4.In Hawaii, the most important sport may be skiing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　 T　　 F

3.Swimming is one of the most popular sports in Australia.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 T　　 F

2.There are many wonderful mountains in the country of Switzerland. 　　　　　　 T　　 F

1.From the passage we know that ____.

A. people play different sports in different climate

　 B. sports have little to do with weather.

　 C. people do the same kind of sports in summer and winter

D. sports can make people tired

8.What does the word astronomer mean in Chinese in the last paragraph?

　 A. 地理学家　　　　 B. 天文学家　　　　　　 C. 生物学家　　　　　　 D. 文学家

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Passage 34

Sports and Climate

Not all people like to work, but everyone likes to play. All over the world men and women and boys and girls enjoy sports.

Sports help people to live happily. They help to keep people healthy and feeling good. When they are playing games, people move a lot. This is good for their health. Having fun with their friends makes them happy.

What games have you played? What are your favorite sports now? You probably play the games that people in your town or city play. Is the climate(气候) hot where you live? Then swimming is probably one of your sports. Boys and girls in Australia love to swim. There are wonderful beaches (海滩) there and the weather is good for swimming.

Or do you live in a cold climate? Then you would like to ski(滑雪). Many people ski in Austria where there are big mountains and cold winters. Does it rain often where you live? Then kite-flying would not be one of your sports. It is one of the favorite sports in Thailand.

Surfing is an important sport in Hawaii. The Pacific Ocean sends huge waves up on the beaches, waves that are just right for surfing. But you need to live near an ocean to ride the waves and enjoy surfing.

People in Switzerland love to climb the wonderful mountains of their country. Mountain-climbing is a favorite sport there. But there can be no mountain-climbing where there are no mountains.

Sports change with the season. People often do not play the same games in winter as in summer. Sailing is fun in warm weather, but when it gets cold it’s time to change to other sports. People talk about sports seasons. Baseball is only played for a few months of the year. This is called “the baseball season.”

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7. Harrison made a clock which could tell time at sea in the late eighteenth 　　 F　　 T

century.

6.The king lived at Placentia all through the war.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 F　　 T

5.The ships which were made at Greenwich were the best in the world at that

time.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 F　　 T

4. Charles made John Flamsteed try to find how to tell the time.　　　　　　　　　　　　 F　　 T

3. Placentia was the biggest palace in Greenwich.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 F　　 T