In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience（经历）four seasons in one day．In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring．An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard．The weather gets a little cold．In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day．In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer．So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes．When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella（伞）or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them．If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret（后悔）later in the day．

1．Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A．Because they may have four seasons in one day．

B．Because they often have very good Weather．

C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring．

D．Because the sky is sunny all day．

2．From the story we know that when _______ come, there is a heavy rain．

A．sunshine and snow                               B．black clouds

C．summer and winter                                     D．spring and autumn

3．"People can also have summer in winter．" Means "it is sometimes too _______ in winter．"

A．warm             B．cool                  C．cold              D．rainy

4．In the sunny morning some English people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _______．

A．their friends ask them to do so                  B．it often rains in England

C．they are going to sell them                      D．they are their favorite things

5．The best title（标题）for this passage is _______．

A．Bad Seasons                                 B．Summer or Winter

C．The Weather in England                      D．Strange English People

同义句转换：根据上句完成下句，使两句话意思相同或一致。

1．The teacher told us that we would not meet at the school gate．

The teacher told us _______ _______ meet at the school gate．

2．This problem is so difficult that I can't work it out．

This problem is _______ difficult for me _______ work out．

3．What should I do with the trash?．

What _______ I _______ to do with the trash?

4．Neither of us likes loud music．

I don't like loud music; he _______ like loud music, _______．

5．I'm writing to say that I don't agree to build a new zoo in our town．

I'm writing to say that I am _______ _______ a new zoo in our town．

1．I used to get up at six in the morning．（改为一般疑问句）

_______ you _______ to get up at six in the morning?

2．The foreigner visited our school yesterday．He is from Japan．（改为含有定语从句的复合句）

The foreigner _______ _______ our school yesterday is from Japan．

3．I think they will provide homes for many animals in danger, _______ _______? （改为反义疑问句）

4．I have been learning English for six years．（对划线部分提问）

_______ _______ have you been learning English?

5．I don't know what I should do with the letter．（改为简单句 ）

I don't know what _______ _______ with the letter．

Pandas are lovely animals．Most of them live in the deep forests of Sichuan Province in China．They have white fur（皮毛）, though their shoulders, legs, ears and eyes are black．Pandas are usually very heavy．Some of them can be about 1.5 meters tall and weigh about 100 kilos．However, pandas are very agile（灵巧）．They can climb trees as easily as some other animals do．

Pandas live mainly on bamboo leaves．They have big and sharp（锋利的）teeth．Every day each grown-up panda eats about 15-30 kilos of bamboo leaves．And they usually spend 10-20 hours eating．Pandas also have free time hobbies．Two of their hobbies are climbing trees and sleeping．Sadly, there are not many pandas left in the world．That's because some people keep cutting down trees, and some bad hunters（猎人）are trying to kill them for money．This is why the Chinese government is doing its best to protect pandas against being hurt and killed．

阅读短文后判断正误，在右边括号内，正确的写T，错误的写E

1．Pandas are lovely animals with white ears and black eyes．（    ）

2．It's difficult for pandas to climb trees because they are too heavy．（    ）

3．Bamboo leaves are the main food for pandas．（    ）

4．One of the pandas' hobbies is sleeping．（    ）

5．The Chinese government is trying to stop hunters from killing pandas．（    ）

Welcome to England．There are many famous sights that you must go to have a visit in England．Read the following passages, we are sure you'll know something about them．

Stonehenge（巨石阵）

This stone circle is called Stonehenge．It is the most famous prehistoric monument（史前纪念碑） in Britain and it lies on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire．People think that the stones were put there about 4000 years ago, and were used for studying the movements of the Sun, Moon, and Stars．

Blenheim Palace （白金汉宫）

Blenheim Palace is a very large and beautiful house in central England, near Oxford．It is the home of the 11^th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill．There are many stately homes（豪华古宅）like this in the English countryside．

Big Ben

Big Ben is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament（国会）in London．It rings regularly to tell the time．The clock tower lies on the banks of the fiver Thames and is part of the Palace of Westminster（威斯敏斯特）．

Officially Big Ben is the name of the biggest of the five bells in the clock tower．The tower is also known as St．Stephen's Tower．

The London Eye

The London Eye, next to County Hall, is another of London's most modern landmarks．It is the world's biggest wheel, and carries800 passengers at a time on a thirty-minute ride．From its highest point of 450 feet, it gives views of up to 25 miles．

根据短文回答问题或完成句子．

1．What was Stonehenge used for?

2．Where is Blenheim Palace?

3．_______ is the world's biggest wheel which can carries _______ at a time．

4．____ is a large bell in the tower of the House of Parliament in London．Its tower lies on _____．

5．Which one do you think has the longest history．Stonehenge，Blenheim Palace or Big Ben?

根据中文或首字母提示，补全句子中所缺单词。

1．It's difficult to get used to another country's _______（风俗）．

2．The scientist is repeating the _______（试验）on rats．

3．It is bad m_______ to make a noise while eating soup．

4．Spending time with family and friends is very i_______ to us．

5．There can be no _______（知识）apart from practice．

6．She _______（掂量）two apples in her hand and gave me the bigger one．

7．Why are you wearing a coat? It's not very _______（适合的）for this hot weather．

8．I always feel n_______ when I speak in public．

9．People in Japan and people in America behave d_______ at the dinner table．

10．when prices are l_______．you can go to the store with the lowest price．

根据句子意思，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空。

1．We don't know why he made no _______（appear）at the office today．

2．The young teacher has a strange way of making his classes interesting and _______（live）3．Many fish died because of the _______（pollute）water in the lake．

4．Children should go to school for _______（educate）．

5．Zoos provide clean and safe places for _______（endanger）animals to live．

Burning leaves_________ thick smoke．

A．give off      B．give out     C．give up      D．give in

I would rather you _________tomorrow than today．

A．come        B．to come     C．will come     D．came

一Which do you prefer，tea or coffee?

一 _______is OK. I'm really very thirsty.

A. All          B. Both         C. Either        D. Neither