Taiyuan Weather Station was set up 48 years ago. The workers here need to collect weather data (收集天气数据). Then they make a report about the weather. The weather in Taiyuan changes a lot, so it’s difficult for them to get the data. Sometimes they have to walk in the wind and snow.
Look at the chart to learn the weather data in Taiyuan in 2022.
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Days | More than 155 days | More than 127 days | About 62 days | About 12 days | About 10 days |
Then why do the workers have to collect weather data?
★To help visitors
Weather data is very useful to visitors. They can know about the weather in Taiyuan before they get there.
★To help people with their lives
Before going out for work or school, people can know what to wear on that day with the help of weather data.
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Many animals live in the mountains or on the farm. Bad weather can sometimes bring them danger. So weather data is useful for helping animals.
So weather data is really important to us. We should say thanks to the workers.
1. Why is it difficult for the workers to get the data?2. How many rainy and snowy days were there in Taiyuan in 2022?
3. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. （请把划线何子翻译成中文。）
4. What’s the subtitle (小标题) for ▲ ?
5. Do you want to work in the weather station when you grow up? Why?
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| A．Sunny. | B．Rainy. | C．Cloudy. |
| A．March 22. | B．March 24. | C．March 25. |
3 . The Sahara is one of the hottest places on the earth. It is hard to see snow in the Sahara. But on January 8, 2018, it snowed in Ain Sefra, the gateway (门户) to the Sahara. It was really strange.
Ain Sefra is a small town. Because the air in the desert is so dry and hot, it is hard to snow. But in January, there was high pressure over Europe. It drove cold air down into northern Africa and into the Sahara. The cold air rose to the elevation of Ain Sefra and then it began to snow.
It’s usually very hot in the Sahara and all the town people are used to the hot weather. So after it snowed, people didn’t know how to deal with it. The drivers just stopped their cars on the roads. Photographer (摄影师) Karim was amazed to see that the orange desert was covered with white snow. He got out of his car and took a lot of beautiful photos. He said, “It is unusual. This is the third time it has snowed in the Sahara in the last 40 years.”
1. What does the writer think of the snow in Ain Sefra?| A．Strange. | B．Common. | C．Terrible. |
| A．The pressure of Europe. | B．The weather of desert. | C．The reason of snowing. |
| A．重量 | B．海拔 | C．形状 |
| A．The people in Ain Sefra haven’t seen snow ever. |
| B．The people in Ain Sefra aren’t used to snow. |
| C．The people in Ain Sefra are afraid of snow. |
It is generally neither too hot nor too cold in Suzhou. Sometimes summer can be hot and wet. Winter can be a little cold, but not too cold if the wind is not blowing too strongly.
Many of the classical gardens in the city are designed with the change of seasons in mind. They show different features during different months. The Master of Nets Garden is full of different kinds of trees. Each of them blooms (开花) in a different season. The view of this garden changes according to the time of year. Rain should not be a problem. It shouldn’t stop you from enjoying your stay in Suzhou. Instead, many would say the classical gardens are at their best in rain or heavy fog. |
| A．2-10℃. | B．7-13℃. | C．12-24℃. | D．5-17℃. |
| A．gives an example | B．asks a question |
| C．makes a survey | D．lists some numbers |
| A．Gardens in Suzhou. | B．Rain in Suzhou. |
| C．Seasons in Suzhou. | D．Weather in Suzhou. |
5 . 
| A．6:00 a.m. | B．9:00 a.m. | C．10:00 a.m. |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．June 29 | B．June 27 | C．July 2 |
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 |
| Place | Weather | Temperature |
| Cloudy | 5 below zero to 2 below zero | |
| Shanghai | Rain | |
| Hong Kong | Warm | Ten to |
| Tibet | Snowy | Ten below zero |
| Nanjing | Above 3 to 5 |
A hurricane (飓风) is a huge storm that forms over warm ocean water. Hurricanes have winds that move in
The centre of hurricane winds is called the eye. Winds in the eye
Strong winds and heavy rain can do a lot of damage (破坏) when a hurricane moves over land.
Hurricane winds can be strong enough
Heavy rain from a hurricane can cause floods in areas that are not close to a coast. The floodwater can be very deep. It sometimes
8 . AI is like giving superpower to computers. It helps them to learn things and do tasks that people usually do. According to scientists, AI could be used to tell the weather more quickly and correctly than traditional methods.
The traditional way to tell the weather is by collecting data on what is happening in the air. The data may come from places like weather satellites, planes and so on. Then the data is sent to supercomputers for weather reports. Although supercomputers are powerful, it can take many hours to produce results.
AI models have been developed to quickly tell future weather. They can tell the weather by using two sets of data: the weather at present and the weather from six hours ago. AI models are very helpful. They can be used on standard computers like office computers, and it only takes a few minutes to get the results. However, the results may not include as much information as those produced by traditional models.
Will AI take the place of traditional models? Scientists say it probably won’t, but it will be used together with them. That’s because AI still needs to learn from the data collected by traditional methods. But hopefully, AI will be able to deal with tasks that older methods find difficult, such as telling when and how much it will rain in the near future. This could give people enough time to solve the problems caused by bad weather.
1. The data in traditional weather reports may come from ________.| A．clouds | B．towers | C．trees | D．planes |
| A．By learning experience from satellites. |
| B．By comparing past and present weather. |
| C．By collecting data from different places. |
| D．By watching what is happening in the sky. |
| A．Huge. | B．Slow. | C．Ordinary. | D．Expensive. |
| A．Offering people weather maps. |
| B．Reporting how much it will rain. |
| C．Reporting when a snow will end. |
| D．Offering full weather information. |
| A．AI Will Cause Bad Weather. |
| B．AI Could Stop Bad Weather. |
| C．AI Could Tell Future Weather. |
| D．AI Will Change Future Weather. |
| A．Windy. | B．Rainy. | C．Sunny. |
Do you think different weather makes people feel different? In fact, the answer is Yes. It influences health, intelligence and feelings.
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have all kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot in summer and very cold in winter. People in these states have more heart trouble because the weather always changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence, For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, the IQ of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have higher intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools in 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, too. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer.
Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days.
Are you feeling sad, tired, or forgetful today? It may be the weather’s problem.
1. How does the writer start the passage?The writer starts the passage by
2. Why do people in the Northeast and the Middle West have more heart trouble?
Because
3. How does the weather affect people according to Paragraph 3?
The wind can help people
4. What does “They” in the fourth paragraph refer to?
It refers to
5. What happens on low-pressure days?
People
