AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The heavy smoke from devastating Australian bushfires cloaked Auckland, 【小题1】(turn) the city's skyline into strange, mysterious and frightening orange color 【小题2】 Sunday afternoon.

New Zealand meteorology service MetService forecast that 【小题3】 upper level jet of westerly winds was driving the smoke across the Tasman Sea towards New Zealand. The smoke 【小题4】(expect) to arrive Sunday evening and was likely to be 【小题5】(large) gone by the morning.

It is the second layer of smoke coming from the Australian bushfires, 【小题6】 is cloaking the North Island and upper parts of the South Island. Much of the South Island 【小题7】(awake) to reddish-brown skies on New Year's Day before the smoke spread to the North Island.

MetService said it is possible 【小题8】 people would be able to smell and taste the smoke. However, long-lasting health 【小题9】(effect) are not expected.

On Friday, the New Zealand government pledged twenty two 【小题10】(many) firefighters to help fight the Australian bushfires.

After the tsunami(海啸)hit India, many people who lived near the sea were greatly influenced. A lot of people lost their homes and 【小题1】(unfortunate) some even lost their lives.

College girls 【小题2】(ask)to collect money from their neighborhood. So we formed a group and devoted 【小题3】(we) to collecting money for the tsunami relief fund (救济金). In our area, we showed a sign board, 【小题4】 read, “Please help the sufferers,” to the people in the neighborhood and asked for their help. They donated money, dress, rice, medicine 【小题5】 anything else useful.

A small boy who was on the way to his school came running to us and asked us 【小题6】(wait) there for some time. After 5 minutes he ran to us with 【小题7】 small savings box. It was a plastic box which there 【小题8】(be) many coins inside. He said he got the little box from his granny as a birthday gift 【小题9】 saving coins. And he wanted it to be donated for the fund. It was the real greatest offering of 【小题10】(kind) collected by us. What a lovely boy and what a big heart!

Everywhere survivors looked, there was nothing 【小题1】 ruins. Nearly everything in the city【小题2】 (destroy). About 75percent of the city’s factories and buildings, 90 percent of its homes, and all of its hospitals were【小题3】 (go). Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves, but no wind could blow 【小题4】 (they) away. Most bridges 【小题5】 (fall)or were not safe to cross. The railway 【小题6】 (track) were now useless pieces of metal. Tens of thousands of cows, hundreds of thousands of pigs, and millions of chickens 【小题7】 (be) dead. Sand now filled the wells instead of water. People were in shock—and then, later that afternoon, another big quake 【小题8】 (shake)Tangshan again. Even more buildings 【小题9】 (fall) down. Water, food, and electricity were hard to get. People began to wonder how long the disaster 【小题10】 last.