Question

　　No one can change the weather.But if read the signs correctly around us，we can know how the weather will be.This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting.For many centuries and in all countries，people have studied the weather and tried to make weather forecasting.Rings around the sun are a sign of coming rain.Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather.Their joints(關節) ache.Some birds fly high if the fine weather is coming，but they fly near ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way.It is probably because of the insects which they are hunting fly low.If you see a rainbow during rainy weather，this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine.Such rainbows come in the evening.If the stars twinkle clearly at night，then fine weather will continue.If a fog appears in the evening just above a river，then the day will be warm.If the sunset is mostly red in color，then the morning，rainy weather will probably come.Most of the above sayings have been made by the people who have used their eyes and brains to make weather forecasting.

　　根據短文內容，選擇最佳答案。

　　( ) 1.People's joints ache _______.

　　A.is a sign of coming rain

　　B.because they are ill

　　C.without any reason

　　D.because of the insects

　　( ) 2.Which is true about weather forecasting?

　　A.Weather forecasting is a report about the weather on the following day or two.

　　B.Weather forecasting is a way of telling what the weather will be like.

　　C.People can change the weather forecasting.

　　D.Weather forecasting is a sign of coming rain.

　　( ) 3.The birds fly high and the stars twinkle clearly is a sign that the weather will _______.

　　A.be rainy

　　B.be warm

　　C.continue clear and fine

　　D.be cold

　　( ) 4.A rainbow during rainy weather is a _______ of the fine weather.

　　A.sign B.way C.method D.road

　　( ) 5.We must _______ to make weather forecasting.

　　A.use our eyes and brains

　　B.study the weather hard

　　C.read the weather hard

　　D.all of the above

Answer 1

　　1.A 根據短文 Many people feel in their bones the coming of wet weather.可知，人們的一些關節疼痛是雨天來臨的標志。

　　2.B 根據短文內容可知，天氣預報是對未來幾天的預測;不是對天氣的報道，也不是雨天的標志，即排除 A、D;根據短文第一句可知“人們更不能改變天氣”排除 C，所以答案是 B。

　　3.C 根據短文中 Some birds fly high if the fine weather is coming，和 If the stars twinkle clearly at night，then fine weather will continue.可知，鳥兒飛的高和夜晚星光燦爛是天氣晴朗、溫度適宜的象征。

　　4.A 根據短文中 If you see a rainbow during rainy weather，this is a sign that the weather will become clear and fine.可知，雨后彩虹是天氣晴朗的標志。

　　5.D 從整篇文章來看，對天氣的了解不僅靠人們的眼睛和大腦，還要繼續多觀察和研究，所以選 D。