Can hurricanes be moderated or diverted?

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题目与答案

1. 27 Paragraph A
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：are hurricanes unbeatable?

   原文定位：But can we ever find a way to control these formidable forces of nature

   同义替换：「Are hurricanes unbeatable」↔「can we ever find a way to control」

2. 28 Paragraph B
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：how hurricanes form

   原文定位：To see why hurricanes and other severe tropical storms may be susceptible to human intervention, a researcher must first learn about their nature and origins; At last, the tropical depression starts to form and grow stronger, creating the familiar eye

   同义替换：「How hurricanes form」↔「nature and origins」

3. 29 Paragraph C
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：re-visiting earlier ideas

   原文定位：Our current studies are inspired by my past intuition when I was learning about chaos theory 30 years ago;I can now renew my enthusiasm in large-scale weather control

   同义替换：「re-visiting earlier ideas 」↔「renew my enthusiasm」

4. 30 Paragraph D
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane

   原文定位：our research team ran simulation experiments on computers for a hurricane named Iniki that occurred in 1992;With the goal of altering the path of Iniki in mind

   同义替换：「How a laboratory exercise」↔「simulation experiments on computers」，「re-routed a hurricane」↔「altering the path of Iniki」

5. 31 Paragraph E
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：how lives might have been saved

   原文定位：the latter one went off the track to the west during the first six hours of the simulation and then travelled due north, leaving Kauai untouched

   同义替换：「How lives might have been saved」↔「leaving Kauai untouched」

6. 32 Paragraph F
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：exciting ways to utilise future technologies

   原文定位：Future earth-orbiting solar power stations, equipped with large mirrors to focus the sun’s rays;might be adapted to beam microwaves;which then leads to the hurricane slowing down or moving in a preferred direction

   同义替换：「Exciting ways to utilise future technologies」↔「Future earth-orbiting solar power stations」，「utilise」↔「adapted to」

7. 33 Paragraph G
   • hurricanes in history
   • how hurricanes form
   • how a laboratory exercise re-routed a hurricane
   • exciting ways to utilise future technologies
   • are hurricanes unbeatable?
   • re-visiting earlier ideas

   答案：a range of low-tech methods

   原文定位：Intervention could be in many different forms: exquisitely targeted clouds bearing silver iodide or other rainfall-inducing elements

   同义替换：「A range of」↔「many different forms」，「low-tech methods」↔「intervention」

8. Hurricanes originate as groups of 34_____ over the tropical oceans. Low-latitude seas continuously provide heat and moisture to the atmosphere, producing warm, humid air above the sea surface.

   答案：thunderstorms

   原文定位：Hurricanes grow in the form of thunderstorm clusters above the tropical seas

   同义替换：「originate as groups of」↔「grow in the form of thunderstorm clusters」，「over the tropical oceans」↔「above the tropical seas」

9. When this air rises, the water vapour in it condenses to form clouds and precipitation. 35_____ releases heat - the solar heat it took to evaporate the water at the ocean surface.

   答案：condensation

   原文定位：Condensation gives out heat in the process the solar heat is used to evaporate the water at the ocean surface

   同义替换：「releases」↔「gives out」

10. This so-called latent 36_____ of condensation makes the air more buoyant, causing it to ascend still higher in a self-reinforcing feedback process.

    答案：heat

    原文定位：This so-called invisible heat of condensation makes the air more buoyant

    同义替换：「latent」↔「invisible」

11. Eventually, the tropical depression begins to organise and strengthen, forming the familiar 37_____ - the calm central hub around which a hurricane spins.

    答案：eye

    原文定位：At last, the tropical depression starts to form and grow stronger, creating the familiar eye - the calm centre hub that a hurricane spins around

12. On passing over 38_____, the hurricane’s sustaining source of warm water is cut off, which leads to the storm’s rapid weakening.

    答案：land

    原文定位：When reaching the land, the hurricane no longer has a continuous supply of warm water, which causes it to swiftly weaken

    同义替换：「passing over」↔「reaching」，「cut off」↔「no longer has a continuous supply of」，「rapid」↔「swiftly」

13. 39 What encouraged the writer to restart researching hurricane control?
    • the huge damage hurricane trigger
    • the developments in computer technologies
    • the requirement of some local people
    • the chaos theory learnt as a student

    答案：the developments in computer technologies

    原文定位：Back then, I was not able to test my ideas, but thanks to the advancement of computer simulation and remote-sensing technologies over the last 10 years, I can now renew my enthusiasm in large-scale weather control

    同义替换：「encouraged the writer to restart researching」↔「renew my enthusiasm」，「developments in computer technologies」↔「advancement of computer simulation and remote-sensing technologies」

14. 40 What was the writer’s reaction after their first experiment?
    • surprised that their intervention had not achieved a lot
    • ecstatic with the achievement the first experiment had
    • surprised that their intervention had the intended effect
    • regretful about the impending success

    答案：surprised that their intervention had the intended effect

    原文定位：The current forecasting technologies were far from perfect, so it took us by surprise that our first simulation turned out to be an immediate success

    同义替换：「intervention had the intended effect」↔「immediate success」