— How do you find the new book by JK Rowling?

—__________. I guess she is out of her talent.

A. With the help of my mother.          B. By accident.

C. Very boring                          D. In the library.

用下列单词的正确形式填空：
1. We went to a beautiful town and spent a/an _________________ (forget) day.
2. I have no _______________ (inform) about where he has gone.
3. The composer is also a __________________ (gift) pianist.
4. When Susan fell off her cycle , her only ______________ (injure) was a twisted ankle.
5. The fireman ______________ (brave) went into the burning house.
6. Try to make some __________________ (adjust) of your differences so that you can work together without quarrels.
7. This ancient book contains _______________ (describe) of China.
8. The new book is full of ______________ (challenge) ideas.
9. It causes a lot of ______________ (convenience) when the buses don’t come.
10. How can you ____________ (tolerance) all that noise while you are working?

One day, Nancy came home from school crying. Taking her in her arms, Mummy tried to   36  her. After a while, she stopped crying and asked, “Mummy, am I  37  ?” “No, you are not,” said Mummy, “but let us discuss this after you  38  , OK?”

Several minutes later, Nancy began to have supper with Mummy.

“Who   39  that you are bad?” asked Mummy.

“Phillips, my friend. He asked me for help with his maths but I   40   because I wanted to read the new book Daddy gave me. He got   41  and said I was a bad girl,” said Nancy.

“You are   42  ,” said Mummy. “Phillips has often helped you with your English. You should have helped him. Why don’t you phone him and say   43  to him?”

“But he called me bad and   44  with me. I don’t want to go,” Nancy cried.

“Though you have done   45   bad, it does not make you a bad person. You are  46   a good person.”

Nancy showed a  47   look on her face. “How can that be, Mummy?” she asked.

“Our   48  is always good. So never believe that you are bad,” Mummy replied with a smile.

  49   flooded on Nancy’s face. “Am I  50  good, Mummy?” she asked.

“Yes, you are good, and always will be so. But that does not mean that you should not  51  the wrong that you do. You will have to call and   52  to Phillips. Do you understand me?”

“Yes, Mummy,” said Nancy slowly. “Thank you for telling me this. I feel much better now,” said Nancy  53 . “I am going to   54  Phillips right away, and I am never going to   55  that I am always good.”

1.                A．calm           B．protect         C．trick D．praise

2.                A．shy            B．foolish          C．bad  D．strong

3.                A．get up          B．grow up         C．wash up D．turn up

4.                A．said            B．saw            C．heard    D．doubted

5.                A．cried          B．refused         C．admitted  D．allowed

6.                A．excited         B．comfortable     C．nervous D．angry

7.                A．wrong          B．brave          C．wise D．careful

8.                A．goodbye        B．sorry           C．thank you D．hello

9.                A．competed       B．lived           C．worked   D．argued

10.               A．everything      B．anything        C．something D．nothing

11.               A．always         B．sometimes      C．ever D．never

12.               A．worried        B．puzzled         C．confident  D．satisfied

13.               A．chance         B．choice         C．condition  D．nature

14.               A．Fear           B．Patience        C．Shock     D．Joy

15.               A．really          B．hardly          C．already    D．gradually

16.               A．account for      B．pay for         C．look forward to D．rely on

17.               A．devote         B．apologize       C．introduce D．turn

18.               A．coldly          B．sadly           C．gratefully  D．pitifully

19.               A．consult         B．change         C．teach     D．call

20.               A．agree          B．explain         C．forget     D．confirm

About 12,000 years ago- long before the famous UFO crash make headlines in America—an alien spaceship crashed in China. And their descendants are still living in a faraway Chinese village today! That is the mind-bending claim made in the new book Out of Time and Place, a collection of reports from the files of Fate, a magazine edited by Terry O’Neil.
The story first came to light in 1937 when an expedition led by Chi Pu-Tei came across a group of caves deep in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains. In the caves were found strange-looking skeletons with big heads and small, slender bodies—closely matching typical descriptions of space aliens. The explorers also uncovered 716 mysterious stone discs with strange hieroglyphics(象形文字) on them.
In Qinghai Province, where the mountains lie, ancient stories tell of small, skinny beings with oversize heads who came from the sky long long ago. And to this day, locals live in fear of attack from strange-looking creatures from above.
And there is more. In 1947, British scientist Karyl Robin-Evans led an expedition into the mountains and discovered a group of dwarfs(侏儒) who called themselves the Droza. “They told him that their ancestors came from a planet in the Sirius（天狼星）system and crashed in this mountain area a long time ago,” writes Hausdorf, “Many of them were killed, but survivors adapted to living on this rough planet far from home.”
For decades, Robin-Evans’ claims were dismissed as nonsense. But in 1995, the Associated Press reported that in the region a village named Huilong had been discovered—populated by 120 dwarfs ranging from 3-foot-10 to 2-foot-1tall.Hausdorf asks, “Could these people be the last living descendants of the survivors of the legendary UGO crash—the Chinese Roswell?”
【小题1】Which of the following are the findings of Chi Pu-Tei?
a. strange-looking skeletons           b. UFO crash
c. stone discs                       d. dwarfs
e. strange hieroglyphics               f. skinny beings

JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company, to publish her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most anticipated (期望的) book in years.

   The deal means that Rowling’s long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher that launched (发行) the Harry Potter books, has come to an end, at least in terms of new works by the author.

    Rowling is keeping her fans guessing about the characters and plot of her new book. She only said that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which was sold over 30 million copies in the UK alone. She thought that with the move from children’s to adult fiction, a switch to a new publisher seemed like a natural and reasonable step.

    She said, "Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from the Harry Potter series. The freedom to explore a new field is a gift that Harry’s success has brought me."

    Ian Rankin, the Edinburgh-based author whose highly-successful detective novels are also set in the city, suggested Rowling’s book will be a crime novel.

     "Wouldn’t it be funny if JK Rowling’s first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set in Edinburgh?" he said.

    Industry insiders guessed that the deal is worth more than ￡5 million and the new book is expected to come out later this year.

    A spokesman said, "JK Rowling’s audience is vast and her position is unique. Harry Potter books were a global success and her fans are very loyal. Children that were eight, nine, or ten when the books first came out in the 1990s are now in their 20s. Plenty of adults, loved the books regardless of whether they had children, so the potential market for her is huge."

1.What does the text mainly tell us?

    A. JK Rowling has signed a deal with a new publisher.

    B. JK Rowling's new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series.

    C. JK Rowling’s first book for adults will be published later this year.

    D. JK Rowling has to switch to a new publisher in order to publish her new book.

2.JK Rowling’s new book for adults        .

    A. has been sold 30 million copies in the UK alone

    B. is poorly thought of by the London-based publisher Bloomsbury

    C. has nothing in common with the Harry Potter series

    D. is expected to bring her more money than the Harry Potter series

3.The author used Ian Rankin’s words in order to          .

    A. tell us that some famous novelists offer to give Rowling some advice

    B. show that many readers are curious about Rowling’s new book

    C. tell us that many readers prefer to read detective or crime novels

    D. prove that a crime story set in Edinburgh is sure to be successful

4.We can learn from the text that          .

    A. Little, Brown and Company is specialized in publishing adult books

    B. the author has no doubt about the success of Rowling’s new book

    C. JK Rowling will be a crime novelist as good as Ian Rankin

D. it was in Edinburgh that Ian Rankin got to know JK Rowling