The United States has many different kinds of climates（气候）. On the northwest coast（海岸）, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter, but the north central（中部的）states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothes in summer, and they need heavy woolen clothes in winter.

    In the southwest coast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot.

    In the northeast of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures are cool.

    Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States didn’t often get fresh （新鲜的）vegetables and fresh fruits during the summer. Today, however（然而），trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.

  1. The summer and winter temperatures are almost the same _________.

    A. in the northeastern states

    B. on the north central states

    C. in the western states

    D. on the northwest coast

  2. The word“fall”in this passage means ________.

    A. drop     B. down     C. autumn       D. spring

  3. Today people ___________ can get fresh vegetables and fruits.

    A. in the north central states

    B. in every part of the U.S.A.

    C. in the cold parts of the U.S.A.

    D. in the southwest part of the U.S.A.

  4. From this passage we know that the climate of the United States _________.

    A. is always very cold

    B. is warm in winter

    C. is widely different

    D. changes very little between summer and winter

  5. From Paragraph 2 we know that the climate of the southwest coast is ________.

    A. Maritime（海洋性）climate

    B. Savanna（热带草原）climate

    C. Mediterranean（地中海）climate

    D. Tropical rainforest（热带雨林）climate

Hello! My name is Becky Sharp. I’m 11 years old. I have one brother. His name is Jason and he’s 14. I don’t have any sisters.
We live with our mum, dad and grandma in a small house in Chesterfield, in the north of England. There are lots of things to do here. My friends and I sometimes go to the cinema on Saturdays.
Do you like sports? I like football. My favourite team is Manchester United. I sometimes play football with my brother. I am good at it but my brother isn’t.
I have lots of pets---one tortoise (乌龟) and six goldfish (金鱼). I want a dog or a cat, but my mother doesn’t like them.
【小题1】There are ________ people in Becky’s family.