Have you ever been out on a sunny day without an umbrella when suddenly it starts to rain? Who changed tile weather? Certainly not the weather man．Nor the weather report of your town．It is the sun!

    When the sun rises，it is day．When the sun sets．it is night．Again，days are warmer than nights．This is because the sunshine falls on the earth during the day．The sunshine makes the land，the water and the air warm．At night when the sun is not there，it is cooler．In the mornings and in the evenings the sunshine is slanting．So it is not very hot．At noon the sunshine falls straight on the earth，and it is very hot．

    We know that the earth goes round the sun．When one half of the earth is close to the sun，the other half is away from it．The part of the earth closer to the sun has summer．Here the days are warmer and longer．And the part of the earth away from the sun has winter．Here the days are cooler and shorter．For example，when it’s winter in China，it is summer in Australia．So you see，the temperature and the length of the days are decided by the sun．

1．The weather may suddenly be changed by __________．

       A．the weather report   B．the weather man      C．the sun                   D．a heavy rain

2．Why does China have winter while Australia has summer? This is because __________．

       A．Australia is very far from China

       B．when China is away from the sun，Australia is closer to it

       C the weather in Australia is different from that in China

       D．it is cloudy and windy in China while it is sunny in Australia

3．In the sentence“So you see，the temperature and the length of days are decided by the sun．”，the word“length”means how __________ something is．

       A．long                       B．large                       C．little                        D．light

4．Which of the following is not true?

       A．Nights are cooler than days

       B．The sunshine doesn’t fall straight on us in the evening．

       C．The sun rises in the east and sets in the west because it goes round the earth．

       D．When winter comes in Australia．summer arrives in China．

　　It is a small factory. There is nowhere（没有地方）to __1__ near it, so the workers take some food from their homes and eat it in the factory at __2__.

　　__3__ of the workers always has fish sandwiches（三明治）Every day he takes one of them out of his __4__, bites（咬）it and __5__ throws all the sandwiches away.

　　One day one of the workers __6__ to him,“But Bill, don't you like fish sandwiches?”

　　“__7__,”says Bill,“I don't like them.”

　　“Then why does your __8__ make them for you everyday? There are lots of other nice things for sandwiches. Tell __9__ and she will make other sandwiches.”

“It isn't easy as that,”answers Bill.“I don't have a wife. I __10__ sandwiches myself.”

Children in England mnstn't work until they are l3．They need to have a work permit（许可证）to start working．

The jobs teenagers can do：

Delivering（递送）newspapers：Many teenagers will get up early to deliver newspapers to houses in their local area before going to school．They are known as Paperboys or Papergirls．

Babysitting：Looking after young children in their home while their parents have gone out for the evening is a popular Job for teenagers，as they get money for watching children and television all at the same time!

Helping the Milkman：From the age of 14 some teenagers help the milkman deliver milk to houses．

Other popular jobs：Working in a shop；Office work；Washing ears：In a cafe or restaurant．

The hours teenagers（13 and 14 year olds）can work：

School Days：Not more than 2 hours in one day during the following periods：

Morning：7 a．m．--start of school or Evening：close of school--7 P．m．

Saturdays：Up to 5 hours between 7 a．m．and 7 P．m．

Sundays：Up to 2 hours between 7 a．m．and 11 a．m．

Term time：Up to 12 hours a week（Including weekends）

1．In England how old do children have to be before they can work?

A．15．                   B．14．                    C．10．                      D．13．

2．Paperboys and Papergirls deliver newspapers              ．

A．early in the morning                                   B．at noon

C．in the afternoon                                         D．in the evening

3．Teenagers in England can do all of the following except              ．

A．work in an office                                     B．work in a night club

C．look after young children                            D．deliver newspapers

4．How many hours a week may teenagers work during the term time?

A．10．                   B．14．                    C．17．                      D．20．

Children in England mustn’t work until they are 13．They need to have a work permit（许可）to start working．

1．In England how old do children have to be before they can work?

A．15                          B．14                          C．10                                 D．13

2．Paperboys and Papergirls deliver newspapers __________．

A．early in the morning                                    B．at noon

C．in the afternoon                                         D．in the evening

3．Teenagers in England can do all of the following except __________．

A．work in an office                                        B．work in a night club

C．look after young children                            D．deliver newspapers

4．How many hours a week many teenagers work during the term time?

A．10                            B．14                          C．17                          D．20