首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A massive pool of warm ocean water is causing changes in the atmosphere that could produce unusual weather around the world in t
A massive pool of warm ocean water is causing changes in the atmosphere that could produce unusual weather around the world in t
admin
2018-05-11
42
问题
A massive pool of warm ocean water is causing changes in the atmosphere that could produce unusual weather around the world in the next few months, the US National Weather Service reported on Monday.
As a result of this phenomenon, known as El Nino, more rainfall than normal is likely this winter across some areas of the United States, with unusually warm or cold weather in other parts of the country.
Currently the phenomenon is marked by a warm pool of water along the equator extending from the International Date line nearly to the coast of South America That water is nearly 4 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, explained Vernon Kousky of the climate center.
This warm water "spreads almost a quarter of the way around the globe. So it’s massive and it has an impact on our weather. It has a global influence... because it disturbs the atmosphere", said Dave Rodenhuis, director of the climate center.
"El Nino is probably the most important climate event beyond the annual cycle of seasons", he added.
Because the changes tended to be first noticed around Christmas, the phenomenon was given the name El Nino, which is Spanish for child, a term often used to refer to the baby Jesus.
The phenomenon occurs every three to five years, sometimes in a mild form and sometimes strongly affecting weather patterns worldwide. Details of its cause are not fully understood, but when it occurs, unusually warm air can be pumped into Canada, Alaska and the northern United States. At the same time, conditions tend to be wetter than normal along the US Southeast Coast and the Gulf of Mexico. And the Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season tends to be milder than usual.
The strong El Nino of 1982-1983 was blamed for worsening the devastating drought in Africa, causing a series of severe winter storms to come ashore in California, spawning the first typhoon to strike French Polynesia in 75 years—followed by five more in five months—deluging Peru and Ecuador with torrential rains and promoting the worst drought in two centuries in Australia.
Overall damage was estimated at between $2 billion and $8 billion by a United Nations analysis and the death toll topped 1,500 worldwide.
What does the author wants to tell us about El Nino by the last two paragraphs?
选项
A、The UN’s concern about it.
B、The measures taken against it.
C、Its intensity.
D、Its frequency.
答案
C
解析
从原文倒数第2段开头的was blamed for…和这两段的用词及数字可以知道,这两段主要陈述了厄尔尼诺现象对全球气候的破坏,即它的破坏力,选项C的intensity意为“强度,剧烈的程度”,与两段的主题内容最接近,因此为本题答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/UdT7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
Thepooroldconsumer!We’dhavetopayagreatdealmoreifadvertisingdidn’tcreatemassmarketsforproducts.Itisprecisel
Throughouthistorymanhasobservedsuchnaturalcyclesastherisingandsettingofthesun,theebbandflowoftheoceantide
A、Theyareeagertotrygrocerywebsites.B、Theyareverycautiousabouttryingit.C、Theyresistbuyingfreshproduceonline.D
AreTeenagersReallyCarelessAboutOnlinePrivacy?[A]Theyshare,like,everything.Howtheyfeelaboutasong,theirmathshom
VideogameshavebecomeincreasinglypopularinbotharcadesandtheaverageAmericanhome.Peopleofallagesandfromallwalk
A、Becausetheproductisoutofstock.B、Becauseitwilltakemonthstoarrive.C、Becausethefoodhasn’tbeenproducedyet.D、B
Inthepushtocuttheamountofcarbonwereleaseintotheatmosphere,solutionsusuallyfocusonhowtoreduceourpoweruseo
PresidentBarackObama’spicktoheadtheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA),LisaJackson,hasspent20yearsasanenvironme
TheIndustrialRevolution[A]TheIndustrialRevolutionisthenamegiventothemassivesocial,economic,andtechnologicalchan
Dr.AlanHirschdesignssmellsforbusinesses.Hesaysthatitdoesn’ttakeawholelotofsmelltoaffectyou.Storeownerscan
随机试题
熔断器在储存期间应注意哪几个方面的质量变化?
波士顿咨询公司模型将公司分为__________、__________、__________、__________四种类型。
发生在两个DNA分子同源序列间的重组称为
患者小腹坠胀,时欲小便而不得出,或量少而不畅,神疲乏力,食欲不振,气短而语声低微,舌淡,苔薄脉细。治宜选用
甲状旁腺素的作用为抑制()(1991年)
()应设有导除静电的接地装置。
关于立井井筒安全施工的说法,正确的有()。
在困难面前,是_______,畏缩不前,还是克难攻坚,奋力前行?作为领导干部理所应当选择后者,应该_______采取切实可行的好措施、好办法,努力解决困难。填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是:
依照我国现行法,下列自然人中为限制民事行为能力或无民事行为能力的人是()。
把决策划分为确定型决策、风险型决策与非确定型决策,是根据什么标准所做的划分?()
最新回复
(
0
)