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Unit 12:What's the weather like?
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 Unit 12

 

 What's the weather like?

 

 Passage 1

阅读理解一

  Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with "Isnt it a nice day?" "Do you think it will rain?" "What a fine day!"

  Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other. One man may say "Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? Its going to rain tomorrow." Another man will say, "No its going to be fine tomorrow."

  People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him its going to rain, he wont believe anything else. When friends have a travel, they are sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly.

  Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says, but he doesnt always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still, he probably comes closer to being correct than anyone else.

  注释

  1. hardly adv.几乎不

  2. believe v.相信

  3. almost adv.几乎

  4. still adv.仍然

  5. probably adv.或许

  6. correct n.准确

  根据短文内容选择正确答案

  ( )1"No one does anything about the weather" means _____.

  A. No one can make weather

  B. No one can change(改变)weather

  C. No one can talk about weather

  D. No one likes weather

  ( )2 _____ is common(普通) way to start a talk.

  A. Talking about weather B. keeping silent (沉默)

  C. Asking each others name D. smile(微笑)

  ( )3Many people hope the weather will be_____ .

  A. fine B. rainy

  C. cloudy D. like what they like to be

  ( )4Weatherman probably is a man who _____.

  A. reports weather B. can see weather

  C. can change wather D. can make weather

  ( )5"Weatherman" _____ makes a mistake.

  A. often B. never C. sometimes D. little

 

 Passage 2

  阅读理解二

  A Weather Report

  Here is a weekend weather report in Chicago.

  Its still raining here in Chicago, and it looks like that rain is going on through the weekend. Itll be cloudy on Saturday with scattered showers, and the outlook for Sunday-more rain and colder. The temperature will stay above zero in the daytime, but at night it will fall below zero, with a temperature of minus 1. Im afraid colder weather is on its way! Wear warm clothes when you go out.

  注释

  1. Chicago n. (地名)芝加哥

  2. scattered adj.分散的,散乱的

  3. outlook n.展望,前景

  根据短文内容选择正确答案

  ( )1The weather report is telling us the weather in _____.

  A. England B. China C. France D. America

  ( )2The weather is _____ in Chicago through the weekend.

  A. fine B. wet C. dry D. windy

  ( )3The temperature will be _____ in the daytime on Sunday.

  A. above zero B. below zero C. minus 1 D. zero

  ( )4Which sentence is right?

  A. The temperature will stay above zero on Sunday.

  B. It is October in Chicago.

  C. It will be colder later on.

  D. It isnt rainy on Friday.

  ( )5I _____ colder weather is on its way!

  A. afraid B. am afraid C. be afraid of D. am afraid of

 

 Passage 3

  完形填空

  Two men were __1___ in a very wild and lonely part of America. ___2__ days they had not even seen a house, only a few huts made___3__ wood. Then one day they met an old Indian. They found that he knew their language. One of them asked him if he could tell them __4___ the weather would be like ___5__ the next few days.

  "Oh, yes," he said. "___6__ is coming, and wind. Then there will be snow for two days, but after that there will be bright sunshine."

  "__7___ that wonderful?" said one man to his friend. These old Indians know ___8__ about the secrets of nature than we do with all our science. Then he turned ___9__ the old Indian.

  "Tell me," he said, "how do you know all that?"

  The Indian replied, "I heard it ___10__ the radio."

  注释

  1. wild adj.荒芜的

  2. lonely adj.孤独的

  3. hut n.小木屋

  通读短文选出一个最佳答案

  ( )1 A. travel B. traveled C. traveling D. to travel

  ( )2 A. For B. In C. At D. On

  ( )3 A. up B. in C. off D. of

  ( )4 A. how B. what C. which D. whats

  ( )5 A. in B. after C. before D. behind

  ( )6 A. Sun B. Rainy C. Rain D. Sunny

  ( )7 A. Isn't B. Is C. Wasn't D. Was

  ( )8 A. much B. a lot C. more D. many

  ( )9 A. to B. over C. around D. down

  ( )10A. over B. through C. across D. in

  

Passage 4

  判断正误

  A young man called Jack liked to wear his long hair. People thought it looked like a girls hair, but no one made jokes about it, even his friends, because Jack was a big and strong man. And he didnt like jokes about his hair. Jack went to the barbers twice a month to have his hair cut and washed. One day the barber said to him, "Now why dont you let me cut most of your hair off and make your head tidy? Nobody will recognize you if you do that, "Im sure." Jack said nothing for a few seconds, and then he said, "Perhaps you are right, but Im sure that nobody will recognize you if you do that to my hair."

  注释

  1. joke n.玩笑

  2. barber n.理发师

  3. recognize v.认识

  根据文章内容判断正误

  ( ) 1 Jacks hair looked like a girl.

  ( ) 2 Jacks friends sometimes made jokes about his hair.

  ( ) 3 Jack had his hair cut twice a month.

  ( ) 4 The barber asked Jack not to cut off most of his hair.

  ( ) 5 Jack agreed to do so.

  参考答案

  Passage 1

  1. B"没有人能对天气怎么样"意思是"没有人能够改变天气。"

  2. A文章第一段中有此题的答案。谈论天气是人们开始交谈的一种常用的方式。

  3. D许多人希望天气情况像他们想要的那样,文中第三段第一句为此题答案。

  4. A"weatherman"天气预报者,气象员。

  5. C文中最后一段有此题答案。

  Passage 2

  1. DChicago芝加哥是美国的一座城市。

  2. B雨天将持续整个周末,从第二段第一句可以看出。

  3. A此题的答案在第二段,星期天白天气温在0℃以上。

  4. C稍晚些时候,天气会更冷。

  5. B"be afraid"是恐怕的意思,而不是害怕。

  Passage 3

  1. C此句用过去进行时,意思是"两个人正在美国的一片荒芜的、孤独的地方旅行。"

  2. A表示持续一段时间,介词用for在这里表示"持续了好几天"。

  3. Dbe made of短语"由……制造",固定搭配,因此不能选其它介词。

  4. B天气会是什么样的。"What...be like"短语"像什么样子?"

  5. A在一段时间之后,表示将来,介词用in

  6. C做主语,用名词,根据意思,"先下雨,后刮风。"用rain而不用sun。

  7. A加强语气,用反问形式,在直接引用的话中,用一般现在时。

  8. C这是一个比较级的句子;必须用形容词比较级more。

  9. A"turn to"短语"转向(某人)。"

  10. A从收音机上听的,介词用over或on。即hear sth over(on)the radio, through表示(从中间)经过。如go through the forest; across...表示从表面经过。如go across the road。

  Passage 4

  1. T杰克喜欢留长发,看起来像女孩子的头发。

  2. F杰克又高又大,他不喜欢别人拿他的头发开玩笑。他的朋友不敢拿他的头发开玩笑。

  3. T杰克一个月理两次发。

  4. F理发师想把杰克的头发多剪掉一些。

  5. F杰克不同意这样做。




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