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 severe disruption. 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 the snow, building snowmen, having snowball fights, sledging 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In London, bus services were withdrawn for a day and tubes and trains were cancelled.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 (10 billion yuan) to businesses and the economy.
Anyone who wanted to leave the country had problems too. Runways were closed at all the UK’s major airports because of the amount of snow. Hundreds of flights were cancelled leaving some 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（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.
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: Which of the following facts is FALSE according to the passage?
A．More than 3000 schools had to close for the heavy snow.
B．Major motorways in the country had to close for the bad weather.
C．Runways were closed at all the UK’s major airports for the amount of snow.
D．The government organized to clear the snow away with snow-ploughs and gritters.
小題2: What does the underlined phrase venture out probably mean in last paragraph?
A．go outB．search out
C．take no risksD．stay indoors
小題3: What can we learn from the passage?
A．School children seemed happy to head out to play in the snow though schools had to close.
B．The cost of the lost labor reached around 10 billion yuan to businesses and the economy.
C．Hundreds of flights couldn’t land because the runways were closed at major British airports.
D．Tubes and trains in London were cancelled, but drivers were still driving in main motorways.
小題4:What can we infer from the passage?
A．The heavy snow is what the British have been expecting for 18 years.
B．The heavy snow has been a very rare heavy one in the UK for 18 years.
C．The heavy snow doesn't please school children at all.
D．The government isn’t ill-prepared for snow.
小題5:Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A．Harsh Winters Visit Britain
B．Heavy Snow Hits the UK
C．Bad Weather Causes Chaos Just in London
D．Heavy Snow Causes Disruption Only in Motorways

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:B

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:D 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(méi)有這么多的機(jī)器來(lái)處理積雪，故D項(xiàng)的陳述是錯(cuò)誤的。
小題2:A 推理題。根據(jù)本句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!是， 作者建議我們?nèi)绻皇欠堑贸鋈�，就待在家里。故該詞是指出去的意思，故A正確。
小題3:A 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(kāi)心的，故Ａ正確。
小題4:B 推斷題。根據(jù)第一段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.說(shuō)明在過(guò)去的18年里，這場(chǎng)雪是最大的。故B正確。
小題5:B 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。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文介紹了一場(chǎng)暴雪對(duì)英國(guó)的影響，測(cè)試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)上的邏輯推理能力，要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系，對(duì)未說(shuō)明的趨勢(shì)或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷；或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點(diǎn)理論，對(duì)文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。
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