（福建省師大二附中2010屆高三上學(xué)期期中考試）

The British usually expect one or two snowfalls each year, but the amount of snow rarely affects everyday life.   36, this week Britain has had the worst snow it has   37  in around 18 years. Some places had more than 30cm in a day.

The bad weather  38   severe trouble. More than 3000 schools  39  to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school.

School   40  weren’t too unhappy about it, though, as they headed  41  to play in the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights, sledging and some even snowboarding and skiing.

In London, bus   42  were stopped for a day and the underground and trains were cancelled.   43  motorways in the country had to close.

Many people were unable to get to work and  44  is thought that the cost of this lost labour is around &1 billion to businesses and the economy.

  45  wanting to leave the country had problems too. Runways were   46  at all the UK’s major airports   47  the amount of snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled,   48  some passengers trapped at airports.

So   49  is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson,   50  that there aren’t enough snow –ploughs and gritters(撒沙機(jī)) and it doesn’t make sense to buy   51 equipment when it snows so infrequently.

The southeast of England was the hardest __52__ at the beginning of the week but the snow is now  53   northwards where the chaos continues.

More ice and snow is forecast   54 the week and the advice from travel and weather organizations is to stay indoors  55 you really need to venture out!

36、A、Therefore        B、But        C、However        D、Actually

37、A、spotted          B、seen      C、noticed         D、watched

38、A、had           B、caused      C、did            D、met

39、A、had           B、used        C、ought           D、dared

40、A、teachers       B、children    C、workers        D、boys

41、A、up             B、down       C、away         D、out

42、A、services        B、stations     C、stops         D、drivers

43、A、Important        B、Wide      C、Big            D、Major

44、A、this           B、that       C、it               D、what

45、A、Someone        B、Anyone     C、Everyone        D、Nobody

46、A、stopped        B、trapped     C、closed          D、cancelled

47、A、despite          B、of          C、in spite of        D、because of

48、A、leaving          B、making     C、getting          D、sending

49、A、how          B、why      C、when         D、where

50、A、announced       B、explained   C、suggested D、predicted

51、A、such          B、so         C、this           D、that

52、A、hit             B、knocked    C、beaten          D、attacked

53、A、falling           B、making     C、moving         D、forming

54、A、within           B、before       C、until          D、throughout

55、A、as             B、if           C、unless           D、when