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
El Nino is a disturbance of the world’s normal climate pattern. During El Nino events, the westerly trade winds become slower an
El Nino is a disturbance of the world’s normal climate pattern. During El Nino events, the westerly trade winds become slower an
admin
2010-10-14
57
问题
El Nino is a disturbance of the world’s normal climate pattern. During El Nino events, the westerly trade winds become slower and the warmer water in the western Pacific moves towards South America. This huge increase in ocean temperatures -- as much as eight degrees centigrade ...... and the change in atmospheric conditions bring rain to the deserts of South America and the rainforests of south-east Asia, with drought conditions throughout eastern and southern Africa. There are many knock-on effects all over the world.
The home of El Nino is Peru. El Nino, "the Christ Child", was first named by Peruvian fishermen one Christmas when they noticed unusual warm currents affecting the Pacific coast of South America. Up and down the country, form desert to highlands, El Nino weather phenomena have brought destructive floods, costing £ 200 million in immediate and long-term damage, and undoing the work of many development projects.
"The destruction is near total," Dominic Brain, a worker for Christian Aid reported. "Few of the houses could withstand the floodwater. Today I visited Acomayo, a shantytown(贫民区)where 17,500 people once live. Now only ten percent of the houses are still standing. The bulk of the population has lost all their possessions."
The town of Ica seldom sees rain. Houses for the poor are built of adobe -- sun-baked mud -- standing side by side in long terraces. When the River Ica burst its banks in late January, 15,000 houses were swiftly flooded. Up to 5,000 houses were destroyed -- a sign not only of the force of the river, which loosened huge rocks and swept them falling down from the Andean mountains, but of the vulnerability of the homes which hardly ever face rain. "They melted like chocolate," exclaimed an eye-witness. "The extent of the damage was terrible!"
Almost immediately health became a problem. Without proper plumbing(排水), waste matter rose to the surface of the floodwaters. People received cuts walking through the floodwater and mud. Cholera -- epidemic in Peru in the early nineties -- returned, with 90 reported cases in Ica province alone. Tile entire city seems to have drowned -- first in floodwaters 1.5 meters high, and then in mud. Sadly, three people lost their lives, sacked into the floodwaters, but it was a miracle that there were not more casualties(伤亡者).
El Nino is a warm ocean current ______.
选项
A、which centers on America and Africa
B、which was named by an American
C、which kills many people every time
D、which has side-effects all over the world
答案
D
解析
题中提到的warm ocean currents和第一段中所说的huge increase in ocean temperatures是一回事。第一段倒数第二句话提到了海洋水温的升高影响到很多地方,比如 South America、south-east Asia、eastern and southern Africa,最后一句话又指出There are many knock-on effects all over the world,可见D)是对的。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/gZ87777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
A、Farmers.B、Citypeople.C、Businesspeople.D、Students.A
Scientificresearchhasrevealedthatthroughouttheanimalworld,communicationisjustasimportantasitistohumanbeings.
Manysuccessfulbusinessexecutivesdonotfollowthestandardmethodforproblemsolvinginbusiness.Typically,businessschoo
A、Atlastheenjoyscampuslife.B、Schoolhaschangedlittlesincelastyear.C、Hehasmanynewfriends.D、It’seasiertofindh
A、Themanhatestolendhistoolstootherpeople.B、Themanhasn’tfinishedworkingonthebookshelf.C、Thetoolshavealready
A、Teacherandstudent.B、Doctorandpatient.C、Managerandofficeworker.D、Travelagentandcustomer.C推理判断题。选项明显表明对话内容与说话人的职业有
A、Hemustaskfortheagreementofthelandlord.B、Hemustcollecttheentireluggageinthehouse.C、Hemusthaveadiscussion
A、Itisnotconvenienttowalkoutside.B、Theymusttakechargeofthehouse.C、Thechancesofbeingattackedhavegrown.D、They
ManagerialFunctionsManagerialworktypicallyisbrokenintothefollowingsevenmanagerialfunctions:planning,organizing
Technologyitself,anditseffectiveuse____________(不会局限在),thetraditionalsciencesubject.
随机试题
外部招聘的优点是()
A、铜蓝蛋白B、转铁蛋白C、结合珠蛋白D、巨球蛋白E、C反应蛋白对小细胞低色素性贫血诊断有较大意义的是
对于妊娠合并甲状腺功能亢进的描述正确的是:
成人引起缺铁性贫血最常见的原因是
经财政部批准.下列情况町以免征房产税的有()。
某项固定资产原值为40000元,预计净残值2000元,折旧年限为4年。采用年数总和法计提折旧,则第三年的折旧额为()元。
从所给的四个选项中,选择最合适的一个填入问号处,使之呈现一定的规律性:
搁浅10年之久的怒江水电项目.终于获得转正机会。2016年3月能源局起草的《水电发展“十三五”规划(征求意见稿)》显示,怒江水电再次入围重点水电发展之列。始于2000年的怒江水电规划,2003年曾因中央高层批文而搁浅。2003年,发改委通过了《怒
ThepresidentisoftenawakenedbyanoisycrowdwhichassemblesontheWhiteHouse.
上述材料体现了哪些矛盾分析的方法?结合材料2、3,运用所学知识说明防止收入差距过分扩大的意义。
最新回复
(
0
)