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.

 

 补全对话

A: What are you reading?

B: I'm reading a newspaper. Look ,what terrible news!

A: (75) _______________________?

B: A school bus had a bad traffic accident and many students were badly hurt, some even lost their lives.

A: (76)________________. How did it happen? 

B: The old school bus could only hold twenty students ,but it was crowded by about sixty. The driver drove too fast to stop and hit a big truck in the front.

A: We should have a lesson from this traffic accident, I hope the hurters will be better soon.

B: (77)___________. We students are supposed to follow the traffic rules no matter how to go to school.

NOT all memories are sweet. Some people -- all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars (伤痕).

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain (大脑). So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused a great deal of discussion. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

"Some memories can destroy people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare (噩梦). They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

1.The passage is mainly about          

A．a new medical invention

B．a new research on the pill

C．a way of erasing painful memories

D．a discussion about the research on the pill

2.The drug tested on people can           

A．cause the brain to fix memories

B．stop people remembering bad experiences

C．prevent body producing certain chemicals

D．erase the emotional effects of memories

3.We can infer from the passage that            

A．people doubt the effects of the pills

B．the pill will stop people's bad experiences

C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health

D．the pill has probably been produced in America

4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A．Some memories can destroy people's lives.

B．People want to remove bad memories.

C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.

 

When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was eight o’clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn’t prevent the accident— the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt.
When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag— no, it was nowhere to be found.
“Where is my school bag?” Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!
【小题1】What does the underlined word “tripped” mean?

A．扔掉

B．拣起

C．绊，绊倒

D．跨越

【小题2】What is the order of the accident?
①A taxi was coming in the opposite direction
②The bus driver went round the coach.
③An old coach broke down.
④The taxi crashed into the bus.

A．①→④→②→③	B． ②→③→①→④
C．③→②→④→①	D．③→②→①→④

【小题3】What is the best title for this passage?

A．An unlucky day	B．A happy day out
C．A traffic accident	D．A strict teacher