（荐）2015北外网院专升本入学考试英语题目汇编阅读理解1(含答案).doc

绿色学习，快乐考试/阅读理解1Passage OneVisitors to Britain are often surprised to find that the weather is an almost inexhaustible topic of conversation. This is because there is always an element of surprise in the British climate. In some countries, people can put away their raincoats for several months and let out their fires during the burning heat of the summer. Not so in England, where we never know from one day to the next what is in store for us. One year, we had a spell of very hot weather in early June and decided to spend the weekend at the seaside. I packed the suitcases and got the children ready to leave. When at last everything was in the car I sat down in the front seat, hot and tired, and gradually revived in the pleasant, cool breeze as my husband drove towards the coast. For the first few miles I thought happily of sea and sand and peace. But not for long, the sky began to cloud over and we hoped that the sun would shine next day. Saturday was also wet, with a cold wind, which reminded us sharply of winter. We sat round the fire playing indoor games. The following day was still chilly, wet and unfriendly. Perhaps the English have had to develop a sort of, flexibility in dealing with the unexpected, a flexibility which would be quite unnecessary in more predictable climates. There is an old story of a Devonshire man who was caught in a heavy storm when he was crossing part of Dartmoor with a friend, on his way to wedding. They were miles from any shelter；there was not even a tree in sight. They had set out in bright sunshine and had thought the weather was set fair, but soon black clouds began to build up in the sky and it became clear that a storm was threatening. There was nothing in sight but rocks and low bushes and the men were wearing only suits, with no means of protecting themselves from the coming rain. One of them had an idea；he undressed and put everything neatly folded under a large rock. His friend, more cautious, did not do so