职称英语考试

试题来源：2015年职称英语《理工类》模拟题及答案(3)
【单选题】Forecasting Methods
There are several different methods that can be used to create a forecast. The method forecaster chooses depends upon the experience of the forecaster, the amount of information available to the forecaster, the level of difficulty that the forecast situation presents, and the degree of accuracy or confidence needed in the forecast.
The first of these methods is the persistence method;the simplest way of producing a forecast. The persistence method assumes that the conditions at the time of the forecast will not change. For example, if it is sunny and 87 degree today, the persistence method predicts that it will be sunny and 87 degree tomorrow. If two inches of rain fell today, the persistence method would predict two inches of rain for tomorrow. However, if weather conditions change significantly from day to day, the persistence method usually breaks down and is not the best forecasting method to use.
The trends method involves determining the speed and direction of movement for fronts, high and low pressure centers, and areas of clouds and precipitation. Using this information, the forecaster can predict where he or she expects those features to be at some future time. For example, if a storm system is 1,000 miles west of your location and moving to the east at 250 miles per day, suing the trends method you would predict it to arrive in your area in 4 days. The trends method works well when systems continue to move at the same speed in the same direction for a long period of time. if they slow down, speed up, change intensity, or change direction, the trends forecast will probably not work as well.
The climatology method is another simple way of producing a forecast. This method involves averaging weather statistics accumulated over man years to make the forecast. For example, if you were using the climatology method to predict the weather for new York City on July 4th, you would go through all the weather data that has been recorded for every July 4th and take an average. The climatology method only works well when the weather pattern is similar to that expected for the chosen time of year. if the pattern is quite unusual for the given time of year, the climatology method will often fail.
The analog method is a slightly more complicated method of producing a forecast. It involves examining today's forecast scenario and remembering a day in the past when the weather scenario looked very similar (an analog). The forecaster would predict that the weather in this forecast will behave the same as it did in the past. The analog method is difficult to use because it is virtually impossible to find a predict analog. Various weather features rarely align themselves in the same locations they were in the previous time. Even small differences between the current time and the analog can lead to very different results.
31　What factor is NOT mentioned in choosing a forecasting method? __________
A　Imagination of the forecaster.
B　Necessary amount of information.
C　Practical knowledge of the forecaster.
D　Degree of difficulty involved in forecasting.
32　Persistence method will work well __________.
A　if weather conditions change greatly from day to day
B　if weather conditions do not change much
C　on sunny days
D　on rainy days
33　The limitation of the trends method is the same as the persistence method in that __________.
A　it makes predications about weather
B　it makes predications about precipitation
C　the weather features need to be well defined
D　the weather features need to be constant for a long period of time
34　Which method may involve historical weather data? __________
A　The trends method.
B　The analog method.
C　Both climatology method and analog method.
D　The trends method and the persistence method.
35　It will be impossible to make weather forecast using the analog method __________.
A　when the current weather scenario differs from the analog
B　when the current weather scenario is the same as the analog
C　when the analog is over ten years old
D　when the analog is a simple repetition of the current weather scenario

网考网参考答案：A、B、D、C、A
大数据分析：根据网考网与考试题库的统计分析，该试题：
9%的考友选择了A选项
41%的考友选择了B选项
8%的考友选择了C选项
42%的考友选择了D选项
考友解析与评论：
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