I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 mos

I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines.Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit byrain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, includingthe dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainyseason which usually happens from October to March. But, it could be indeterminate.Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later. It can beprolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during thedry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.

The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usuallycauses a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because mostof the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimesagricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry landand the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are alsodry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrientsthat plants are in great need of.

What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives andthen floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capitalcity of Jakarta floods have struck several times during the prolonged rainy season.In addition to floods, the rainy season can cause many diseases. During the dryseason, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. Whilein the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easilyattacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.

If you live in the other places and want to travel tothe tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season andthe effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only inthat way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.

1.The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1can be replaced by “ _____”

A．uncertain         B．unknown          C．untrue            D．unbelievable

2.The second paragraph mainly tells us something about_____.

A．the effectsof the dry season.              B．the benefitsof the rainy season.

C．the growth ofdry land                    D．the diseasesin the dry season

3.We can learn from the passage that in the wetseason, _____

A．the capitalof Jakarta is flooded every year

B．more cropswill die after being flooded for so long.

C．mosquitoeswill spread more diseases among the crowd.

D．people withweak immune might be attacked by some diseases

4.The main purpose of this passage is to introduce_____.

A．someinteresting facts of tropical regions

B．someknowledge about tropical regions to travelers

C．someknowledge about how to live well in different regions.

D．somedifferences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions.

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【答案】

1.A

2.A

3.D

4.B

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