B

The climate of any place is the kind of weather. It usually has over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear, the foods we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.

Climate is pattern that is not nearly as simple as we think, and it is affected by many factors. The distance to the North or South Pole or to the equator really matters a lot. If you live near either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sun shines almost straight down.

Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rain forest, the amount of rainfalls is far larger than that in a desert, for there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day. Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the equator, their climates are rather different from each other.

How much rain or snow falls are considered by some to be determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the currents(水流) in nearby seas and so on. In short, it is a very complex natural phenomenon.

65.This passage mainly talks about                            .

A.weather                 B.different climates

C.climate and its determining factors  D.the difference between weather and climate

66.From this passage, we know climate and weather are      and climate is     .

A.almost the same; the general term of weather

B.quite different; the average weather conditions at a particular place over a period of time

C.not the same; included by weather

D.very much alike; bigger and weather is smaller

67.The difference of the climates between a tropical(热带的)desert and a tropical rain forst affected by                           .

A.the amount of rainfalls    

B.the winds and the surrounding mountains

C.the currents in near seas. 

D.how much sunshine the two different places can get

68.From the context, we can guess that the word “complex” is     and it     .

A.a noun; means a simple thing

B.an adjective; means being easy to understand

C.an adverb; has almost the same meaning of “rather”

D.an adjective; means being difficult to understand

B

It is surprising that eating three meals a day ─ breakfast, lunch, and dinner ─ has been a custom only since 1890. Before this time, they only had two meals a day ─ breakfast and dinner.

In the 16th century, breakfast was only to break one's fast (随便吃一点). But 200 years later it had become a large meal , not just for family, but for numbers of guests as well. It was a social event, It began at 10 a.m. and lasted until l p.m.. Then breakfast began to be less popular. It became , instead, a lighter meal and was taken at a much earlier hour. By 1850 it had been pushed hack to 8 a.m.. and became a family meal.

Dinner, however, went the other way. In the 16th century it was eaten at 11 a.m.. Years later, it had moved to the early afternoon, then to 5 p. m.. By 1850 dinner time had reached 7 p.m. Lunch is a recent idea. It first appeared as a snack to fill the gap between breakfast and dinner.

59. English people did not have lunch _________.

A. before 1890    B. after 1890        C. after 16th century   D. by 1850

60. "Dinner, however, went the other way" means _________.

A. Dinner didn't go there with breakfast     B. Dinner took the same way with breakfast

C. Dinner is different from breakfast         D. Dinner is the same with breakfast

61. Lunch has been served since the end of the ________ century.

A. seventeenth    B. eighteenth        C. sixteenth           D. nineteenth

62. The selection is mostly concerned with _________.

A. what people eat for breakfast         B. what people eat for dinner

C. the history of supper                D. the history of breakfast

63. The selection leads the reader to believe that __________.

    A. our custom of meals is based on English custom

    B. before 1890 people also ate three meals a day

    C. breakfast is the most important meal for us

    D. the body can adjust to two or three meals a day      

E

Events

    Long March exhibit

    The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary(周年纪念日)of the Long March.On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with

pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的)bases in Jiangxi

Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s.Explanations are all in

Chinese,The show will end on November 20.

    Time:      10:00 am—4:00 pm.

    Address:    1286 Hongqiao Road

    Admission:  8 yuan for Chinese/15 yuan for foreigners

    Thai elephants

    Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes,

playing basketball,balancing on a beam,dancing and blowing a mouth-organ.People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比赛)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them,The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am,3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30 pm at weekends.The show will end on November 15。

    Address:    189 Daduhe Road

    Admission:  30—40 yuan

    Dancing dolphins(海豚)

    Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball,swaying their bodies to music,kissing people and doing maths(算术)by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium(海豚馆) in Peace Park an attraction for children.Seals and sea lions also perform。

    Hours:      10:30 am,4:00pm,and 7:30prn

    Admission:  20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.

72.If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian,how much will you pay altogether for the admission?

A.16yuan      B.23 yuan        C.30yuan      D.20yuan

73.At the exhibition,you will see ___________.

A.many articles written by famous writers  

B.many things left by the Red Army,

C.books on the Long March        

D.many photos and pictures about the Long Match。

74.Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants?

A.Riding bicycles。     B.Blowing a mouth-organ

C.Doing maths         D.Having a tug-of-war with people.

75.The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see ______________. 

A.not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform

B.only seals and sea lions perform

C.only dolphins perform

D.only seals perform

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