2016届高考英语基础知识讲解与训练：真题模拟训练5_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语基础知识讲解与训练：真题模拟训练5

　　37. D。词义猜测题。据前后文理解到此句意思是：所有这些都是基于历史性的先例，并不是正式的预报。故D“先例，惯例”合题意。

　　38. B。判断推理题。从第一段信息句ITHACA, N.Y. — Climate experts have bad news for those wishing for the picturesque, snowy Christmas scene: Not this year.得知“专家们的给那些希望圣诞节下雪的人们带来的是坏消息，今年不下雪。”从第五段信息句which state climatologist Dave Robinson says make the possibility of a white Christmas even more remote得知“白色圣诞节的可能性很遥远”故得知大多数人希望圣诞节下雪。故答案选D。

　　39. A。细节理解题。从第三段段意理解得知东北部地区有95%的可能性下雪，而纽只有12%的机会有雪；故B不对；从最后一段信息句Robinson said there's typically a 20 percent chance of snow on the ground Christmas Day in the Newark-New Brunswick region of the state得知圣诞节有雪的可能性只有20%。故可能性很小；C、D都不合题意；答案选A。

　　40. A。细节理解题。从第四、五、六段意思都提到了参考近五十年的平均气象数据，故历史性先例对预测非常重要；从第五段信息句Still, there's a chance that enough cold air could sneak through to produce a quick burst of snow, --- in the 'hope springs permanent type," he said.得知其根据的是现在的现象和科学推理，故B错误；从第二段信息句Climate experts at Cornell University have made their annual predictions about the probability of a white Christmas推知C错误；从第五段信息句since above-average temperatures are expected to sweep the Garden State over the next two weeks.推知D错误；故答案选A。