In English the weather is changable. It is a ___1____ subject of conversation. “ Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow. ” People often ___2____ a conversation ___3_____ these words(話(huà)).

Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like, but they hardly (幾乎不) ever agree with each other.

____4___ may say,“Do  you see ____5____ in the east ? It’s going to rain tomorrow . ” Another man will say,“No . It’s going to be fine . ” People often ____6___ the weather they want. When a farmer needs water , he looks for something to tell him. “ It’s going to rain. ” He won’t believe (相信) anything else. When friends have a picnic (舉行野餐) , they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can ____7___ under the blue sky . Almost (幾乎) everyone ____8____ what the weather (氣象預(yù)報(bào)員) will say. But he doesn’t always __9___ us what we want , and sometimes he makes mistakes (犯錯(cuò)誤) . Still he usually  _10_ closer to being correct (正確)  than anyone else.

1.                A．important       B．common        C．interesting D．difficult

2.                A．set off          B．start           C．began    D．stops

3.                A．off            B．by             C．with D．for

4.                A．One people     B．A man          C．Other men    D．Another man

5.                A．it is cloudy      B．cloudy is it       C．cloudy it is D．is it cloudy

6.                A．look for        B．look up         C．look at    D．a(chǎn)sk for

7.                A．sits            B．sitting          C．sit   D．to sit

8.                A．hears          B．listens          C．hears from    D．listens to

9.                A．a(chǎn)sk            B．tell            C．speak    D．say

10.               A．come          B．comes         C．is coming  D．to come

In English the weather is changable. It is a ___1____ subject of conversation. “ Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “I think it’s going to snow. ” People often ___2____ a conversation ___3_____ these words(話(huà)).
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like, but they hardly (幾乎不) ever agree with each other.
____4___ may say,“Do  you see ____5____ in the east ? It’s going to rain tomorrow . ” Another man will say,“No . It’s going to be fine . ” People often ____6___ the weather they want. When a farmer needs water , he looks for something to tell him. “ It’s going to rain. ” He won’t believe (相信) anything else. When friends have a picnic (舉行野餐) , they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can ____7___ under the blue sky . Almost (幾乎) everyone ____8____ what the weather (氣象預(yù)報(bào)員) will say. But he doesn’t always __9___ us what we want , and sometimes he makes mistakes (犯錯(cuò)誤) . Still he usually  _10_ closer to being correct (正確)  than anyone else.

Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with“Isn’t it a nice day?”
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly(幾乎不) agree with each other. One man may say,“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.”Another man will say,“No, it’s going to be fine tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for
something to tell him it’s going to rain; he won’t believe(相信)anything else. When friends have a travel, they are sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly.
Almost(幾乎)everyone listens to what the weatherman says, but he doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes mistakes. Still(仍然), he probably(或許)comes closer to being right than anyone else.
【小題1】“No one does anything about the weather”means ______.