Winter is the last season of a year. It always in winter. Trees and flowers stop growing and birds fly to the south to find and sunny days. Spring days are always and bright. It is a perfect time to fly kites. Bees and butterflies play happily among flowers, from the April from time to time. Summer days always bring people sweet . Resting by quiet streams and under the of trees, people eat ice cream to feel cool. In autumn, leaves turn brown and fall into piles on the ground. Farmers are busy crops. As the drops, snowy season will soon come. If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

1. snows
2. warm
3. windy
4. hiding
5. showers
6. memories
7. shade
8. on
9. harvesting
10. temperature

1. 第一空：根据句意“冬天总是一年中最后一个季节，它总是____在冬天。”结合首字母s，可知应填“snows”（下雪），表示冬天的特征。
2. 第二空：根据句意“树木和花朵停止生长，鸟儿飞到南方去寻找____和晴朗的日子。”结合首字母w，可知应填“warm”（温暖的），表示鸟儿寻找温暖的地方过冬。
3. 第三空：根据句意“春天的日子总是____和明亮的。”结合首字母w，可知应填“warm”（温暖的），描述春天的天气特征。
4. 第四空：根据句意“蜜蜂和蝴蝶在花丛中快乐地玩耍，不时地从四月的____中____。”结合首字母h，可知应填“hiding”（躲藏），表示蜜蜂和蝴蝶在花丛中时隐时现。
5. 第五空：结合前一句的“April”和首字母提示，此处应填“showers”（阵雨），表示四月的阵雨。
6. 第六空：根据句意“夏天的日子总是给人们带来甜蜜的____。”结合首字母m，可知应填“memories”（记忆），表示夏天给人们留下美好的回忆。
7. 第七空：根据句意“在安静的溪流边和树下____休息，人们吃冰淇淋来感觉凉爽。”结合首字母s，可知应填“shade”（树荫），表示人们在树荫下休息。
8. 第八空：根据句意“农民们忙着____庄稼。”结合首字母h，可知应填“harvesting”（收割），表示农民在秋天收割庄稼。
9. 第九空：根据句意“随着____下降，雪季很快就会到来。”结合首字母t，可知应填“temperature”（温度），表示温度下降预示着雪季的到来。

二、微写作 Which place do you like better: a place that is like spring all year round, or one with four very different seasons? Why? (Write 5-8 sentences)______

I prefer a place with four very different seasons. Firstly, the changing seasons bring a variety of weather conditions and natural scenery, which makes life more interesting. In spring, everything comes back to life, and the world is full of vitality. Summer is hot, but it's a good time for swimming and enjoying ice-cream. Autumn is cool and the leaves turn yellow, which is very beautiful. Winter is cold, but we can make snowmen and have snowball fights. Each season has its own charm, and I enjoy experiencing these different changes throughout the year.

三、完形填空
You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow. But you want to ____1____ the weather forecast (预报) first to see whether there will be rain or not. Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the ____2____ give the weather report.
“It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning, ____3____ clearing by early afternoon. The highest temperature tomorrow will be $25^\circC$.”
As there will be no rain, the whole family feels ____4____. Without the weather forecast, you would not know this, and you would just have to take your chances. But now, you can plan your picnic ____5____ worrying about whether it will rain or not.
The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe. He is known as the father of the weather report. He was the first person to publish ____6____ weather forecasts in the US.
Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报) in 1869. They were based on weather ____7____ he drew from telegraph reports of weather conditions. Because of their accuracy (精确), the reports were ____8____.
Congress (国会) became ____9____ in Abbe’s weather reports. They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions), and he ____10____ issuing (发布) forecasts three times a day. He was the first official forecaster of the U.S. Weather Service. Because he often forecast probable storms, Abbe earned the nickname of “Old Probabilities.”
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1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. D
10. B

1. 根据上下文，这里指的是要先查看天气预报，所以选项C“check”（查看）最符合语境。
2. 根据上文提到的天气预报，可以确定这里是指“weatherman”（气象员）进行天气预报，因此选项D正确。
3. 句子描述的是天气变化，先是部分多云，然后下午早些时候放晴，这里用“but”表示转折关系，说明天气会由多云转为放晴，因此选项B正确。
4. 由于没有雨，全家人会感到高兴，所以选项A“happy”（高兴）符合语境。
5. 根据上文，由于查看了天气预报并知道不会下雨，所以可以计划野餐而不用担心天气，因此选项B“without”（没有）正确。
6. 这里指的是Abbe首次在美国发布每日天气预报，因此选项C“daily”（每日的）符合语境。
7. 句子中提到Abbe的天气简报是基于他从电报报告中绘制的天气图，所以选项A“maps”（地图）正确。
8. 由于报告的准确性，它们变得很受欢迎，因此选项B“popular”（受欢迎的）符合语境。
9. 国会对Abbe的天气报告感兴趣，所以选项D“interested”（感兴趣的）正确。
10. 句子描述的是Abbe开始每天发布三次天气预报，因此选项B“began”（开始）正确。