1 . Last year, my father was busy working, my mother looked after my grandma and my sister started university, so I went to visit my aunt and uncle in Jamaica alone. There I experienced a hurricane (飓风).

I went to Jamaica in December, because between October and mid-December the weather isn’t too hot. However, there are hurricanes during the time, so you have to watch out for that. Luckily, my aunt and uncle heard the warning on the radio before I arrived, so there was already lots of food and drink in their house. I was glad about that, because one of my favourite things about being in Jamaica is the food!

As soon as we saw the first signs (征兆) of the hurricane, we closed the doors, and then we waited. It was a little boring. So I played games and talked with my cousins to pass the time, and we ate lots of food. But the wind crashed (猛撞) around the house day and night, and I began to feel afraid. My aunt told me there was nothing to worry about and that they’d had worse storms than that, so I felt relaxed. As we waited, we listened to the news on the radio. There was lots of water on the roads and on farms, and some trees and houses fell down. The storm began on Monday morning, and then on Wednesday evening it moved out to sea. So we didn’t stay at home for very long really, and then the sun came out again!

1. The writer’s sister didn’t go to Jamaica because she ________.

A．was busy working	B．went to university
C．was afraid of hurricanes	D．looked after her grandma

2. What does the word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The weather wasn’t too hot.	B．The food in Jamaica was delicious.
C．There was a hurricane warning on the radio.	D．There was lots of food and drink in the house.

3. How did the writer feel at first when the hurricane came?

A．Bored.

B．Afraid.

C．Relaxed.

D．Excited.

4. How long did the writer stay at home because of the hurricane?

A．For one day.

B．For two days.

C．For three days.

D．For four days.

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．My trip to Jamaica	B．The weather in Jamaica
C．Experiencing a hurricane	D．Watching out for hurricanes

2 . On September 5, 2022, a strong earthquake hit Luding, Sichuan. Many people ran as fast as they could to a safe place, but some others made a different choice. They risked their lives to save more people. Gan Yu was one of them. When the earthquake came, Gan Yu and Luo Yong, workers the Wandong Hydropower Station (湾东水电站), didn’t run away. Instead, they went to the station to open two flood-gates (泄水闸门) so that villages nearby wouldn’t be flooded (淹没).

On September 6, Gan and Luo left the hydropower station to look for help. On September 7, Gan was physically weak and he couldn’t walk properly. Thinking that he would cause trouble for Luo, Gan asked Luo to leave first to find help. Luo agreed. On the morning of September 8, Luo was saved.

Gan remained missing until September 21. A local villager, Ni Taigao, found him. The earthquake damaged (损坏) Ni’s house on the mountain, so he had to live in a house down the mountain. One day, Ni returned to the mountain to look for his sheep and saw rescue (救援) workers who were looking for Gan. As he knew the mountain well, he decided to help look for Gan.

At 7 a.m. on September 21, Ni took some water and food and set out. After walking for more than two hours, Ni heard somebody shouting for help and later found Gan lying in the forest. He was very weak. At 11:30 a.m., rescue workers arrived and Gan was sent to the hospital at once.

Looking back on this experience, Gan said, “We stayed at the hydropower station because we wanted to save the villagers. And later, I was saved thanks to the villagers.”

How wonderful!

1. What did Gan do right after the earthquake happened?

A．He saved his workmate Luo Yong.

B．He helped look for missing villagers.

C．He tried to run away from the hydropower station.

D．He tried to prevent damage to nearby villages with his workmate.

2. Gan asked Luo to leave first ________.

A．after he found enough water

B．because they got lost in the forest

C．because he was too weak to walk properly

D．after they heard the shout of rescue workers

3. Ni decided to help look for Gan because ________.

A．he knew the mountain well	B．he got on well with Can
C．Can saved his family	D．Gan saved his sheep

4. Gan was found ________.

A．on September 7	B．by a local villager
C．near the hydropower station	D．about 10 days after the earthquake

5. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．A terrible earthquake.	B．An important floodgate.
C．The changes of a hydropower station.	D．The experience of an earthquake hero.

3 . 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整。每空限填一词。

Every year, 12,000 to 14,000 e    1     happen around the world, killing tens of thousands of lives. So when scientists talk about monitoring（监测）earthquakes, every second counts. Recently, a new AI system d    2     by China is shortening the time it will take to detect（探测）earthquakes.

After an earthquake happens, most researchers can quickly release（发布）the time, p    3    , magnitude（震级）and depth of the earthquake. H    4    , they often don’t include the focal mechanism parameters（震源机制参数）, which can be used to predict（预测）the possible distribution（分布）of strong aftershocks（余震）.

“It t    5     three to 10 minutes for other countries to release the focal mechanism parameters, but by this time, the earthquake has fully happened and the h    6    has been done,” Zhu said. “This new system can p    7     the focal mechanism parameters in just one second and release the information before the aftershocks reach some areas.”

“If we are a    8     to receive the warning information three seconds earlier after an earthquake happens, we’ll be able to r    9     the wounded by 14 %. With 10 seconds earlier, the wounded can be reduced by 39%.” Zhu said.

This improvement is possible thanks to a deep learning method. The system is trained with millions of earthquake samples（样本）. It’s now t    10     in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces.

4 . 1. If an earthquake is happening, the most important thing to do is to DROP and COVER. Drop and cover mean falling onto the floor and getting under something for protection. During an earthquake, if you are indoors, it is very important to stay calm and take cover under a heavy thing.

2. If you are outdoors, stay as far away from buildings as possible.

3. Stay away from glass or anything that can fall.

4. If you are in a crowded place, do not run for the nearest exit. Everyone will be doing that, and it will be terrible. Take cover under something heavy and stay away from things that can fall on you. It is also very important to remain as calm as possible.

5. Be prepared for aftershocks（余震）after the initial（起初的）earthquake has ended. They are smaller than the first one, but still are very dangerous.

1. Suggestion 2 gives us a suggestion on what we should do when we are          .

A．in our home

B．near the glass

C．outside a building

D．inside a building

2. Which is the right way in an earthquake?

A．Run fast when an earthquake happens.

B．Run for the nearest exit in a crowded place.

C．Don’t fall onto the floor when an earthquake happens.

D．Stay calm when an earthquake happens.

3. The underlined word “remain” means “       ” .

A．stay

B．bring

C．start

D．use

4. Aftershocks after the initial earthquake are          .

A．heavy

B．dangerous

C．safe

D．important

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Some Suggestions for Different Places

B．How to Stay Calm in an Earthquake

C．How to Protect Yourself in an Earthquake

D．How to Stay away From the Dangerous Things