Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour. Today we’ll show you two British stories. We hope you’ll enjoy them.
About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England. Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language. They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them. The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there. And her skin colour turned back to normal day by day. Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can even turn green.
Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland. It’s a very deep and cold lake. For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物) called Nessie which lives in the lake. About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake. They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water. Since then many people say they have seen the monster. Their descriptions are always the same. It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head. It has a big bump(包，肿块)on its back. People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear. Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not. Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish. Some think it’s a snake. Others say there’s nothing at all— nothing but people’s imagination. Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness.
1.What kind of story is talked about in this programme?
A. Romantic stories. B. Mysteries. C. Horror stories. D. Comedies.
2.Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?
A. They both enjoyed a long and happy life.
B. The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life.
C. At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did.
D. Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village.
3.What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses?
4.What can we learn from the second story?
A. Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness.
B. Loch Ness is very deep and warm lake in Scotland.
C. People have taken very clear pictures of Nessie.
D. In fact Nessie is a whale or a snake.
When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was eight o’clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn’t prevent the accident— the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt.
When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag— no, it was nowhere to be found.
“Where is my school bag?” Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!
1.What does the underlined word “tripped” mean?
A. 扔掉 B. 拣起 C. 绊，绊倒 D. 跨越
2.What is the order of the accident?
①A taxi was coming in the opposite direction
②The bus driver went round the coach.
③An old coach broke down.
④The taxi crashed into the bus.
A. ①→④→②→③ B. ②→③→①→④
C. ③→②→④→① D. ③→②→①→④
3.What is the best title for this passage?
A. An unlucky day B. A happy day out
C. A traffic accident D. A strict teacher
HE cleans your house. He repairs your broken toys. He helps you with your homework. Even if you make a lot of trouble at school, he ‘ll never stop loving you.
WHO? It’s your father, _______ And you could never thank him enough for everything he has done for you.
So don’t forget to do something nice for him on Father’s Day. It’s always on the third Sunday in June. This year it’s the nineteenth of June. How can we celebrate it and make it a special Father’s Day? Here are Millie’s and Ricky’s ideas:
1.Which day is Father’s Day this year?
A. 9th June B. 19th June C. 9th July D. 19th July
2.What will Millie probably NOT do on Father’s Day this year?
A. Buy her dad some expensive American CDs.
B. Make her dad a beautiful card.
C. Write her dad a special letter.
D. Clean her dad’s shoes.
3.下面哪个句子适合放在文中第二段划线处？
A. Sometimes he is lazy.
B. Why not buy him a present?
C. He would do anything for you.
D. Father’s Day began a long time ago.
When Amy wrote her first novel in secondary school, she never imagined that she would become a writer one day. Like many 16 writers on the Internet, the 17 woman got into this online world accidentally(偶然地).
Three years ago, Amy worked in a medical industry. Her job kept her busy for six months and left her almost 18 to do for the rest of the year. To fill the time, she started writing 19 on the Internet. Her first novel was about her neighbours and their life 20 she is familiar with.
Amy has been interested in writing 21 she was a child. At first, she just wanted to share her novels 22 people she knew. Then one day an editor of a famous website emailed her, asking her 23 she would like to sell the electronic copyright(授权) of one of her novels. She 24 immediately and the novel was moved to the VIP section of the website. She got $ 1,500 for that.
Now Amy is a full-time 25 . So far her eight novels have come out online, and five of them 26 .
“The Internet made me famous and brought me 27 ,” she said. “I earn much more money now— about $60,000 a year. I am 28 with my career, but there is one problem — that my talent might run out after five years and I’ll have to 29 to work in the medical industry.”
“Before that day comes, I’ll keep 30 for the readers with my light and close-to-everyday-life writing style,” said Amy with a smile.
1. A. other B. others C. another D. the other
2.A. 28-year-old B. 28-years-old C. 28 years old D. 28-year old
3. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
4.A. reports B. novels C. diaries D. plays
5. A. who B. which C. that D. whom
6.A. when B. while C. since D. until
7.A. about B. of C. to D. with
8. A. that B. if C. why D. how often
9.A. agreed B. disagreed C. refused D. left
10.A. housewife B. editor C. saleswoman D. writer
11. A. will print B. were printing C. printed D. were printed
12. A. success B. succeed C. successful D. successfully
13. A. unhappy B. angry C. satisfied D. proud
14.A. come B. go C. return D. get
15.A. to write B. writing C. write D. written
What bad weather it was! We decided ____________________.
A. to go out B. not to go out C. to not go out D. not going out
We’ve got no coffee. Let’s have tea ________________.
A. either B. however C. yet D. instead
