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　　Typhoons(台风)in the northern part of the world have girls’ names．Sometimes they have very beautiful names．Rose is a pretty name but there was 　　1　　 pretty about Typhoon Rose．It was the 　　2　　 typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years．

　　It began to rain 　　3　　 the early morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971．At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrella away．The wind became 　　4　　．The typhoon shelters(避风港)were soon 　　5　　 boats．Ships that 　　6　　 too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors(锚)．Some very big ships went out to sea．It is 　　7　　 for a big ship to be at sea in a typhoon because it cannot be blown onto rocks．Kai Tak Airport closed．No planes were able to 　　8　　 or land．At 9∶00 in the evening, all the 　　9　　 went out．

　　Because of Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died．229 people were injured(受伤)and 66 of these had to go to hospital．1500 people 　　10　　 their homes．The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!

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　　Little Tom is only five years old．It was 　　1　　 yesterday and his father, Mr．Read, didn’t go to work．Tom 　　2　　 a few picture-books and asked his father to 　　3　　 some for him．The bookshop is only one hundred and twenty metres from their house and they went there 　　4　　．There were a lot of books in the shop．Tom 　　5　　 some and his father bought them for him．Then they went home．And they 　　6　　 Mr．Brown, one of Mr．Read’s friends．

　　How are you Mr．Brown?” said Tom．

　　Fine, thanks,” answered Mr．Brown,”　　7　　were you just now?”

　　In the bookshop．Dad bought me some books．”

　　When Mr．Brown 　　8　　, Tom said to his father,”Mr．Brown gave me an apple．”

　　Did you thank him?”

　　Oh, I 　　9　　 it!”

　　Go to thank him,” said Mr．Read．”You 　　10　　 be a polite boy!”

　　After a while, Tom came back and said,”I thanked him but it’s no use．He said to me’Not at all’．”

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