{{B}}Florida Hit by Cold Air Mass{{/B}}
In January, 2003, the eastern two thirds of the United States was at the
mercy of a bitterly cold air mass that has endangered Florida's citrus trees,
choked 3 northern harbors with ice and leftbewildered residents of North
Carolina's Outer Banks digging out of up to a foot of snow. The
ice chill deepened as temperatures fell to the single digits in most of the
South, with an unfamiliar dip below the freezing mark, as far South as parts of
interior South Florida. Temperatures in Florida plunged, with West Palm Beach
dropping to a record low of 2 degrees. "We couldn't believe how
cold it was," said Martin King, who arrived this week in Orlando from England
"We brought shorts, T-shirt, and I had to go out and buy another
coat." The temperature plunge posed a threat to Florida's USS
9.1 billion-a-year citrus crop, more of which is still on the trees. Growers
were hurrying to harvest as much of the fruit as possible before it was damaged
by cold. "Time is of the essence in getting fruit to the plant,"
said Tom Rogers, a citrus grower who expected to see damage to oranges and
grapefruit at that time. In Florida, Governor Jeb Bush signed an
emergency order to eliminate the weight limit on trucks so citrus growers could
get as much fruit to market as possible. Casey Pace, a
spokeswoman for Florida Citrus Mutual, said growers had sprayed trees with
sprinklers, which created a layer of ice and helped maintain a temperature near
freezing. Citrus trees are considered in danger of damage if the temperature
drops below minus 2 degrees Celsius for four hours or more. Snow ranging from a
dusting to up to 30 centimeters blanketed the Carolinas, Tennessee and parts of
Virginia. citrus n. 柠檬，柑橘；柑橘属果树 bewilder v.
使迷惑；使为难；……弄糊涂 sprinklern. 洒水器；洒水手 Celsius
adj.摄氏的 shorts n. 宽松运动裤；男式短衬裤
单选题
Which of the following statements is not meant in the first two paragraphs?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 利用备选项中的核心词语/短语(citrus crop，temperature，northern harbors， The eastern two thirds of the United States)作为答案线索，在文章中一一进行查找确认：In January,2003，the eastern two-thirds of the United States was at the mercy of (adv.受……支配/控制)a bitterly cold air mass (与D一致)that has endangered Florida's citrus trees (与A一致)，choked northern harbors with ice(北部港口被冰堵塞)与C一致) and left bewildered residents of North Carolina's outer Banks digging out of up to a foot of snow．
单选题
According to the second paragraph, in which areas did the temperature fall below zero?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 利用题干中的特征结构below zero作为答案线索，这样发现答案相关句：The ice chill deepened as temperatures fell to the single digits in most of the south ,(否定A：原文说“南方大部分地区温度降到了个位数”)with an unfamiliar dip below the freezing mark(与below zero呼应)as far south as parts of interior south Florida(下降到零度以下的气温向南远至南佛罗里达的中部地带)。
单选题
King's statement that "We brought shorts, T-shirt, and I had to go out and buy another coat." shows that ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 结合文章主题“佛罗里达受到冷空气的袭击”判断A是答案。也可以借助原文：利用 shorts，T-shirts作为答案线索，这样找到答案相关句：“We couldn't believe hou cold it was ”，said Martin King， who arrived this week in Orlando from England．“We brought shorts，T-shirts，and l had tO 90 out and buy another coat．”划线句说“冷得令人难以置信”，因此判断A是答案。
单选题
Governor Jeb issue the emergency order because he ______.
单选题
Which statement is NOT true according to the last paragraph?
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 发现备选项A和D都提到了“Sprinklers(洒水器)对柑橘的保护”因此重点注意这两个选项。文章中相关句：Casey Pace，a spokeswomen for Florida Citrus，said growers had sprayed tree with sprinklers(与A一致)，which created a layer of ice and helped maintain a temperature near freezing．Citrus or more(与B一致)． and parts of Virginia(与C—致)。因此判断D是答案。