内容正文:
The weather
Ⅰ. 课文再现
(A)阅读短文,根据音标、汉语或首字母提示填入适当的单词,使短文意思连贯、完整。
It's really cold today. Betty asks Tony to 1. skate . The 2. temperature is between minus eight and minus two 3. degrees . In Beijing, winter is colder than in England. It's not usually 4. snowy in winter in England. But it 5. snowed quite a lot this year. 6. Most (大部分的) Decembers are wet and rainy. Betty said that America has cold winters and hot summers and it's snowy in New York in winter. Tony likes sunny weather and snow. Neither Tony nor Betty likes 7. showers (阵雨) or 8. windy (多风的) weather. 9. Maybe (也许) they could go to Australia because it's probably 10. sunny and hot there now.
(B)阅读短文,在空白处填入适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
When is the best time 1. to visit (visit) the US?
The US is a very big country. It is about 3,000 miles from the east coast to the west coast, so choose 2. carefully (careful) the places to see and the time to go. Bring a map because you may want to travel around.
The best time to visit New England is 3. in September. The weather gets cooler and the green leaves start 4. to turn (turn) gold, then brown. Bring your camera 5. so you can take photos of the autumn trees.
California is 6. on the Pacific coast, and the weather is fine all year round. Take your swimming clothes 7. because you might want to go swimming in the sea, even in December.
In Seattle, in the northwest, it is not very cold but it rains a lot, so bring an umbrella. In Alaska the days are long and warm in summer, but may be cool in the evening. In winter, Alaska can be very very cold. If you want to visit Alaska, you had better 8. go (go) in summer. Don't forget 9. to bring (bring) a warm sweater with you.
In Texas and the southeast, it's usually very hot and sunny 10. compared (compare) to other places. There are storms from time to time in summer and autumn.
So when is the best time to visit the US? Any time you like!
Ⅱ. 能力提升
话题:
天气
体裁:
说明文
建议时间:
10 minutes
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