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.
【小题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.

【小题2】Shanghai had to close all the schools that day because of _____.

A．bad traffic

B．heavy rain

C．Typhoon Khanun

D．Typhoon Talim

【小题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.

【小题4】What does the word “damage” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．建造

B．损毁

C．伤害

D．装饰

【小题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.

阅读理解

　　China has some big rivers: the Yangtze River（长江）,the Yellow

River, the Heilongjiang（黑龙江）and so on. The Yellow River is

longer than the Heilongjiang but shorter than the Yangtze River. The 

Yangtze River is in the south-east（东南部）of China and the

Heilongjiang is in the north（北方）.Rivers are very useful（有用的）.They can help people do a lot of things. But sometimes they can do much harm（伤害，损害）to people too.

1. China has _____big rivers.　　　　　　　　  

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A. a lot of   B. a few   C. only three   D. only two

2. The Yangtze River is _______ than the Yellow River.

[　　]

A. longer　　 B. shorter   C. bigger　　   D. smaller

3. The Heilongjiang is ______ than the Yellow River.

[　　]

A. longer　　 B. shorter   C. farther　　  D. nearer

4. ______ is in the north of China.　　　　   

[　　]

A. The Yellow River　　 B. The Yangtze River

C. The Heilongjiang　　 D. The longest river

5. Rivers are _______ to people.　　　　　　  

[　　]

A. always helpful　　　　   B. always harmful

C. both helpful and harmful  D. not very useful

Letter One

Dear Editor（编辑）,

　　After I finish my homework, I often go online and chat with my friends. Sometimes I play Internet games. But my parents hate to see me playing games on the computer. Maybe they have heard too much news about how QQ and Internet games harm（伤害）children. Once I went to a net bar（网吧）to play games after school. But after that I told my parents that I was playing basketball at school. I said so because I didn't want to make them unhappy. I feel bad about it. However, I need to rest for a while by playing computer games after studying for a long time. I really want my parents to understand that. Do foreign parents do the same to their children? Please help me.

Li Ping, Nantong

Letter Two

Dear Li Ping,

　　I think it's not strange for parents to keep their children away from anything bad. Foreign parents will do the same as your parents! They may not let their children watch TV for too long a time, or like your parents, they don't want their children to play computer games.

　　Talk to your parents and be honest（诚实）to them, I think. Tell them what you are doing and why you are doing so to make them understand you. It's never good to do things behind your parents' backs. They aren't fools as you think sometimes! Our parents seem to know what is the best for us. Remember: to be honest is the best way.

Good luck,

Rebecca

(1) From the passage we can learn that Li Ping often ________.

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A．talks to his friends on the Internet

B．plays basketball after school

C．plays computer games at home

D．chats online before doing his homework

(2) The boy goes online ________.

[　　]

A．to get news about QQ

B．just to have a rest

C．to show that he hates study

D．just to find some friends

(3) The underlined（画线的）sentence in Letter Two means“________”.

[　　]

A．You must do everything in front of your parents

B．You must always listen to your parents carefully

C．You should tell your parents what you do before or after doing it

D．You should not do anything to make your parents worry about you

(4) The editor thinks ________.

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A．children should play computer games secretly

B．playing computer games can be very helpful to children's studies

C．children should be honest and try to make their parents understand them

D．foreign parents don't care for their children as much as Chinese parents

Complete the following dialogues with proper sentences(选出适当的句子，完成下列对话，用A、B、C等表示)

　　　A．What city, please?

　　　B．Let me see.

　　　C．How do you spell it?

　　　D．You're welcome.

　　　E．Do you know his address?

　　　F．Could you repeat the last name, please?

　　　G．The number is 505-4535.

A：Hello. 　　1　　

B：New York City. I'd like the number of William Melnick.

A：　　2　　

B：Yes, it's Melnick.

A：　　3　　

B：M－E－L－N－I－C－K.

A：　　4　　

B：I'm not sure, but I think he lives on 32nd Street.

A：I have a W. Melnick at 1207 32nd Street. 　　5　　

B：505-4535. Thank you.

A：　　6　　 Good-bye.

B：Good-bye.

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