1 . Earthquakes usually come without warning. What should you do if this happens to you? An earthquake is dangerous, but there is still something you can do to protect yourself.
Stay calm as the earth begins to shake.
Your chance of survival in an earthquake goes up if you can keep calm. Staying calm is not easy, but it can save your life.
If you are inside when the earthquake starts, hide under a table or a bed.
You need to have something strong over your head to protect you from falling objects. Do not stand near walls or windows and stay out of the kitchen. The kitchen is dangerous because of many glass objects.
If you are outside, get to an open area as fast as you can.
Stay away from buildings and tress. If you are in a car, pull over (靠边停) to a place where there are no trees or tall buildings and stay in the car. If you are close to the sea, try to get as far away from the water as possible. Earthquakes can cause huge waves (浪) that can really harm the people nearby.
When the earthquake is over, there is still plenty of danger.
For example, fires often come with an earthquake. If you see a fire, quickly move outdoors to an open area.
Always remember to hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
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1. What does the underlined word “survival” mean in Chinese?
| A．坍塌 | B．废墟 | C．生存 | D．失踪 |
| A．Hide under a table. | B．Hide under a bed. |
| C．Stay out of the kitchen. | D．Stand near walls or windows. |
| A．To stay away from buildings and trees. |
| B．To get as far away from the sea water as possible. |
| C．To run into your house quickly to take something important. |
| D．To drive your car to a place where there are no trees or tall buildings and stay in the car. |
| A．sandstorms | B．fires | C．snowstorms | D．rainstorms |
| A．The ways to stay calm. |
| B．The ways to stay away from tall buildings. |
| C．The ways to move outdoors to an open area. |
| D．The ways to protect yourself when an earthquake happens. |
2 . Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs(屋顶). One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether (总共) over two hundred people were homeless(无家可归) after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I found that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him safe but very scared.”
Mrs. Wu Meifeng said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything，” she said. “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers(战士)helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and something to stay at.
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1. How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?
| A．Fourteen. | B．Twenty-one. | C．Twenty-nine. | D．Thirty-six. |
| A．the hospital | B．the roofs | C．their homes | D．the playground |
| A．He was in bed. | B．He was inside the house. |
| C．He was outside the house. | D．He was on the roof. |
| A．her husband knew there would be a storm |
| B．the welfare department helped them |
| C．they rushed out of their house in time |
| D．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse |
| A．A Terrible Storm | B．A Lucky Woman | C．Good Soldiers | D．Clever People |
3 . Typhoons（台风）in the northern part of the world have girls’ names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose. It was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in more than thirty years.
It began to rain early on the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971. At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrellas away. The wind became stronger and stronger. The typhoon shelters（避风港）were soon full of boats. Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors（锚）. Some very big ships went out to sea. It is safer for a big ship to be at sea in a typhoon because then it cannot be blown onto rocks. Kai Tak Airport closed. No planes were able to take off or land. At 9:00 in the evening, all lights went out.
No one slept well that night. It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather.
In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died. 229 people were injured（受伤）and 66 of these had to go to hospital. 1,500 people lost their homes. The people of Hong Kong will no quickly forget Typhoon Rose!
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1. Typhoon Rose came to Hong Kong ________.
| A．early in the morning | B．on a summer day |
| C．in the autumn of 1971 | D．on a cold Monday |
| A．shelters were full of boats | B．people in the boats could go home |
| C．it was safer to stay there | D．all lights went out |
| A．66. | B．1,500. | C．229. | D．Over 100. |
| A．Typhoon Rose was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in more than thirty years. |
| B．It is safer for a big ship to go inside the shelter in a typhoon. |
| C．No planes were able to take off or land at Kai Tak Airport on August 16th, 1971. |
| D．The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose. |
| A．Typhoon Rose | B．The ships in the typhoon |
| C．The people in the typhoon | D．The typhoon shelters |
