小升初英语专项复习讲与练（通用版）-[第35讲] 阅读步步高（六）（含答案）

小升初英语专项复习讲与练（通用版）-[第35讲] 阅读步步高（六）（含答案）

知识大储备

happen to 碰巧 storm 风暴

expression 表达 distance 距离

explanation 解释，说明 include 包括

as far as 就。。而言 pollution 污染

imagine 想象 Rome 罗马

realize 意识到 Greece 希腊

blame 责备 India 印度

disagree 不同意 Singapore 新加坡

object 物体

ancient times 古代 global warming 全球变暖

It’s Raining What?

If you happen to be in England when it’s raining hard, you will probably hear someone say, “It’s raining cats and dogs.” Nobody knows how this expression started and, as far as we know, it has never happened. But if cats and dogs don’t rain down on us, other things do!

In August 2004, in Knighton, England, John Dean was putting his shopping in his car when it started to rain. Suddenly, he felt something hit him on the head. When he turned, he saw lots of small fish on the ground. Imagine his surprise when he realized they were coming down with the rain.

Two years earlier, the people of Korona in northern Greece had reported another fish shower, and there have been others outside Europe: in India, Singapore, and even the USA.

Some people blame it on global warming or pollution, but scientists disagree. People have reported fish showers since ancient times. Pliny the Elder, a Roman philosopher（哲学家）, was the first to report one in the 1st century A.D.

So, what’s the explan ation? Meteorologists（气象学家）say that in bad weather strong winds can pick up small objects and carry them long distances. When there’s a sto rm, these objects fall with the rain. And fish are not the only things that rain down. There have been showers of many things, including frogs, tomatoes, coal, and even jellyfish!

测试题

I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are al l going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas so he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house. We’re going to New York by trains, and then take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we are going to some countries for sightseeing. We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home. It takes us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy.

We also talk about how we will go to Europe. At first we want to fly because it will be faster and will save more time, but my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1．My father will not go on the trip because __________.

A．he doesn’t like travels

B．staying at home is more interesting

C．he is too old to travel