题目内容
The rainy season ________for six months and water ________among the stones .
- A.last ; get down
- B.lasts ; gets in
- C.is lasted; gets down
- D.was lasted; was got in
I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit by rain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, including the dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainy season which usually happens from October to March. But, it could be indeterminate. Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later. It can be prolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during the dry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.
The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.
What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season. In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.
If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
【小题1】The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ _____”
A.uncertain | B.unknown | C.untrue | D.unbelievable |
A.the effects of the dry season. | B.the benefits of the rainy season. |
C.the growth of dry land | D.the diseases in the dry season |
A.the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year |
B.more crops will die after being flooded for so long. |
C.mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd. |
D.people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases |
A.some interesting facts of tropical regions |
B.some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers |
C.some knowledge about how to live well in different regions. |
D.some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions. |
They say that Mexico is a country no one ever leaves. Every year, millions of tourists pass through. And Mexicans happily warn that a part of them will remain behind forever. Most visitors are vacationing North Americans who go up on the brilliant beaches of Cancun, Acapulco, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. The beaches, of course, are among the world’s best ----but those who venture (冒险) inland are rewarded with the true soul of Mexico.
And it is a big soul. The Republic of Mexico is vast, consisting of nearly two million square miles of coastline, desert, rain forest, mountains, and rich plains. From the American borderlands of the wide, agriculturally rich north, the country narrows gently as it sweeps south and east. The two main mountain ranges(山脊), the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental, hug the west and east, finally merging(融入) into the volcanically active central highlands and the capital, Mexico City - the most populous city in the world. Further south, the country narrows to only 100 miles, then broadens again before reaching the Guatemalan border. There are two major peninsulas (半岛) in Mexico: the Baja Peninsula to the west and the Yucatan peninsular to the east.
The population is about 106 million. and the generosity (慷慨大方) of the Mexican people is unsurpassed. Knowing a few simple sentences in Spanish will win hearts.
Mexico has been blessed with an unusually temperate (适度的) climate year-round. The most important thing to remember is that the Mexican summer is also the rainy season, although the rain rarely lasts more than a few hours, and typically arrives in the late afternoon. Extremes(极端)are present only in the North and in Baja, both of which have deserts where the temperature leaps above 100F. Mexico City has a year-round temperature in the high 80s. while the coasts usually stay in the mid-90s. Night time temperatures fall somewhat, but rarely break down below a comfortable 60F.
【小题1】All of the following are names of beaches EXCEPT ___________ .
A.Puerto Vallarta | B.Cancun | C.Guatemalan | D.Mazatlan |
A.has two peninsulas altogether |
B.has a population of about 106 million |
C.has more than 2 million square miles of coastline |
D.has two main mountain ranges going from west to east |
A perfect B. false C. ancient D. out of date
【小题4】You may suffer extreme temperatures if you go to ___________. .
A.the east | B.the west | C.the south | D.the north |
A.Geography. | B.History. | C.Language. | D.Climate. |
The rainy season is coming and let’s make full use of the _______ days
to dry whatever is needed to dry.
A.few last sunny |
B.last few sunny |
C.last sunny few |
D.sunny last few |