二、阅读短文，从方框内所给选项中选出最佳选项填入对应空白处，使短文通顺、连贯。
Knowing what the weather is like for the next days is important. But how can we know it? 1 But if we are not at home, what should we do? Then we need to use other ways to do the weather forecasting(预测). 2
As we all know, Chinese people started to study the weather and made weather forecasting long time ago. 3 Some birds fly high if the fine weather is coming, but they fly quite low if the rain is on the way. If you see a rainbow during rainy weather, you know that the weather is becoming fine. 4 And when there is a rainbow in the morning, we will have the rainy weather. If you can see lots of stars at night, then we will have fine weather. When the sunset (日落) is red in colour, a fine day is coming.
5 You can use your eyes to find the differences around you. Can you find more?

A. These rainbows come in the evening.
B. We can’t listen to the weather forecast on the radio.
C. There are many other ways to forecast the weather.
D. We can watch the weather forecast(预测) on TV.
E. Here are some ways for you to know the coming weather.
F. If you see rings around the sun, it may be rainy tomorrow.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

【解析】：我们可以根据上下文逻辑逐一确定答案：
1. 空前提出疑问“我们怎么知道未来的天气？”，空后转折“但如果我们不在家该怎么办”，说明此处介绍在家获取天气预报的常规方式，D选项“我们可以在电视上看天气预报”符合语境。
2. 空前说明不在家时需要用其他方式预报天气，下文开始介绍各类通过观察自然现象判断天气的方法，E选项“这里有一些可以得知即将到来的天气的方法”起到引出下文的作用，符合逻辑。
3. 空前提到中国人很早之前就开始研究天气预报，此处开始列举具体的观象测天气的方法，F选项“如果你看到太阳周围有光环，明天可能会下雨”是第一种判断方法，和后文观鸟判断天气的内容衔接自然。
4. 空前提到雨天出现彩虹意味着天气即将转好，空后提到早晨出现彩虹意味着会下雨，A选项“这些彩虹是傍晚出现的”对应前文雨后天晴的彩虹，和后文的“早晨的彩虹”形成对应，逻辑通顺。
5. 空后呼吁大家自己观察身边的现象找到更多判断天气的方法，C选项“还有很多其他预报天气的方法”引出后文内容，符合语境。
选项B不符合全文逻辑，为干扰项。
【答案】：1.D 2.E 3.F 4.A 5.C

三、选词填空。
从方框中选择适当的单词，并用其正确形式填空，使短文完整、通顺（每词限用一次）。
| spend | when | season | snow | another |
| give | from | night | snowman | different |
The weather in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres（半球）is different. It is fun to think that when it is cold in one place, it is hot in 1. The tilt（倾斜）of the Earth's axis（地球轴线）is the reason for the different 2. This means that
while one hemisphere is tilted（倾斜）towards the Sun, the other is tilted away 3 it.
4 it's winter in the North, it's summer in the South. Students in the Southern Hemisphere look forward to 5 the summer vacation at the beach, while those in the Northern Hemisphere enjoy building 6 during winter holidays.
There are holidays in both hemispheres, but the weather makes them 7. For example, on special 8 like New Year's Eve, people all over the world get together. Because of the different weather, fireworks might go off over 9 places or near the beach, making each celebration special.
So, the tilt of the Earth's axis not only 10 us different weather but also makes our traditions unique（独特的）.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. another
2. seasons
3. from
4. When
5. spending
6. snowmen
7. different
8. nights
9. snowy
10. gives

我们逐空结合语法和语境分析：
1. 此处对应前文的one place，表达“一个地方寒冷时，另一个地方炎热”，one...another是固定搭配，意为“一个……另一个”，填another。
2. 句意：地轴倾斜是季节不同的原因，different后接可数名词复数，season的复数形式是seasons。
3. 固定搭配away from意为“远离”，符合“另一个半球倾斜远离太阳”的语境，填from。
4. 此处引导时间状语从句，表达“当北方是冬天的时候，南方是夏天”，句首单词首字母大写，填When。
5. 固定搭配look forward to doing sth. 意为“期待做某事”，此处to是介词，后接动名词，spend的动名词形式是spending。
6. 句意：北半球学生寒假喜欢堆雪人，此处用复数表示泛指一类事物，snowman的复数是snowmen。
7. 固定结构make sth + 形容词意为“使某物处于某种状态”，此处表达天气让两地的假期变得不同，填different。
8. 后文New Year's Eve属于夜晚，此处指代多个特殊的夜晚，night的复数形式是nights。
9. 此处修饰名词places，需要形容词作定语，snow的形容词形式snowy意为“多雪的”，和后文海边的场景对应，符合语境。
10. 主语the tilt of the Earth's axis是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，give的第三人称单数是gives，表达“给我们带来不同的天气”。