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BEIJING, China (CNN)-Chinese workers and army soldiers were racing to sweep snow-covered highways
and railway routes for millions of travelers trapped by cold weather.
More than 67 million people have been affected by the weather and economic losses are expected to reach
as much as $3 billion, Chinese officials say.
In the past week, the snowstorms have hit the provinces in central, eastern and southern China-places that
used to have mild winters.
"We've never seen such a cold weather lasting for such a long time," said Tang Shan, a man in his 70s
Changsha, Hunan Province. "The last time we had one here was over 50 years ago, and not this bad."
The snow has blocked roads, railways and airports, leaving tens of millions of travelers stranded (滞留),
officials say. Many of them are going home ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring
Festival.
The Lunar New Year travel is China's busiest travel period of the year.But the snow is changing travel plans.
Railway and highway routes have been brought to a pause,a situation in which all activity or movement has
stopped and several regional airports have been closed.
In the southern city of Guangzhou, as many as 500,000 train passengers were stranded in the past few
days when a power failure in neighboring Hunan seriously damaged the regular train services, local officials
said. About 100,000 passengers crowded the square in front of the train station, while others found shelter
in schools and other public buildings while waiting for their trains.
More terrible weather is expected. China's weather office on Monday issued a warning of more severe (恶
劣的) snowstorms in the coming days. If so, the number of stranded travelers will surely increase.
1. What would be the best title for the passage? [ ]
A. Travelers in China
B. Snowstorms Cause Economic Losses
C. Dealing with Terrible Weather
D. Snowstorms Hit Parts of China
2. The word "trapped" underlined in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by "_____". [ ]
A. beaten
B. disturbed
C. blocked
D. destroyed
3. We can know from the passage that . [ ]
A. the coming snowstorms will leave more people stranded
B. there will be more snowstorms next year
C. snowstorms usually cause a power failure
D. more people are going home for Lunar New Year this year
4. The passage is probably taken from a _____. [ ]
A. guidebook
B. news report
C. science magazine
D. textbook
