Last year Professor Lockwood and colleagues published a paper that found a link between fewer sunspots and atmospheric conditions that “blocked” warm westerly winds reaching Europe during winter months, opening the way for cold easterly winds from the Arctic and Russia to sweep across the region.Professor Lockwood, while acknowledging that there were a range of possible meteorological factors (气象因素) that could influence blocking events, said the latest study moved things forward by showing that there was “improvement in the predictive skill” when solar activity was taken into consideration.

　　59．We can know from the second paragraph that ________.

　　A．research shows that Britain will soon fall into an ice age

　　B．Mike Lockwood's research focuses on space environment physics

　　C．it was quite cold in Britain over the entire winter last year

　　D．so far one­in­seven winters have been very cold in Britain

　　60．The underlined word “mean” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “________”．

　　A．average

　　B．stable

　　C．ungenerous

　　D．changeable

　　61．What can we infer from the last paragraph?

　　A．It was sunspots that blocked warm westerly winds reaching Europe.

　　B．Meteorological factors hardly have any influence on blocking events.

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