Agatha Christin went out at night. She never  36  the night when she met a   37  many years ago.

That evening, she was going to a birthday party which  38  until 2 o’clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the  39  street alone. Suddenly from the shadow of a dark building a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out  40  her. “Good morning, lady.” the man said in a   41  voice, “I don’t think you wish to  42  here!” “ What do you   43  ?”Agatha asked.

“ Your earrings, take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a  44  idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar of her overcoat while she used  45  hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly  46  them on the ground.

“  47  them and let me go, “ she said. The robber  48  that girl didn’t like the earrings at all, only trying to  49  the necklace. It would cost  50  , so he said, “ Give me your necklace.”

“ Oh, sir. It’s  51  worth much. Please let me  52  it.”

“Stop rubbish. Quick!”

With shaking hands Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber  53  , she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends,

The  54  cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken  55  cost only six pounds.

A．minded      B．forgot       C．remembered         D．realized

A．friend         B．beggar         C．robber             D．stranger

A．stayed        B．ended           C．began               D．lasted

A．wide        B．narrow         C．quiet                D．busy

A．at            B．on             C．in                 D．against

A．loud         B．low             C．sharp            D．wild

A．come        B．die            C．fight                D．meet

A．do          B．make          C．want               D．ask

A．bright      B．foolish          C．funny               D．safe

A．her right   B．her left        C．the other            D．another

A．handed    B．put             C．passed             D．threw

A．Take         B．Accept          C．Collect             D．Pick

A．considered B．saw             C．felt                D．thought

A．keep        B．own           C．have               D．guard

A．more        B．less           C．cheap               D．expensive

A．really       B．usually         C．even               D．not

A．wear      B．keep           C．save             D．have

A．ran         B．allowed         C．disappeared        D．agreed

A．loss         B．luck            C．jewelry             D．earrings

A．away        B．out            C．off               D．down

______ by the clear waters, this forest provides visitors with a wonderful chance to see some endangered birds in the wild.

A. Being surrounded B. SurroundingC. Surrounded    D. To be surrounded

_____ by the clear waters, this forest provides visitors with a wonderful chance to see some endangered native birds in the wild.

A．Being surrounded                       B．Surrounding

C．Surrounded                           D．To be surrounded

_____ by the clear waters, this forest provides visitors with a wonderful chance to see some endangered native birds in the wild.

This is the SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, I’m Barbara Klein.

Animal experts say one of the world’s most beautiful and rare kinds of big cat is close to disappearing from the wild. A study earlier this year found that about thirty Amur leopards(豹) still live free. The cats are also called Far Eastern leopards.

Recently, their numbers have been reduced by one. Some person shot a female Amur, then beat her to death. The animal’s body was discovered last month in the Barsovy National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Russia.

An official of the World Wildlife Fund, Darron, said this was the third such killing in the area in the past fives years. Mr. Collins said the death of even one adult female is a huge loss for the endangered cat. He noted that the killing reduces the possibility for cubs(幼兽) or young.

It is not clear how many Amur leopards still live free. One population count was performed in February and March. Wildlife expert Dmitry Pikuuov led this study. It found evidence of seven to nine males. The study identified(确定) three to seven females without cubs. Four leopards were identified as females with cubs. In all, five or six cubs were recorded. Six to eight animals could not be identified.

Most of the land where the Amur leopard once lived was in China. New roads and climate change there threatened(威胁) the animals. So did hunters who kill big cats for their body parts.

Mr. Pikuuov says adult Amurs need about five hundred square kilometers with good forests to survive. He said they also need a large and continuing supply of animals like deer for food. He believes the answer to saving the Amur leopard is for governments to provide protected spaces for wildlife.

1.This passage is probably from____________.

A．a magazine        B．a newspaper report  C．a TV report        D．a film

2.Why is the killing of an adult female a huge loss?

A．It could lead to the death of an adult male.

B．It means it can not give birth to the young any more.

C．It is worth more money than a male.

D．There is only one adult female in the world.

3.The number of the Amur leopards in China is becoming smaller because of all the following EXCEPT

A．new roads         B．climate change     C．human hunting     D．rare diseases

4.According to the experts the Amur leopards ____________.

A．are living on plants                      B．are living in the zoo

C．are well protected by people              D．are endangered