The hottest place in the world is the Sahara Desert in Africa. But there are deserts in many other places: in America, in Asia and in Australia. In 1917 the temperature in Death Valley, in the United States, was over 48°C every day for six weeks. That's very hot!
But deserts are not always hot. After dark, deserts are very cold.
Not many animals and plants can live in a desert, because it doesn't rain very often. But one animal likes the desert — the camel. It has big feet to walk on the sand. It can live for a long time without water. Sometimes it doesn't drink anything for weeks — so it gets very thirsty! When it finds water it can drink 100 liters(升) at a time.
【小题1】What’s the weather like in a desert?

A．Always hot.

B．Always cold

C．Warm and wind

D．Hot in the daytime, cold in the night

【小题2】How many days is the temperature over 48°C in Death Valley?

A．6 days

B．30 days

C．42 days

D．48 days

【小题3】Which animal can live in the desert?

A．Camels

B．Horses

C．Tigers

D．Dogs

【小题4】The hottest place in the world is ______________.

A．Sahara Desert

B．Death Valley

C．Australia

D．We don’t know

【小题5】How is a camel like?

A．It has big nose

B．It can drink much water.

C．It can’t live for 7 days without water.

D．It can live for 100 years.

The hottest place in the world is the Sahara Desert in Africa. But there are deserts in many other places: in America, in Asia and in Australia. In 1917 the temperature in Death Valley, in the United States, was over 48°C every day for six weeks. That's very hot!
But deserts are not always hot. After dark, deserts are very cold.
Not many animals and plants can live in a desert, because it doesn't rain very often. But one animal likes the desert — the camel. It has big feet to walk on the sand. It can live for a long time without water. Sometimes it doesn't drink anything for weeks — so it gets very thirsty! When it finds water it can drink 100 liters(升) at a time.
【小题1】What’s the weather like in a desert?

A．Always hot.

B．Always cold

C．Warm and wind

D．Hot in the daytime, cold in the night

【小题2】How many days is the temperature over 48°C in Death Valley?

A．6 days

B．30 days

C．42 days

D．48 days

【小题3】Which animal can live in the desert?

A．Camels

B．Horses

C．Tigers

D．Dogs

【小题4】The hottest place in the world is ______________.

A．Sahara Desert

B．Death Valley

C．Australia

D．We don’t know

【小题5】How is a camel like?

A．It has big nose

B．It can drink much water.

C．It can’t live for 7 days without water.

D．It can live for 100 years.

The hottest place in the world is the Sahara Desert in Africa. But there are deserts in many other places: in America, in Asia and in Australia. In 1917 the temperature in Death Valley, in the United States, was over 48°C every day for six weeks. That's very hot!
But deserts are not always hot. After dark, deserts are very cold.
Not many animals and plants can live in a desert, because it doesn't rain very often. But one animal likes the desert — the camel. It has big feet to walk on the sand. It can live for a long time without water. Sometimes it doesn't drink anything for weeks — so it gets very thirsty! When it finds water it can drink 100 liters(升) at a time.
【小题1】What’s the weather like in a desert?

A．Always hot.

B．Always cold

C．Warm and wind

D．Hot in the daytime, cold in the night

【小题2】How many days is the temperature over 48°C in Death Valley?

A．6 days

B．30 days

C．42 days

D．48 days

【小题3】Which animal can live in the desert?

A．Camels

B．Horses

C．Tigers

D．Dogs

【小题4】The hottest place in the world is ______________.

A．Sahara Desert

B．Death Valley

C．Australia

D．We don’t know

【小题5】How is a camel like?

A．It has big nose

B．It can drink much water.

C．It can’t live for 7 days without water.

D．It can live for 100 years.

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　　Hank was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking somewhere to make a telephone call. His car had broken down outside the town and he wanted to get in touch with the car factory. Low clouds were moving across the sky and there was a cold wet wind blowing off the sea. It had rained in the night and water was falling from the trees that lined the street. Hank was glad that he was wearing a thick coat.

　　There was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom he could ask. Hank had thought he might find a small shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job, but the town was completely dead.

　　Then suddenly Hank found what he was looking for. In a dark narrow street there was a small post office and next to it was the town's only public call box. Hank hurried there but stopped in surprise when he saw through the dirty glass that there was a woman inside. She was very fat, and was wearing a cheap blue raincoat. Hank could not see her face-she was facing the phone with her back against the glass and didn't even raise her head at the sound of his coming nearer and nearer. Carefully, slowly and surprisedly, Hank moved forward, stood a few feet away and lit a cigarette (香烟).

1．How was the weather of the day when the story happened?

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A．Cold, windy but clear.

B．Wet, cloudy but warm.

C．Rainy, windy and cold.

D．Windy, cold and cloudy.

2．Why did Hank want to get in touch with the car factory?

[　　]

A．He lost his way while walking along the street.

B．He wanted to find a public call box.

C．He needed to be helped over the difficulty.

D．He felt afraid in the deadly quiet place.

3．The underlined word what in the passage refers to (指的是) ________.

[　　]

4．Hank was surprised when he saw a woman in the box because ________.

[　　]

A．she was too fat to turn around

B．she was wearing a cheap raincoat

C．he could not see the woman's face

D．he never thought it had been taken up

5．Hank stood a few feet away from the box because ________.

[　　]

A．he wanted to have a smoke and take a short rest

B．the woman inside didn't know that he had come nearer

C．he thought it was not safe to be close to the strange woman

D．he thought it was not polite to listen to others' phone calls