第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The sun at the center of our solar system is one of the big reasons for 41 we're here today, but it can also be a big troublefrom time to time. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs)(日 冕物发)can seriously damage human 42 (communicate) systems.
For years, researchers 43 (attempt) to forecast and predict CMEs in 44 hope that warnings could help prevent damage to electronics and the power grid (电 网).As it turns 45 that a CME is more like a sneeze. Professor Mathew Owens of the University of Reading explains, "The research team and I have found they are more like an 46 (expand) dust cloud or sneeze."
When the solar wind acts on the CME as it moves through space, it causes the shape and behavior of the energy explosion 47 (become) unpredictable. "Therefore it we want to protect 48 (we) from solar eruptions, we need to understand more about the solar wind," Owens says.
The research team suggests that solar wind readings should 49 (include) in the forecasting and prediction of future CMEs. This study could help scientists more 50 (accurate) assess the risk that the ejections bring to human technology and potentially help reduce the damage they cause.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
The sun at the center of our solar system is one of the big reasons for 41 we're here today, but it can also be a big troublefrom time to time. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs)(日 冕物发)can seriously damage human 42 (communicate) systems.
For years, researchers 43 (attempt) to forecast and predict CMEs in 44 hope that warnings could help prevent damage to electronics and the power grid (电 网).As it turns 45 that a CME is more like a sneeze. Professor Mathew Owens of the University of Reading explains, "The research team and I have found they are more like an 46 (expand) dust cloud or sneeze."
When the solar wind acts on the CME as it moves through space, it causes the shape and behavior of the energy explosion 47 (become) unpredictable. "Therefore it we want to protect 48 (we) from solar eruptions, we need to understand more about the solar wind," Owens says.
The research team suggests that solar wind readings should 49 (include) in the forecasting and prediction of future CMEs. This study could help scientists more 50 (accurate) assess the risk that the ejections bring to human technology and potentially help reduce the damage they cause.
第二节
41. 【答案】which
【解析】考查定语从句。for which = why，在句中引导定语从句。
42. 【答案】communication
【解析】考查名词。此处表示''人类的通讯系统"，所以用名词 communication，构成名词短语 communication system，意为"通信 系统"。
43. 【答案】have attempted
【解析】考查时态，句子前面有时间状语For years，所以用现在 完成时，故用have attemptedo
44. 【答案】the
【解析】考查冠词。in the hope that是固定短语，意为"希望 "。
45. 【答案】out
【解析】考查固定搭配。句意：结果是一次日冕物质喷发更像是 打一次喷嚏。此处表示"结果是……"，所以用outo
46. 【答案】expanding
【解析】考查非谓语动词。这里用现在分词形式作定语，修饰后 面的dust cloud，表示"正处于膨胀状态的"。故填expandingo
47. 【答案】to become
【解析】考查非谓语动词。cause sb./sth. to do sth.意为"导致某人 或某物做某事"，所以此处填to becomeo
48. 【答案】ourselves
【解析】考查代词。句子的主语是we,"拯救我们自己"应该用 反身代词ourselves o
49. 【答案】be included
【解析】考查语态。太阳风的读数应该被包含在未来日冕物质喷 发的预测中。故用被动语态be includedo
50. 【答案】accurately
【解析】考查副词。这里是用副词来修饰后面的动词assess，所 以用 accurately .
