Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影響) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand (另一方面), can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18C, people become stronger.

Low air pressure (氣壓) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. There is a “good weather” for work and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade (攝氏度).

Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.

1.People may have more intelligence when _____ comes.

　 A. a rain   B. very hot weather

C. a strong wind  D. low air pressure

2.Low air pressure may make people _______.

　 A. forgetful   B. sad  C. angry  D. tired

3.In “good weather” of 18 centigrade, _______.

A. people are very forgetful

B. people can’t do their work well

C. thin people feel cold

D. people are in better health

4.The writer wants to tell us that _______.

A. hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way

B. weather influences people’s lives

C. IQ never changes during weather changes

D. There is a good kind of weather for people’s work and health

 

Yesterday when my son and I were eating dinner, I saw a policewoman walking past our house. A woman with a   36   look was following her.
I opened the 37 , went out and asked if everything was OK. The policewoman said that the woman's 38  had gone missing(失蹤) an hour earlier. I said that we hadn't seen the girl, but wecould 39 .1 explained to my son that we couldn't finish our 40 right then. He said,” Be a kind person, Dad. "We got in our car and 41 the girl all over the town. Along the way,a group of chil­dren were playing. 42 they heard what had happened, they said they would help 43 . They rode their bikes and joined us.
44the little girl was found safe a few miles away. I was so 45  to see many people help a stranger. It is a nice world.
【小題1】A. worried B. laughing C. surprised
【小題2】 A. mouth B. car C. door
【小題3】A. son B. daughter C. mother
【小題4】A. succeed B. eat C. help
【小題5】 A. housework B. dinner C. games
【小題6】 A. looked for B. looked at C. looked after
【小題7】 A. Before B. After C. Although
【小題8】A. them B. you C. us
【小題9】 A. Luckily B. Possibly C. Sadly
【小題10】 A. proud B. strange C. happy

1—There are so many ______ over there. What’s happening?

         —Let’s go to have a look.

A. flower           B. car             C. child              D. people

 

1I met the famous movie star and got his          yesterday.

A. autograph      B. car                C. wallet              D. clothes

 

 

Two teachers were sitting in the teachers' room. For a moment there was silence. Then one of them, Miss Smith, said, "I'm afraid I'd have to fail him! I just can’t let him   16   . "

"Now Alice," said her friend, Mrs Jackson, "is he so terrible a student?"

"That's just the trouble!" the other woman answered, "Tom was ever my   17   student. The problem is that he is so lazy that he never gets his work done. He hasn't handed me a piece of homework for three     18    !"

Mrs Jackson had never seen Miss Smith so   19   before. "Have you had a word with him about it?" she asked.

"Why should I? Every student must hand in homework. I made    20   very clear on the first day for class.  I don't know what has happened. When the lessons started, he did so well that I   21   thought about asking the school to give him a scholarship(獎學金). But now he often sleeps in class! I've never seen such a   22   in a student."

"You should have a talk with him. Give him a chance. "

Miss Smith spoke to Tom and learned all about it. He was studying all day and working most of the night in a factory to   23    for his schooling. Of course he was   24   in class and sometimes could hardly   25   awake. Miss Smith soon asked the school to give him a scholarship and he was able to devote himself to his lessons again.

1.A. leave          B. pass         C. work         D. sleep

2.A. laziest            B. busiest        C. worst         D. best 

3.A. minutes        B. hours       C. weeks        D. years 

4.A. worried            B. pleased          C. useless          D. kind

5.A. them           B. him              C. that             D. one

6.A. even          B. only         C. mostly           D. still 

7.A. trouble            B. hope         C. change           D. danger 

8.A. pay           B. call             C. save             D. share 

9.A. forgetful          B. careless         C. asleep      D. tired

10.A. seem         B. keep             C. look             D. get