2 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

COP26,     1     (know) as “Conferences of the Parties”, was the latest in a series of meetings bringing together governments     2     (protect) the environment. Its main goal was     3    (take) measures against climate change — long-term changes in world weather patterns that are linked to human activities including farming, industry and transport. Gases such as carbon dioxide, which are produced by these activities, trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere and cause temperatures to rise,     4     (lead) to extreme floods, heatwaves and storms.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is the man probably?

A．A farmer.

B．A host.

C．A guide.

2. What will the weather be like this afternoon?

A．Sunny.

B．Rainy.

C．Windy.

5 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that     1     (find) on Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard, far from its habitat. All that remained of the poor bear were “skin and bones”. Experts claimed that low sea ice levels     2     (cause) by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This     3     (alarm) case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earth’s ecology.

7 . What was the weather like in the mountains yesterday?

A．Sunny.

B．Windy.

C．Snowy.

8 . What does the man think the weather will be like in the afternoon?

A．Cloudy.

B．Rainy.

C．Sunny.

9 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

It looked like rain. The sky     1     (be) gray. It was almost noon, but the sun was hidden by a gray cloud. It was cool. There were no birds     2     (fly) anywhere. Bob     3     (walk) outside talking to Bill at that time. They both had their     4     (hand) in their pockets. They knew that it was probably going to rain shortly.

10 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

For thousands of years, people have been trying to predict the weather. In China during the Shang Dynasty, people     1     (record) weather forecasts on animal bones   and tortoise shells. Centuries later,     2     Greece, the philosopher, Aristotle wrote his theories about how weather conditions formed. Weather forecasting advanced over time, with more and more instruments used to measure temperature, humidity and air pressure. Today, satellite data and computer technology help scientists predict the weather more     3     (precise).