The weather in London is so changeable that p...

The weather in London is so changeable that people always take their umbrellas with them ____ rain．

A．for fear of                             B．in hope of

C．in spite of                             D．because of

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—The weather here in summer is so changeable. Please take an umbrella when you go out.

—________.

A. Well, don’t worry   B. Well, it just depends    C. Oh, take it easy         D. OK, just in case

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—The weather here in summer is so changeable. Please take an umbrella when you go out.

—________.

A. Well, don’t worry   B. Well, it just depends

C. Oh, take it easy      D. OK, just in case

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In autumn, _________ the weather is often cool and fine, people living in the city always like climbing hills for outdoor activities to strengthen their health．

A．which　　　　　　 B．where　　　　　　 C．as　　　　　　　　 D．when

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Some people like modern art, while others say that is rubbish.But a cleaner who works in the Tate Gallery in London isn't able to tell the difference.The woman, whose name isn't known, mistook a work of art by the German painter Gustav Metzger for a bag of rubbish, and threw it out with other bags. The plastic bag, which contained pieces of paper and cardboard, was later recovered outside the gallery, but the artist thought that it was too damaged to be put on show again. 78­year­old Mr Metzger explained that the exhibit, which he said was a copy of a similar work he had created in 1960, was meant to show that all art is temporary and “finite (有限的)”．

Embarrassed officials at the museum said that they had had to call a meeting with cleaners to explain which things should not be touched. They would not say whether Mr Metzger would be paid any compensation for the incident. However, to make absolutely sure the same thing would not happen again, they decided to cover Mr Metzger's work every evening with a coloured cloth. In this way the cleaners arriving after the gallery had been closed to the general public would realize they should not touch it.

This is not the first time that museum cleaners have had trouble distinguishing exhibits from rubbish. In 2001, in another London gallery, a cleaner threw away a work by the well­known British artist Damien Hirst. It was an arrangement of empty beer bottles, coffee cups, and overflowing ashtrays, which were meant to indicate the chaos in the life of an artist.

However, cleaners don't always throw things away — sometimes they clean them!　 This was the case with a dirty bath, which was on show in a gallery in Germany. Without asking what the bath was doing in the gallery, the cleaners simply scrubbed it clean.

1.The officials of the museum covered Mr Metzger's work so that ________.

A．the visitors couldn't get close in the evening

B．they could get recovered soon

C．the cleaners wouldn't make the same mistake

D．they would return to normal

2.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People have different opinions on modern art.

B．Mr Metzger would be paid much compensation.

C．A work of Damien Hirst was thrown away by a cleaner in 2001.

D．Some modern work is about the chaos of an artist's life.

3.The last paragraph is written to show that________.

A．cleaners often make exhibits as clean as possible

B．cleaners can't always differ exhibits from rubbish

C．exhibits are usually difficult to clean

D．exhibits are not always so beautiful

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A．Cleaners mistake modern art for rubbish

B．Modern art shouldn't be cleaned

C．What makes a great work of art

D．Cleaners don't always throw things away

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______ in March,  that so many people had on their light wears.

A. So hot became the weather     B. So became the hot weather

C. The hot weather became so     D. So hot did the weather become

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______in March, that so many people had on their light wears.

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It’s hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world---it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics．Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered．

If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random．In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe．In the UK the weather depends on depressions, often called lows, and anticyclones, also known as highs．These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east．Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind．In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns．Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth’s surface, and affect cloud formation．Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s．

The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes．Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include:

Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning．

Flies will swarm before a storm．

Rain before 7, clear by 11．

While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, today’s methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology．Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers．The data is then processed, and the weather is predicted．However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week．

1.When weather keeps changing, _____________．

A．people become bad-tempered

B．people’s reaction slows down

C．people find it hard to focus on their work

D．people become hungrier

2.What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph?

A．Changes in weather．             B．Weather in Britain．

C．African droughts．               D．Research on weather．

3.The weather in Britain is _______________．

A．random         B．moist          C．depressing     D．satisfying

4.According to a traditional rhyme, if there is a red sky at night, the next day will be _______．

A．windy          B．rainy          C．fine           D．snowy

5.Which of the following statements is true?

A．Anticyclones often bring rain and wind．

B．Weather forecasting has been done for a long time．

C．Weather could never be predicted．

D．Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom．

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D

It’s hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world---it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics．Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered．

If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random．In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe．In the UK the weather depends on depressions, often called lows, and anticyclones, also known as highs．These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east．Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind．In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns．Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth’s surface, and affect cloud formation．Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s．

The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes．Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include:

Red sky at night, shepherds’ delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds’ warning．

Flies will swarm before a storm．

Rain before 7, clear by 11．

While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, today’s methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology．Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers．The data is then processed, and the weather is predicted．However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week．

66．When weather keeps changing, _____________．

A．people become bad-tempered

B．people’s reaction slows down

C．people find it hard to focus on their work

D．people become hungrier

67．What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph?

A．Changes in weather．     B．Weather in Britain．

C．African droughts．  D．Research on weather．

68．The weather in Britain is _______________．

A．random    B．moist C．depressing D．satisfying

69．According to a traditional rhyme, if there is a red sky at night, the next day will be _______．

A．windy      B．rainy C．fine   D．snowy

70．Which of the following statements is true?

A．Anticyclones often bring rain and wind．

B．Weather forecasting has been done for a long time．

C．Weather could never be predicted．

D．Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom．

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(London)­If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.

Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding important organs like the heart or liver could be as dangerous as the external fat which can be noticed more easily.

“Being thin doesn't surely mean you are not fat，” said Dr Jimmy Bell at Imperial College. Since 1994, Bell and his team have scanned nearly 800 people with MRI machines to create “fat maps” showing where people store fat.

According to the result, people who keep their weight through diet rather than exercise are likely to have major deposits of internal fat, even if they are slim.

Even people with normal Body Mass Index scores can have surprising levels of fat deposits inside. Of the women, as many as 45 percent of those with normal BMI scores (20 to 25) actually had too high levels of internal fat. Among men, the percentage was nearly 60 percent.

According to Bell, people who are fat on the inside are actually on the edge of being fat. They eat too many fatty and sugary foods, but they are not eating enough to be fat. Scientists believe we naturally store fat around the belly first, but at some point, the body may start storing it elsewhere.

Doctors are unsure about the exact dangers of internal fat, but some think it has something to do with heart disease and diabetes. They want to prove that internal fat damages the body's communication systems.

The good news is that internal fat can be easily burned off through exercise or even by improving your diet. “If you want to be healthy, there is no short cut. Exercise has to be an important part of your lifestyle，” Bell said.

1.What is this piece of news mainly about?

A．Thin people also have troubles.

B．Internal fat is of no importance.

C．Internal fat leads to many diseases.

D．Thin people may be fat inside.

2.Doctors have found ________.

A．being slim doesn't mean you are not fat inside

B．internal fat is the cause of heart disease and diabetes

C．being slim is not dangerous at all

D．the exact dangers of internal fat

3.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A．People with heart disease all have internal fat.

B．People can get rid of internal fat by improving diet.

C．Men are more likely to have too much internal fat.

D．Exercise can help to reduce the internal fat.

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