六、语法填空。（阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空）
Today, we are going to compare (比较) the weather in China and England.
In China, the weather in different 1. (place) is different. In Beijing, the weather is 2. (usual) very cold in winter and hot in summer. In winter, it 3. (snow) heavily sometimes. On snowy days, children enjoy 4. (make) a snowman. But in the same season in Hainan, the weather is often 5. (sun). It’s not cold at all in winter. Kunming is 6. spring city. It’s warm all the time.
In England, the weather changes (改变) very 7. (quick). It may be sunny in the morning, and then rainy or cloudy one or two 8. (hour) later. People often talk 9. the weather in England. They often talk to you, “10. you don’t like the weather now, it doesn’t matter. You can just wait! It may change soon.”

1. places 2. usually 3. snows 4. making 5. sunny
6. a 7. quickly 8. hours 9. about 10. If

七、任务型阅读。（阅读下面的语篇材料，根据所读内容，完成下列各题）
Do you like rainy days? Maybe most of you will say “No” even though rain is very important. Some people even feel bored and sad on rainy days. In English, many expressions also use rain to show trouble or hard times.
“When it rains, it pours.” is a well-known expression. This means when one ▲ thing happens, many other bad things often follow.
“Come rain or shine.” is another expression. It means you are not going to let anything stop you from doing what you want. But in fact, sometimes you can’t do that because rain does affect (影响) your plans.
One day you plan a big outdoor party for all your friends. Unluckily, on the day of the party, it “rains cats and dogs”, in other words, it rains heavily.
However, when you “save something for a rainy day”, you choose (选择) to put it safely away for future (未来) use. Usually we use this expression for saving (节省，储存) money, but of course you can save anything for a rainy day.
Do you think these expressions about rain are interesting? Please find out more yourself!
1. How do some people feel on rainy days according to Paragraph 1?
They feel on rainy days.
2. What word can you put in the “▲”?
I can put “” there.
3. How many expressions about rain are there in this passage?
There are expressions about rain in this passage.
4. Which English expression means “未雨绸缪” in this passage?
It is “”.
5. What is the passage mainly about?
It’s mainly about .

1. bored and sad 2. bad 3. 4/four
4. save something for a rainy day 5. expressions about rain