Don’t you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you’re ill. But last Monday, the students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even ________ excuse（借口）: typhoon!

Typhoon Khanun ________ East China on September 11. In Shanghai, all the schools were ________ the next day, Monday. It was the first ________ that Shanghai had to close schools ________ the bad weather. But some students ________ came to school that day. “I didn’t know about the news,” said Shen Sheng, a Junior 2 student from Shanghai Aiguo School. “But it was nice to play in the school instead of ________.” The school kept Shen and other 20 students safe ________ and let them play sports like ________. But the storm wasn’t all fun games. Typhoon Kahnun killed 14 people. In Zhejiang, it damaged（毁坏）about 8,000 houses. More than one million people had to move to ________ places.

Every year, typhoon hit different places around the world. Most ________ in July, August and September. This year 15 typhoons hit China. Among（在…..之中）them, Khanun was ________. Typhoons bring strong winds and ________. The winds can blow away houses and cars. The rains are________ for farmers’ fields. Typhoons also kill people. Earlier this month, Typhoon Talim hit East and Central China. It killed ________ 124 people.