Question

In Britain, people usually begin their talks with __1.____. For example, they will say” It’s a fine day, isn’t it?” “Do you ____2.___ it will rain?”

Many people believe that they are __3.__ to tell what the weather will be like. But they never _4._ with each other. One man may say, “How cloudy (阴的) it is now! It’s going to rain.” _5.___ man will say, “No, it’s going to be fine later.”

People always hope the weather they want. For __6.__, when a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to _7.. When a man wants to travel, he is sure the weather will be 8._ quickly.

Now almost everyone _9.__ to the weather report. It doesn’t always tell us the weather we want, it only tells us what the weather will be _10._. But sometimes it makes mistakes(错误).

Answer

1.weather

2.think

3.able

4.agree

5.another

6.example

7. rain

8.fine

9.listens

10.like

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了英国人们主要谈论天气的问题，他希望天气和自己想象的一样。

1.句意：在英国，人们通常以谈论天气来开始他们的交谈。根据后面的例子可知，英国人喜欢谈论天气，故答案为weather.

2.句意：你认为会下雨吗？Do后跟动词原形，结合句意可知，答案为think。

3.句意：许多人相信他们能分辨天气会怎样。be able to能，会，结合句意，答案为able。

4.句意：但他们从来没有同意彼此的看法。agree with sb.同意某人的观点，结合句意可知，答案为agree。

5.句意：另一个人会说：“不，以后天气会好起来的。” 前面提到One man may say，此处指另一个人的观点，故答案为another。

6.句意：例如，当一个农民需要水时，他就会找话题告诉他天将会下雨。此处是举例说明，故答案为example。

7.句意：例如，当一个农民需要水时，他就会找话题告诉他天将会下雨。be going to后跟动词原形，结合语境理解，答案为rain。

8.句意：当一个人想去旅行时，他确信天气会很快好起来的。想外出旅行，自然希望天气好起来，故答案为fine。

9.句意：现在几乎每个人都听天气预报。listen to听，everyone作主语，视作第三人称单数形式，故动词用三单形式，答案为listens。

10.句意：天气预报只告诉我们天气会怎样。What’s the weather like? 天气怎么样，此句是一般将来时态，故答案为like。

考点：单词语法填空。