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1、高考二轮英语复习专项训练：完形填空（十二）Passage12OnceinabluemoonthereisoneonNewYear'sEve.Revelersringinginwillbetreatedtoaso-calledbluemoon.Accordingtopopulardefinition,abluemoonisthesecondfullmooninamonth.Butdon't1ittobeblue-thenamehasnothingto2thecolorofourclosestcelestial（天体）neighbor.Afullmoon3onDecembe
2、r2.ItwillappearagainonThursdayintimefortheNewYear'scountdown."Ifyou'reinTimesSquare,you'llseethe4moonrightaboveyou.It'sgoingtobethatbrilliant,"saidJackHorkheimer,directoremeritusoftheMiamiSpaceTransitPlanetariumandhostofaweeklyastronomyTVshow.TheNewYear'sEvebluemoonwillbe5intheUnitedStat
3、es,Canada,Europe,SouthAmericaandAfrica.ForpartygoersinAustraliaandAsia,thefullmoondoesnotshowup6NewYear'sDay,makingJanuaryabluemoonmonthforthem.However,theEasternHemispherecancelebratewithapartiallunareclipse（月蚀）onNewYear'sEvewhen7ofthemoonenterstheEarth'sshadow.The8willnotbevisibleinthe
4、Americas.Afullmoonoccurs929.5days,andmostyearshave12.10,anextrafullmooninamonth-abluemoon-occursevery2.5years.The11timetherewasalunardoubletakewasinMay.NewYear'sEvebluemoonsarerarer,occurringevery19years.Thelasttimewasin1990;thenextonewon't12againuntil.Bluemoonshavenoastronomical13,saidG
5、regLaughlin,anastronomerattheUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz."`Bluemoon'isjusta14inthesamesenseasa`hunter'smoon'ora`harvestmoon,'"Laughlinsaidinane-mail.Thepopulardefinitionofbluemoon15afterawriterforSky&Telescopemagazinein1946misunderstoodtheMaineFarmer'sCalendarandmarkedabluemoonasthe
6、secondfullmooninamonth.Infact,thecalendar16abluemoonasthethirdfullmooninaseasonwithfourfullmoons,nottheusualthree.ThoughSky&Telescopecorrectedthe17decadeslater,thedefinitioncaughton.Forpurists（语言纯正癖者）,however,thisNewYear'sEvefullmoondoesn'tevenqualifyasa18moon.It'sjustthefirstfullmoonoft
7、hewinterseason.Inatongue-in-cheekessay19onthemagazine'sWebsitethisweek,seniorcontributingeditorKellyBeattywrote:"IfskiesareclearwhenI'mcelebrating,I'lltakeapeek（眯着眼睛看）atthatbrilliantorb（天体）asitrisesovertheBostonskylinetoseeifit'sanicyshadeofblue.OrmaybeI'lljusthowl."()1.A
