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　　In Great Britain (大不列颠), December, January and February are the winter months. In winter the days are short and the nights are long. There are only about 8 hours of daylight (日照). So the weather is often very cold. But in summer the days are longer. There are more than 16 hours of daylight in the middle of summer. The weather is usually warm in summer. It is sometimes hot, but it is not often very hot. There are often cool days.

　　The weather in summer here is often too hot. The temperature (温度) is sometimes more than 40℃. In Britain when the temperature is about 80(26℃), English people say it is hot. Winter starts in November in China and goes on to January. It's often very cold.

1．It is ________ in Britain than that in China in summer.

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2．40℃ is ________ 40.

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3．January is one of the winter months ________.

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A．in Britain and in China

B．in Britain

C．in China

D．in some other countries

4．English people have longer hours of daylight ________.

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5．The passage is about ________.

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A．the weather in China

B．the weather in Britain

C．the weather in China and in Britain

D．some differences about the weather in the two countries

完形填空

We all know that 1 is the coldest season of the year. The days are short and the nights are 2 . It sometimes 3 and the fields are all 4 . Boys and girls often go 5 . It is the best sport in winter.

The days are short, _______ it is no December.

A. because  B. for  C. goes  D. want