沈阳查字典中考网：2013年沈阳中考英语复习每日一练11月26日阅读理解专练。（答案及分析见下页）
In western countries, people always talk about the weather, but nobody can do anything about it. That is the truth. They usually begin their talks with A nice day, isnt it? Do you think it will rain? What a fine day! etc.
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they can never agree with one another. One man may say, Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? Its going to rain tomorrow. Another man would say, No, its going to be fine tomorrow. People are often looking for the weather that they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something that could tell him its going to rain; he wont believe anything else. When friends want to have a travel, they are sure that the weather is going to clear up very quickly. Almost everyone listens to what the weather man says. But he doesnt always tell us what we want, and once in a while he makes a mistake. Still, he probably comes closer to being correct than anyone else.
1. Nobody can do anything about the weather means ____.
A. nobody can change weatherB. nobody can talk about weather
C. nobody can make weatherD. nobody likes weather
2. ____ is a common way to start a talk.
A. Smile B. Talking about weather
C. Keeping silentD. Asking each others names
3. Many people hope the weather will be ____.
A. cloudyB. like what they like to be
C. rainy D. fine
4. A weatherman probably is a man who ____.
A. can see weather B. can change weather
C. reports weather D. is made of weather
5. When it is cloudy in the east, you know that ____ tomorrow.
A. it will be still cloudyB. it will be fine
沈阳查字典中考网：2013年沈阳中考英语复习每日一练11月26日阅读理解专练答案及分析：
1.A．原句子的意思是说人们对于天气是无能为力的，即人们不能改变天气状况，故A符合。
2.B．从文章中第一段最后我们知道，人们经常以谈论天气开始引出话语，所以B项为正确答案。
3.B．不同的人希望不同的天气，所以人们都希望天气像自己盼望的那样。
4.C．天气预报员是预报天气的人，即C。
5.D．当东方出现云层时，我们无法断定明天到底是什么天气，所以A，B，C项都有可能，故选D。