题目内容：

It’s a white Christmas in the United States today, with snow falling from Seattle to Maine.

• Northeast

Biting winds with snow swept the Northeast.

Earlier, up to 15 inches of snow fell during a snow storm in Maine, while up to one foot fell in New Hampshire. Winds reached 76 mph on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, while up to 61 mph winds tore through Long Island, New York. Falling snow collected on the runways at Boston’s Logan International Airport, causing temporary flight delays.

The wind was so severe in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that the annual (重演) of George Washington and his soldiers’crossing the Delaware River was canceled, the Washington Crossing Historic Park told ABC News.

• Midwest

Heavy lake effect snow fell in western Michigan.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind-chill warning and advisory (公告) from Montana to Michigan. Bitter cold air in the Midwest produced wind chills Monday morning as low as minus 48 degrees in North Dakota and minus 47 in northern Minnesota.

As this bitter cold made its way east overnight, it was expected to move over relatively mild Great Lakes, producing intense lake-effect snow bands capabie of producing 2 to 4 inches of snow in an hour.

• West Coast

That storm system moved overnight through the Rockies, bringing more snow and the threat of avalanches(雪崩). The National Weather Service has issued an avalanche warning for the Wasatch Range Mountains outside Salt Lake City.

1.Why was the annual reenactment of George Washington and his soldiers’crossing the Delaware River canceled?

A. Because the river was frozen.    B. Because the wind was too strong.

C. Because the snow was too thick.    D. Because the temperature was too low.

2.Which of the following is the bad weather that has set in according to the passage?

A. The avalanches.    B. A white Christmas.

C. A mess of people’s life.    D. Heavy snow, biting wind and chills.

3.What is the style of the passage?

A. Weather report.

B. News about the effect of bad weather.

C. News about bad weather.

D. A bad-weather warning and advisory.