4. Mr. Flowers had tried to ______ to protect his glass.

　 A. be on watch in his free time 　　　　　B. ask the headmaster for help

　 C. pick up all the stones around his garden 　D. do all the above

3. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near by his glass-houses _______.

　 A. at times when school-boys were walking near them

　 B. all the school day when there were no boys about

　 C. where he could not be seen by the boys passing

　 D. in his free time at the beginning and end of the school day

2. Boys were often tempted to ________.

　 A. throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-house　 B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

　 C. be in or near by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses　 D. play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

1. It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ________.

　 A. build glass-houses in his free time　　　　　 B. grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

　 C. win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color　 D. grow a rose with the longest name

5. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in __________.

　 A. taking pictures of the earth 　B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere

　 C. weather forecasting 　　　　D. doing other work in many ways

Key: A D D D C

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There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比赛). He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup (银杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice (布告) made of good, strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.

4. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _________.

　 A. one day 　　　　B. two days

　 C. five days 　　　D. seven days or even longer

3. Meteorologists forecast the weather _______.

　 A. without studying satellite pictures

　 B. before they receive satellite pictures

　 C. when they have received satellite pictures

　 D. after they have compared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones

2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere？Because _______.

　 A. clouds form there 　　　　　　　　　B. the weather forms there

　 C. the weather satellites can do it easily 　D. the pictures can forecast the weather

1. Satellites travel __________.

　 A. in space　 　B. above space　 　C. above the ground 　D. in the atmosphere

6.　　　　　　　 7.　　　　　　　 8.　　　　　　　 9.　　　　　　　 5.　　　　　　　

原文中说Two and half years ago he came to the city and began to study in a middle school. 而改写中却是He is in Grade_______(1) now. 由原文中的Two and half years ago 可知第(1)空要填Three. 原文中说He studies hard and gets on well with his classmates, 而改写中却是He studies hard and his classmates are _______(2) to him. 由于“他与同学相处融洽”那么“他的同学一定是对他很友好了”。因此第二空填kind或friendly。第3空是一个典型的同义句改写，即help sb. with sth. 与help sb. to do sth. 的转换。 第4, 5, 7空与原文几乎没多大差别可先填好(4) born, (5) rich, (7) afternoon。原文中的and does his best to make excuses to punish him 正是改写文中and does _______(6) he can to punish him 要表达的意思。这里does后面是一个宾语从句，而从句缺少引导词，因此填入what正合适。而原文中的…all the students went to have lunch 与改写文中的all the students went _______(8) lunch. went to have lunch 与went for lunch 同义。故第8空填for。改写中的_______(9) the headmaster saw this, he wanted to _______(10) him. But he failed that day again. 是对原文第二段后面部分的概括，通过比较我们知道改写中要表达的意思是“当校长看见那种情况时，他想惩罚他，但那一天他又失败了”。因此第9空填，when第10空填punish。

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Now satellites are helping to forecast(预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists(气象学家) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (提前).