大学英语A4一、阅读理解1、Englandisnotabigcountry:fromnorthtosouthandfromeasttowestitisonlyaboutthreehundredmilesacross.Butforasmallcountryithasasurprisingrangeofclimate.PeoplewhohavenevervisitedEngland,orwhohavevisitedonlyonepartofit,oftenmakethemistakeofthinkingthatitisacoldandwetcountry.ExceptforthesummermonthsofJunetoSeptember;thisisprobablytrueoftheNorthofEnglandandtheMidland.Inthesouth,however,theclimateismuchmorepleasant.Oneresultisthatwhenpeopleretireformajobinthenorth,theyoftenprefertomovedowntothemildersouth.Perhapsthewarmestpartofthecountryisthesouth-west,whichconsistsofthecountriesofDevonandCornwall.ThewarmGulfStreamflowsacrosstheNorthAtlanticOceanfromtheGulfofMexicoandmakesthecoastalregionsofthesouth-westquitewarm.Palmtrees,bambooandmanysemi-tropicalplantsgrowwellinthesouth-westofEngland.Flowersandvegetablesripenasmuchasamonthearlierthanthoseelsewhere.Farmersintheareaobtainahigherpricefortheirvegetablesandflowersbecausetheyarereadyearlier.Inwintertheremaybeprobablynosnowatallinthesouth-west.Thismaybeoneofthereasonswhythesouth-westisoneofEngland'smostpopularholidayareas.(1)、ThedistancefromthecenterofEnglandtothesouthcoastisabout______.A：onehundredmilesB：threehundredmilesC：onehundredandfiftymilesD：sixhundredmiles答案：C(2)、Englandisacountry______.A：withacoldandwetclimateB：withasurprisingclimateC：withapleasantclimateD：withavarietyofclimates答案：D(3)、Accordingtothepassage,______.A：flowersandvegetablesfromDevonareonthemarketonemonthearlierB：farmersinthesouth-westgrowasmanyvegetablesandflowersasfarmerselsewhereC：peopleinthesouth-westhavetopayahigherpriceforvegetablesandflowersD：vegetablesinCornwallripenasmuchasamonthearlierthanflowers答案：A(4)、InthenorthofEnglandandtheMidland,______.A：itiscoldandwetalltheyearroundB：theclimateispleasantasawholeC：itiswarmmostofthetimeinayearD：onlythesummerisnotcoldandwet答案：D(5)、Inwinter,peopleinDevonandCornwall______.A：hardlyseeanysnowB：neverseeanysnowC：mayhaveseveralfeetofsnowD：oftenseesnow答案：A2、There'sagrea