Long long ago, there lived two girls named Emily and Tina. Both of them had long black hair and blue eyes. One day while they were playing in the back yard (庭院), Emily heard a tinkling (叮当) sound. She jumped up. “Listen,” she told her twin. They listened. The noise came again.

This time Tina heard it. She sat up. “It came from over there,” She whispered, looking at the zinnias (鱼尾菊) far away. They came near to find it out. Then something flew out, making the same tinkling sound they had heard before. The children looked at one another. “Was it a bee?” asked Tina. “I don’t think so,” replied Emily. “Do bees make a sound like bells?” “Let’s call it the Tinkle Bee anyway,” said Tina. Emily nodded, listening with a little difficulty. What had made that noise?

    The next day, Emily and Tina brought their cookies outside. Tina took her plate by the zinnias. Suddenly she caught something. “Emily!” she called. “I’ve got the Tinkle Bee!” Emily rushed over. They sat down on the grass. Tina opened her hand very carefully. There was that sound! Something was shining in Tina’s hand. They smiled. Then Emily cried, “It’s a fairy (仙女)!” Tina looked down at it in her hand. It looked like a girl. A tiny girl with wings! Tina dropped it before she noticed that a wing was torn (撕裂). The little fairy could not fly away so she took a piece of grass out of the ground and sat on it.

Emily and Tina were surprised at what they saw. The fairy turned to Emily and said, “Hello, I am Marabella.” Then she said again, “Marabella the Fairy.” Emily smiled. “I’m Emily,” she said. Tina said, “I’m Tina. Are you really a fairy?” “Oh, yes!” replied Marabella. “I’ve always been a fairy.”

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “tiny” in this passage?

A. Weak.                   B. Nice.                     C. Little.            D. Sick.

2.How did the sound come out?

A. A bee behind the zinnias made the sound.        

B. It came out from the fairy’s flying.

C. It came out when the fairy shouted for help.       

D. The bell by the zinnias rang.

3.What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. Emily and Tina found a tinkling sound when they were playing in the yard.

B. Emily and Tina were very interested in the tinkling sound.

C. How a fairy by the zinnias was saved by the twins.

D. The process of Emily and Tina’s finding a fairy.

I live _____the market.So I have to drive to buy vegetables and fruits.

A far away    B near to       C far from       D next 

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The home of the future won’t be completely different and we will be living in houses and flats as we do today. But people will want to shape their homes to match their dreams. No two homes will be the same. People will be able to buy “house materials” containing moveable walls, doors and windows. They will put together the different parts to create the home they want.

Many jobs that we do today will disappear, others will still be done but will change and new jobs will be created. Skilled workers such as builders, gardeners and electricians won’t disappear because machines can’t take the place of them. We will still have teachers because students need human contact. But they will be using modern technology in class more and students will be working more from home.

Space holidays will develop in the future, but these holidays won’t be for everyone because they won’t be cheap. Short space trips will develop first, then hotels will move around the earth where it will be possible to have a longer vacation. By the end of the next century, there will be holiday centers on the moon with things needed for families.

There will be no paper in the future. Instead, there will be e-paper which people will be able to use over and over again. This will develop in order to protect nature. E-newspapers and e-magazines will take the place of traditional newspapers and magazines and we will download information and news articles from the Internet every day onto our re-useable paper.

As we know, the earth is going to disappear sometime in the future. This isn’t going to happen tomorrow but scientists say that it will happen in five billion years. We will have to find another home. At sometime in the future far away, either we stay on the earth and die with it, or we leave and move to another plant. There won’t be any other choice.

The park is 200 meters        here.
A. far              B. away from    C. far away           D away

According to a new education survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50 percent of the students say they are worried about robbery on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China，some schools have taught an unusual lesson. self-protection；Students like this lesson as there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.

Chen Haoyu，a teacher at Beijing No. 25 Middle School and a self-protection expert，gives young students advice on how to deal with danger．

If you are robbed, keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money, try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police.

If you are in a traffic accident and if you are hurt by a car, take down the car number；if it is a bicycle, try to contact your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.

Don’t stay in high places and keep away from trees if it is raining hard and there is lightning.

Get away as fast as you can when there is a fire．Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift!    

If someone is drowning and you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help.

Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!

1.Why do students like the self-protection lesson?

A．Because there is advice on exams

B．Because they can learn how to protect themselves.

C．Because they like self-protection experts.

D．Because they have lots of exams during the lesson.

2.The underlined word “contact” means_________.

A．end up           B．wait for           C．search for         D．get in touch with

3.If your house is on fire, you must __________.

A．put dry things on your body

B．run quickly and take the lift

C．take everything you have and then run away

D．run away and find an exit as quickly as you can

4.If you see a child fall into the river and you are not able to swim, you _______.

A．should telephone the doctor               B．can jump into the river and save him

C．can do nothing                         D．should shout for help

5.What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Protection                            B．Advice on how to deal with danger

C．The popular lesson                      D．An interesting lesson