You might have a chance to visit England to study or for a holiday. If you go there, you should remember one thing:English people like to talk about the weather. When you meet someone in England ,just talk about the weather. That's their favorite topic. Here are some expressions about weather.

★For good weather

　　 Lovely day,isn't it?

　　 What a beautiful day!

　　 Looks like it might be a pleasant day.

　　 ★For bad weather

　　 It's freezing, isn't it .9

　　 What a windy day!

　　 It's so cloudy. I'm sure it'll rain.

　 Looks like showers ,doesn't it?

I hope you'd better remember these expressions. They must be useful when you visit England. They are good sentences to start a conversation with Englishmen.

The further south you live, the better the weather. So houses in the south of England are more expensive than those in the north. It's very interesting,isn't it?

(　 )11. English people like to talk about ________.

　A. the sports　　　　　　　　　 B. the food

　C. the weather　　　　　　　　 D. the tradition

(　 )12. What does the underlined word "expressions" mean in Chinese?

　 A.表情　 　　B.表达方式 　 C.方法　　　　　　 D.建议

(　 )13. According to the passage, there are ______sentences for weather mentioned in the passage.

　　A. two　 　　　B. three 　C. four　　 　　 D. seven

(　 )14. Houses in the ______of England are more expensive according to the passage.

　 　 A. east　 　　B. west　 　C. south　　　 　　D. north

(　 )15. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. It's about the weather in England.

B. It's about some good ways to start a conversation.

C. It's about Englishmen's everyday life.

D. It's about how to learn English.

Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers store their breast milk (母乳) in banks.

There are ten breast milk banks across the United States, where mothers can donate their extra milk for other women’s babies.

Experts say breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization says it is the only food babies should get during the first six months of life, in most cases. Breast milk is especially important for babies born too early. Sometimes these premature babies must stay in the hospital for many weeks.

James Cameron is a doctor who treats newborns at Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He says breast milk is almost like medicine. Doctor James Cameron says, “The fact is that there are so many different proteins and specialized sugars in the breast milk that the mom’s able to make that help provide immunity (免疫力). It’s very important for the health of the newborn.”

Lucy Baur lives near Fort Wayne. She breastfed both her children and always had more milk than they needed. She wanted to donate to the Indiana Mothers Milk Bank in Indianapolis. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly. Then, a donor station opened near her home.

Milk donations in the United States work like this. Donors must be willing to provide almost three liters of breast milk. They freeze the milk and take it to the station. There, employees warm the milk and mix it with other mothers’ milk. Then, the milk is heated to kill bacteria. After that, the technicians test samples of all the milk to make sure it is safe and healthful. The milk is re-frozen and sent to the main milk bank. The milk bank transports the milk to hospitals to feed premature or sick babies.

Donors are tested for diseases before any milk is accepted. They are not permitted to smoke tobacco, use illegal drugs or drink too much alcohol.

1.According to the passage, which thing can also be stored in banks except money, jewels and important documents?

A．Notes.            B．Diamonds.         C．Valuable papers.    D．Breast milk.

2.From the text we learn                            .

A．Lucy Baur wanted to donate her milk to the donor station near her home

B．the milk is frozen and sent to the milk station after killing bacteria

C．the milk bank transports the milk to babies’ home to feed them

D．James Cameron is a doctor who feeds the babies on the milk in the milk station

3. The breast milk is important for newborns because             .

A．only it can stop babies from developing diseases

B．it contains rich nutrients (营养) babies need

C．it is the only food suitable for babies

D．it benefits babies as the best medicine

4. Who is allowed to donate her extra milk of the following women?

A．A heavy smoker.                        B．A heavy drinker.

C．A fruit lover.                           D．A drug user.

5.The purpose of setting up breast milk banks is to                      .

A．store extra fresh milk for some school children

B．provide milk to the children who go hungry

C．help other mothers donate milk to their own babies

D．offer breast milk to early born and unhealthy babies

There are four seasons in most of the countries. But the weather is not always the same. In England, winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot. There is not a great __31___between summer and winter. Do you know why?
England has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an ___32___country.In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds __33___the sea bring __34___air to England. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to England. The west winds blow over England all the year around. They blow from the southwest. They are wet winds. They also bring ___35___to England. So England has ___36___rain all the year .Sometimes it rains heavily. The west of England is wetter than the east.
In Canada they have four seasons, too. But the average( 平均 )temperature is very low. Spring is usually very ___37___in most part of the country. It comes in February. People can still go skating in some places. Summer is usually very cool. Early in the morning the weather is so cold that people usually wear sweaters. Autumn comes ___38___summer. Canadians like to watch maples(枫叶) in the park or on the hills. They are really
beautiful. Winter is the__39___ season of the year. It’s often freezing cold. There is thick ice on the river or lake. Children like to go skating there. Of course, they should wear warm, thick coats, __40___they will catch a cold.

Will Smith is famous for his movies. He thinks it's  26  that people like his movies. The actor admitted that he was touched  27  by the warm welcome from his fans.

He said that he judged(评价) the   28  of the material by how it was liked by people. People worked hard to make a living and then on a Friday night they went to the   29 , and a lot of the time they   30  his movies over a lot of other movies. So he thought that was very ,very crazy.

Will— who made the most money in Hollywood in 2008 —    31   almost an hour talking to the thousands of exciting fans who came all the way to see him though it was a freezing cold day.

Huge letters, "W-I-L-L S-M-I-T-H", also made a deep  32  upon the married actor.

The "Men in Black" star was deeply moved and said, "Oh this is so fantastic.You see that? It's beautiful you know.  I told them I wanted my   33  40 metres high!"

In his new movie, Will    34  a man with a secret who starts out to set himself free by changing the   35  of seven strangers,but unexpectedly falls in love with one of them．

Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers store their breast milk (母乳) in banks.
There are ten breast milk banks across the United States, where mothers can donate their extra milk for other women’s babies.
Experts say breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization says it is the only food babies should get during the first six months of life, in most cases. Breast milk is especially important for babies born too early. Sometimes these premature babies must stay in the hospital for many weeks.
James Cameron is a doctor who treats newborns at Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He says breast milk is almost like medicine. Doctor James Cameron says, “The fact is that there are so many different proteins and specialized sugars in the breast milk that the mom’s able to make that help provide immunity (免疫力). It’s very important for the health of the newborn.”
Lucy Baur lives near Fort Wayne. She breastfed both her children and always had more milk than they needed. She wanted to donate to the Indiana Mothers Milk Bank in Indianapolis. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly. Then, a donor station opened near her home.
Milk donations in the United States work like this. Donors must be willing to provide almost three liters of breast milk. They freeze the milk and take it to the station. There, employees warm the milk and mix it with other mothers’ milk. Then, the milk is heated to kill bacteria. After that, the technicians test samples of all the milk to make sure it is safe and healthful. The milk is re-frozen and sent to the main milk bank. The milk bank transports the milk to hospitals to feed premature or sick babies.
Donors are tested for diseases before any milk is accepted. They are not permitted to smoke tobacco, use illegal drugs or drink too much alcohol.
【小题1】According to the passage, which thing can also be stored in banks except money, jewels and important documents?