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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

　　The seasons in Australia are opposite（相反）to ours. (1) it is winter here, it is summer there. Australia is (2) the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months. The summer is in December, (3) and February. The north of the country is (4) than the south.

　　Australia's main（主要的）problem is water. A (5) large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast（海岸）has rain (6) the year round. There are no dry months here.

　　In March, 1982, there was a terrible drought（干旱）in Australia. The summer rain didn't (7) There were 138 million sheep in Australia that year. This was 14% of all the sheep in the world.

　　Because there was not (8) rain and the grass didn't grow well, the farmers (9) to sell many of their sheep and many sheep 10 , too. It was a great disaster（灾难）for Australia farmers.

The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south.

A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.

The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.

1.It is ____ in Australia in November.

2.In Australia, it is ____ in the south than in the north.

3.The ____ of Australia has the most rain.

4.The southwest of the country has no rain in summer because ____.

5.There is no rain in winter ____ of Australia.

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The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south.

A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.

The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.

1.It is ____ in Australia in November.

2. In Australia, it is ____ in the south than in the north.

3.The ____ of Australia has the most rain.

4. The southwest of the country has no rain in summer because ____.

5. There is no rain in winter ____ of Australia.