高三英语阅读训练十五篇之三.docVIP

英语阅读(三) A Considered as a continuous body of fluid （流体）,the atmosphere （大气）is another kind of ocean .Yet ,in view of the total amount of rain and snow on land areas in the course of a year ,one of the most amazing water facts is the very small amount of water in the atmosphere at any given time .The volume （体积）of the lower seven miles of the atmosphere ,where weather events take place ,is roughly four times the volume of the world’s oceans .But the atmosphere contains very little water .It is chiefly in the form of vapor（蒸气）,some of which is carried over land by air currents .If all vapor suddenly fell from the air onto the earth’s surface, it would form a layer only about one inch thick .A heavy rainstorm on a given area may use up only a small percentage of the water from the air mass that passes over .How ,then ,can some land areas receive more than 400 inches of rain per year ?How can several inches of rain fall during a single storm in a few minutes or hours ?The answer is that rain—producing air masses are always moving ,and as the driving air mass moves on ,new damp air takes its place . The basic source of most water vapor is the ocean .Evaporation（蒸发）,vapor transport ,and rainfall make up the continuous movement of water from ocean to atmosphere to land and back to the sea .Rivers return water to the sea .In the underground ,flowing bodies of water send out some water directly into rivers and some directly to the sea . 1．What might have been discussed in the preceding （在前的）paragraphs ？ A．The ocean . B．The earth . C．The rainfall. D．The atmosphere . 2．It can be inferred from the passage that . A．the atmosphere has a lot of water in it when it goes around B．the water in the atmosphere is purer than that in the world’s oceans C．the amount of water in the atmosphere is greater than that in the oceans in the world D．the small amount of water in the atmosphere plays an important part in the rainfall on the earth 3．Wh