1 . What does the man wish for?

A．More snow.

B．Outdoor activities.

C．Holiday celebrations.

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How is the weather right now?

A．Cloudy.

B．Rainy.

C．Sunny.

2. When will the wet weather stop?

A．On Friday morning.

B．On Thursday morning.

C．On Tuesday morning.

3. Where will the wind come from this weekend?

A．The southeast.

B．The northwest.

C．The southwest.

4. What is the temperature going to be on Monday afternoon?

A．16 degrees.

B．17 degrees.

C．18 degrees.

3 . Autumn is the best season to travel in Xinjiang. I promise the tour won’t disappoint you! Here is the schedule (日程). Please have a look.

Day 1（cloudy）	●Arrive in Urumqi and check in at the hotel. ●Visit the International Grand Bazaar (大巴扎). ●Climb the Red Hill. ●Have dinner at Silk Road Restaurant.
Day 2（rainy）	Remember to take umbrellas. ●Go to Fukang and visit the Tianchi Lake. ●Go to a hot spring in Wujiang Hotel.
Day 3（windy）	Remember to prepare sweaters and jeans. ●Fly to the city of Altay. ●Go to Keketuohai. ●Fly back to Urumgi the next day.
Day 4（sunny）	Remember to wear shorts and T-shirts. ●Go to the city of Turpan. ●Visit the Flaming (火焰) Mountain. ●Go to the Grape Valley (谷) and pick up grapes. ●End of your tour and go back to Urumqi.

1. The weather will be ________ in Urumqi.

A．cloudy

B．rainy

C．windy

D．sunny

2. Before going to Altay, tourists need to prepare ________.

A．umbrellas

B．sweaters

C．shorts

D．T-shirts

3. Tourists will NOT ________ in Turpan.

A．have dinner at Silk Road Restaurant	B．go to the Grape Valley
C．visit the Flaming Mountain	D．pick up grapes

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What month is it most likely now?

A．January.

B．March.

C．June.

2. What season was the BEST season last year?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

3. When was the nice period last year?

A．September and October.

B．October and November.

C．March and April.

5 . The climate of any place is the kind of weather it usually has over a long period of time. The houses we live in, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat depend on the climate of the place where we live.

Climate is a pattern (模式) that is not nearly as simple as we think, and it is affected by many factors. For example, the distance to the North or South Pole or to the equator really matters a lot. If you live near either of the poles, you live in a cold climate, for the place where you live does not get as much or as direct sunshine as a place farther away from the poles. In places close to the equator, the climate is very hot, for they are the parts where the sun shines almost straight down.

Whether rain or snow falls makes a great difference to the climate. In hot, dry deserts, little rain falls, but in a hot rainforest, the amount of rainfall is far larger than that in a desert, for there is a heavy rain almost every day, even several times per day. Though a rainforest and a desert may be the same distance from the equator, their climates are rather different from each other. How much rain or snow falls is considered by some to be determined by the winds, the surrounding mountains and the currents (水流) in nearby seas and so on. In short, it is a very complex natural phenomenon (现象).

1. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A．weather	B．different climate
C．climate and its determining factors	D．the difference between weather and climate

2. From this passage, we know climate and weather was ______ and climate is ______.

A．almost the same; the general term of weather

B．quite different; the average weather conditions at a particular place over a period of time

C．not the same; included by weather

D．very much alike; bigger and weather is smaller

3. The climate between a tropical desert and a tropical rainforest are different in ______.

A．the amount of rainfalls

B．the winds and the surrounding mountains

C．the currents in nearby seas

D．How much sunshine the two different places can get

4. From the context, we can guess that the word “complex” means ______.

A．simple

B．easy to understand

C．rather

D．difficult to understand

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last night’s fall of snow here was an     1    （event). I was nearly as excited about it this morning     2     the children. It is the first fall we     3     （have）here this winter. The first fall of snow is     4     an event but it is a     5     （magic）event. The very secrecy and     6     （quiet）of the thing makes it more magical.

When I got up this morning the world was a cold place     7     dead white and pale blues. An hour or two later everything was a cold sparkle of white and blue. The world had     8     （complete）changed again. The snow is falling heavily,     9     great soft flakes,     10     you can hardly see anything.

7 . Apart from a simple“hot”, what other ways are there to describe the summer heat? There are many interesting expressions that relate to unbearably hot weather and offer a glimpse into foreign culture.

Dog days of summer

In books and newspaper articles, the period from early July to mid－August is often referred to as the “dog days of summer”. Some think the expression means the weather is so hot that dogs go wild. But in fact, the expression comes from 16th century astrology and refers to the days on which Sirius－the Dog Star, the brightest star in the summer sky and part of the Great Dog constellation－rises at the same time as the sun.

Hotter than a two－dollar pistol

The reason for the expression is that no pistol could cost 2 dollars unless it had been stolen. In English slang, stolen goods are often said to be “hot” and anyone in possession of hot goods is likely to get their fingers burned, in other words, to be arrested.

So hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk

Thousands of curious tourists feel like testing if the saying is true, with the result that sidewalks in Death Valley, California, the hottest place in the U. S. , are now littered with broken eggshells. As long as you use a frying pan with a lid and the temperature is at least 49℃ , it is actually possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk.

Hinges of Hades

For those who believe it exists, hell is undoubtedly the hottest place on earth, so unsurprisingly there are several expressions that refer to hell or Hades, or even the devil himself. “Hotter than the hinges or gates of Hades” is the oldest version , but more amusing variations have become popular, such as “hotter than the devil's underwear”.

1. Which expression relates to the study of stars?

A．Dog days of summer.	B．Hotter than a two－dollar pistol.
C．So hot you can fry an egg on the sidewalk.	D．Hinges of Hades.

2. What's the meaning of “hot” in the expression “Hotter than a two－dollar pistol” in English slang?

A．Popular.

B．Difficult.

C．Illegal.

D．Angry.

3. At which temperature can we fry an egg on the sidewalk?

A．55℃.

B．40℃.

C．39℃.

D．29℃.