| A．Summer. | B．Winter. | C．Spring. |
2 . When the leaves begin to change their colors and the birds head south, we know the season is starting to change. On September 7 comes White Dew (白露), the 15th solar term (节气) of the year. It indicates the beginning of the cool autumn. As the temperature falls, white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night.
For writers and poets, autumn is a difficult season to describe. It’s the end of the summer, and therefore a little sad. The days seem to get shorter, and when you wake in the morning, there’s mist (薄雾) and it’s cooler. Winter is just around the corner.
American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote in his book A Moveable Feast (《流动的盛宴》), “You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. ”
But on the other hand, autumn has its good side. There are so many changes at this time of year, such as the colorful leaves and cooler nights. French writer Albert Camus even thought autumn was a second spring, “when every leaf is a flower.” This view is also found in the most famous autumn poem in English literature, To Autumn by John Keats. In that poem, Keats says that autumn has its own songs, just like spring.
Another theme of this season is wisdom. The arrival of autumn is thought to be similar to a person becoming mature (成熟的).
The great Irish poet W.B. Yeats used this idea in his poem The Wild Swans at Coole (《库尔的野天鹅》), writing about the changing seasons in Coole Park in the west of Ireland. Seeing and counting 59 swans, he remembers first making the count as a young man. Seeing the swans do the same thing for all those years, he’s reminded that even though we get older, our hearts always stay the same age.
1. What can be concluded about White Dew?| A．It is often ignored by writers and poets. |
| B．It is the time of year with the most rainfall. |
| C．It indicates the end of the autumn. |
| D．It is when the temperature begins to drop. |
| A．To point out that autumn is very cold. |
| B．To show that winter will soon come. |
| C．To present the sad part of autumn. |
| D．To express sadness about the end of life. |
| A．We can always stay young at heart. |
| B．Autumn is an important season for man. |
| C．Autumn is related to one’s growing old. |
| D．Nature is full of lessons to be learned. |
| A．The solar term White Dew. |
| B．Famous writers’ description of autumn. |
| C．Autumn weather and activities. |
| D．Why autumn is a sad season. |
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As we all know, a year consists of four seasons, each of them has its own features. However, my favourite one is summer. The reasons are as followed.
First of all, summer was “hot”. I am not just referring to temperature. People as well become enthusiastic. In summer, people will go to skating, swimming, running, climbing and anything excited. Besides, sceneries in summer is the most appealing, which causes people to go out and feels the vivid life surrounding them.
In my opinions, four seasons make a complete circle of the year, or at least one season is your cup of tea, just as summer is mine.
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Fall is my favorite season. There are lots of reason why I like it most. The trees change colors frequent and it’s perfect for taking photos and spend time outdoors. The weather is comfortable or the temperature is cool. Besides, fall is being full of family holidays. It’s the time for us to be surrounded by the people we love and at the meanwhile to be thankful. It’s best season when my family and I spend time thinking about that we have been through in the last year. They also talk about memorable things we had done together while looking forward to a new and exciting year.
6 . I know when the snow melts and the first robins (知更鸟) come to call, when the laughter of children returns to the parks and playgrounds, something wonderful is about to happen.
Spring cleaning.
I’ll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp. Today’s busy families hardly have time to load the dishwasher, much less clean the doormat. Asking the family to spend the weekend collecting winter dog piles from the melting snow in the backyard is like announcing there will be no more Wi-Fi. It interrupts the natural order.
“Honey, how about spending the weekend beating the rugs, sorting through the boxes in the basement and painting our bedroom a nice lemony yellow?” I ask.
“Can we at least wait until the NBA matches are over?” my husband answers.
But I tell my family, spring cleaning can’t wait. The temperature has risen just enough to melt snow but not enough for Little League practice to start. Some flowers are peeking out of the thawing ground, but there is no lawn to seed, nor garden to tend. Newly wakened from our winter’s hibernation, yet still needing extra blankets at night, we open our windows to the first fresh air floating on the breeze with all of the natural world demanding “Awake and be clean!”
Biologists offer a theory about this primal impulse to clean out every drawer and closet in the house at spring’s first light, which has to do with melatonin, the sleepytime hormone our bodies produce when it’s dark. When spring’s light comes, the melatonin declines, and suddenly we are awakened to the dusty, virus- filled house we’ve been hibernating in for the past four months.
I tell my family about the science and psychology of a good healthy cleaning at spring arrival. I speak to them about life’s greatest rewards waiting in the removal of soap scum (浮垢) from the bathtub, which hasn’t been properly cleaned since the first snowfall.
“I’ll do it,” says the eldest child, a 21-year-old college student who lives at home. “You will? Wow!” I exclaim.
Maybe after all these years, he’s finally grasped the concept. Maybe he’s expressing his rightful position as eldest child and role model. Or maybe he’s going to Florida for a break in a couple of weeks and he’s being nice to me, the financial-aid officer.
No matter. Seeing my adult son willingly cleaning that dirty bathtub gives me hope for the future of his 12-year-old brother who, instead of working, was found to be sleeping in the seat of the window he was supposed to be cleaning.
“Awake and be clean!” I say.
1. According to the passage, for modern families, spring cleaning ________.| A．calls for more complicated skills |
| B．is no longer something natural to do |
| C．is a highly-respected tradition |
| D．requires more family members to be involved |
| A．Because spring is the best time for us to relax ourselves. |
| B．Because there will be more activities when it gets warmer. |
| C．Because our garden requires immediate cleaning after winter. |
| D．Because the weather in spring makes it easier for us to do so. |
| A．The reduction of melatonin will give rise to wakefulness in our bodies. |
| B．A dusty, virus-filled house is largely to blame for our sleepiness in winter. |
| C．A role model is needed to help other members grasp the concept of spring cleaning. |
| D．The author’s eldest son agrees to clean the bathtub because she will finance his trip. |
| A．Spring Cleaning Affords No Delay! |
| B．Modernity Kills Spring Cleaning |
| C．Spring Cleaning — to Do or Not to Do? |
| D．The Young Need Spring Cleaning |
If you live in northeastern China, you expect long, cold winters. People
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8 . While the idea of warmer, shorter winters might sound appealing to farmers eager to tap into longer growing seasons those engaged in Georgia’s massive peach industry are finding the trend alarming. Since 1960, the average winter temperature in Georgia, has risen by 5°F. For farmers who depend on cold weather to help peaches grow, the state’s diminishing winters are a warning to adapt or else.
One of the keys to growing the perfect Georgia peach is something called “chill (寒冷的) hours.” Nut and fruit trees require a certain number of chill hours below 45°F to regulate their growth. Without the needed amount, flower buds may be delayed or unpredictable in spring and fruit set and fruit quality will be poor. In Georgia, home to nearly 12,000 acres of peaches, the average peach tree requires anywhere from 650 to 850 chill hours each season.
The impact from a loss of chill hours was felt most recently in 2017, when farms across the state averaged less than 400 hours and 85% of the peach crop was lost. “It was so bad that we didn’t care about the blooms anymore.” Chavez said, “We wondered if the plants would survive.”
While planting new varieties of peaches that require fewer chill hours is part of the solution, it’s not the only characteristic that’s necessary. Despite warmer, shorter winters, Georgia still experiences a consistent frost in early March. Peach varieties with fewer chill hours often bloom earlier, making them easy victims to this freezing spring temperatures.
In response, the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) is experimenting with hybrid varieties that achieve that delicate balance. The days of planting 1,000+ chill hour varieties in Georgia may be gone, but the hope is that continued research into global warming-tolerant varieties may keep the state’s official fruit firmly in the sweet spot of American produce.
“We’ve got to keep changing as the environment changes,” Georgia farmer Lawton Pearson said. “But it’s not something that scares us in the slightest about the future of growing peaches. It’s just something you’ve got to deal with.”
1. What does the underlined word “diminishing” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Shortened. | B．Freezing. |
| C．Disappearing. | D．Delayed. |
| A．To explain reasons for chill-hours loss. |
| B．To prove 2017 is the worst year in history. |
| C．To confirm peach farmers suffered the most. |
| D．To show the serious consequence of chill-hours loss. |
| A．Improvement of sweetness of peaches. |
| B．Achievement of the shortest chill hours. |
| C．Avoidance of peaches’ much delayed flowering, |
| D．Balance between low chill and normal flowering. |
| A．Curious. | B．Skeptical. |
| C．Positive. | D．Ambiguous. |
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Of the four seasons, I like spring better. One of the most important reasons are that all kinds of flowers are in bloom. The days are full hope in this season. There are fresh blossoming flower on trees. Both sides of the street are lining with trees and grass, that makes us happy and energetic. In the same time, I can play outside too! Whether we like riding, jogging and going on long walks, spring allows us to be enjoy outdoor activities. Of course, there are many other reasons to explain why I’m too excited about spring!
| A．At 4:00 p.m. | B．At 5:00 p.m. | C．At 6:00 p.m. |
