A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 other tourists from the Asian tsunami because she had warned them a huge body of water was on its way after learning something about these weeks earlier at school.

    “I was on the beach and the water started to go funny,” Tilly Smith told the Sun.

    “There were bubbles（水泡）and the huge waters went out suddenly. I realized at once what was happening and had a feeling that there was going to be a tsunami. I soon told mummy about this.”

    While other holidaymakers stood and watched when the disappearing waters left boats and fish on the sands. Tilly seemed to know the danger signs at once because she had just learned a school lesson on huge waves caused by the moving and shaking of the underwater earth.

    Quick action by Tilly’s mother and workers of the Thai(泰国的) hotel meant Maikhao beach was quickly cleared, just minutes before a huge wave fully swept（风浪等的席卷）the beach. The beach was one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no one was killed.

    Her teacher, Andrew Kearney, was proud of his quick-thinking student. “Tilly is a very bright, clear-headed girl. It happened that our class was learning about tsunami just two weeks before Christmas,” he told the newspaper.

1. What is “the Sun” in the second paragraph of the passage?

  A. It is the name of a person.           B. It is the name of a star in the sky.

  C. It is the name of a newspaper.       D. It is the name of one of the tourists.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A. Andrew Kearney came to the Thai island of Phuket two weeks before Christmas.

  B. Tilly Smith knew a tsunami would happen, so she learned about it in her lesson.

  C. Tilly Smith and her mother went to the Thai island of Phuket for their holidays.

  D. Maikhao beach is one of few beaches in Britain where a tsunami sometimes happens.

3. What does the underlined sentence “The beach was one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no one was killed.” in the fifth paragraph mean?

  A. Only 100 tourists were not killed on the Thai island of Phuket.

  B. No tourists were killed on Maikhao beach in the Asian tsunami.

  C. All tourists were saved by Tilly on the Thai island of Phuket.

  D. Few tourists were killed on the Thai island of Phuket in the tsunami.

There are many places for people to visit in London．One famous place for 1_______ in London is Madame Tussaud’s museum．Here people can 2_______ figures（塑像）of famous people made of wax（蜡）．

Madame Tussaud was born in France in 1761．Her uncle，who was a doctor，made wax figures of people．He 3_______ a museum of these figures in Paris．Marie Tussaud helped him in his 4_______．

In 1789，during the 5_______ Revolution（革命），Marie was sent to prison．Here she had to copy the heads of 6_______ people when they were dead，including King Louis XVI’s and Queen Marie Antoinette’s．

In 1795，Marie 7_______ Francois Tussaud and in 1802 they came to London with her wax figures．Here she opened a museum and her figures can still be 8_______ today．

Nowadays．Madame Tussaud’s is opened in several 9_______ ，such as New York，Hong Kong．Amsterdam．People can visit Madame Tussaud’s not only in Europe but also in 10_______ and America．

1．A．Ladies                   B．students               C．artists                    D．tourists

2．A．draw                     B．make                   C．see                        D．buy

3．A．visited                   B．opened                 C．saw                       D．decorated

4．A．work                     B．drawing               C．painting                  D．picture

5．A．English                  B．Russian                C．Chinese                  D．French

6．A．good                     B．beautiful               C．famous                  D．tall

7．A．married                 B．encouraged          C．found                    D．saved

8．A．made                     B．seen                    C．discovered             D．stolen

9．A．towns                    B．villages                C．cities                     D．countries

10．A．China                  B．France                 C．Australia                D．Asia

A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 other tourists from the Asian tsunami because she had warned them a huge body of water was on its way after learning something about this weeks earlier at school.

   “I was on the beach and the water started to go funny,” Tilly Smith told the Sun.

   “There were bubbles（水泡）and the huge waters went out suddenly. I realized at once what was happening and had a feeling that there was going to be a tsunami. I soon told mummy about this.”

   While other holidaymakers stood and watched when the disappearing waters left boats and fish on the sands. Tilly seemed to know the danger signs at once because she had just learned a school lesson on huge waves caused by the moving and shaking of the underwater earth.

   Quick action by Tilly’s mother and workers of the Thai(泰国的) hotel meant Maikhao beach was quickly cleared, just minutes before a huge wave fully swept（风浪等的席卷）the beach. The beach was one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no one was killed.

   Her teacher, Andrew Kearney, was proud of his quick-thinking student. “Tilly is a very bright, clear-headed girl. It happened that our class were learning about tsunami just two weeks before Christmas,” he told the newspaper.

1. What is “the Sun” in the second paragraph of the passage?

     A. It is the name of a person.             B. It is the name of a star in the sky.

     C. It is the name of a newspaper.       D. It is the name of one of the tourists.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A. Andrew Kearney came to the Thai island of Phuket two weeks before Christmas.

     B. Tilly Smith knew a tsunami would happen, so she learned about it in her lesson.

     C. Tilly Smith and her mother went to the Thai island of Phuket for their holidays.

     D. Maikhao beach is one of few beaches in Britain where a tsunami sometimes happens.

3. What does the underlined sentence “The beach was one of the few on the Thai island of Phuket where no one was killed.” in the fifth paragraph mean?

     A. Only 100 tourists were not killed on the Thai island of Phuket.

     B. No tourists were killed on Maikhao beach in the Asian tsunami.

     C. All tourists were saved by Tilly on the Thai island of Phuket.

     D. Few tourists were killed on the Thai island of Phuket in the tsunami.