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Why so many fires?

California is burning! Wildfires have spread across the US State since Oct 23 and smoke has filled its skies.

Take the Kincade Fire in northern California for example. It forced ( 迫 使 ) 200,000 people to e1.its path within one week. The state’s largest power (电力) company cut power to about 206,000 homes in order to s2. more fires from breaking out, CBS News reported.

California has seen many wildfires in recent years. Nine of the 10 biggest fires have happened since 2000, i3.five since 2010, according to The New York Times.

Why is this? California has the perfect wildfire c4., Park Williams, a US climate expert (气候专家), told The New York Times. It has dry air and high temperatures from spring through late fall. At the same time, seasonal winds blow across the state every year, causing the wildfires to spread q5.and last for weeks.

Global warming has also made the fires worse in recent years. It has dried out the state’s trees and o6. plant life, causing them to burn more easily.

H 7.have played a role as well. Burning campfires, garbage debris ( 碎 片 ),and cigarette butts (烟头) can easily cause wildfires. For example, one fire started last year when a car got a flat tire (漏气的轮胎). The car’s body met the road and sent out sparks (火花 ), starting a f8..

Lightning strikes (雷击) and volcanic eruptions (火山爆发) can also cause wildfires. However, people have caused 90 percent of California’s wildfires, according to the US National Park Service.

More about wildfires

Wildfires often happen in wooded areas in the US, Canada and Australia. They are also k 9. as forest fires or grass fires in Australia.

Wildfires can burn at over 900℃ and reach heights of more than 50 meters. They can move at speeds of up to 23 kilometers an hour, burning e10. – trees, brush, homes, even people – in their path.

Londoner Michael Wicks travelled to Sunbury in Middlesex last week to search for his 17-year-old daughter Lisa, who he had not seen for five years. Lisa moved to Sunbury with her mother after her parents divorced ( 离 婚) , and she was not in contact with her father, who lived in a different town.

After days of searching, Mr Wicks asked The Sunbury Free Press to print a photo he took in Sunbury’s main square and his telephone number, and asking his daughter to contact him.

When the newspaper came out a few days later, Lisa was amazed to see a picture of her dad – and when she looked more closely, she saw herself too in the background!

Lisa said she had been very shocked. “I was just a few metres from my dad and I had no idea!” she said. She showed the paper to a friend, who told her to phone the number immediately.

“At first, my dad thought it was a joke” she said, “but he soon realized it was really me. It’s great to be in contact again after all these years!” She said that they went out to dinner together that evening to celebrate.

Happy dad, Michael, smiling from ear to ear, told our journalist the next day that they planned to spend a lot more time together, and said that it surely wouldn’t be another five years before they saw each other!

1.Mr Wicks ________ with his daughter for five years since he and his wife got divorced.

A.had not been in contact B.had lived in Sunbury

C.had been in the same town D.had travelled to see his wife

2.What information did Mr Wicks offer to the newspaper the Sunbury Free Press?

A.His photo and a newspaper. B.His daughter’s telephone number.

C.His photo and his phone number. D.His daughter’s photo in a main square.

3.Lisa was shocked to see the picture of his father because she ________ in the same square.

A.showed it to a friend B.happened to be

C.also searched for her father D.got her father’s phone number

4.Both Mr Wicks and Lisa felt happy to see each other, so they ________ that evening.

A.told jokes at home B.decided to phone his wife

C.went out to celebrate D.invited a journalist to dinner

5.Who helped Mr Wicks find his daughter Lisa in this article?

A.His wife. B.His close friend.

C.A restaurant. D.The Sunbury Free Press.

6.What does the underlined part (in the last paragraph. ) “it surely ... each other” mean?

A.They wouldn’t meet again in the following five years.

B.They would see each other during the following five years.

C.They would live together for the following five years.

D.They wouldn’t contact any longer five years later.

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