25、Different weather, different feelings

Different weather makes people feel different. It influences health, intelligence(智商) and feelings.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month.In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence . For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ(智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10％ below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August)

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people became stronger.

Low air pressure may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃.That is the “good weather”.

Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.

1. ______ can have a bad effect on health. 

A. Hot and wet weather           B. Good weather

C. Warm weather                  D. High intelligence

2. People may have more intelligence when ______ comes.

A. a rain                   B. very hot weather           C. a strong wind        D. low air pressure

3. Low air pressure may make people ________.

A. forgetful         B. sad                       C. angry                    D. tired

4. In “good weather” of 18℃, _______.

A. people are very forgetful     B. people can’t do their work well

C. thin people feel cold            D. people are in better health

5. The writer wants to tell us that ________________.

A. hot and cold weather influence all people in the same way

B. weather influences people’s lives

C. IQ never changes when weather changes

D. there is a good kind of weather for people’s work and health

23、根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)木渥�，使�?duì)話完整、正確。

Fan Hua(F) is a TV host(節(jié)目主持人). He is asking Raja(R) what he thinks about family life.

F: Well, Raja, would you like to begin? Is family life in Wuhan different from that in your country?

R: 1__________. I can see some differences.

F: Oh, like what?

R: Well, the family seems to be smaller here than in my country. For you, the family is only mum, dad and child.

F: 2______________?

R: We have a bigger family.

F: 3__________?

R: Yes. In Pakistan, we usually have grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers or sisters living in a big family.

F: I see, and you look after old family members yourselves, don’t you?

R: 4_________.

F: It is the same as that in China’s country and remote areas(邊遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)). Oh yes, 5______________?

R: Yes, I enjoy it very much, but I also enjoy ours.

22、There _____ some books, a lamp, a computer and a clock on the desk.

A. is    B. are          C. be

21、It is all white with snow in Hubei now. I n Australia it is very _____.

A. cold        B. warm      C. hot

20、Mr. Smith was _____ sad at the bad news and he drank ______.

A. much too; too much      B. too much; much too   C. much too; much too

19、The teacher asked us whether _____ four seasons in a year in our country.

A. there are         B. are there         C. there were

18、--How long has Emily been a teacher? 

-- ___________.

A. Five years ago                 B. In 2002             C. Since 2000

17、Hold on to your dreams, and they ______ true one day.

A. will come                       B. would come              C. come

16、_____ he _____she is able to skate, but I am .

A. Either, or                             B. Neither, nor                  C. Not only, but also