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Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. While experience taught him this was impossible, __1__?
he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier in __2__
1000 B.C. there were weather seers in Babylon----and priests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted __3__
the weather a year in the advance. Some forecasters used __4__
methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual __5__
factors controlled the weather. Chickens and other animals __6__
were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. Somewhat more scientific were __7__
predictions based on vegetation:"Onion's skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onion's skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough."
Insects and animals were also __8__
favorite weather clues: "Before the glowworm lights his __9__
lamp , then the air is always damp ." "If spiders their cobwebs forsake , the weather will for certain break." "If frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, __10__
rain and cold were due." It's difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : " Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks we'll have some rain today ."

答案詳解(反白可見(jiàn)，按ctrl+A)：

1.While—When或After.本句的this指代的是to change the weather by using magic. when/after 引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)
是early的比較級(jí)，其后應(yīng)有than
之后加引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句
4. 刪除advance前的 advance為習(xí)語(yǔ)
5. take— connection with 為習(xí)語(yǔ)
6. controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/lling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定語(yǔ)修飾the actual factors
7. and—和draught只能是二者之一
8. 刪除is.與上文平衡，均為省略句
9. before—when/if.條件句
10. will—引導(dǎo)的是條件句用的是remained一般過(guò)去時(shí)