Don&#039;t you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you&#039;re ill. But last Monday, students from Shanghai...

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Don't you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you're ill. But last Monday, students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even better excuse: a typhoon(台风)!
Typhoon Khanun hit East China on September 11. In Shanghai, all the school were closed the next day, Monday.
It was the first time that Shanghai had to close schools because of bad weather.
But some students still came to school that day. "I didn't get the notice that the school was closing," said Shen Sheng, a Junior 2 student from Shanghai Aiguo School. "But it was nice that we could play in school rather than study."
The school kept Shen and other 20 students safe inside and let them play sports like table tennis.
But the storm wasn't all fun games. Typhoon Khanun killed 14 people. In Zhejiang, it damaged about 8,000 houses. More than one million people had to be taken to safer places.
Every year, typhoons hit different places around the world. Most happen in July, August and September. This year 15 typhoons hit China. Khanun was the strongest. Typhoons bring strong winds and rains. The winds can blow away houses and cars. The rains are bad for farmers' fields.
Typhoon also kills people. Earlier this month, Typhoon Talim hit East and Central China. It killed at least 124 people.

（1）、When was the first time that Shanghai had to close all the schools?

A、In August B、In July C、On Sep.11. D、On Sep.12.

（2）、Shanghai had to close all the schools that day because of _____.

A、bad traffic B、heavy rain C、Typhoon Khanun D、Typhoon Talim

（3）、What did Shanghai Aiguo School do with Shen Sheng and some other students when they still came to school that day?

A、They were kept safe inside and played sports like table tennis. B、They were asked to go back home as quickly as possible C、They were sent back home by their teachers at once. D、They still had classed in the classroom as usual.

（4）、What does the word "damage" in Paragraph 6 mean?

A、建造 B、损毁　 C、伤害　 D、装饰

（5）、According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A、If a typhoon hits, many students shouldn't go to school or go out. B、More than one million people were killed in Zhejiang that day C、Every year, 15 typhoons hit different places around the world. D、Typhoons do a lot of harm to farmers' fields and human beings.

举一反三

Sam is twenty-seven now. He's tall and strong. He worked hard in the small field. He's known a girl called Mabel for three years, who lives in another village. He wishes she could marry him soon, but she won't marry him until he has built a new house. He hasn't enough money. Of course it's difficult for him to do so.
Winter had come and the fields were covered with thick snow. Sam had nothing to do at home. Mabel told him to find some temporary employment in the town. He thought she was right and came to Mr White's factory, where he carried stones from the hill to the workplaces. It was hard work but he was paid more. At the end of the month Mr White paid the young man nearly two thousand dollars. He was very happy. He hurried to the post office, but it was closed. He had a look at the clock on the wall. It was half past five, and he was told to go there the next morning. He had to return to the factory. He felt hungry and went into a restaurant and ate something. He didn't see a thief following him, and as soon as he sat at table, the man sat down next to him and asked him to drink a cup with him. He agreed and drank a lot. And when he woke up two hours later, his money was stolen. He was sad of it and cried for a long time.
The following day Mr White saw the young man's eyes were red and asked what had happened to him. He told him about it and at last he said, “I worked for the thief last month!”

阅读理解

13-year-old Addison Logan found a picture of his long-dead uncle inside a camera in May 2012. He bought the camera at a yard sale last Thursday. He often goes to yard sales, where he can buy many things at very low prices.

The Arkansas boy said he bought this old camera for just one US dollar when he visited a yard sale with his grandmother. He liked taking pictures and he thought a second-hand camera was OK for him to practice taking pictures. Although it was not a digital(数字的) camera, it looked just very nice. When they got home, he took off the camera's film(胶卷) box and found a picture of a man. His grandmother said that the man was her son, Scott, who died in a traffic accident 23 years before.

It seemed that Scott took the picture with his girlfriend in 1978 or 1979. “It's almost like he's reaching out to us, to tell us that he is still with us, ” said Addiso's father.

阅读理解

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don't listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It's not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don't do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I'm going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It's going to be terrific—I'll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I'm going to sleep under the stars. It'll be a nice sport, and I'll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore, 18

This summer, I'm going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They'll teach me what to do, so I'll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I'll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I'm going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

阅读理解

More than 2,000 years ago, a favourite wife of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died of illness. The emperor missed her so much that he didn't want to do anything. One day, a minister (大臣) saw children playing with dolls. The shadows on the floor were interesting. The smart minister had an idea. He made a puppet of the favourite wife and painted it. As night fell, he asked the emperor to watch a puppet show behind a curtain. The emperor was very happy and became interested in it. In this way, puppet shows began.

Shadow puppets were first made of paper, later from the hides of donkeys (驴皮). That's why their Chinese name is "pi ying". Shadow puppet plays were very popular during the Tang and Song Dynasties in many parts of China.

Today, shadow puppet plays face extinction like other traditional art forms such as Nuo Drama. We should do something to protect them. Shadow puppet plays in Shaanxi are the most famous. The Academy Gate Cultural Street in Xi'an is a wonderful place for you to choose shadow puppets. Here you can choose from hundreds of figures (人物) in different sizes and poses(姿势).

阅读理解

Fred is a sports fan(迷). He likes all kinds of s ports games. He never plays football, but he knows much about it. When there is a football game on TV, he watches it. Sometimes he does not go to school.

One day, there are two games on TV. One is at 8:00 in the morning, and the other begins at two in the afternoon. Fred decides to stay at home for the whole day.

At 7:30, Fred's mother comes to Fred. She sees him still in bed.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" she asks.

"I am not feeling well," Fred answers.

"Shall I take you to the doctor?" she asks.

"No. Don't worry, Mum. I will be OK soon," says Fred.

"Then I'll go to work. My students are waiting for me," she says, "If you really feel bad, do call me. OK?"

Fred's mother hurries out of the room. Now Fred gets out of his bed quickly.

He turns on the TV and sits in front of it. How exciting (激动人心的 ) the game is! He forgets all about his lessons.

To his surprise, his mother comes back for the key to her office.

"Are you really ill?" she asks.

"Well, er … I'm all right now. Sports is good medicine (药),"Fred says.

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