Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) or D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
　　China lies mainly in the northern temperate zone under the influence of monsoon(季风). Form September and October to March and April next year monsoon blow from Siberia and the Mongolia Plateau into China and decrease in force as it goes southward, causing dry and cold winter in the country and a temperature difference of 40℃ between the north and south. The temperature in China is 5℃ to 18℃ lower than that in other countries on the same latitude in winter. Monsoon blows into China from the ocean in summer, bringing warm and wet currents, thus rain.
　　Great differences in climate are found from region to region owing to China' s extensive territory and complex topography(地形). The northern part of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China has no summer, Hainan Island has a long summer but no winter; the Huaihe River valley features four clear seasons; the western part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is covered by snow all year round; the southern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is spring-like all the year; and the northwestern inland region sees a great drop of temperature in the day.
　　36. Which of the following statements about monsoon is true?
　　A) Monsoon makes the temperature 5℃ to 18~C lower.
　　B) Monsoon blowing from May to August brings rain.
　　C) Monsoon goes from Siberia and the Mongolia Plateau.
　　D) Monsoon causes dry and cold summer in the country.
　　37. The word“current”in the first paragraph most probably means“ ________”.
　　A) a body of onward running water
　　B) a tendency, movement, or course
　　C) a mass of continuous moving gas
　　D) a flow of electric charge
　　38. There is a great difference in climate from region to region in China because ________.
　　A) China is so large in size and complicated in landform
　　B) it's very hot in summer and extremely cold in winter
　　C) the northern part has no summer and southern no winter
　　D) China lies in temperate zone under the influence of monsoon
　　39. According to the passage, the southern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau ________.
　　A) has a long summer and short winter
　　B) is hot in the day and cold in the night
　　C) is cold in winter but hot in summer
　　D) is neither very hot nor very cold
　　40. This passage most likely taken from ________.
　　A) a column in an evening newspaper
　　B) an article from a news magazine
　　C) an advertisement from a booklet
　　D) a section of a geographic book

　　参考译文
　　中国大部分地区位于北温带，受季风的影响。每年的九、十月份到来年的三、四月份，来自西伯利亚和蒙古高原的季风进入中国，并随着向南的推移风力逐渐减弱，使得中国冬季干燥而寒冷，并造成南北40摄氏度的温差。中国比其他处于同一纬度上的国家冬季气温要低5到l8摄氏度。夏季来自海洋的季风给中国带来温暖、湿润的气流，从而形成降雨。
　　由于中国领土广阔，地形复杂，各地区的气候差别很大。中国东北地区的黑龙江北部没有夏天，海南有漫长的夏季而没有冬季，而淮河流域四季分明，青藏高原西部则终年积雪，云贵高原南部则四季如春，而西北部内陆一天之内温差很大。
　　答案及精解
　　36．【答案精解】B。判断题。从文章第一段我们得知季风有两类：一类来自西伯利亚和蒙古高原，一类来自海洋，各有不同特点。A、C、D项都没有说清楚是哪种季风，故排除。
　　37．【答案精解】C。释义题。从currents之后的thus rain“从而形成雨”，可推出currents具有形成雨的功能，根据常识，气流形成雨，得出currents的意思是“不断移动的气流”。
　　38．【答案精解】A。细节题。从文章第二段句首Great differences in climate are found from region to region owing to China's extensive territory and complex topography(地形)，得出气候差异的原因是领土广阔且地形复杂。
　　39．【答案精解】D。细节题。从文章中the southern part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is spring-like all the year，我们可以断定云贵高原南部四季如春——既不太冷，也不太热。
　　40．【答案精解】D。推理题。整个文章说的是关于中国的气候及不同地区的不同气候，从而推断可能出现在地理课本上。