During a typhoon, you should do your best to     1    . It is also important that you stay inside. If you have to go outside, always exit using the stairs. When you are out,     2    trees, large signs and light poles. Remember to     3    what is going on. Pay attention to news updates to confirm whether the danger is gone. These tips will help keep you safe and sound     4    a typhoon.

If you know the news that the flood is coming, don’t hesitate to run away.     1    (你最好尽可能地快跑。)     2    (当洪水爆发时，你必须尽量保持冷静). Try to save yourself     3    (在等待政府的救援时). Try to move at once to higher land and turn off all pieces of electrical equipment. Do stay outside the house surrounded by the flood.     4    (如果你不得不在水里行走，一定要拿根棍子). You mustn’t walk in moving water.     5    (不要触碰任何电子设备) if you are wet or standing in water.

We have known about climate change for d    1    . There is little d    2     that Earth is getting warmer and warmer (see the graph). A warming ocean and atmosphere along with m    3     ice and rising sea levels provide evidence of a dramatic change in the global climate.

In 2013, a lot of people were s    4     by a news photo of a dead polar bear that was found on Norway’s Arctic island of Svalbard. A    5     to the scientists who found its dead body, all that remained of the polar bear was “skin and bones”. An expert who has studied polar bears for many years said that from the    6    of its dead body, the bear appeared to have s    7     and died. Experts claimed that low sea-ice levels c    8     by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This alarming case s    9     how the increase in temperature had an i    10     on Earth’s ecology.

    1     ( 台风) Goni, which made landfall in the Philippines with strong winds, appeared not to attack the area in and around the capital Manila, with its 13 million residents.

The storm c    2     at least 16 people’s lives in the Bicol Region of Luzon, the most populous island of the Philippines. Several died from an overflowing river, while one was killed by a falling tree. Thousands of people were r    3     and relocated, particularly those living in vulnerable (易受攻击的) areas.

Goni, which at one point was one of the most powerful storms ever recorded, had weakened to a tropical storm, according to the national weather agency. It was f    4     to reach Vietnam later with heavy rains, but not damaging winds, thus not     5     (危及) their people.

“Right now, we are busy dealing with the e    6    , including clearing the roads and fallen electricity wires and providing food and supplies,” the official in charge said.

Pupils lives spared during Falmont earthquake

*On 17 March, 476 students and 36 teachers at Falmont Primary School escaped an earthquake.   

*Only 5 students suffered slight injuries.   

*The current figures of 7 killed and over     1     injured in the disaster area at large.

*Reactions of students were quick and correct.   

*Moved under their    2    , head first, and    3     the legs of the desks; remained     4     and waited calmly and quietly.   

* Alice Brown opened the     5    

*She     6     to her students to exit the classroom.   

*The whole class went down the     7     and rushed to the playground.   

*A roll call.   

*They practise earthquake safety

    8     twice a year

A 10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around 100 people escape danger with her knowledge of     9    

a. Sabrina Andron noticed something odd:   

*The water was not calm and it wasn’t going in and then out

*These were signs of an approaching tsunami

b. Sabrina was but she soon kept her head.   She warned her parents of the danger, but her parents didn’t believe   

c. At last, the officer realized the coming danger and     10     of people

For several days, the water in the village wells rose and fell, rose and fell. There were deep cracks that     1     in the well walls. At least one well had some     2     gas coming out of it. Chickens and even pigs were too     3     to eat, and dogs refused to go inside buildings.

In the 1400s and 1500s, Peru was the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire. The Inca emperor lived in the     1     Machu Picchu. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and ruled until 1821. It is for this reason that Spanish is the main     2     of Peru.

Michael Jordan, known as “Air Jordan”, changed basketball with his graceful moves and jumps. His skills were impressive, but the     3     that he showed made him unique.

Tangshan started to revive itself and     4    . With strong support from the government and the     5     of the city’s people, a new Tangshan was built upon the earthquake ruins.