In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (經(jīng)歷) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (傘)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.

1.Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A．Because they may have four seasons in one day

B．Because they often have very good weather

C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring

D．Because the sky is sunny all day

2.From the story we know that when _________come, there is a heavy rain.

A．sunshine and snow                      B．black clouds

C．summer and winter                      D．spring and autumn

3."People can also have summer in winter." Means "it is sometimes too _____in winter."

A．warm             B．cool              C．cold              D．rainy

4.In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because ________.

A．their friends ask them to do so

B．it often rains in England

C．they are going to sell them

D．they are their favourite things

5.The best title (標(biāo)題)for this passage is ________.

A．Bad Seasons                           B．Summer or Winter

C．The Weather in England                  D．Strange English People

 

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(癮) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is ‘surfing the net’ a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(癥狀):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
【小題1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict.

B．What an Internet addict usually does.

C．Where to find an Internet addict.

D．Why to write this passage.

【小題2】How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

【小題3】Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

【小題4】The example in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

【小題5】What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

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Weather affects all of us in one way or 1.__________ directly or indirectly. For example, good weather makes people happy. Bad weather makes people sick and depressed. 2.___ , on a fine day, one can go out for a walk or play a game in the open. On a rainy day, however, he can only stay3.__________. In a word, weather is a part of life for all of us.

The first thing that many people do after getting up is to 4.___________ what the weather is like. With the acknowledge of the weather people can arrange work and life of the day. If it is fine, he may 5.__________ to go on a picnic. If it is 6.___________, he will have to take a raincoat or an umbrella with him when he is leaving the house. 7.___________ the weather may be like, one tends to adjust his activites to it accordingly（相應(yīng)地）.

In order to know how the weather will be, some special people are organized to provide this information. They 8.___________ data（數(shù)據(jù)）, analyze（分析） them and predict（預(yù)報(bào)） the weather of the coming day. This information, which is announced 9.____________ the radio or on TV, is usually very accurate（準(zhǔn)確的）. 10._____________ to the efforts of those professionals, we can always know the weather and get prepared for it.

 

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(癮) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is ‘surfing the net’ a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(癥狀):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.
【小題1】What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict.

B．What an Internet addict usually does.

C．Where to find an Internet addict.

D．Why to write this passage.

【小題2】How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

【小題3】Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet.

【小題4】The example in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

【小題5】What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

    “I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”

    “I often check my e-mail forty times a day．”

    “1 often spend more than three hours during one time on the net．’’

    “I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室)than with my‘real—life’friends．”

Do you know who like these? They are part of a new addiction(癮)called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品)use．People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet．

For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried．a(chǎn)nd they called the po1ice．The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days straight．

    Studies show that about 6％to 10％of Internet users become addicted．And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyber—space than in the real world of friends and family．

  Is“surfing the net”a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(癥狀)

●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．

●You can’t wait for your next online time．

●You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours．

●You go out with your friends less and less．

1.What does the beginning of the passage tell us______ .

A．How to become an Internet addict?    B．What an Internet addict usually does?

C．Where to find an Internet addict?    D．Why to write this passage?

2.How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

  A．It is something like keeping drugs．B．It is a way of producing drugs．

  C．It is like taking drugs．           D．It is terrible to imagine．

3.Why do people worry about the teens?

  A．The teens are wasting too much money．

  B．They used to work on the Internet．

  C．The playing field will disappear．

  D．More and more teens will become addicted to the Internet．

4.The example in the passage shows that

  A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

  B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

  C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

  D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts

5.What is the writer trying to tell us in the passage?

  A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet． B．Go to family activities more often．

  C．Do things as you have planned．      D  .Stay with your parents as often as possible