Passage 5
Here in Siberia (西伯利亚), the winter is always very long and it’s very, very cold! It starts to snow in November and the snow won’t leave until May. The temperature is usually about -25℃, but it’s sometimes much colder. When it’s -35℃, children can’t go to school, but grown-ups still go to work! We wear a lot of warm clothes: socks and boots, sweaters and fur coats. All the houses have heating, so it’s never cold inside. In winter, we close the windows to stop the wind from getting in, and we don’t open them again until spring.
In spring and summer it rains a lot, and we don’t often see the sun. In summer it’s often about 25℃, but the weather is very changeable. One day it’s 25℃, and the next day it’s 10℃. People say that the weather was even colder in the past.
【小题1】How long is Siberia’s snowy time?
【小题2】What are used in Siberia to keep the people and houses warm?
【小题3】Do children go to school when it’s -35℃ in winter?
【小题4】What’s the weather like in spring?
【小题5】How does the weather in Siberia often change in summer?

从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。

1.The boy ____________________________ English now.

2.She is not asleep. She is _________________.

3.Eating healthy food ________________________ our health.

4.If we give the job to the man, it is ________________ for the woman.

5.She always buys me some gifts __________ when I am in a bad mood.

6.It is important ________________________ before you begin to do it.

7.You had better wear white when you are _________________________.

8.The old man ______________________________________ last year.

9.The poor girl often _____________________ her mother after her mother died.

10.I go to school by bike ________________.