Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.
This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.
Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.
Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.
Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.
Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.
However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小题1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

A．Earthquake.

B．Flooding.

C．Traffic Accident.

D．Heavy snowstorms.

【小题2】During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan  __________.

A．had to walk to carry drinking water	B．had to ride a bike to school
C．couldn’t go to school on foot	D．couldn’t play with snow

【小题3】The heavy snow ____________ this year.

A．killed millions of Chinese	B．cost China 111.1 billion yuan
C．used too much electricity	D．lasted more than three hours

【小题4】We can tell from the story that __________ .

A．China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow

B．La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms

C．La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia

D．the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming

【小题5】The passage tells people around the world ___________.

A．to wear more clothes in winter	B．to stop riding bikes on the hard ice
C．to protect (保护) the environment	D．to save water and electricity

 

1. Sandy got a lot of presents at her ________ (nine) birthday party.

2. Something has been done to reduce the price of buildings. People are very happy when  ________ ( hear) it.

3. It took me an hour ________ (do) my homework last night.

4. Playing too many computer games is          (harm) to you. 

5. My shoes are broken. They need                 (repare).

6. Mr. Black said that he ____________（come）back in five minutes.

7.Look, a young man                      (lie) on the ground.           

8. She is very hungry. She _____    _ （not eat）anything for three days.

 

It was Mary’s birthday．Her uncle wrote a letter and told her he would like to send her some chickens．She was very happy because she liked eggs and chicken．”I can keep the chickens for their eggs or eat them，”she thought．
When the chickens arrived the next day, they were all in a box．Mary took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden，but the box of chickens was so heavy that she dropped（落下）it．The chickens all ran out．They ran here and there．Mary spent hours in trying to find them．
A few hours later her uncle came．He asked．”Did the chickens arrive safely?” ”Yes，but I dropped the box．The chickens ran everywhere．It took me the whole morning to look for them，”Mary said．
“Did you find them all?” asked her uncle．”I hope so，”Mary answered，”But l only caught（抓住）eleven of them” “That’s very interesting．I only sent you six．”her uncle laughed．
【小题1】Mary got a letter from her _____．

A．aunt

B．uncle

C．grandfather

D．friend

【小题2】When she got the letter, Mary was ______．

A．happy

B．sad

C．tired

D．unhappy

【小题3】Why did Mary drop the box?

A．Because she didn’t like the present．

B．Because the box was too heavy.

C．Because she wanted to 1et the chickens go out．

D．Because she couldn’t wait to look at her present．

【小题4】It took Mary _____ to find the chickens．

A．an hour	B．two hours
C．three hours	D．the whole morning

【小题5】Did Mary know how many chickens her uncle sent her?

A．Yes．she did．	B．Her uncle knew．
C．Maybe she knew．	D．No，she didn’t．

It took me _______ hour to finish my homework.

A.a         B. an         C. the