In Britain the weather never gets too hot or too cold. There is not a great difference between summer and winter. Why is this?

　　Britain has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an island country. In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds from the sea bring warm air to Britain. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain.

　　The winds from the west blow over Britain all the year. They blow from the southwest across the Atlantic Ocean. They are wet winds. They bring rain to Britain all the year, Britain has a lot of rain ail the year. The west of Britain is wetter than the east. The winds must blow across the high land in the west. The east of Britain is drier than the west.

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A．It's either too hot or too cold.

B．It's both too hot and too cold.

C．It's neither too hot nor too cold.

D．We don't know.

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A．There is no difference between summer and winter in Britain.

B．There is sea air around this country.

C．There are winds from the high land.

D．There is much rain in the Atlantic Ocean.

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A．There is more rain in the east than in the west.

B．There is as much rain in the west as in the east.

C．There is less rain in the east than in the west.

D．There isn't so much rain in the west as in the east.

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閱讀理解

　　In Great Britain (大不列顛), December, January and February are the winter months. In winter the days are short and the nights are long. There are only about 8 hours of daylight (日照). So the weather is often very cold. But in summer the days are longer. There are more than 16 hours of daylight in the middle of summer. The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool days.

　　The weather in summer here is often too hot. The temperature (溫度) is sometimes more than 40℃. In Britain when the temperature is about 80(26℃), English people say it is hot. Winter starts in November in China and goes on to January. It's often very cold.

1．It is ________ in Britain than that in China in summer.

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2．40℃ is ________ 40.

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3．January is one of the winter months ________.

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A．in Britain and in China

B．in Britain

C．in China

D．in some other countries

4．English people have longer hours of daylight ________.

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5．The passage is about ________.

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A．the weather in China

B．the weather in Britain

C．the weather in China and in Britain

D．some differences about the weather in the two countries

Fire can help people in many ways． But it can also be very harmful (有害的)． Fire can keep your house  1  , give light and cook food ． But fire can burn things  2  ．Big fire can burn ,trees ,houses , animals or people ．

Nobody knows how people began to use fire ．But there are  3  ．interesting old stories about how a man or woman started a fire ．One is  4  a man ． The man  5  a very long time ago ． He went up the sun and  6  fire down．

Today people know how to make a fire with matches(火柴)． Children sometimes  7  to play with them ． But matches can be very dangerous． One match can burn a piece of paper． And  8   it could burn a house． A small fire can turn a big fire． very quickly． So you    9  be careful with matches．

Be careful with fire , and it will  10  you ．But if you aren’t careful with fire ． and it may hurt you．

1．A． warm 　　B． warmer 　　 C． cool 　　　　D． cooler

2．A． also 　　　B． too 　　　　C． either 　　　D．neither

3．A． many 　　B． much 　　　 C． little　 　　 D． no

4．A． over 　　 B． about 　　　 C． a little 　　 D． no

5．A． worked 　B． studied 　　　C．learned 　　 D． lived

6．A． bring　　 B． take 　　　　C． brought 　　D． took

7．A． enjoy 　　B． like 　　　　C．don‘t like 　　D． become

8．A． after 　　B． late 　　　　 C． yet 　　　 D．then

9．A ．can 　　 B． man 　　　　 C． will 　　　　D． must

10．A． help 　　B． do 　　　　　C． tell 　　　　D． hope