Ⅵ.完形填空。
It's December. It's snowing and the weather is really 1 in the north of China. You can see many kids 2 snow. Some of them are making snowmen, and others are having a snowball fight. Their laughter and shouts of excitement fill the air. It's 3 cold that the water in the river freezes. Some people are 4 a skating game. The snowflakes continue to fall, adding to the beauty of the winter wonderland. It's a white world. How beautiful!
But in Australia now, the weather is hot. The sun shines 5 in the sky. You can see people of all ages 6 in the sea. Some are swimming and some are surfing. Everyone seems to be having a fantastic time and enjoying the 7 and the beauty of the sea. If you're in Australia and feeling hot, why not 8 to the nearest beach and enjoy a refreshing swim in the sea?
Why are they swimming in December? That is winter, isn't it? Yes, it is winter in China in December, but it is a completely different season in Australia. 9, it is summer in Australia at this time. We, Chinese, and Australians, live 10 different time zones.
() 1. A.warm B. cold
C. cool D. hot
() 2. A.playing with B. working on
C. thinking about D. focusing on
() 3. A.very B. still
C. so D. too
() 4. A.joining B. attending
C. waiting for D. taking part in
() 5. A.quietly B. gently
C. brightly D. slowly
() 6. A.hanging out B. taking photos
C. enjoying themselves D. having a look
() 7. A.sunshine B. light
C. tour D. festival
() 8. A.drop B. drive
C. leave D. jump
() 9. A.After all B. In fact
C. In short D. Right now
() 10. A.on B. at
C. over D. in

Ⅵ 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.D

【分析】
这是一篇介绍中澳12月季节差异的完形填空题，解题时首先通读全文把握核心大意：12月中国北方是下雪的冬季，而同纬度相反的澳大利亚正值夏季。接下来逐空结合上下文语境、词义辨析、固定搭配和基础生活常识逐一匹配选项，遇到拿不准的选项可以结合前后句的提示信息反向排除错误选项，就能顺利选出所有正确答案。
【解析】
1. 前文提到正在下雪，中国北方12月的天气自然是寒冷的，warm温暖的、cool凉爽的、hot炎热的都不符合下雪的场景，因此选B。
2. 后文提到孩子们堆雪人、打雪仗，对应的动作是玩雪，play with是“玩耍、摆弄”的含义，work on从事、think about思考、focus on专注于都不符合语境，因此选A。
3. 空后出现that引导的结果状语从句，刚好匹配固定结构so...that...，含义为“如此……以至于”，表示天气如此寒冷以至于河里的水都结冰了，因此选C。
4. 空后是滑冰比赛，take part in特指参加群众性的活动、比赛并在其中发挥作用；join后一般接组织/人群，attend后接会议、仪式类正式场合，wait for是等待，都不符合参加滑冰比赛的语境，因此选D。
5. 前文提到澳大利亚天气炎热，修饰太阳照耀的副词用brightly（明亮地）最贴合晴热的夏季场景，quietly安静地、gently温柔地、slowly缓慢地都不符合，因此选C。
6. 后文提到人们有的游泳有的冲浪，对应的状态是在海里玩得很开心，enjoy themselves含义为玩得愉快，hang out闲逛、take photos拍照、have a look看一看都不能概括后文的状态，因此选C。
7. 夏季在海边游玩，人们享受的是阳光和海景的美好，sunshine阳光最贴合语境，light光线、tour旅行、festival节日都不符合，因此选A。
8. 句意为如果觉得热，就开车去最近的海滩游泳，drive to sp.表示驾车前往某地，符合日常出行的逻辑，drop掉落、leave离开、jump跳都不符合，因此选B。
9. 前文提到澳大利亚的季节和中国完全不同，后文补充说明此时澳大利亚是夏天，用in fact（事实上）来引出实际情况最通顺，after all毕竟、in short简言之、right now立刻都不符合逻辑，因此选B。
10. 表示“生活在不同的时区”，是固定搭配live in different time zones，介词用in，因此选D。
【答案】
1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.B 10.D
【知识点】
词义辨析，固定搭配，介词用法
【点评】
本题难度较低，语篇结合南北半球季节相反的地理小常识，重点考察初中阶段核心的动词短语、形容词副词词义辨析和基础固定搭配，大部分空都可以通过上下文提示直接选出，仅第4题的动词搭配辨析是少数学生容易出错的点，整体很适合巩固基础词汇知识。
【难度系数】
0.7