents of the Gulf Coast are【B7】______Wilma stays away. Hurricane Katrina, which hit on August 29, killed more than 1,240 people and is expected to cause more than $ 34 billion in【B8】______losses.
【B9】______. Scientists say the cause of the increase is a rise in ocean temperatures and a decrease in the amount of disruptive vertical wind shear that splits hurricanes apart.【B10】______.【B11】______. They say the conditions are similar to those when the Atlantic was last in a period of high activity in the 1950s and 60s.
【B11】
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答案
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say the busy seasons are part of a natural cycle that can last for at least 20 years.
解析
此题考查听单句的能力,所听句紧接上一句,无提示信息,所以难度较大,解题的关键在于用缩写形式写下关键信息,对于单词拼写没有把握的,看其它处原文中是否出现。 Forecaster‘预报员’a natural cycle意为‘自然的周期循环’。
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