试题出自试卷《全国医学统考2024年考博英语真题（回忆版）》

问题1选项
A.Air travel.
B.The effect on the accuracy of weather forecasts.
C.The connection between the pandemic and weather forecasts.
D.How the planes collect data on air temperature and wind speed.

问题2选项
A.From aircraft.
B.From meteorologists’ models.
C.From the jetliners’ passengers.
D.From areas with heavy traffic.

问题3选项
A.Accurate information about weather conditions.
B.Making the air travel popular.
C.With the virus grounding flights, there are fewer flights, which means less data.
D.Making meteorologists too sick to collect data.

第1题:C

第2题:A

第3题:C

第1题:

Here are two things that you probably didn’t think were connected: the pandemic and weather forecasts. But there is a link, commercial air travel. As jetliners carry passengers around the world, they also collect vital weather measurements, like air temperature and wind speed. During the pandemic, however, air travel has come almost to a halt. To create weather forecasts, meteorologists need to feed accurate information about current weather conditions into their models. And planes are one of the best ways to get such information, since they sample the atmosphere at different altitudes and locations. But with the coronavirus grounding flights around the world, meteorologists are feeling the loss. In Greenland, for example, the accuracy of temperature forecasts has decreased by as much as 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Areas with heavy air traffic, like the US and China, were also affected because fewer flights means less data.

Question 1:
题干为：本文主要讨论的是什么？文章讲述了疫情与天气预报之间的联系，尤其是在疫情导致航空旅行几乎停滞的背景下，气象学家如何失去获取天气数据的途径，进而影响天气预报的准确性。因此C选项The connection between the pandemic and weather forecasts.（疫情与天气预报之间的联系。）正确。

第2题:

Question 2:
题干为：根据文章，获取准确天气信息的最佳方法之一是什么？由And planes are one of the best ways to get such information, since they sample the atmosphere at different altitudes and locations.（飞机是获取这些信息的最佳方法之一，因为它们在不同的高度和地点取样大气。）可知，飞机是获取天气信息的有效方式。因此A选项From aircraft.（来自飞机。）正确。

第3题:

Question 3:
题干为：疫情如何影响天气预报？由With the coronavirus grounding flights around the world, meteorologists are feeling the loss. Fewer flights means less data.（由于冠状病毒导致全球航班停飞，气象学家感受到了数据的损失。航班减少意味着数据减少。）可知，疫情导致航班减少，进而影响天气预报的准确性。因此C选项With the virus grounding flights, there are fewer flights, which means less data.（病毒导致航班停飞，航班减少，意味着数据减少。）正确。