2011年考研英语备考：英语阅读专项特训(3)[3]

rming. [B] nature’s climatic riffs.

　　[C] Human behavior.[D] natural warming in the Pacific.

　　4. We may assume that the author considers forecasting of El Nino as .

　　[A] inconclusive.

　　[B] effortless.

　　[C] informative.

　　[D] precise.

　　5. What is the passage mainly about?

　　[A] A trace to the mysteries of El Nino.

　　[B] A vivid account of the impact of El Nino.

　　[C] Exposure to the formation of El Nino.

　　[D] A review of different theories on El Nino.

　　核心词汇

　　yardstick n.比较或衡量的标准;尺度

　　lumpy a. 多块状物的，粗笨的

　　El Nino n. 厄尔尼诺现象，即赤道中、东太平洋海水表面温度偶尔增暖的现象

　　fossil n. 化石

　　epidemic n. 流行病

　　reinforce vt. 增强;加强

　　tackle vt. 解决;应付vt. & vi. 捉住; 扭倒n. 拦截; 擒抱;器械，用具

　　难句剖析

　　1. Made by using data collected from satellites monitored by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the picture shows the surface level of the Pacific as clearly as a yardstick lying across a lumpy bed.

　　【解析】 句子的主语是the picture，前面的成分作picture的定语，这个定语比较长，是层层修饰的，monitored by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California修饰satellites，而collected from satellites则修饰data，by using data collected from…作方式状语，和made结合起来修饰主语the picture。

　　【译文】 使用美国国家航空航天局在加州帕萨迪纳卫星城的喷气推进实验室监控卫星所收集到的数据拍摄的照片，非常清楚地显示了太平洋的水平面，就像凹凸不平的床上有一根尺子一样清楚。

　　2. One theory is that the recent El Nino epidemic is simply one of nature’s climatic riffs, but that we haven’t b