8A Unit 6 Seasons Word power 基础巩固 一、用括号中所给单词的正确形式填空 1. The accident happened on a _____ (fog) morning. 2. France is famous for its fine art and _____ (taste) food. 3. The high temperature in summer makes me feel _____ (sleep) in the afternoon. 4. He was bored with the busy and _____ (noise) city life and looked forward to nature. 5. Using warm _____ (salt) water as a mouthwash can ease(减轻) a sore throat. 二、单项选择 1. Staying up late often can increase the risk of _____ death. A. quick B. quickly C. sudden D. suddenly 2. The earth receives _____ from the sun in winter than in summer. A. less hot B. less heat C. few hot D. few heat 3. The hill _____ snow now because it snowed _____ last night. A. is covered with; heavily B. is cover of; heavily C. is covered with; heavy D. is cover of; heavy 4. —Do you think there will be _____ tomorrow —Yes. The radio says it will be _____ in most parts of China. A. snow; snow B. snowy; snow C. snow; snowy D. snowy; snowy 能力提升 三、阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项使短文通顺连贯，其中有两项是多余选项 People have been working on predicting the weather for long because it makes a difference to our lives. 1._____ In 650 BC, the Babylonians(巴比伦人) tried to predict the weather with the clouds. Around 340 BC, Aristotle, a famous Greek thinker and scientist, wrote Meteorologica. It's about kinds of weather, like rain, wind and lightning. By 300 BC, people in China used a calendar with 24 festivals in a year. 2._____ This was useful for farmers to know when to plant and harvest. People have used lots of ways to predict the weather over the years. There is a saying, “red sky at night, shepherd's delight.” 3._____ This has a basis in science. People also predict the weather by using pine cones(松果). 4._____ Some people study the smoke from the fire or mist on nearby hills, which would show wind direction or how much water vapor is in the air. These two both affect the weather. 5._____ People predict the weather with super-computers. This helps people to forecast the weather in a faster way. A. It suggests a red sky in the evening is followed by good weather. B. It is a useful way to predict the weather. C. Today, high technology is in use. D. There are records of weather forecast in old times. E. We can also help plant and harvest. F. Pine cones close up when bad weather is on the way. G. Each festival showed a kind of weather. 四、阅读理解 Maybe you've eaten a hot dog, but have you ever seen a sundog It's not your dog sleeping in the sun! A sundog is a weather event. It makes two rainbow lights appear on both sides of the sun. Sometimes they appear with a halo around the sun. Sundogs can be very beautiful, with a red halo near the sun and a blue-and-white centre. The conditions for forming the sundog need to be just right. Under the sunshine, the ice crystals in the clouds will move slowly to the ground. The crystals act as prisms(棱镜), separating the lig ... ...
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