I live in north Celebes which is near Philippines. Since early December 2010 most tropical regions have been frequently hit by rain. Just like my hometown, tropical regions only have two seasons, including the dry season that usually starts from April to September and the wet or rainy season 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 be prolonged even more than 4 months and so can the dry season. Even during the dry season, rain can occur several times in certain areas.
The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries. Sometimes agricultural and plantation crops will be damaged because of so much dry land and the fact that the river used to flow the water for rice fields are also dry. Rain is very important for plants because rain contains many nutrients that plants are in great need of.
What’s more, if the prolonged rainy season arrives and then floods usually occur in certain areas of low lands. Even for the capital city 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 dry season, diseases are usually caused by mosquitoes such as dengue fever. While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more.
If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
小題1:The underlined word “indeterminate” in paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ _____”
A．uncertainB．unknownC．untrueD．unbelievable
小題2:The second paragraph mainly tells us something about _____.
A．the effects of the dry season.B．the benefits of the rainy season.
C．the growth of dry landD．the diseases in the dry season
小題3:We can learn from the passage that in the wet season, _____
A．the capital of Jakarta is flooded every year
B．more crops will die after being flooded for so long.
C．mosquitoes will spread more diseases among the crowd.
D．people with weak immune might be attacked by some diseases
小題4:The main purpose of this passage is to introduce _____.
A．some interesting facts of tropical regions
B．some knowledge about tropical regions to travelers
C．some knowledge about how to live well in different regions.
D．some differences between dry and wet seasons in tropical regions.

小題1:A
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：這篇文章為旅游者們介紹了熱帶的一些知識。
小題1:根據(jù)Sometimes the rainy season can come a month earlier or later.可猜出“indeterminate”意思是不確定的，故選A。
小題2:根據(jù)The prolonged dry season in tropical areas usually causes a lot of losses. It will be very harmful to local farmers, because most of the tropical areas sre regions of the developing countries.故答案應(yīng)為A。
小題3:根據(jù)While in the rainy season, people who have the weak immune will be more easily attacked by some diseases such as flu, fever, diarrhea, and much more. 故選D。
小題4:根據(jù)If you live in the other places and want to travel to the tropical regions, make sure that you have known much about the season and the effect for these months in which you want to travel as tourists. Only in that way, can you at least prepare to deal with tropical weather.
故選B。
點評：本題型考查了對文章段落或某一板塊的理解概括能力。先閱讀問題，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。在詞義與句義理解的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合上下文總結(jié)歸納某一段或幾段的大意，對于把握文章主旨，分析全文結(jié)構(gòu)都是至關(guān)重要的�？v觀歷年高考試題，閱讀理解試題一般有以下幾種題型：一是直接回答who, whom, which, what, where, when, why, how等疑問詞引起的細(xì)節(jié)問題；二是猜測詞義題；三是推理判斷題；四是綜合概括題。在做閱讀理解題時，一定要仔細(xì)看完，看清楚試題要求再作答，特別要注意NOT，TRUE，EXCEPT等詞。有時，要先看題，后閱讀文章，帶著問題去讀短文，可縮短閱讀時間，效果也許會更好。 
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