一、阅读理解
(一)
Now satellites are helping to forecast(预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气),because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.
Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can receive satellite pictures. When they receive the new pictures, they compare them with the earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours! This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, they can tell people about it.
So the weather satellites are of a great help to the scientists at the station. In the past they could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours earlier. Now they can make good forecasts for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead.
(B) 1.The weather forms ______.
A. in any part of the world B. in the atmosphere
C. in space D. on the ground
(C) 2.Changing clouds in the atmosphere means _______.
A. a rainy day B. a windy day
C. that the weather will change D. a sunny day
(B) 3.Without satellites, scientists could forecast the weather for ____ahead.
A. a week or more B. 1 or 2 days
C. 3 or 5 days D. only 3 days
(D) 4.The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in _____.
A. taking pictures of the atmosphere B. many ways
C. receiving pictures of the atmosphere D. weather forecastin
(二)
Nasreddin(纳斯雷金) was sitting by a window in his house one day in the middle of winter when he heard women crying outside. He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man, and he women were going, “ Oh, why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food? It will be dark there and you will be cold and hungry. Nobody will look after you. Nobody will be kind to you and nobody will love you there! ”“ My god! ” said Nasreddin to his wife. “ They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here! Quick! Lock the door! Don't let him in.”
5.The story happened in ________.
A. January B. February C. December D. November
6.Nasreddin put his head out of the window and saw _____.
A. a lot of women crying
B. a lot of people walking in the street
C. many people crying
D. many people with a dead man coming towards his house
7.The women were crying because ________.
A. their father diez B. their father left them
C. a man that was cried by many people died
D. Nasreddin saw them
8.Nasreddin was ______.
A. very rich B. very poorC. alone D. living a happy life
9.Nasreddin told his wife to lock the door because _______.
A. it was very cold in his house
B. he was afraid of those crying women
C. he wanted to go to bed
D. he was afraid those people would bring the dead man to his house
解析 5.在中国 ， 习惯上把 11月至次年的1月称之为冬季 ， 文章中的 in the middle of winter,故此题答案为C。
6.根据上下文 ， 如 ：“ He put his head out of the window and saw a lot of people coming towards his house. They were crying a dead man.”故此答案为D。
7.根据上下文，联系全文，可用排除法判断A、B、D答案都是不正确的，故此题答案为C。
8.从文中 “ Why are you leaving us to go to a place without light and without a fire and without food? ” 上文一句 “ ...a lot of people coming towards his house. ” 由此推断答案应为 B。
9.文章最后一句 “ They are talking about our house. They are bringing the dead man here!”所以说Nasreddin害怕的是人们把这个死人拍到他家里来。故此答案为D。
二、书面表达
根据下列图示，用英语写一篇短文，要求故事完整，句子通顺，内容与图片相符。
题目为 ： Two Heads Are Better than One.
提示 ： 这六幅图叙述了猴子和大象各自都认为自己最了不起 ， 大象认为自己比猴子强壮，而猴子却说自己动作比大象敏捷，后来猫头鹰通过让它俩去摘河对岸的香蕉，使它俩明白了“两人智慧胜一人”的道理，这是一个寓言故事，可采用拟人手法描写，展开合理想象。
quarrel(争吵)owl(猫头鹰 )
