Thank you            me the snow globe            the monster.

A．to send; of        B．for sending; of      C．sent; from         D．to sends; from

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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 color 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 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(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 program?

A. Romantic stories.     B. Mysteries.      C. Horror stories.     D. Comedies.

2.Where did the stories happen?

A.           B.           C.           D.

3.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.

4.What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses? 

5.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.

课文填空（10分）

Thanks for __1.______ me the snow globe of the monster ,I love it. In fact I think it's __2.______ my favorite. I've been __3._______ snow globes for seven years, and now I have 226 of them .My mom says I have to stop, because we've___4._____ out of room to store them. They're all around our apartment. I 5._______store in boxes under my bed. The first one I ever_____6.____was a birthday cake snow globe on my seventh birthday. I ____7._______ love globes with animals. I have a big one with bears in it and _8.________ one with penguins. If you know anyone else who __9._____ them, please tell me. I'd like _____10.____a snow globe collectors' club. By the way, what's your hobby?

从方框中所给的词中选出最恰当的10个是，用其适当的形式填空。第个词只限用一次。（每小题1分）

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Everyone loves a good mystery,. For thousands of years, Cretan mazes(克里特岛迷宫)have 1.________ us .  There are many different ideas about why they first appeared, and it’s run to try and work one out!

From the outside~ a Cretan maze looks like any other. There is only one path (路径) to follow, but it's2._________to get lost! The earliest example of this type of maze is on a clay tablet (泥板) 3.____ in Greece around 1200 BC. 4.____,            the most famous was built on the island of Crete. The ancient Greeks 5.______ that there was a monster in the first Cretan maze. lt was half-man, half-bull, and liked to 6.______humans, Every few years 7 boys and 7 girls were gent 7.________the maze , where the monster killed them. Eventually, a brave prince(王子) 8._____ Theseus killed the monster.

    This is a good story. But it’s just a 9.____________.Today, Cretan mazes are all over the world, and still seem 10.________ Whether you believe the story or just admire them as pretty works of art, enjoy the fun they bring!　

阅读理解

Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly）（丑陋的）, and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.

He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

“Dear Editor.” he wrote. “ I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear Monster.” the Editor replied. “ Advertise（登广告）for a friend in this magazine.”

The monster wrote an advertisement（广告）.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The Editor looked in Box45.

“Yes, there is one.” she said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character（品行）is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

1.Why was the monster unhappy?

2. What did the monster advertise for?

3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

4. What was wrong about Miss Thwaite’s letter?