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  • 1. (2020八下·温州竞赛) 阅读下列短文,在空白处填入适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

    Will it come rain or come shine? It's important to know how to check the weather forecast when you live in a foreign country.

    A quick look at the newspaper can tell you should carry an umbrella, sunglasses or a warm coat when you go out to face the world. A weather report usually (come) with the heading "Weather Outlook" or just simply "Weather". To put as much information as possible into a small space, a weather report has some (usual)language. They don't choose attractive words but the simple and direct ones. Forecasts do not use common sentences, but use words or phrases instead, like "Brief sunny periods and heavy thunder showers later. "People read a weather page quickly without spending a long time on it, writers do not need full sentences.

    A weather report has these parts: a general forecast, a detailed forecast, world weather, pollution levels and times and tides. Most forecasts begin with a report with general information of that day's weather. (follow) the general forecast is more detailed information. There are of course temperature forecasts. Depending on you are, they will be in Celsius(摄氏温度) or Fahrenheit(华氏温度) . For example, in Britain, temperatures{give) in both. In the U. S. , only Fahrenheit is used. (go) from Fahrenheit to Celsius, you should take away 32 from the temperature and divide by 1.8.

    Most newspapers also have a brief list of weather conditions in important(city) around the world. With pollution becoming a global problem, many forecasts give the day's pollution levels. There is usually information also on when the sun (rise) and set. This is useful for farmers and other early risers.

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