1. One rainmaker was almost hanged because ______.

A. he did not make rain at all

B. he asked for too much money

C. people thought he caused too much rain

D. he killed several people

2. The underlined word liars means _______.

A. people who tell lies.

B. tools used to make rain.

C. persons who make rain.

D. people who have good luck.

3. Which of the following methods can make rain?

A. Killing pigs and sheep.

B. Blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe.

C. Shooting guns or causing explosions.

D. None of the above is right.

4. Who was the first rainmaker succeeding in making rain?

A. The one who caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California.

B. Before 1946, a rainmaker who happened to have good luck.

C. Vincent J. Schaefer, in 1946.

D. The passage doesn’t tell us his or her name.

【答案与解析】本文讲述的是人工降雨的历史。

1. C。推理判断题。根据第2段第 3 句One was so effective that he was almost hanged. He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars’ worth of damage可知有人相信他引来的降雨淹没了南加利福尼亚，淹死了几个人并造成了巨大损失。由此可推断他几乎被绞死的原因是人们认为他引来的雨水太多。故答案为C。

2. A。推理判断题。推断词义。根据第2段倒数第 3 句Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who happened to have good luck其中的either…or表示选择，因此可知唤雨的人或者是诚实的人或者是不诚实的人，即撒谎的人。故答案为A。(from www.nmet168.com)

3. D。推断题根据第1段第 2 句In ancient(古代的) times, rainmakers claimed(声称) to be able to bring rain by many methods: dancing, singing, killing various kinds of living creatures(including humans), and blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe和第2段第 1 句 More recently, some rainmakers claimed to make rain by shooting guns, causing explosions, or burning chemicals, the smoke of which was supposed to cause rain to fall可知A、B和C都是古代唤雨巫师的声称。再根据第1段第 1 句中but it was not until 1946 that man succeeded in making rain和第2段倒数第 2 句中Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J. Schaefer可知1946年科学的人工降雨开始。故答案为D。

4. C。事实细节题。根据第2段倒数第 3 句Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who happened to have good luck. Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J. Schaefer可知答案为C。

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