完形填空练习27

It was small town in South America. Most people there were farmers. They____(1) wheat and rice. So they thought the weather forecasts(预报) were ____(2) when they were busy farming. For example, when it was____(3), they could grow rice. As the town was____(4) the city, the farmers couldn’t hear the weather forecasts. So they decided to____(5) a meteorological observatory(气象台) on the top of the hill and____(6) several young men to work there. At first the farmers____(7) their forecasts because it had been sunny for nearly half a month. But to their____(8),their forecasts got more and more inaccurate and they____(9) a lot of crops and the seeds couldn’t be sowed in time. They had to____(10) to a radio station that told them about it.

Soon after that a report____(11) to the town. He called on some farmers and tired to find out the____(12) for inaccurate weather forecasts. He was asked to_____(13) the forecast himself. The meteorological observatory said, “It’ll be cloudy tomorrow, degree of accuracy(准确度) is 3:2.” It____(14) the reporter. He went to the meteorological observatory and asked the head, “How is the degree of accuracy obtained, sir?”

“ That’s____(15), sir” the head said with a smile. “There are five weathermen in our observatory. The accuracy means that three of us think it’ll be cloudy tomorrow but two disagree!” ( ) 1.A. ate B. sold C. lived in D. collected

( ) 2.A. interesting B. important C. proper D. careful ( ) 3.A. cloudy B. snowy C. windy D. rainy ( ) 4.A. far from B. near C. next to D. outside ( ) 5.A. buy B. borrow C. receive D. build ( ) 6.A. employ B. suggest C. allow D. force

( ) 7.A. agreed B. believed C. discussed D. supported ( ) 8.A. puzzle B. interest C. anger D. happiness ( ) 9.A. got B. lost C. had D. rescued

( ) 10.A. write B. call C. explain D. sound the alarm ( ) 11.A. reached B. was reached C. sent D. was sent ( ) 12.A. condition B. news C. reasons D. meanings ( ) 13.A. watch B. see C. listen to D. hear ( ) 14.A. surprised B. encouraged C. troubled D. worried ( ) 15.A. dangerous B. possible C. difficult D. easy