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     My family and I lived across the street from Southway park since I was four years old.Then just last
year the city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用推土机推平) the trees and
grass to make way for a new apartment complex.When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, "Why don't they just leave it alone?"
     Looking back, I think what sentenced the park to oblivion(被遗忘) was the drought(旱灾)we had
about four years ago.Up until then, Southway Park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool.My friends and I rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up.The park was almost like my own yard.Then the summer I was fifteen the
drought came and things changed.
     There had been almost no rain at all that year.The city stopped watering the park grass.Within a few
weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert.Leaves fell off the park trees, and
pretty soon the trees started dying, too.Next, the park swimming pool was closed.The city cut down on
the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy any more.
     As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month.The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass.Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down on their luck.
People said drugs were being sold or traded there now.The park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there any more.
     The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park.It
had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that way.Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to "redevelop" certain wornout areas of the city.It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.
     The chainlink fencing and the bulldozers did their work.Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings.Each of them is three units high and stretches a block in each direction.The
neighborhood has changed without the park.The streets I used to play in are jammed with cars now.Things will never be the same again.Sometimes I wonder, though, what changes another drought would_make_in_the_way_things_are_today.
1. How did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?
A. Scared.  
B. Confused.
C. Upset.  
D. Curious.
2. Why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?
A. It was being rebuilt.  
B. It was dangerous.
C. It became crowded.  
D. It had turned into a desert.
3. According to the writer, what eventually brought about the disappearance of the park?
A. The drought.
B. The crime.
C. The beggars and the rubbish.
D. The decisions of the city.
4. The last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came, ________.
A. the situation would be much worse
B. people would have to desert their homes
C. the city would be fully prepared in advance
D. the city would have to redevelop the neighborhood
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     A primary school teacher who left a class of 25 pupils in tears after she told them Santa Claus did not
exist has been fired. When excited youngsters became rowdy as they talked a- bout Santa, the supply
teacher said out suddenly, "It's your parents who leave out presents on Christmas Day."
     The class of seven-year-olds at Blackshaw Lane Primary School, Royton, Greater Manchester burst in
to tears and told their parents when they arrived home. Mothers and fa- thers then complained about the
incident and were sent a letter by the school saying the teacher, who only worked at the school for one day
last week, has been punished.
     The school has now said it will not hire her again.
     One father said, "My son came home and said that his teacher had told the class that Santa doesn't
exist and it's their mum and dad that put out presents for them. Obviously, they were all talking about
Christmas and being a bit rowdy. She just came straight out with it. "
     "My son was in tears and so was everyone else in the class -- especially as it was so close to
Christmas. I thought it was wrong. He was crazy about it. He's only seven-year-old and it's part of the
magic of Christmas to him. "
     "We told him that she did not believe in Father Christmas because of her religion and he's fine now. "
     "The father described the incident as ' shocking' and believed it was done with malicious intent (恶意地). A lot of parents were angry and complained to the school. The teacher, who was supplied by
Rochdale and Oldham Supply Agency, is still listed and will work with other schools," the agency said.
     However, the head teacher in Angela McCormick refused to comment on the incident.

1. Who felt the angriest about the incident?
A. The teacher who was fired.            
B. The parents whose children cried.
C. The pupils who were in tears.          
D. Santa Claus the teacher talked about.
2. The seven-year-old children cried because of        .
A. something about Santa Claus          
B. the letters by the school
C. their teacher's leaving              
D. the presents left out by the parents
3. We can infer from the passage that       .
A. the teacher was fired and couldn't continue her career in teaching
B. the parents complained about the discipline of the school
C. the little pupils felt disappointed after hearing the news told by the teacher
D. in reality, Santa Claus exists and gives out presents once a year
4. What's the meaning of the underlined word "rowdy"?
A. surprised.      
B. noisy.        
C. discouraged.  
D. annoyed

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