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When we want to find out what the weather will be like tomorrow, we usually turn on the TV. But people also needed to forecast (predict) the weather before they had TV. How did they do it in the past? They’d find an outdoor space, look up, look around, and listen.

Look UP

Red sky at night, sailor’s delight!

Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning!

This weather poem was written a long time ago, but it still works today. Weather in many parts of the wold moves from west to east. Whatever weather is in the weat tonight will probably be with us tomorrow. So a red sky at night, as the sun is setting, usually means a sunny day for the next day.

Look Around

Animals, insects, and plants are natural weather forecasters.

   When a summer storm is coming , you may notice that dogs, cows and horses grow restless. Theses animals don’t have some mysterious sixth sense, but they do have super-sensitive hearing. Scientists think the animals can forecast thunderstorms （雷雨）because they can hear the sound waves(声波)made by them many miles away.

   When leaves show their undersides, be very certain, rain happens.

Listen

If you hear a cricket, it can tell you the exact temperature. Just count its chirps (啾啾声) for fourteen seconds and then add forty. This will give you the Fahrenheit temperature of the cricket within a very few degrees. Since crickets are cold-blooded, the temperature of the cricket is about the same as the air around it.

So learn to predict the weather the way people did in the past. Get outside, look up, look around, and listen. Soon you’ll be your very own weather forecaster.

64. Did people need to forecast the weather before they had TV?

65. What does a red sky at night mean for the next day?

66.Why can animals forecast thunderstorms?

67.How can we know the temperature from a cricket?

68. What does the passage mainly tell us?

阅读理解

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“T”，错误的涂“F”。

　　If you turn on the radio, you may hear “Most of North and South China will have a cold wet day tomorrow.” Or if you read a newspaper, you may read things like “In the Northeast of Sichuan, it will be fine.” Or if you watch TV, you may see and hear “Beijing will be rainy. The temperature will be 2 to 9.” Today we can know the weather beforehand. We can listen to or watch or read the weather report.

　　In the past, some people atched their cat to predict(预测) the weather. They thought when a cat washed its face, it was going to rain. When a cat put its paws(爪子) in front of it, they thought bad weather was coming. When they saw a cat eating grass, they would say “Oh, there's going to be a heavy rain!” When a cat was restless(不安), they thought a big wind was coming.

1．We can listen to the weather report today.

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2．People in the past didn't have a way to predict the weather.

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3．People thought when a cat washed its face, there was going to be a big wind.

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4．People thought when a cat ate grass, there was going to be a heavy rain.

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5．Only the radio and newspaper can offer us the weather report today.

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阅读理解

This is Radio Station in Los Angeles.At nine o’clock on Friday，it’s time for the morning weather report.

This morning it will be cloudy，but no rain today.By noon the sun will be shining.

The temperature is now seventy-two，with a high of about eighty for this afternoon—a good day for swimming.

Tomorrow it will be sunny.The low temperature will be sixty，with a high of eighty-six.There may be a little rain in the afternoon.Winds will be soft.This weather report has been brought to you by Mary Smith .

根据文章内容判断（T）误（F）。

1.The weather is reported by Mary Smith.

2.Today’s temperature will be eighty.

3.This is a TV weather reporter.

4.Today there will be a little rain.

5.It is noon now.