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1、2023年中考英語時事熱點閱讀專練 熱點66寒冷天氣的特征及應對 一、閱讀理解1 Winterweatherhasreturnedtonorthernareasoftheworld.InmuchoftheUnitedStates,wintermeansthereturnofsnow. Snowisaformoffrozenwater.Itcontainsmanygroupsorverysmalliceparticlescalledsnowcrystals（晶體）.Thesecrystalsgrowfromwaterparticlesincoldclouds.Theyusuallygro

2、waroundapieceofdust.Allsnowcrystalshavesixsides,buttheygrowindifferentshapes.Theshapedependsmainlyonthetemperatureandwaterlevelsintheair.Theshapeofasnowcrystalmaychangefromoneformtoanotherasthecrystalpassesthroughlevelsofairwithdifferenttemperatures.Snowcontainsmuchlesswaterthanrain.Aboutseventy-fiv

3、ecentimetersofsnowhasasmuchwaterastwoandahalfcentimetersofrain. Generally,thecolorofsnowandiceappearswhite.Thisisbecausethelightweseefromthesuniswhite.Mostnaturalmaterialstakeinsomesunlight.However,whenlighttravelsfromairtosnow,somelightissentback,orreflected（反射）.Snowcrystalshavemanysurfacestorefle

4、ctsunlight.Itisthislightthatgivessnowitswhitecolor. Muchofthewaterweusecomesfromsnow.Melting（鬲蟲化）snowgiveswatertoriversandcrops.Snowfallhelpstoprotectplantsandsomewildanimalsfromthecold.Freshsnowismadelargelyofairwhichiskeptamongthesnowcrystals.Becausetheairhastroublemoving,themovementofheatisgreat

5、lyreduced.However,snowisresponsibleforthedeathsofhundredsofpeopleintheUnitedStateseveryyear.Manypeopledieintrafficaccidentsonroadsthatarecoveredwithsnoworice. 1. Whyissnowdangerousaccordingtothepassage? A. Peoplecanfreezetodeathinit. C.Itstopspeoplehuntingwildanimals. 2. Whydoessnowappearwhite?

6、 A. Becauseiceisawhitecolour. C.Becauseitreflectssunlight. B. Itmakesroadsdifficulttodriveon. D.Itmakesitdifficultforfreshairtomove. B. Becauseithasmanysurfaces. D.Becausecloudsarewhite. 3. Whyissnowagoodthingforplantsandwildanimals? A. Itcoversroadswithsnowandice. B. Snowcreatesfreshdri

7、nkingwater. 2023年中考英語時事熱點閱讀專練 熱點66寒冷天氣的特征及應對 一、閱讀理解1 Winterweatherhasreturnedtonorthernareasoftheworld.InmuchoftheUnitedStates,wintermeansthereturnofsnow. Snowisaformoffrozenwater.Itcontainsmanygroupsorverysmalliceparticlescalledsnowcrystals（晶體）.Thesecrystalsgrowfromwaterparticlesincoldclouds

8、.Theyusuallygrowaroundapieceofdust.Allsnowcrystalshavesixsides,buttheygrowindifferentshapes.Theshapedependsmainlyonthetemperatureandwaterlevelsintheair.Theshapeofasnowcrystalmaychangefromoneformtoanotherasthecrystalpassesthroughlevelsofairwithdifferenttemperatures.Snowcontainsmuchlesswaterthanrain.A

9、boutseventy-fivecentimetersofsnowhasasmuchwaterastwoandahalfcentimetersofrain. Generally,thecolorofsnowandiceappearswhite.Thisisbecausethelightweseefromthesuniswhite.Mostnaturalmaterialstakeinsomesunlight.However,whenlighttravelsfromairtosnow,somelightissentback,orreflected（反射）.Snowcrystalshavemany

10、surfacestoreflectsunlight.Itisthislightthatgivessnowitswhitecolor. Muchofthewaterweusecomesfromsnow.Melting（鬲蟲化）snowgiveswatertoriversandcrops.Snowfallhelpstoprotectplantsandsomewildanimalsfromthecold.Freshsnowismadelargelyofairwhichiskeptamongthesnowcrystals.Becausetheairhastroublemoving,themoveme

11、ntofheatisgreatlyreduced.However,snowisresponsibleforthedeathsofhundredsofpeopleintheUnitedStateseveryyear.Manypeopledieintrafficaccidentsonroadsthatarecoveredwithsnoworice. 1. Whyissnowdangerousaccordingtothepassage? A. Peoplecanfreezetodeathinit. C. Itstopspeoplehuntingwildanimals. 2. Whydoess

12、nowappearwhite? A. Becauseiceisawhitecolour. C. Becauseitreflectssunlight. B. Itmakesroadsdifficulttodriveon. D. Itmakesitdifficultforfreshairtomove. B. Becauseithasmanysurfaces. D. Becausecloudsarewhite. 3. Whyissnowagoodthingforplantsandwildanimals? A. Itcoversroadswithsnowandice. B.

13、Snowcreatesfreshdrinkingwater. C. Ithidesthemfromhumanbeings. D. Itkeepsthemwarmincoldweather. 4. Whatisneededforsnowtoform? A.2andahalfcentimetersofrain. B. Levelsofairwithdifferenttemperatures. C. Waterparticlesanddust. D. Coldcloudsintheair. 【答案】BCDC 【解析】本文主要是告訴了我們雪的形狀、用途、顏色及影響。 1.

14、細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“However,snowisresponsiblefbrthedeathsofhundredsofpeopleintheUnitedStateseveryyear.Manypeopledieintrafficaccidentsonroadsthatarecoveredwithsnoworice.”可矢口，雪會導致更多的交通事故。故選B。 2. 2田節(jié)理弁軍題。木艮據(jù)"Snowcrystalshavemanysurfacestoreflectsunlight.Itisthislightthatgivessnowitswhitecolor.”可知，雪晶體有許多表面來反射陽光，正

15、是這種光賦予了雪白色的顏色。故選C。 3. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Snowfallhelpstoprotectplantsandsomewildanimalsfromthecold.”可知，降雪有助于保護植物和一些野生動物免受寒冷。故選D。 4. 2田節(jié)理解題。申艮據(jù)"Snowisaformoffrozenwater.Itcontainsmanygroupsorverysmalliceparticlescalledsnowcrystals(晶體).Thesecrystalsgrowfromwaterparticlesincoldclouds.Theyusuallygrowaroundapiec

16、eofdust.”可知，雪是冰凍的水的一種形式。它包含許多組或非常小的冰粒子稱為雪晶體。這些晶體是由冷云中的水粒子形成的。它們通常圍繞著一片灰塵生長。所以雪的形成需要水顆粒和灰塵，故選C。 Differentweathermakespeoplefeeldifferent.Itinfluenceshealth,intelligenceandfeelings. August,itisveryhotandwetinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.Peopletherehavehearttroubleandotherkindsofhealthproblemsinh

17、ismonth.InthenortheastandtheMiddleWest,Itisveryhotatsometimesandverycoldatothertimes.PeopleinthesestateshavemorehearttroubleaftertheweatherchangesinFebruaryorMarch. Theweathercanalsoinfluenceintelligence.Forexample,ina1983reportbyscientists,theIQsofagroupofstudentswereveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcam

18、e,butafterthestrongwind,theirIQswere10%lower.Thewindcanhelppeoplehavehigherintelligence.Veryhotweather,ontheotherhand,canmakeitlower.StudentsinmanyschoolsoftheUnitedStatesoftengetworseonexamsinthehotmonthsoftheyear(JulyandAugust). Weatheralsohasastronginfluenceonpeople'sfeelings.Wintermaybeabadtime

19、forthinpeople.Theyusuallyfeelcoldinthesemonths.Theymightfeelunhappyincoldweather.Butfatpeoplemayhaveahardtimein hotsummer.Atabout18°C,peoplebecomestronger. Lowairpressuremaymakepeopleforgetful.Peopleleavemorebagsonbusesandinshopsonlow-air-pressuredays.Thereisa"goodweather"forintelligenceandhealth.

20、Peoplefeelbestatatemperatureofabout18°C.Areyoufeelingsad,tired,forgetful;orunhappytoday?Itmaybetheweather'sproblem. 5. Theunderlinedword"intelligence,,inthepassagemeans""inChinese. A. 財富B.記憶C.智力D.生活Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthatpeoplemaybeillmoreoftenwhen. A. theweatherishotandwet.B.theweatherchan

21、gesgreatly. C. theweatheriswarm.D.theweatherisalwayscold. 6. WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A. Thinpeoplemightfeeltiredincoldweather. B. Fatpeoplemayfeelhardatabout18°C.C.Apersonmayhaveaworsememoryonhigh-air-pressuredays. D. StudentsinAmericaoftendoworseonexamsonveryhotdays. 7

22、. Thepassagemostprobablycomesfrom. A.anewspaperB.anadvertisementC.atravelmagazineD.astorybookmaymakepeopleforgetful. A.LowairpressureB.TherainC.TheredD.Thetemperature 【答案】CBDAA 【解析】本文是一篇說明文，作者用舉例的方法說明了天氣變化對于人體健康，智商和心情的影響。 5. 題意：下畫線單詞“intelligence”漢語中意思是“考查詞義猜測。A.財富；B.記憶；C.智力;D.生活。根據(jù)第三段Theweathe

23、rcanalsoinfluenceintelligence.Forexample,ina1983reportbyscientists,theIQsofagroupofstudentswereveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcame,butafterthestrongwind,theirIQswere10%lower.Thewindcanhelppeoplehavehigherintelligence.Veryhotweather,ontheotherhand,canmakeitlower.StudentsinmanyschoolsoftheUnitedStatesofte

24、ngetworseonexamsinthehotmonthsoftheyear（JulyandAugust）.（天氣也會影響智力。例如，在1983年科學家的一份報告中，一組學生的智商在強風來臨時非常高，但強風過后，他們的智商降低了10%o風可以幫助人們擁有更高的智力。另一方面，炎熱的天氣會使智力降低。美國許多學校的學生在一年中最熱的幾個月（7月和8月）考試成績往往比較差。）可知“intelligence”漢語中意思是“智力"；選C。 6. 題意：從這篇文章中，我們可以了解到，當時，人們可能更經(jīng)常生病?？疾榧毠?jié)理解題。A.theweatherishotandwet.天氣又熱又濕；B.thewe

25、atherchangesgreatly.天氣變化很大；C.theweatheriswarm.天氣很暖和；D.theweatherisalwayscold.天氣總是很冷。根據(jù)第二段第3句和第4句InthenortheastandtheMiddleWest,Itisveryhotatsometimesandverycoldatothertimes.PeopleinthesestateshavemorehearttroubleaftertheweatherchangesinFebruaryorMarch.（在東北和中西部，有時很熱,有時很冷。在2月或3月的天氣變化后，這些州的人們有更多的心臟病。）可

26、知“當天氣變化很大時，人們可能更經(jīng)常生病。”故選Bo題意：根據(jù)文章，下列哪一項是正確的？考查理解判斷題。A.Thinpeoplemightfeeltiredincoldweather.瘦人在寒冷的天氣可能會感到疲倦；B.Fatpeoplemayfeelhardatabout18°C.在18°C左右，肥胖的人可能會感到不舒服；C.Apersonmayhaveaworsememoryonhigh-air-pressuredays.在高氣壓的日子里，一個人的記憶力可能會更差；D.StudentsinAmericaoftendoworseonexamsonveryhotdays.美國學生在酷熱的日子里

27、考試成績往往更差。根據(jù)第三段最后一句StudentsinmanyschoolsoftheUnitedStatesoftengetworseonexamsinthehotmonthsoftheyear（JulyandAugust）.（美國許多學校的學生在一年中最熱的幾個月（7月和8月）考試成績往往比較差。）可知D是正確的；選D。 7. 題意：這篇文章很可能來自?？疾橹髦祭斫忸}。A.anewspaper報紙；B.anadvertisement廣告；C.atravelmagazine旅行雜志；D.astorybook故事書。本文是一篇說明文，作者用舉例的方法說明了天氣變化對于人體健康，智商和心情的

28、影響。可知這篇文章很可能來自報紙或雜志；結合選項可知選Ao 8. 題意：可能使人健忘?？疾榧毠?jié)理解題。A.Lowairpressure低氣壓；B.Therain雨；C.Thered紅色；D.Thetemperature溫度。根據(jù)第五段第一句Lowairpressuremaymakepeopleforgetful.（低氣壓可能使人健忘。）可知選A。 3 Areyoufeelingsad,tired,forgetfulorunhappytoday?Itmaybecausedbytheweather. Weatherhasagreateffectonpeople'shealth,intell

29、igenceandfeelings.Differentweathermakespeoplefeeldifferent. InAugust,itisveryhotandwetinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.Thereareusuallymorepatientsinthehospitalsduringthismonth.Someofthemhavehearttroubleandotherkindsofhealthproblems.InFebruaryorMarch,itisveryhotsometimesandverycoldatothertimeinthe

30、northandthewest.Peopletherehavehearttroublemoreoften. Theweathercaninfluenceintelligence.Scientistshavediscoveredthatpeople'sIQmaychangeindifferentweather.Forexample,ina1983reportbyscientists,one'sIQmaybeveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcomes.Itmaybe10%belowafterthestrongwind.Thewindcouldimprovepeople's

31、intelligence.Ontheotherhand,hotweathermaymakeaperson'sIQlower.Forexample,studentsinmanyschoolsoftheUnitedStatesmaygetworsegradesinexamsduringthehotmonthsoftheyear. Weatheralsohasastronginfluenceonpeople'sfeelings.Wintermaybeabadtimeforthinpeople.Theymightfeelunhappyduringcoldweather.Butfatpeoplemay

32、haveahardtimeinhotsummer.Lowerairpressuremaymakepeopleforgetful.It'smorepossibleforpeopletoleavebagsonbusesorinshopsonlowairpressuredays.Ofcourse,thereis"goodweather”forworkandhealth.Peoplefeelbestatatemperatureofabout18°C. 9. Thereportin1983toldustherelationbetweenA.weatherandIQ A.weatherandIQ

33、 B.weatherandfeeling C.weatherandhealth. 11. PeoplemayhavehigherIQwhen comes. A.arain B.astrongwind C.lowairpressure 12. Atatemperatureofabout18°C,A.peopleareforgetful A.peopleareforgetful B.peoplefeelbest C.thinpeoplefeelcold 13. WhichofthefollowingisTUREaccordingtothepassa

34、ge? A. Hotandcoldweatherinfluencesallpeopleinthesameway. B. IQneverchangeswhenweatherchanges. C. Peoplemaybecomeforgetfulonlowairpressuredays. 14. Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage? A. HotWeatherCauseHealthProblemsDifferentWeatherMakesPeopleFeelBad B. WeatherInfluencesHealth,IntelligenceandFeel

35、ings 【答案】ABBCC 【解析】你感到疲憊、傷心、健忘、不開心嗎？這也許是天氣的緣故哦。這篇短文給我們講述的是天氣對我們有很大的影響，它能影響人們的健康、智力和感覺。 8. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中Forexample,ina1983reportbyscientists,one'sIQmaybeveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcomes.可知，1983年的一個報告發(fā)現(xiàn)當強風來的時候，人的智商會比較高。這個報告發(fā)現(xiàn)了天氣和人的智商之間是有關系的，因此應選A。 9. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段中Forexample,ina1983reportbyscient

36、ists,one'sIQmaybeveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcomes.Itmaybe10%belowafterthestrongwind.Thewindcouldimprovepeople'sintelligence.可知，當強風來臨的時候，人們的智商會比較高，由此可知應選B。 10. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)全文的最后一句話Peoplefeelbestatatemperatureofabout18°C.可知，在溫度是18度的時候，人們的感覺是最好的。由此可知應選B。 11. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中Lowerairpressuremaymakepeoplefo

37、rgetful.可知，在低氣壓的天氣里,人們可能會比較健忘，由此可知C是符合文意的，選C。根據(jù)最后一段Wintermaybeabadtimeforthinpeople.Theymightfeelunhappyduringcoldweather.Butfatpeoplemayhaveahardtimeinhotsummer.可矢口A不對；根據(jù)Scientistshavediscoveredthatpeople'sIQmaychangeindifferentweather.可矢口B不對。 12. 主旨大意題。這篇短文給我們講述的是天氣對人們的健康、智力和感覺是有很大的影響的。文章第一段用與讀者進

38、行交流互動的一個問題因此話題，第二段的第一句話Weatherhasagreateffectonpeople'shealth,intelligenceandfeelings.即這篇短文的中心句，因此C選項能概括文章的大意，是最佳答案。 4 JILINDAIIAT UpdatesforJilinProvinceLibrary ■J**1**1**1**1**1**1*■!**1*<1**7* Coldwavehasbeenarriving.JilinProvinceLibraryisclosed.Ifthestrongwindisloweredbefore10：00am,the

39、 librarywillopenat1:00pm.Oritwillbeclosedforthewholeday. Allschoolvisitswillbecancelledtoday.Schoolsshouldcallthelibraryfornewvisits.Alltalksandthebookfair todaywillbeputoff.Pleasevisitthelibrarywebsitetocheckthenewdatesoftheseevents. ClosureofMunicipalGovernmentStation—X*—X*—X*—X* *7**1* M

40、unicipalGovernmentStationisclosedbecauseofthecoldwave.Heavyrainandsnowcausedtherailwaylinesicinginsomepartsofthestationthismorning.Trainswillnotstopatthestation. PassengersgoingtoRenminAvenuecantakeabusevery15minutesoutsideExit（出口）D.Passengerspleaseallowmoretimeforyourjourney.ThosegoingtoNanhuanRoa

41、dpleasegotoExitsA,BandC.Therewillbefreebuses. 13. Ifthestrongwindisloweredat,youcangotothelibraryat1:00pm. A. 9：00amB.11：30amC.1:00pmD.2：00pmWhatcanschoolsdotochangethevisitdates?Theycan. A.visitthelibrarywebsiteB.callthelibrarygotothelibrarywhenitopensD.gotoabookfair 14. MunicipalGovernmentStat

42、ionisclosedbecause. A.thereisiceontherailwaylinesB.therearestrongwindsthereisatrainaccidentD.therearenotrainsfromthisstation 15. PassengersgoingtoRenminAvenuecantakeabusat. A.ExitAB.ExitBC.ExitCD.ExitDThearticlemostprobablycomesfrom. A.somestoriesinanovelB.someinstructionsonaprojectsomeinformati

43、oninasubwaystationD.someannouncementsonawebsite 【答案】ABADD 【解析】這篇短文是吉林日報網(wǎng)站上的一則新聞，由于寒潮的到來，吉林圖書館和市政府車站都關閉了，文章中對相關事宜進行了安排和介紹。 15. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中“Ifthestrongwindisloweredbefore10：00am,thelibrarywillopenat1:00pm."可知，如果強風在上午10點之前變?nèi)?，圖書館將在下午1點開放。結合選項可知，A選項上午9點符合文意,故選A。 16. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中"Allschoolvisitswillbec

44、ancelledtoday.Schoolsshouldcallthelibraryfornewvisits.-可知，學校應該給圖書館打電話聯(lián)系重新參觀的事宜。故選B。 17. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中"MunicipalGovernmentStationisclosedbecauseofthecoldwave.Heavyrainandsnowcausedtherailwaylinesicinginsomepartsofthestationthismorning."可知1,市政府車站因寒潮關閉，因為大雨和大雪導致車站部分地區(qū)的鐵路結冰。故選A。 18. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中"Passenge

45、rsgoingtoRenminAvenuecantakeabusevery15minutesoutsideExit（出口）D.”可知，到人民大道的乘客每15分鐘可在D出口換乘公交車。故選D。 19. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)文意和短文中可知，這篇短文是吉林日報網(wǎng)站上的一個通知。故選Do5 Manypeopletakerunningasawaytokeepfit.Theyliketoruninhotweatherandenjoythefeelingofbeingwetthroughwithsweatwhilerunning.Coldweatherduringwintermonths,withlowt

46、emperaturesandfreezingcoldwinds,maykeepmanypeoplefromrunningintheopenair. However,anewstudyshowsthatthedropintemperatureisagoodreasontorun.Infact,runningincoldweatherhelpsimproveone'sperformance.Manyrunnersmightfinditeasiertoruninwinterthaninhotweather. Lowertemperaturesreducestressonthebody.Wheny

47、ourunincoldweather,yourheartrateislower.Andthebodyneedslesswateronacolddaythaninwarmweatherbecausedehydrationlevelsarelowerinwinterthaninwarmerconditions. JohnBrewerisaprofessorofappliedsportsscienceatST.Mary'sUniversityinLondon.Forthisstudy,heandotherresearchersputagroupofpeopleintoaroomwheresumme

48、randwinterweatherconditionsarerecreated.Thetestsubjects,wereaskedtorun10,000metersunderbothconditionsandtheirbiologicalmeasurementswererecordedandstudied. Fromthestudy,everymovementrunnersmakeproducesheat.Theheatcanbereallydamagingunlessthebodycanloseit.Onewayinwhichpeopleloseheatisbysweating.Thebo

49、dylosesheatthroughdropletsofsweet.Thebodyalsolosesitbytransportingthebloodtothesurfaceoftheskinanditputsmorestressontheheart,particularlyinhotconditionsbecauseit'smuchhardertoloseheatwhentheoutsideenvironmentiswarm.Astheresultshowsrunninginhottemperaturesresultsin6percenthigherheartrates. Whenrunni

50、ngincoldconditions,thebodydoesnothavetoworkhardtopumpbloodtotheskinsurface.Therefore,itrequireslessenergy.Themostimportantthingforpeoplewhorunincoldconditionsistoweartherightclothing.Keepasdryaspossiblewhenexercisinginlowtemperatures.Wearmittensonyourhandsinsteadofgloves.Wearmorethanonelayerofclothi

51、ngtokeepsweatawayfromyourskin.Sodon'tletwinterweatherkeepyouindoors.Simplygetreadyforthelowtemperaturesandstartrunning. 20. Whatdoestheunderlineword"dehydration”inParagraph3meansthelossoffromthebody. A.waterB.heatC.stressD.bloodWhydidJohnBrewermakeagroupofpeopleruninaroom? A. Itwaseasiertobereduc

52、estress. B. Itwaseasiertoproduceheat. C. Itwaseasiertorecreatedifferentweatherconditions. D. Itwaseasiertorecordtheirbiologicalmeasurements. 21. What'sthepurposeofthepassage? A. Totellpeoplenottoruninsummer. B. Todescribehowrunnersruninwinter. C. Toencouragepeopletorunoutdoorsinwinter. D. To

53、comparetheadvantagesofrunninginwinterandinsummer. 【答案】ADC 【解析】這篇文章通過JohnBrewer的研究，介紹了冬季戶外跑步的益處，鼓勵人們在冬天多做戶外活動。 16. 伺句猜測題。根據(jù)“Andthebodyneedslesswateronacolddaythaninwarmweatherbecausedehydrationlevelsarelowerinwinterthaninwarmerconditions.可知，身體在寒冷的天氣比在溫暖的天氣需要更少的水，因為冬天的脫水水平比溫暖的天氣低。故選A。 17. 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)

54、"Thetestsubjects,wereaskedtorun10,000metersunderbothconditionsandtheirbiologicalmeasurementswererecordedandstudied."可知，JohnBrewer讓一群人在房間里跑步，這樣記錄他們的生物測量數(shù)據(jù)就容易多了。故選D。 18. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)“Sodon'tletwinterweatherkeepyouindoors.Simplygetreadyforthelowtemperaturesandstartrunning.^,可知，作者鼓勵人們在冬天做戶外運動，故選C。 Therear

55、esomewaysofunderstandingtheweather. Onewayistostudytheclouds.Notwocloudsareevenalike.Wecanseethedifferentkindsofthecloudsandwatchthemfromsigns（跡象）ofchangingweather.Toforecast（預測）theweather,therearethreethingsaboutcloudsyoushouldlookfor-movement,colour,andchange. Asarule,thehighertheclouds,thebette

56、rtheweather.Andthelowertheclouds,theworsetheweather.Fair-weathercumulus（積云）cloudsareanothersignofgoodweather.Therearecloudsweoftenseeonwarmsummerdays.Cloudscantellyouifastormisontheway.Ifthestickcumuluscloudsgetbiggerearlyintheday,thenyouknowitwillrain.Ifasudden,coolanddarkthundercloudappears,thenas

57、tormiscoming. Coloursintheskytellusabouttheweather,too.Agoldenringaroundthemoontellusthatastormisontheway.Awateryyellowsunsetisasignthatrainmaybenear. Therainbowhasamessage,too.Thecolouroftherainbowcomefromthesunraysshiningthroughfallingrain.Ifyouseethesunintheeastandarainbowinthewest,therainmaybe

58、comingyourway.Ifthesuninthewestandtherainbowisintheeast,therainwillbemovingawayfromyou. 19. Whencanweoftenseecumulusclouds? A.Oncoldwinterdays.B.Oncoldrainydays. C.Onwarmsummerdays.D.Onwarmsunnydays. 20. Howmanysignsofacomingrainorastormarementioned（提及）inthepassage. A.Four.B.Five.C.Six.D.Seven.

59、 21. Whatisthebesttitle（題目）ofthispassage? A.DifferentKindsofCloudsB.FineWeatherandBadWeatherC.Clouds-signsofChangingWeatherD.WaysofUnderstandingtheWeather 【答案】CBD 【解析】 【解析】本文講述了可以通過研究云的運動、顏色和變化來判斷天氣狀況。 22. 細節(jié)理解題。句意：我們通常什么時候能看到積云？A在寒冷的冬天；B在寒冷多雨的天氣；C在溫暖的夏天；D在溫暖且陽光明媚的天氣。根據(jù)Fair-weathercumulus（積云）c

60、loudsareanothersignofgoodweather.Therearecloudsweoftenseeonwarmsummerdays.可知I答案應選C項。 23. 細節(jié)理解題。句意：文中提到了幾種降雨或暴風雨來臨的跡象？A4種；B5種；C6種；D7種。根據(jù)（1）Ifthestickcumuluscloudsgetbiggerearlyintheday,thenyouknowitwillrain.（2）Ifasudden,coolanddarkthundercloudappears,thenastormiscoming.（3）Agoldenringaroundthemoontel

61、lusthatastormisontheway. C.Ithidesthemfromhumanbeings. 4.Whatisneededforsnowtoform? A.2andahalfcentimetersofrain. C.Waterparticlesanddust. C. Itkeepsthemwarmincoldweather. B. LevelsofairwithdifferenttemperaturesColdcloudsintheair. 2 Differentweathermakespeoplefeeldifferent.Itinfluenceshealt

62、h,intelligenceandfeelings. August,itisveryhotandwetinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.Peopletherehavehearttroubleandotherkindsofhealthproblemsinhismonth.InthenortheastandtheMiddleWest,Itisveryhotatsometimesandverycoldatothertimes.PeopleinthesestateshavemorehearttroubleaftertheweatherchangesinFebrua

63、ryorMarch. Theweathercanalsoinfluenceintelligence.Forexample,ina1983reportbyscientists,theIQsofagroupofstudentswereveryhighwhenaverystrongwindcame,butafterthestrongwind,theirIQswere10%lower.Thewindcanhelppeoplehavehigherintelligence.Veryhotweather,ontheotherhand,canmakeitlower.Studentsinmanyschools

64、oftheUnitedStatesoftengetworseonexamsinthehotmonthsoftheyear(JulyandAugust). Weatheralsohasastronginfluenceonpeople'sfeelings.Wintermaybeabadtimeforthinpeople.Theyusuallyfeelcoldinthesemonths.Theymightfeelunhappyincoldweather.Butfatpeoplemayhaveahardtimeinhotsummer.Atabout18°C,peoplebecomestronger.

65、 Lowairpressuremaymakepeopleforgetful.Peopleleavemorebagsonbusesandinshopsonlow-air-pressuredays.Thereisangoodweather**forintelligenceandhealth.Peoplefeelbestatatemperatureofabout18°C.Areyoufeelingsad,tired,forgetful;orunhappytoday?Itmaybetheweather'sproblem. 5. Theunderlinedword"intelligence"inth

66、epassagemeans""inChinese. A.財富B.記憶C.智力D.生活Fromthepassage,wecanlearnthatpeoplemaybeillmoreoftenwhen. A.theweatherishotandwet.B.theweatherchangesgreatly. C. theweatheriswarm.D.theweatherisalwayscold. 6. WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage? A. Thinpeoplemightfeeltiredincoldweather. B. Fatpeoplemayfeelhardatabout18°C.C.Apersonmayhaveaworsememoryonhigh-air-pressuredays. D. StudentsinAmericaoftendoworseonexamsonveryhotdays. (4)Awateryyellows