Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not (1)______. It (2)______ from minute to minute, so it.s always interesting. Someone once said that other (3)______ have a climate, but England just has weather! Tom was amused by all this talk at first, but he gets used to it now.
Last week Tom really (4)______ why everyone is so concerned about the weather. You call never be certain what.s going to happen. (5)______ it was spring, there was a very heavy snowfall. As usual, no one (6)______it. The pipes in many houses froze; trains (7)______ to run; cars got stuck: there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements (人行道) and got hurt. The weather forecast (预报) was very bad. Everyone complained (抱怨) "What terrible weather we (8)______! Haven.t seen anything like it!" and so on. And then, suddenly, the sun (9)______ out, the snow melted (溶化) and it was spring (10)______.
1. A. amusing B. surprising C. exciting D. interesting
2. A. goes B. becomes C. gets D. changes
3. A. countries B. places C. cities D. continents
4. A. understood B. saw C. felt D. got
5. A. Since B. Though C. Because D. For
6. A. expected B. thought C. knew D. touched
7. A. failed B. fell C. stopped D. began
8. A. see B. get C. have D. like
9. A. rose B. came C. disappeared D. appeared
10. A. too B. as well C. also D. again
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