Question

Summer Rain

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.

As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather.

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.

As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems dull. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and considerably cooler — weather tomorrow.

1.When the author was a child, he ______.

A. preferred cooler weather

B. hated rainy days

C. liked staying indoors

D. dreamed on summer days

2.We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

A. was often left alone at home

B. preferred reading to playing outside

C. had no brothers or sisters

D. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter

3.As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.

A. he knows it won’t last long

B. his summer holiday is very short

C. he can better deal with his holiday

D. rain makes the weather cooler

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析：小时候下雨不能出去玩在家没意思，所以厌恶下雨天。长大后对雨的态度发生了变化，因为雨能带来凉爽和舒适。

1.B细节推理题。根据第三段On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage.和I’d drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.可知作者小时候因为下雨不能出去玩在家没意思，所以厌恶下雨天，故选B.

2.C细节推理题。根据第三段I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with.可知作者是独生子，C正确；根据My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone可知A错误；根据On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside可知B错误；根据第一段All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold可知D错误，故选C.

3.When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable.可知作者长大后对雨的态度发生了变化，因为雨能带来凉爽和舒适。故选D.

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