In the north of Europe it is very cold in winter. In the south of Europe the summer is often very hot. In the south of Spain(1) and in North Africa(2) the summer is always hot.

　　Water freezes(3) at 0℃. When water freezes, it changes from a liquid(4) into ice. Water boils(5) at 100℃. When water boils, it changes from a liquid into steam(6).

　　Notes: (1)Spain/speIn/n. 西班牙 (2)Africa/`frIk/n.非洲 (3)freeze/fri：z/v.結(jié)冰 (4)liquid/`lIkwId/n.液體 (5)boil/bIl/v.沸騰;(水)開 (6)steam/sti：m/ n.蒸汽

　　1.What is the weather like in summer in England?

　　A.Very hot. B.Warm. C.Cool. D.Both A and C.

　　2.What do you think "the north of Europe" means?

　　A.A part of a country. B.The capital of Europe.

　　C.A country in the north of Europe.

　　D.A part of Europe.

　　3.When water freezes, it changes from_____into_____.

　　A.water, ice B.water, steam

　　C.steam, ice D.ice, water

　　4.The writer wants to tell us something about______.

　　A.the weather in Europe B.the weather in England

　　C.some knowledge of the temperature

　　D. three states of water

　　閱讀理解練習(xí)題參考答案：

　　1-4 DDAC

　　中考英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題2：

　　In the United States and Canada，people often invite friends over for a meal，a party，or just coffee.

　　Here are the kinds of things people always say."Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?""Hey，we're having a party on Friday.Can you come?To reply to an invitation，either say thank you and accept(接受)，or say sorry and give an excuse(藉口).Sometimes，however(但是)，what people say is like invitations but which are not real invitations.For example："Please come over for a drink sometime.""Let's get together for lunch soon."They are not real invitations because they don't talk about the date or time.They just show that the person is trying to be friendly.To reply to this，people just say"Sure，that would be great."or"OK，thank you."So next time you hear what is like an invitation，listen carefully.Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly?

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

　　1.Do people in the US often invite friends to dinner?

　　2.If you get an invitation，what would you say first?

　　3.Is it a real invitation，when people say"Come over for a coffee sometime，please.

　　4.Why do people say this if they don't really want to invite their friends to come?

　　閱讀理解練習(xí)題參考答案：

　　1.Yes，they do.

　　2.Thank you.

　　3.No，it isn't.

　　4.They just want to be friendly.