三、阅读理解
| In the snowing and the blowing, In the cruel sleet (雨夹雪), Little flowers begin their growing, Far under our feet. Softly taps (轻敲) the Spring, and cheerily, "Darlings, are you here?" Till they answer, "We are nearly, Nearly ready, dear." | "Where is Winter, with his ▲ ? Tell us, Spring," they say. Then she answers, "He is going, Going on his way." "Poor old Winter does not love you; But his time is past; Soon my birds shall sing above you; Set you free at last." |
() 1. What does the underlined "you" refer to in the poem?
A. Winter. B. Spring. C. Birds. D. Flowers.
() 2. Which is the best word to fill in the blank ▲ ?
A. lightning B. snowing C. shade D. sunshine
() 3. Which month is this poem most likely set in if the writer lives in China?
A. March. B. June. C. September. D. November.

四、阅读短文,从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项
Along the Zhongshan South Road in Nanjing, there were 38 plane trees (悬铃木) wearing new colourful "sweaters". ______1______ The creative works, designed by middle school students and knitted (编织) by artists, brought warmth to the city in autumn.
______2______ The organizers collected designs of the sweaters on different topics. Many students took part in the activity actively. ______3______ Knitting artists chose 38 works to knit and used them to dress up the plane trees. A girl, Annie, created a work with strong lines in green to show the theme of life. She was happy to see it in the final show. ______4______ "The flowers made me feel the coming of spring," said Annie.
The sweaters didn't use any harmful materials. ______5______ "The art is environment-friendly, and it makes our city more colourful," said one of the knitting artists.
A. After the show, students would even reuse them.
B. They look like models in a fashion show.
C. The school planned to have more activities like this.
D. The artists added some blue and white flowers on it.
E. The plane trees were planted by students.
F. In the end, nearly 200 works were sent.
G. The activity was called Our Plane Trees.
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