Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.
This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.
Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.
Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.
Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.
Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.
However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小题1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?

A.Earthquake.B.Flooding.C.Traffic Accident.D.Heavy snowstorms.
【小题2】During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan  __________.
A.had to walk to carry drinking waterB.had to ride a bike to school
C.couldn’t go to school on footD.couldn’t play with snow
【小题3】The heavy snow ____________ this year.
A.killed millions of ChineseB.cost China 111.1 billion yuan
C.used too much electricityD.lasted more than three hours
【小题4】We can tell from the story that __________ .
A.China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow
B.La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms
C.La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia
D.the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming
【小题5】The passage tells people around the world ___________.
A.to wear more clothes in winterB.to stop riding bikes on the hard ice
C.to protect (保护) the environmentD.to save water and electricity

Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air.
Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach.His legs were hurt  paralysed(瘫痪的) from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like   medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(阴影) fall behind.”
【小题1】What happened to Ron on his way to a basketball game?

A.A car hit him.B.He met his coach.
C.His doctor called him.D.He fell down and cut his foot.
【小题2】 The underlined word “depressed” means ___ in Chinese.
A.懒惰的B.好奇的C.沮丧的D.激动的
【小题3】What is the most important thing we can learn from the story?
A.Basketball can teach people about life.
B.Keep smiling when you face difficulties.
C.Life is more difficult for the paralysed.
D.Skiing is more dangerous than basketball.

Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to speak to anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems.
Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he had smiled, but he couldn’t remember doing so!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
【小题1】When did the writer get the gift?

A.At the age of 16.
B.After making friends with the boy.
C.In the first year at a middle school.
D.After becoming closer to everyone in the class.
【小题2】 Why was the smile an important gift?
A.Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B.Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.
C.Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D.Because the writer felt lonely and had no friends and it made her feel happy and warm.
【小题3】 Why didn’t the writer talk to anyone in her new school about her problems?
A.Because she was always unhappy.
B.Because she didn’t know anyone at the time.
C.Because she was in the first year at the junior high school.
D.Because she didn’t want her parents to worry about her.
【小题4】How did the smile change her life?
A.She started to make friends.
B.She became the best friend of the boy.
C.Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
D.She realized that she was lonely.
【小题5】Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A.From her old school. B.From her parents.
C.From herself.D.From her classmates at the new school.

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