Everyone tries to get to school on time. But when bad weather gives you trouble, can you still make it before the bell rings?

In northern China during spring, big sandstorms often make trouble for students and everyone else. When the sky is dark with sand, buses and cars all move much more slowly. Sometimes, people can’t even see for 20 metres.

Sandstorms usually happen in spring. This year, sandstorms started in late March. They have happened in more than 10 provinces (省)  in northern China this year. More than 70 million people have had problems in those places because of the sandstorms.

People in southern China don’t have to worry about this kind of bad weather. Most of the sand comes from Gansu and Inner Mongolia（内蒙古）. In northern China, lots of places have few trees and don’t get much rain. People there have been cutting down too many trees. When there aren’t many trees, the ground can’t keep enough water. Over the years, the ground dries up and turns to sand. When spring comes and the ice melts（融化）, the ground becomes looser（更松散的）. Strong winds take the loose sand into the sky.

Sandstorms are bad for people’s health. If people breathe（呼吸） too much sand, they could cough or have asthma（哮喘）.

Sandstorms also give farmers lots of problems. Sometimes their sheep get lost in the storms and never get back home. The winds also tear down farmers’ houses.

What can you do to stop sandstorms? Here’s an idea: Ask you parents to help you plant some trees this spring.

If you see people cutting down too many trees, tell them about the dangers of sandstorms, and ask your government to stop them from cutting.

1.In which season do sandstorms usually happen?

2.Which of the following provinces in China is often hit by sandstorms?

3.The underlined phrase “tear down” in the sentence means “_________”.

4. According to the passage, what cannot be caused by sandstorms?

5.Which is not stated in the passage？_______________ .

Do you live in a big city? Do you like the traffic in your city?

There are too m___1___ accidents in big cities. Accidents often h__2__ when people are not careful, especially when they want to c__3__ the road. Why does it happen sometimes? Let me tell you.

When it rains, people are in a h__4__ because they don’t want to get w__5__. They often go across the road q__6__. Often they can’t see c__7__ because they hold umbrellas in front of them. Then accidents may happen at that time. Everyone knows that cars take l__8__ time to stop when it’s raining. So we must be more c__9__ if we want to be safe. Remember everyone has only one l__10__ and we must protect ourselves well.

根据句意用所给单词的正确形式填空

1.We cried when our school football team __________ ( lose ) the game last week.

2.I couldn’t finish the work ________ ( with ) your help.

3.It rained ____________ （ heavy ）last night.

4. The earthquake happened and many people were ___________ ( terrible ) hurt.

5.Bad weather sometimes causes __________ ( nature ) disasters.

6.The house _________ ( shake ) when the heavy truck went past.

7.Listen! I can hear an old lady __________ ( scream ) for help in the next door.

8.A large number of people were _________ （ 围困 ）underground in Wenchuan Earthquake.

9.The noise of the thunder became much __________ ( 轻微 ).

10.The telephone suddenly rang and she ____________ ( 赶忙 ) to answer it.

11.The Chinese _________ (政府) wants to protect these birds

12.If you are ill, you must take some m_________.

13.The w_________ of the panda is 20kg.

14.A lot of t_________ go to Beijing to see the Great Wall.

15.Do you know the  i_________ of English?   

16.Help _________(自己) to some fish, boys and girls?

17.The teacher asked us to answer the _________(以下的) questions.

18.There is a lot of _________ （交通）on the roads every morning.

19.L_________, I passed the exam.

20.At the _________ （开始）of the term, I don’t like our school.

用所给词的适当形式填空。

1.Tom invited me _________ (go ) swimming with him.

2.My brother _________(teach) himself English when he was seven years old.

3.Don’t make any _________ , it’s too _______(noise).

4.They go swimming instead of _________ (play) computer games.

5.The teacher often encourages us _________ (study) hard.

6.If it _________( rain) tomorrow, we_________(not go)to the park.

7.Look! The students_________ (play) on the playground.

8.He _________(take) the train to Shanghai next Friday.

9.Running is as _________(interest ) as swimming.

10.Lily is willing _________ (help) others.

11.We must try our best _________ (learn) English well.

12.We hope the world will be _____________(peace) forever!

13.World you like _________ (some) chicken? They are delicious.

14.Zhalong is one of_______________(important) wetlands in the world.

15.It is an important__________________(live) area for wild animal.

After the earthquake took place(发生), I found  1 in the dark. I couldn’t move. The bottom(底部) parts of  2 my legs and my feet were hurting  3 . All around me was quiet. But above me I could hear shouts and a lot of noise. Then I remembered  4 had happened, I had been in an earthquake.

For about two hours nobody came.  5 I could reach the bag of apples, so at least I had something to eat. Then I heard people   6  to me. A team of people had come to see  7 anyone was under the broken road. I called out“I’m here!”I heard a shout. Soon a stranger climbed to the bridge near my car. “ How are you doing?” he asked. “Not too bad,” I said ，“but my feet and legs feel  8 they’re broken.’’ “We’ll do our best   9  you out of there,” he said. They didn’t get me out   10  the next morning. I had been in my car for fourteen hours.

–Why do you look so sad?

-Bad luck! I made some mistakes in the test. I was not ___________.

   A. enough careful              B. enough careless  

C. careful enough              D. careless enough

Millie wanted to buy Daniel his favourite comic, but there was ___________ left in the shop.

   A. some       B. anything      C. none         D. something

Eddie is very lazy. He prefers _________ to ___________ .

   A. to sleep; go                   B. sleeping; going out   

C. to sleeping; going              D. sleep; go out

__________ bad weather it was!  It has been rainy for a week.

   A. What       B. What a         C. How      D. How a

Don’t        too late，or you will feel tired in class tomorrow．

    A．wake up    B．get up    C． stand up    D．stay up