Part Ⅲ Reading Section A(卷二)

　　The ocean is heating up. That's the conclusion of a new study that finds that Earth's oceans now (27)heat at twice the rate they did 18 years ago. Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.

　　Warming waters are known to (28)to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea (29). While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to (30)The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get better (31)of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century (32)of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, (33)with computer simulations(計算機模擬), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel (34).

　　About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a (35)of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they're unsure(36)whether the deep-sea warming canceled out　warming at the sea's surface.

　　A absorb

　　B combined

　　C contribute

　　D depth

　　E emission

　　F.explore

　　G explore

　　H.floor

　　I.heights

　　J.indifferent

　　K level

　　L.mixed

　　M picture

　　N unsure

　　O voyage

　　參考答案：

　　(26)A absorb

　　(27)C contribute

　　(28)K level

　　(29)G explore

　　(30)M picture

　　(31)O voyage

　　(32)B combined

　　(33)E emission

　　(34)D depth

　　(35)N unsure

　　參考解析

　　文章句講到海洋正在升溫，不難推斷出第26題應該是選absorb，absorb為吸收的意思。

　　be known to do sth, 由此可知第27題應該選動詞原形，再根據后面的to, 故將答案鎖定為contribute，contribute… to…意思為是……的原因，有助于;為……做貢獻;為……捐款;為……撰稿。

　　raising…為結果狀語從句，意為導致了海平面的上升，故此空的答案為levels。

　　該句的前半句意思是海洋的表層(頂部)被研究得較為透徹，考生要謹記在做完形填空時，要做到上下文的對應，比對一下就可得知該空應該選擇study的近義詞，通觀所有的選項， 故選explore。

　　研究者搜集了150年的海洋溫度數據， 目的是要清晰地比對現在與過去的變化趨勢， 故不難推測出要做圖來進行比對， 因此該空的答案為picture。

　　31空后面有naval ships這樣的字眼，故能聯想到該空應該與ships有關，因此該空的答案為voyage。

　　能與介詞with搭配的形容詞，通觀所有的選項，只有combined，combined with意為結合， 該短語在句中做插入語。

　　Fossil fuel為礦物燃料，燃燒礦物燃料排放出的廢氣會導致溫室效應， 故該空應該選擇emissions。

　　More than 700 meters是一個長度，再看前文，亦有提示----its depths, 故該空的答案為depth，at a depth of…意為在……的深度。

　　35空應填入一個形容詞， 再結合后面的賓語從句的引導詞whether， 故將答案鎖定為unsure， 要注意sure和unsure的賓語從句的引導詞是不同的， sure的賓語從句引導詞為that， unsure的賓語從句的引導詞為whether， 類似的詞語還有doubt，考生要注意區分。