ItsnowedheavilylastwinterinnorthernChina.BigsnowscametoBeijing,Hebei,Shanxi,NingxiaandXinjiang.Formanycities,itwasthebiggestsnowfallin50years.Thesnowmadetraveling(旅行)hard.Manyschoolshadtoclosefordays.
JiaAizhen,14,livesinTaiyuan,Shanxi.HermathteacheraskedthemtohaveatestonWednesday.Becauseofthesnow,theyhadthetestlateronSunday.
“Itwasgoodbecausewehadmoretimetostudyforthetest,”saidJia.Sheenjoyedthesnowfromthewindowathome.
“Ifeltquietandrelaxedtoseethewhitesnowyworld.”
KangXinyi,13,andWangDoing,13,areclassmatesatShijiazhuangNo.43MiddleSchoolinHebei.TheirschoolstoppedonWednesday.Kangsaidthesnowoutsidewas40emdeep(深).
“Itwassogoodwedidn’thavetogotoschool!”saidKang.
Kang,Wangandanotherfriendhadasnowballfightandmadeasnowman(雪人).Theyalsohelpedclear(清除)snowoffthestreets.
“Ineversawsuchabigsnow,”saidWang.“Lastyearweonlymadeasmallsnowpanda,butthisyearoursnowmanis1metertall!”
“Ifthesnowdidn’tmaketroublefortraveling,wewouldhopeitwouldneverstop!”saidthegirls.
1.Lastwinter,therewereheavysnowsinthe_________ofChina.
A.west B.south
C.north D.east
2.Becauseofthesnow,manystudentshadto__________.
A.stopgoingtoschool B.havethetestearly
C.spendmoretimeinschool D.gotoschoolearly
3.Inthepassage,__________playedwithsnowoutside.
A.JiaAizhen
B.KangXinyiandherfriends
C.JiaAizhenandherfamily
D.Wedon’tknow.
4.Theunderlinedwords“maketrouble”means___________.
A.maketravelingeasy B.helpwithtraveling
C.maketravelingdifficult D.begoodfortravelling
5.Fromthepassage,weknowthatthestudents_________.
A.hadfunwiththesnow
B.didn’tliketheirschools
C.weresorryaboutthebigsnow
D.wereworriedaboutthesnow