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As an American writer, Mark Twain, once said, “ Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody _______ anything about it.” It is true that everybody talks about the weather. Many people begin their talks______ saying:” Isn’t it a nice ____?” “ Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow.”

Many people think they can tell _____ the weather is going to be like. But they _____ ever agree with each other. One man may say, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man ____ say, “ Yes, it’s cloudy in the east. We are going to have fun weather tomorrow.”

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain and he won’t believe____ else. When friends have a picnic, they are so ____ the weather is going to be fine very ____ that they still sit eating their lunch while it is raining.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still he is ____ most of the time.

1.A. do                 B. did              C. does            D. done

2.A. through             B. by                C. across           D. in

3.A. day                B. weather           C. thing             D. hour

4.A. how                 B. when             C. where             D. what

5.A. never               B. all               C. almost           D. hardly

6.A. will              B. would           C. can             D. could

7.A. something           B. anything          C. everything      D. nothing

8.A. true                B. certainly         C. surely           D. sure

9.A. slowly             B. much             C. quickly         D. quietly

10.A. right            B. wrong           C. mistaken          D. all right