【译林湖南版创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练Module3Unit2LanguageⅠ.填词AWEBSITEcalledtheGlobalLanguageMonitorrecently(日前)announcedthattheEnglishlanguagenowhasover1millionwords.Wordnumber1,000,000is“Web2.0”．MostAmericanshaveavocabularyofabout20,000words.ThemostfamousEnglishspeakerinhistory，WilliamShakespeare，used30,000wordsinhisplays.That’salot，butit’snotevencloseto1million.Sowheredoallofthesewordscomefrom?Englishlikestoborrowwordsfromotherlanguages.Taketheword“fiancé”，aFrenchtermforsomeonewho’sengaged(订婚)．Englishspeakersdon’thaveawordoftheirowntodescribethis，sotheyjustusetheFrench.Don’tforget“fengshui”，theChinesetermnowusedbyEnglishspeakerswhowanttoarrange(布置)theirfurnitureinharmony(和谐)．IntheageoftheInternet,theEnglishlanguageisgrowingmorequickly.Someexpertsbelievethatasmanyas15wordsjointheEnglishlanguageeveryday.Nowit’spossibletoshareinformationveryquicklywithpeopleallovertheworld，andwordsfromalllanguagesareflyingthroughasharedcyberspace(网络空间)．Speakingofcyberspace，intheageoftheInternet，awholenewvocabularyisbeingused.Thinkofwordslike“cyber”，“blog”(博客)，“WorldWideWeb”and“email”．Tenyearsago，thesewordswererare(稀少的)．Nowit’shardtoimaginetheEnglishlanguage—andtheworld—withoutthem！MajorfactAwebsitecalledtheGlobalLanguageMonitorrecently__1__thattheEnglishlanguagenowhas__2__words.QuestionWheredoallofthesewordscomefrom？ExplanationsEnglishlikesto__3__wordsfromotherlanguages.__4__：1)Englishspeakersusethe__5__word“fiancé”becausetheydon’thaveawordtodescribesomeonewhoisengaged.2)Englishspeakersusethe__6__“fengshui”toarrangetheirfurnitureinharmony.Inthe__7__oftheInternet，Englishisgettingbiggerandsharedfaster.Examples：1)Expertsbelievethatasmanyas__8__wordsjointheEnglishlanguageeveryday.2)Awholenew__9__isbeingused.Wordslike“cyber”were__10__tenyearsago.Ⅱ.简答题Stormscanresultwhentheairtemperatureinoneareaisdifferentfromthatofanother.Warmerairrisesandcoolerairfalls.Thesemovementscreate专心爱心用心adifferenceinthepressureoftheatmosphere.Ifthepressurechangesoveralargearea，windsstarttoblowinahugecircle.Highpressureairispulledintoalowpressurecenter.Severeoceanstormshappenlessofteninthesouthernhemisphere.TheretheseasonofgreatestactivityisbetweenDecemberandMarch.Southoftheequator，thewindsflowinthesamedirectionasthehandsonaclock.Northoftheequator，theyflowcounterclockwise.ThisisbecauseasEarthturns，airispulledtotherightinthenorthernhemisphere.Inthesouthernhemisphere，airispulledtotheleft.Stormscangetstrongerandstrongerastheymoveoverwarmoceanwaters.Thestrongest，fastestwindsofahurricanearefoundintheeye-wall.Thisistheareathatsurroundsthecenter，oreye，ofthestorm.Theeyeitselfiscalmbycomparison，withlightwindsandclearskies.Windsinsevereoceanstormscanreachspeedsofmorethantwohundredandfiftykilometersanhour.Uptofiftycentimetersofraincanfall.Somestormshaveproducedmorethanonehundredandfiftycentimetersofrain.Thesestormsalsocausehighwavesandoceansurges.Asurgeisacontinuousmovementofwaterthatmayreachsixmetersormore.Thewatersmashesacrosslowcoastalareas.Surgesarecommonlyresponsibleforaboutninetypercentofalldeathsfromoceanstorms.Weatherscientistsusecomputerstocreatemodelsthatshowwhereastormmightgo.Modelscombineinformationsuchastemperatures，windspeed，atmosphericpressureandtheamountofwaterintheatmosphere.Scientistscollecttheinformati...
