Question

   Britons are expecting Bank Holiday weekend will be well. The heavy rain of the last few days looks like coming to alan 1 ,leaving Britain a few much brighter days. The dry,sunny weather will be welcomed by people who were facing the 2 all the time.

   Paul Michael Waite,of Netweather was forecasting (預報) a 3 Bank Holiday. He said ,“Warmer,drier weather will start from the south-west from Friday,then north and eastwards over the weekend,and by Monday most parts of the 4 will get the effect,too. ”The temperatures will be up to 22°C for the south,along with some sunshine.

   People can 5 a dry and sunny Saturday and Sunday. But with rain forecast for tomorrow,they will still need to 6 the umbrellas. The north of the country can expect weekend 18°C and mainly 7 weather.

   Met Office spokesman Barry Gromett said ,“It seems like the Bank Holiday weekend will 8 bad weather,but goes well through the week. ”But put your umbrellas not 9 you.

  Is there a wet September and October? Other 10 say “yes”. They think it will be November before we put away our umbrellas.

() 1. A. beginning   B. end   C. rest   D. good luck

() 2. A. storm   B. snow   C. rain   D. sunshine

() 3. A. better   B. more awful   C. busier   D. more difficult

() 4. A. village   B. town   C. city   D. country

() 5. A. forget   B. prevent   C. expect   D. remember

() 6. A. sell   B. bring   C. find   D. borrow

() 7. A. wet   B. dry   C. hot   D. cold

() 8. A. look for   B. start from   C. stay at   D. wait for

() 9. A. next to   B. far from   C. across from   D. in front of

() 10. A. actors   B. fisherman   C. policemen   D. weathermen

Answer 1

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. D

閱讀提示：本文介紹了倫敦多雨的天氣，作者希望能有一個愉快的銀行假日。

1. B句意“最近幾天的大雨看上去似乎要結(jié)束，給英國留下了更明 朗的幾天時光”，故選an end。

2. C根據(jù)上句heavy rain可知指的是英國人一直在面對雨天，故選 rain。

3. A根據(jù)下文描述的天氣由下雨轉(zhuǎn)為溫暖干燥可知將會有一個“更 好的銀行假日”。

4. D由第一段可知描述的是英國的天氣狀況，故選country。

5. C句意為“人們可以期待一個干燥晴朗的周六和周日”, expect “期待”，forget “忘記”，prevent“阻止”，remember“記住”。

6. B句意“明天預報有雨，人們依然需要帶著雨傘”，bring“帶著”。

7. B 根據(jù)本段第一句 a dry and sunny Saturday and Sunday 可知肩 干燥的天氣，故選dry。

8. B句意“看上去銀行假日的周末會以壞天氣開始但一周都會; 錯”，start from“從……開始”。

9. B根據(jù)文章最后一句可知在11月前不能把雨傘放一邊，所以# 句為“但不要把雨傘放到離你遠的地方”。

10. D 由上下文可知是“天氣預報員”談論天氣的問題，故 選 weathermen。