There is always plenty of rain in Britain the whole year round. As a rule, the month with the least rainfall is July. At best, out of the 31 days of July, you might get 21 days of dry weather and sunshine. In July of 1973, London did not se a single drop of rain, but that was a rare exception. At that time, foreign tourists kept on asking the British where they had “imported” their sunshine form. Throughout the British Isles there is an annual rainfall of about 110 centimeters. England alone gets 89 centimeters annually of that British total. One an average, May to July are the driest months in England, and November to early March the wettest .A period of as long as 3 weeks without rain is exceptional and normally confined to limited areas like the coasts of southwest England, Wales and the west coast of Scotland. June and July are the months of longest sunlight: from about 4:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
36.Which of the following is Not REUE of the climate in Britain?
[A]Prevailing southwesterly winds.
[B]Variable weather from day to day.
[C]Snowfalls lasting for 2-3 weeks very winter.
[D]Warm and cold days in between in spring.
37.The depressions from the Atlantic Ocean moved ___.
[A]from the northeast to the west
[B]from the southwest to the east
[C]from the northwest to the southeast
[D]from the east to the southwest
38.The period that is both coldest and wettest in Britain is ____.
[A]between December and the middle of March
[B]between early November and April
[C]between November and early March
[D]between early December and early March
39.A person who hates both rain and hot weather should choose to visit Britain in ____.
[A]May [B]June [C]July [D]August
40.This passage is mainly about ____ in Britain.
[A]winds [B]climate [C]sunshine [D]rainfall
Ⅲ.用国际音标标出下列单词中划线字母或字母组合的读音(本大题共20小题，每两小题1分，共20分)(注意：使用新式或老式音标均可)
41.argument 42.gangster 43.collapse 44.major
45.fairly 46.feature 47.relieve 48.explosion
49.available 50.impressin 51.courteous 52.essential
53.heavy 54.enthusiasm 55.annoy 56.mechanic
57.awkward 58.contribute 59.thorough 60.bequeath
Ⅳ.完形填空(本大题共20小题，每两小题1分，共10分)
A.从下列单词中选择适当的词填空，每个词只能用一次。
taking speak that before
enjoy out experience having
study first learn it
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