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Firefighters continue to fight wildfires in southern California, including a new fire just north of San Diego. In the past five days, the fires have destroyed at least 500 buildings and forced 190,000 people to leave their homes, California officials said.

The wildfires have been burning since Monday. They are causing destruction along the Pacific coast, from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara County, 170 kilometers to the north. The fires are powered by Santa Ana winds—hot, dry air that blows from east to west.

A new fire, named the Lilac Fire, forced California Governor Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency for San Diego County, more than 200 kilometers south of Los Angeles. The fire forced people to leave their homes as it destroyed homes. California state fire officials said the Santa Ana winds from the California desert and the extremely dry conditions are expected to continue until Sunday. The Los Angeles Unified School District, the US's second largest with 640,000 students, closed more than 275 schools for a second day on Friday. The University of California in Santa Barbara also closed.

Fires are common in Southern California before the winter rains begin. This year is very bad because of unusually hot, dry and windy conditions. Two weeks ago, wildfires in Northern California killed 44 people. Those fires destroyed 8,900 homes and other buildings.

1.The wildfires happened in ______.

A Texas

B Washington

C New York

D California

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第一句Firefighters continue to fight wildfires in southern California可知，这次大火发生在加州，故选D。

2.The underlined word “emergency” means _______ in Chinese.

A 紧急情况

B 救护车

C 放松

D 平稳

解析：选A。词义猜测题。根据火势以及造成的损失情况可知，应处于危急状态，故选A。

3.Which of the following is NOT the reason for this year's wildfires?

A The wind.

B The hot weather.

C The dry weather.

D The rain.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据最后一段This year is very bad because of unusually hot, dry and windy conditions.可知，雨水不是主要原因，故选D。

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A The wildfires have destroyed at least 500 buildings.

B Lilac Fire forced people to leave their homes.

C Fires only happened this year in California.

D Wildfires have already killed some people.

解析：选C。综合理解题。根据最后一段Fires are common in Southern California before the winter rains begin.可知，山火每年都发生，不过今年更严重，故选C。

5.Where may you see the passage?

A In a newspaper.

B In a story book.

C In a maths book.

D In a postcard.

解析：选A。文章出处题。这是一篇新闻类的文章，所以你可以从报纸上看到，故选A。