On the left of the apple ________ two bottles of water．

1. A.
   is
2. B.
   are
3. C.
   am
4. D.
   was

On the eastern part of West Malaysia, there is a long sand beach. From June to August every year, giant turtles come to the beach to lay eggs. They appear only late at night to lay their eggs （产卵）in holes. They dig these holes with their hind flippers（鳍状肢）.

   When they have finished laying their eggs, they fill up the holes with sand and return to the sea. The mother turtles never see their babies. The hot sun keeps the eggs warm until they hatch（孵化）. Then the baby turtles will go back to the sea to begin their new lives. In the past, many people came to dig up the eggs after the mother turtles had left. They took the eggs to town to sell.

   Since 1962, the Malaysian government has built high fences around the sand beach to stop people from digging and selling the eggs, because people are afraid that there will be fewer and fewer turtles there.

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    On the first day of my sixth grade, I saw one little girl called Amy on the school bus. “ Don’t talk to her ,” said Lauren, who sat beside me, “ or they will make fun of you .”

    Amy had many physical(身体上的) differences – lots of reasons for other kids to make fun of her. Her eyes weren’t straight. Her glasses were too big. And she had really ugly teeth.

    Every day as we drove to and from school, kids would insult Amy, “ God, what a strange face! Stop looking at me!”

    I had to be in silence. After all, I didn’t want them to treat me in the same way.

    But while I was insulting her, my heart ached(痛) for the girl. I could see that she was so ashamed(羞耻的) and alone. Then I wanted to stand up for her. I just didn’t know how to stop my schoolmates until the night of our class skating party.

    Our whole class was there. Amy was there, too. Amy didn’t know how to skate, but I could see how much she wanted to have fun like the rest of us. So I skated over to her and took her by the hand. She just smiled, and was very excited.

    The next morning there was much news about Amy and me skating together. But nobody laughed at her or me. And they didn’t for the rest of the year. I never heard from Amy again after the school year. But I’ve always hoped that I changed her life for the better.

(    )56. What grade was the writer in when he first met Amy?

       A. Grade 1.                  B. Grade 2                  C. Grade 5                 D. Grade 6

(    )57. What did Amy look like?

A.      She was beautiful.   B. She was ugly.     C.  She was fat.   D. She was serious

(    )58. The underlined word “ insult” has the similar meaning to “________”

       A. laugh at            B. look after               C. wake up                 D. talk with

(    )59. What did the writer do on their class skating party?

       A. He taught Amy to skate.                               B. He introduced Amy to others.

       C. He drove Amy out of the party.             D. He said sorry to Amy.

(    )60. What happened after the party?

A.      Kids began to talk with Amy.               B. Amy left the school.

C. Kids no longer laughed at Amy               D. Amy’s life has changed a lot.