Talking About Weather

Everyone likes talking about weather. When people meet, they usually say something like “Isn't it a nice day?” or “Do you think it will rain?”

Different people often want different weather. When a farmer needs water, he hopes it will rain. When people want to take a trip, they hope it will be sunny soon. How will be the weather? Many people think they can tell it. But they often have different ideas. Some may say, “It's cloudy in the east. It will rain tomorrow.” So people like the weather report. It sometimes makes mistakes. Still, it can tell many things about the weather.

❶ When people meet, they usually say something about________.

A.their clothes B.food

C.their work

D.weather

❷ The main idea of Paragraph 2 is that________.

A.different people often want different weather

B.farmers always want rain

C.sunny weather is good for a trip

D.people like to take a trip

❸ People often________.

A.don't know the weather tomorrow

B.have different ideas about the weather

C.don't like the weather report

D.do different things in different weather

❹ What does the writer think of the weather report?

A.People don't need it now.

B.It's interesting to watch it.

C.It's still useful.

D.It's not useful at all.

参考译文

人人都喜欢谈论天气。当人们见面时，他们通常会说“今天天气不错嘛。”或是“你觉得今天会下雨吗？”之类的话。

不同的人往往想要不同的天气。当一位农民需要水时，他希望下雨。当人们想去旅行时，则希望很快阳光灿烂。天气会是什么样呢？许多人认为他们能预测一二，但人们的观点经常相左。有些人可能会说：“东边乌云集聚，明天可能要下雨。”所以人们喜欢天气预报。天气预报有时也会出错，但它还是提供了很多关于天气的信息。