Question

【題目】As a famous American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “Everybody talks about weather, but nobody____anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people

____their talks by saying, “Isn’t it a nice____?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”

A large number of people think they can tell____the weather is going to be like. However, they____ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man____say, “Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We are going to have fine weather tomorrow.”

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain and he won’t believe____else. When friends have a picnic, they are so____the weather is going to be fine that they sit____their lunch while it is raining.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still, he is____most of the time.

【1】A. do B. did C. does D. done

【2】A. begins B. begin C. starts D. beginning

【3】A. day B. weather C. thing D. hour

【4】A. how B. when C. where D. what

【5】A. never B. all C. almost D. hardly

【6】A. will B. would C. can D. may

【7】A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

【8】A. true B. certainly C. sure D. surely

【9】A. eat B. eating C. eats D. ate

【10】A. right B. wrong C. mistake D. all right

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】D

【6】D

【7】B

【8】C

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】試題分析：這篇短文講述的是英國人和美國人經(jīng)常以談論天氣作為兩個人談話的開始及其人們對待天氣的一些情況。

【1】C 考查動詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：每個人都談論天氣，但是沒有做有關(guān)那個事。此題考查動詞，當不定代詞比如everbody、anybody等等做主語時謂語動詞用單數(shù).再看引述的句子talks表示是一般現(xiàn)在時.所以答案是表示一般現(xiàn)在時的動詞三單形式。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【2】B考查介詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：很多人都是通過談論天氣來開始今天的談話。此題考查介詞by+doing表示通過某種方式。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【3】A考查名詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：是很好的一天嗎？此題考查名詞，day天。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【4】D考查特殊疑問詞及語境的理解。句意：他們能夠辨別出天氣會是什么樣的。此題考查特殊疑問詞，A. how怎樣；B. when什么時候；C. where 在哪；D. what什么。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【5】D考查副詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：但是他們從來不同意對方的說法。此題考查副詞，A. never從來不；B. all都；C. almost 幾乎；D. hardly幾乎不。hardly幾乎不 看后邊兩個人其中一個說東邊有云明天可能要下雨,另外一個人說東邊有云明天是個好天氣可以看出人們大部分時候是不太贊成彼此的看法.never在絕對了。根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【6】A考查情態(tài)動詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：另外一個人可能會說：“是的，東邊有云。”此題考查情態(tài)動詞，could 表示推測="may" 上午one man may say可以推測another man might/could say。根據(jù)句意，故選A。

【7】B考查不定代詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：當一個農(nóng)民需要水的時候，他尋找一些東西來告訴自己天要下雨了，并且他不會相信其他的別的任何東西。此題考查不定代詞，anything any 或者anything/anybody等等用語否定或者疑問句。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【8】D考查形容詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：當朋友們進行野餐的時候，他們確信天氣很快就會好起來的。此題考查sure be sure that確信某事。 根據(jù)句意，故選D。

【9】C考查副詞辨析及語境的理解。句意：當朋友們進行野餐的時候，他們確信天氣很快就會好起來的。此題考查副詞，A. slowly慢地；B. much非常；C. quickly快速地；D. quietly安靜地。根據(jù)句意，故選C。

【10】A考查形容詞及語境的理解。right 正確.對的.most of the time表示大多數(shù)情況下。前邊說sometimes he makes mistakes有時候會出錯可見大多數(shù)是對的。根據(jù)句意，故選A。