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Passage 12 Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year's Eve. Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month. But don't 1 it to be blue - the name has nothing to 2 the color of our closest celestial(天体) neighbor. A full moon 3 on December 2. It will appear again on Thursday in time for the New Year's countdown. If you're in Times Square, you'll see the 4 moon right above you. It's going to be that brilliant, said Jack Horkheimer, director emeritus of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium and host of a weekly astronomy TV show. The New Year's Eve blue moon will be 5 in the United States, Canada, Europe, South America and Africa. For partygoers in Australia and Asia, the full moon does not show up 6 New Year's Day, making January a blue moon month for them. However, the Eastern Hemisphere can celebrate with a partial lunar eclipse(月蚀) on New Year's Eve when 7 of the moon enters the Earth's shadow. The 8 will not be visible in the Americas. A full moon occurs 9 29.5 days, and most years have 12. 10 , an extra full moon in a month - a blue moon - occurs every 2.5 years. The 11 time there was a lunar double take was in May 2007. New Year's Eve blue moons are rarer, occurring every 19 years. The last time was in 1990; the next one won't 12 again until 2028. Blue moons have no astronomical 13 , said Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
`Blue moon' is just a 14 in the same sense as a `hunter's moon' or a `harvest moon,' Laughlin said in an e-mail. The popular definition of blue moon 15 after a writer for Sky & Telescope magazine in 1946 misunderstood the Maine Farmer's Calendar and marked a blue moon as the second full moon in a month. In fact, the calendar 16 a blue moon as the third full moon in a season with four full moons, not the usual three. Though Sky & Telescope corrected the 17 decades later, the definition caught on. For purists(语言纯正癖者), however, this New Year's Eve full moon doesn't even qualify as a 18 moon. It's just the first full moon of the winter season. In a tongue-in-cheek essay 19 on the magazine's Web site this week, senior contributing editor Kelly Beatty wrote: If skies are clear when I'm 20 celebrating, I'll take a peek(眯着眼睛看) at that brilliant orb(天体) as it rises over the Boston skyline to see if it's an icy shade of blue. Or maybe I'll just howl. ( ) 1. A. wish B. wait C. hope D. expect ( ) 2. A. deal with B. do with C. develop with D. form into ( ) 3. A. occurred B. came C. ran D. went ( ) 4. A. full B. half C. bright D. part ( ) 5. A. out of sight B. visible C. big D. clear ( ) 6. A. until B. when C. before D. since ( ) 7. A. part B. all C. any D. none ( ) 8. A. moon B. eclipse C. sun D. shadow ( ) 9. A. each B. every C. either D. all ( ) 10. A. On the whole B. Generally speaking C. On average D. In addition ( ) 11. A. last B. next C. other D. another ( ) 12. A. go B. see C. come D. look ( ) 13. A. point B. evident C. theory D. significance ( ) 14. A. name B. object C. phenomenon D. tradition ( ) 15. A. created B. came about C. made D. copied ( ) 16. A. named B. called C. introduced D. defined ( ) 17. A. error B. name C. reality D. number ( ) 18. A. blue B. red C. yellow D. grey ( ) 19. A. published B. posted C. printed D. written ( ) 20. A. in B. out C. away D. on 答案及解析 本文介绍了一次天文现象:蓝月亮。完成本完形填空时,我们应把生活中的天文现象的实际和作者的思路逻辑联系起来。 1. D 考查动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识(月亮怎么着都不会是蓝的),我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:别期望月亮是蓝的,这个名字跟月球的颜色一点关系也没有。我们不难看出此处应该填上表示期望之意的动词,也即是D项,而其余ABC项依次分别所表达的意思是:但愿,等待,希望,具有很大的迷惑性的AC两项,其中A项的不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,C项中的hope其后不跟复合宾语结构,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。 2. B考查动词短语的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示和……有联系之意的动词词组, 而have nothing to do with……就是这样的意思,也即是B项,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:处理,随着……发展,形成,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,故我们选择B项为最佳答案。 3. A 考查动词的含义辨析及准确应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识, 经过分析,语意是:12月2日发生圆月,此处应该填上表示出现、发生之意的动词,这四个词中只有A项有这样的意思。其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:来,跑,去,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。 4. A 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。联系上下文的语境,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:如果你在时间广场,你就会看见这轮圆月。此处应该填上表示圆的之意的词,也即是A项,而其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:一半,明亮,部分,这些意思在这儿都不适用于此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故A项为准确答案。 5. B 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,经过分析,语意是:这轮新年前夕的圆月将会在美国,加拿大,欧洲,南美洲和非洲看得见。这四个词中只有B项有看得见这样的意思。而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:看不见,大的,清晰的,其中D项的迷惑性很大,而根据常识,月亮有时清晰可见,有时模模糊糊,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故B项为准确答案。 6. A 检测连词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。经过分析,语意是:对于澳大利亚和亚洲的观看者来说,这轮圆月一直到新年那一天才能出现。我们容易推理出此处应该填上表示直到之意的连词,这四个词中只有A项(until)有这样的意思,而其余BCD三项依次分别所表达的意思是:当……的时候,在……之前,自从…….开始,它们都不和not搭配,也构不成直到…..才之意,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。 7. A检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:然而东半球可能要在新年前夕当月球部分进入地球的影子是来庆祝月蚀。我们不难看出此处应该填上表示部分之意的名词,这四个词中只有A项有这样的意思。而其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:所有的,任何的,没有,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故A项最佳。 8. B 联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:月蚀在美洲看不到。这四个词中只有B项有月蚀之意,其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:月球,太阳,影子,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故B项最佳。 9. B 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。由日常生活中的常识,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示每隔之意的形容词,这四个词中只有B项有这样的意思,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:每一,两者中的任何一个,所有的,具有很大的迷惑性的是A项,但是它没有这样的用法,故B项为准确答案。 10. C 检测插入语的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:平均来说,格外圆的月亮,也就是蓝月亮,每两年半发生一次。我们容易确定此处应�