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【題目】Summer Rain

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.

As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather.

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.

As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems dull. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and considerably cooler — weather tomorrow.

【1】When the author was a child, he ______.

A. preferred cooler weather

B. hated rainy days

C. liked staying indoors

D. dreamed on summer days

【2】We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

A. was often left alone at home

B. preferred reading to playing outside

C. had no brothers or sisters

D. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter

【3】As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.

A. he knows it won’t last long

B. his summer holiday is very short

C. he can better deal with his holiday

D. rain makes the weather cooler

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

試題分析：小時(shí)候下雨不能出去玩在家沒(méi)意思，所以厭惡下雨天。長(zhǎng)大后對(duì)雨的態(tài)度發(fā)生了變化，因?yàn)橛昴軒��?lái)涼爽和舒適。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第三段On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage.和I’d drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.可知作者小時(shí)候因?yàn)橄掠瓴荒艹鋈ネ嬖诩覜](méi)意思，所以厭惡下雨天，故選B.

【2】C細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第三段I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with.可知作者是獨(dú)生子，C正確；根據(jù)My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone可知A錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside可知B錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold可知D錯(cuò)誤，故選C.

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)最后一段When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable.可知作者長(zhǎng)大后對(duì)雨的態(tài)度發(fā)生了變化，因?yàn)橛昴軒��?lái)涼爽和舒適。故選D.