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2025北京高三二模英语汇编
阅读理解C篇
一、阅读理解
（2025北京东城高三二模）
Haveyoueverfeltasthoughthetemperaturesyourlocalweatherappreportedfailedtocapturehowitfeltoutside?Well,youwereright.Asheatwavesbecomemoreintenseandmorefrequent,weneedtochangethewaywethinkaboutoutdoortemperatures.Whatmattersisnothowhottheairisbuthowhottheweatheristoahumanbody.Forthat,weneed“wet-bulbglobetemperature”.
Wet-bulbtemperature,whichathleticorganizations,themilitaryandregulatorshaveusedfordecades,comesfromadevicewiththreethermometerstobettercapturehowheatstressesthebodyThefirstisabasicthermometer,whichmeasurestheairtemperature.Thesecondisathermometerinsideablackball,whichcapturestheheatourbodiesabsorbfromdirectsunlight.Thethirdisathermometercoveredinawetcloth,mimickingourbody’sabilitytocoolitselfwithsweatandaccountingforfactorssuchashumidity(湿度)andairmovement.Thethreereadingsarecombinedusingaweightingsystemtoproducethewet-bulbtemperature.
Wet-bulbtemperaturemightsoundlikethe“heatindex”—thatis,whenyourlocalweatherpersonsays,“It’s90degrees,butit’sgoingtofeellike98becauseofhumidity”—andtherearesimilarities.Buttherearealsocriticaldifferences.
Theheatindexassumesyou’reintheshadeandresting,butbeingindirectsunlightcanadd15degreestotheheatindex.Onewaytounderstandthevalueofusingwettemperaturesistolookatmapscomparingthemwiththemorefamiliar“dry”temperatures.TakeFresno,Calif.,whichisforecast-toreach102degrees.Buthumidityislow,sothecorrespondingwet-bulbtemperatureis80.NewYorkCity,forcomparison,isforecasttobe98,buthumiditywillbehigh,puttingthewet-bulbtemperatureat88—andmakingconditionsevenmoredangerousthaninFresno.
Don’tgetmewrong.Ijustwanttostressthatwecannotignoretheevenmoredangerousweather