Clay is 13 years old, and he lives in Miami, the United States. On the morning of Feb.23, when Clay is waiting for school bus, a man kidnaps（綁架） him.

The man takes him to a tree. He puts a stock in Clay’s mouth. Then he asks for money from Clay’s family.

   Clay is very scared（害怕）. But he remembers there is a safety pin（安全別針） in his pocket. He takes out the pin and cuts through the rope（繩子）. Finally he gets free. Clay calls his mother

with a farmer’s cell phone. Soon the police comes and Clay is safe.

The police thinks highly of（高度評價） Clay. “This man kidnaps the wrong boy,” Charly Wells, a policeman says. “This boy notices things. And he’s very brave（勇敢）.”

1. The man kidnaps Clay ___.

A. on Clay’s way home                   B. on Clay’s way to school 

C. when Clay is shopping             D. in a park

2. After taking Clay to a tree, the man ___.

A. kills（殺死）the boy            B. hurts the boy

C. asks for money from his family   D. calls the police

3. Clay uses___ to help him run away.

A. a rope         B. a safety pin            C. a gun              D. a knife

4. We can tell from the story that Clay is ___.

A. brave            B. smart                             C. both A and B      D. hard-working

5. Why does the police say “This man kidnaps the wrong boy” Because Clay is _____

  A. a foreign boy  B. brave                       C. too young       D. a policeman’s son

Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks “Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow.
【小題1】In which part of England is there much snow in winter?