IF Tina Smith hadn’t stayed in bed a little longer than usual this morning to escape SA’s foul weather, she’d probably be dead.

Wild weather cut power to thousands of properties and brought down several trees that damaged homes overnight.

A branch from a large gum tree crashed through a covered pergola area at the back of Ms Smith’s Redwood Park home — just where she would normally be enjoying her morning cup of coffee at the time. “I woke up about 7.30 am and I thought about getting up but I heard the wind and the rain and decided to stay in bed a bit longer,” Ms Smith, 53, said.“About 10 minutes later, I heard the noise, where I normally sit in the morning, was the biggest branch.

“If I had have been sitting there it could have killed me. I’m just shaking, I could not believe how close it was. I was very, very lucky.“Someone was looking out for me. I think I’m going to buy a X Lotto ticket.”

Falling trees also caused damage to homes at Banksia Park and Modbury North, and have damaged cars at Pooraka and Mile End.

A man driving at Yankalilla early this morning was fortunate to avoid serious injury when a tree fell on his car on Main St.

A man driving the car was able to get out and was taken to Flinders Medical Centre with suspected spinal injuries. He is in a stable condition.

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1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A Trees

B Winds

C Traffic

D Life

解析：选B。B 主旨大意题。根据文章第2段 “ Wild weather cut power to thousands of properties and brought down several trees that damaged homes overnight”可知。

2.How old is Ms Smith?

A 35

B 40

C 53

D 52

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据文章第3段 “ Ms Smith, 53”可知。

3.What was she doing when the branch of the trees hit her home?

A She was drinking coffee.

B She was getting up.

C She was staying in bed.

D She was sitting.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据文章第3段 “I woke up about 7.30 am and I thought about getting up but I heard the wind and the rain and decided to stay in bed a bit longer”可知。

4.What does the underlined word forunate mean in Chinese?

A 开心的

B 幸运的

C 困难的

D 长远的

解析：选B。B 词义猜测题。根据文章第6段 “to avoid serious injury when a tree fell on his car on Main St.”可知。

5.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A The wild weather made people lose a lot of money.

B Tina was going to buy a X Lotto ticket because she was still alive

C A driver died in a hospital because of the falling of the trees.

D A man was very lucky when a tree fell on his car.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第6，7段可知，并没有人死。