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阅读理解 　　It’s hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world－it affects where we choose to love, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics．Studies have shown the changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow sown reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered． 　　If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random．In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe．In the UK the weather depends on depressions(低气压), often called lows, and anticyclones(高气压), also known as highs．These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east．Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind．In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns．Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth’s surface, and affect cloud formation．Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s． 　　The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes．Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include： 　　Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning． 　　Flies will swarm before a storm． 　　Rain before 7, clear by 11． 　　While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, today’s methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology．Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers．The date is them processed, and the weather is predicted．However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week． (1) When weather keeps changing, [　　] A． people become bad-tempered B． people’s reaction slows down C． people find it hard to focus on their work D． people become hungrier (2) What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph? [　　] A． Changes in weather． B． Weather in Britain． C． African droughts． D． Research on weather． (3) The weather in Britain is _______． [　　] A． random B． moist C． depressing D． satisfying (4) According to a traditional rhyme, if there is red sky at night, the next day will be _______． [　　] A． windy B． rainy C． fine D． snowy (5) Which of the following statements in true? [　　] A． Anticyclones often bring rain and wind． B． Weather forecasting has been done for a long time． C． Weather could never be predicted． D． Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．C;3．D;4．C;5．A;
解析：

(1)	细节理解题。由第一段第二句(absorb our attention completely)可知。
(2)	推理判断题。由第二段第五、六和七句可知。
(3)	细节理解题。由第二段第八句One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience．可知。
(4)	猜测词义题。由两个分句的转折关系可知never weary应与bore反义，即weary与bore同义，都是“使人疲倦/厌烦”之意。
(5)	推理判断题。由该句所处的语境可推知。