解放军文职招聘考试美国的气候情况

In the southwest mast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot. In the northeast of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures are cool.

Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States didn’t often get fresh vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today, however, trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.

1. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same _______. 

A. in the northeastern states B. on the north central states

C. on the western states D. on the northwest coast

2. The word “fall” in this passage means _______. 

A. drop B. down C. autumn D. spring

3. Today people _______ can get fresh vegetables and fruits.

A. in the north central states B. in every part of the USA

C. in the cold parts of the USA D. in the southwest part of the USA

4. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States _______. 

A. is always very cold

B. is warm in winter

C. is widely different

D. changes very little between summer and winter

5. From Paragraph 2 we know that the climate of the southwest coast is _______. (请结合所学的地理知识作答)

A. Maritime(海洋性) climate

B. Savanna(热带草原) climate

C. Mediterranean(地中海) climate

D. Tropical rainforest(热带雨林) climate 

【答案与解析】这篇文章简略地介绍了美国的气候情况。

1. D。由第2段的叙述On the northwest coast, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter…，我们可以确定选项D是正确的。

2. C。在fall的前面，summer, spring, winter(春夏冬)都谈到了，那只剩下秋autumn，所以选C。

3. B。最后一段中谈到：以前只有一部分地区才有新鲜水果供应，现在由于有了tracts and trains，也就是交通运输方便了，所以All parts of the United States都有水果供应了，据此我们应选答案B。

4. C。根据文章的首句The United States has many different kinds of climates，就可以知道美国的天气是多样化的，即答案C。

5. C。我们根据第2段的第1句In the southwest mast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot，加上地理知识就可以推测出C这个答案了。