Western and northwestern areas had the complete opposite, though — extremely wet in July, followed by a dry August.Remarkably, the northwest had suffered from such long­lasting drought that it led to bans on using hosepipes (橡皮软管)．

　　Although some weather companies predicted an extremely hot barbecue summer, it was only 0.6℃ above average across the UK.Even so, for the first half of this summer Glastonbury enjoyed a mud­free festival and Wimbledon remained hot and dry.It may not have broken any temperature records，but there were plenty of barbecues this summer.

　　语篇解读：英国连续四年夏季多雨，但是各个地区的天气也不一样，让我们去看看不同地区的夏天都是什么天气吧！

　　1．There was a lot of rainfall this August in ________.

　　A．East Anglia

　　B．western UK

　　C．northwestern UK

　　D．Wimbledon

　　解析：细节理解题。根据文章第三段的第三句可知，East Anglia在这个夏季雨量很大，故答案为A。

　　答案：A

　　2．What made the southeast seem to have long­lasting drought?

　　A．The small amount of sunshine in August.

　　B．The wettest August of the third year running.

　　C．The extremely hot weather with too much rainfall.

　　D．The continuous five months of dry and sunny weather.

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