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In 1820, it was difficult to make weather maps. Why was it so difficult? It was not easy then to get weather
reports
1 . The scientists needed the reports to make the maps. Today it is not difficult to get weather reports
quickly from everywhere.
Today the whole world
2 together to make weather maps. Weathermen send reports from country to
country in
3 . There are weather offices in many, many
4 . There are also weather ships, weather balloons,
and satellites to help the weathermen. They study the
5 24 hours a day, seven days a week. All their reports
will be on maps in New York, London, Tokyo, Mexico City, and many other places.
Weather is international. That is, it had its own special language
6 people in all countries can
7 it. The
weathermen draw
8 in the same figures and numbers in all countries. A weather map from the United States
and Canada looks
9 as a map from Turkey, Russia, or Sweden.
Sometimes we plan what we
10 the next day. We want to
11 what we can do or can't do. We watch
12
to find out the weather for
13 . We can listen to the radio or read the newspaper for
14 about the weather.
People all over the world can make the same weather maps. They can know about the
15 . They can plan their
days, too.
( )1. A. certainly
( )2. A. gets
( )3. A. hours
( )4. A. villages
( )5. A. weather
( )6. A. but
( )7. A. explain
( )8. A. maps
( )9. A. as nice
( )10. A. will go
( )11. A. inspect
( )12. A. the sky
( )13. A. tomorrow
( )14. A. explanation
( )15. A. weather |
B. quickly
B. comes
B. days
B. places
B. subject
B. and
B. see
B. pictures
B. as clear
B. will make
B. know
B. TV
B. yesterday
B. foundation
B. sports |
C. slowly
C. thinks
C. seconds
C. schools
C. science
C. or
C. speak
C. photos
C. the same
C. will play
C. examine
C. out
C. a while
C. information
C. days |
D. clearly
D. works
D. months
D. buildings
D. the heaven
D. also
D. understand
D. lines
D. such
D. will do
D. discuss
D. carefully
D. a long time
D. instruction
D. world |