听力试题

听力对话试题

Questions 19 to 22 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

19.

[A] Memories of a recent storm.

[B] How strong winds develop into ahurricane.

[C] Weather patterns that can affectFlorida.

[D] Planning a summer vacation.

20.

[A] Late summer is sunny season.

[B] Late summer is hurricane season.

[C] Late summer is rainy season.

[D] Late summer is cloudy season.

21.

[A] Wind speed.

[B] Rainfall.　

[C] Water temperature.　

[D] Direction of approach.

22.

[A] By name.

[B] By number.

[C] By location.

[D] By month.

对话原文

听力对话原文

Conversation One

M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing orsomething?

W: I wish. It’s a hurricane-tracking chart.It’s a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the developmentof tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop in the Caribbean and movearound the Atlantic and here on the Florida Coast. We got hit a lot by thosewinds or rain in July or August.

M: Do you think that the tropical storm ison the way?

W: Too early to tell, but we need to beprepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes.

M: Really? It’s that serious’?

W: You’d better believe it. Late summer ishurricane season. The television updates locations and speeds every hour.

M: What did they say is out there now?

W: A couple of tropical depressions, twostorms and two hurricanes.

M: What’s the difference?

W: Wind velocity. A depression is the leastserious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious.

M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes?

W: They have sustained winds of 74 mph andup.

M: What are the names on the map?

W: David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina. Youknow weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make stormseasy to identify,

M: I wonder what the status of the storm isnow.

W: You can turn on the television; it hasthe best coverage. There is an update coming up in five minutes.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on theconversation you have just heard.

19. What is the conversation mainly about?

20. What’s the weather of late summer?

21. How is one tropical weather system distinguishedfrom the other?

22. How do weather forecasters identifyhurricanes?

答案和解析

听力对话答案

19．C主旨题。由对话中的ahurricane-tracking chart及here on the Florida coast可知，对话是针对可能影响佛罗里达的天气情况展开的，所以C正确。

20．B信息明示题。女士说Latesummer is hurricane season，由此可知B正确。

21．A信息明示题。男士问女士几种热带天气现象的区别是什么，女士回答说是wind velocity(风速)，所以A正确。

22．A信息明示题。女士说气象预报员用人名给风暴命名以便于区分，所以A正确。