Over the past few days, a number of forest fires 【小题1】(break) out in Chongqing and its surrounding areas due to the extremely dry and hot weather. Many rescue personnel and volunteers participated in the rescue overnight,【小题2】moved a lot of people across the country. The mountain fires in several regions in Chongqing have been 【小题3】(eventual) put out on Friday morning. No casualties have been reported.

Chongqing motorcyclists are being praised 【小题4】heroes for volunteering to transport much-needed supplies to the fire and rescue workers 【小题5】(fight) the wildfires caused by prolonged heat and drought across multiple districts in the municipality(自治市).

Facing the tough situation, the city government called for volunteers with related skills and experience 【小题6】(join) the firefighting, 【小题7】a large number of motorcyclists have played an important role and won widespread praise. The team members, with 【小题8】average age of 29, took turns to use five dirt bikes and four scooters to carry materials and equipment to firefighters and to transport people and 【小题9】(necessary).

The example of a foreign teacher who volunteered to help fight the raging wildfires in Chongqing’s Beibei district with other local residents has touched many.

When all the people 【小题10】(unite), peace will reign across the country.

French disaster epic Notre-Dame on Fire hits Chinese big screen

This April marks the 【小题1】 (four) anniversary of Notre-Dame in Paris being engulfed by the biggest blaze in its history.

NotreDame on Fire, now in Chinese cinemas, is a disaster epic 【小题2】 veteran French filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud, who also helmed Wolf Totem(2015), a drama film 【小题3】 (adapt) from Chinese writer Jiang Rong’s eponymous novel. The film made its China premiere on April 6 in Beijing in the presence of France’s Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak and the director.

Presenting a blow-by-blow recreation of the gripping events that 【小题4】 (happen) on April 15, 2019 when the fire at the French medieval catholic cathedral rocked France and shocked the whole world, Annaud’s new film hails the heroic people who put their lives on 【小题5】 line to accomplish the awe-inspiring rescue. Annaud unveiled the filming details of the film to the audience 【小题6】 (attend) the China premiere.

“It was a 【小题7】 (danger) movie. The actors were actually very close to the extremely violent fire, 1,200-degree Fahrenheit fire. There are very few digital special effects. Almost all of what you have seen are 【小题8】 (identical) reconstructed sets that I set on fire,” he said.

“When I saw this movie in Paris last year, it took me a few hours 【小题9】 I could breathe and walk normally on the street,” said Malak at the film’s China premiere.

The French minister announced that 2024 will be the France-China Year of Culture and Tourism and she invited Chinese tourists to travel to France for the occasion, especially to see the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, 【小题10】 , after almost six years of extensive renovations, is scheduled to reopen to the public in December of the same year.

Henan Province 【小题1】 (strike) by terrible rainstorms in July, 2021. Heavy rainfall raised the emergency 【小题2】 (respond) for meteorological disasters to level I,   【小题3】 (high) level in a four —tier system, in Zhengzhou. The National Meteorological Center said hourly precipitation (降水量) in Zhengzhou reached 201.9 millimeters once in an hour.

Nearly 11.45 million residents in 139 counties across the province were affected due 【小题4】 the record —breaking heavy rainfall 【小题5】 started on July 16, said Li Changxun, deputy head of the province’s Department of Emergency Management on 26th, July. Hundreds of thousands of houses collapsed, and more than 1.31 million residents were relocated to safe places.【小题6】 total of 63 people had been killed with five people 【小题7】 (miss), reported by 26th, July, Li said, 【小题8】(add) that repair crews were hurrying to fix bridges, electrical substations and gas pipelines to help return people’s lives to normal.

Though flooding during the summer months is an annual occurrence in parts of China, recent rains have alarmed scientists and officials, raising questions as to whether we should be prepared 【小题9】 (deal) with more extreme and unpredictable weather 【小题10】 (cause) by climate change.