The British usually expect one or two snowfalls each year but the amount of snow rarely affects everyday life. However, this week Britain has had the worst snow it has seen in around 18 years. Some places had more than 30cm in a day.
The bad weather caused a lot of trouble. More than 3000 schools had to close as teachers and pupils were unable to get to school. School children weren’t too unhappy about it, though, as they headed out to play in the snow: building snowmen; having snowball fights; and some even snowboarding and skiing.
In London, bus services were withdrawn for a day and tubes and trains were cancelled. Major motorways in the country had to close. Many people were unable to get to work and it is thought the cost of this lost labor is around￡1 billion to businesses and the economy.
Anyone wanting to leave the country had problems too. Runways were closed at all the UK’s major airports because of the snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled leaving many passengers stranded at airports.
So why is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, explained that there aren’t enough snow-ploughs and other equipment and it doesn’t make sense to buy such equipment when it snows so infrequently.
The south-east of England was the hardest hit at the beginning of the week but the snow is now moving northwards where the chaos continues. More ice and snow is forecast throughout the week and the advice from travel and weather organizations is to stay indoors unless you really need to venture out!
【小題1】The bad weather caused the following troubles except

A．school children headed out, playing in the snow
B．more than 3000 schools had been closed
C．bus services were withdrawn in London
D．hundreds of flights were cancelled
【小題2】 The underlined word “stranded” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _____________.
A．hungryB．sleepyC．trapped D．excited
【小題3】We can infer from the passage that ____________________.
A．few people will travel around in the future days
B．heavy snow will hit Britain more frequently in the future
C．only school children benefit from the heavy snow
D．employees are glad to be free because of the snow
【小題4】From what Boris Johnson said we can learn that _________________________.
A．the UK will always be ill-prepared for heavy snow
B．the snow now moving northwards will cause no trouble
C．London can’t afford to buy snow-ploughs and other equipments
D．London doesn’t have enough snow-ploughs and other equipments
【小題5】Which of the following statements can be the best title of the passage?
A．Hardest snow hit south-east of England.
B．Heavy snow caused chaos in Britain.
C．Unexpected snowfall, pleasant time for children.
D．Great loss to businesses and the economy in Britain.


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：本文是一則新聞報(bào)告，介紹了英國(guó)的這一場(chǎng)18年來(lái)最大的雪災(zāi)對(duì)英人的生活帶來(lái)的影響。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段后3行school children weren’t too unhappy about it though as they headed out to play the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights, sledging and some even snowboarding and skiing.說(shuō)明孩子們不上學(xué)，而在家里玩耍，他們很開心的，說(shuō)明這不是壞天氣造成的麻煩，故Ａ正確。
【小題2】猜詞題。根據(jù)第四段的句子：Hundreds of flights were cancelled leaving many passengers stranded at airports. 可知很多航班被取消，使乘客滯留在機(jī)場(chǎng)，故C正確。
【小題3】推理題：從第三段和第四段的內(nèi)容，可知公共汽車，高速公路和航班都被延誤，所以很多人不會(huì)四處走動(dòng)的，選A
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第五段So why is the UK so ill-prepared for snow? The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, explained that there aren’t enough snow –ploughs（鏟雪機(jī)）and gritters（撒沙機(jī)）and it doesn’t make sense to buy such equipment when it snows so infrequently.說(shuō)明倫敦市沒有這么多的機(jī)器來(lái)處理積雪，選D。
【小題5】主旨大意題。本文是一則新聞報(bào)告，介紹了英國(guó)的這一場(chǎng)18年來(lái)最大的雪災(zāi)對(duì)英人的生活帶來(lái)的影響。故B正確。
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