[沖刺中考]英語閱讀與填空：9-Friday 氣候 201詞

9-Friday 氣候 201詞

題材： 氣候　 詞數(shù)： 201　 建議閱讀時間： 4分鐘

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In August，it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States．People there have heart disease and other kinds of health p　1　 during this month．In the Northeast and Middle West，it is very hot at some times and very c　2　 at other times．People in these places may have heart disease after the weather c　3　 in February or March．

The weather can also influence intelligence．For example，in a 1982 study by scientists，the IQ scores of a group of students were very high during a storm，but a　4　 the storm their IQ scores were lower than usual level．Some storms can i　5　 intelligence．However，very hot weather can lower it．Students in the United States often do b　6　 on exams in the hot months of the year．

Weather also has a strong influence on people's f　7　 ．Winter may be a bad time for t　8　 people．They usually feel cold during these months and they may feel unhappy during cold weather．In hot summer weather，on the o　9　 hand，fat people may not feel comfortable．The summer heat may make them tired and they are easy to g　10　 angry．

Are you feeling sick，sad，tired or very intelligent today？The weather may be the cause．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

6．________　　7．________　　8．________　　9．________　　10．________

生詞

intelligence　n． 智力：Examinations are not the best way to measure intelligence．考試不是衡量智力的最佳方法。

intelligent　adj． 聰明的：All their children are very intelligent．他們的孩子都很聰明。

IQ　n． 智商：Lead can cause slowed growth and reduced IQ．鉛可能導致身體發(fā)育遲緩，智商下降。

score　n． 分數(shù)，得分：Is anybody keeping score？有沒有人負責計分？

參考譯文

美國南部地區(qū)的8月又熱又濕。那里的人們就容易得心臟病或是產(chǎn)生其他健康問題。在東北和中西部地區(qū)，有時候非常炎熱，有時候又非常寒冷。這些地方的人們在2、3月份氣候變化時可能會得心臟病。

氣候?qū)χ橇σ灿杏绊憽＠?，科學家在1982年所做的一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，一群學生的智商在暴風雨天氣時非常高，但暴風雨過后，他們的智商又比正常水平低?？梢姡行┍╋L雨天氣能提高智商。然而，非常熱的天氣能降低智商。在一年中炎熱的月份里，美國學生的考試成績常常很糟。

氣候?qū)θ说那楦幸灿泻艽蟮挠绊?。冬天是瘦人痛苦的時候。這幾個月份他們常常覺得很冷，還可能心情郁悶。另一方面，在炎熱的夏天，胖人可能會覺得不舒服。炎熱使他們感覺疲乏而且易怒。

今天，你覺得身體難受、心里難過、精神疲乏或是反應(yīng)敏捷嗎？天氣可能是原因。

參考答案

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