5. The square window box is ________.

　 A. a car or a bus　　　 　　　　　B. a very small earth monster

　 C. a TV set　　 　　　　　　　 　D. a radio

Key: A B D C C

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Alfred Nobel, the great Swedish inventor and industrialist, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833, but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842, where his father, Immanuel, made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry. Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War, but went bankrupt soon after. Then, the family returned to Sweden in 1859, where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab. He had never been to school or university but had taught himself, and by the time he was twenty, he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist, speaking Swedish, Russian, German, French and English. He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries. He was always searching for a meaning to life. He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars, and the peace between nations, until his death in Italy in 1896. His famous last will, in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics, chemistry, physiology, medicine, literature and peace, is a memorial to his interests and ideas. And so, the man is remembered and respected long after his death.

4. The earth monsters don’t put ________ on their holes.

　 A. nice things　　 　　　　　　　B. balls　

　 C. fire　 　　　　　　　 　　　D. water

3. The earth monster doesn’t have ________.

　 A. heads, arms and legs 　　　　B. brown or yellow strings on its head　

　 C. a hole on its face　 　　　　　D. a swing on its body

2. Shlander thinks man on the earth is ________.

　 A. a monkey　 　　　　　　　　B. a earth monster　

　 C. a tin box 　　　　　　　　　D. a strange world

1. Shlander thinks the people and things on the earth are very ________.

　 A. strange　　 　　　　　　　　B. nice　

　 C. different　 　　　　　　　 　D. beautiful

5. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

　 A. The itching begins after the mosquito bites you.

　 B. You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you.

　 C. Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs.

　 D. All the mosquitoes don’t like to bite people for blood.　

Key: D B D C B

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Shlander is a man from space. He thinks the people and things on the earth are very strange. He is now writing a letter to his friend at home. Here is part of his letter. Read it and answer the questions.

Now I am in a strange world. It is very nice. There are many new things here. There are many earth monsters here, too. The earth monsters look very funny. They have just one head, two arms and two legs. They have thin black strings on their heads. Some earth monsters have brown or yellow strings. The earth monsters have a hole in their face. Every day, they put nice things and balls from the trees into the hole. They put water into the hole, too. The earth monsters do not walk very fast. They move from place to pace in tin boxes.

At night, the earth monsters like to look at a square window box. This box has very small earth monsters in it.

4. The mosquito bites you _________.

　 A. when you’re asleep　　 　　　　 B. because you have choose it

　 C. too quickly to let you know 　　　 D. but doesn’t like you

3. If the mosquito doesn’t bite you, it will ________.

　 A. get angry with you　　　 　　　　 B. be afraid of you

　 C. make a lot of noise　　　 　　　　 D. choose another one

2. We know mosquitoes very well because ___________.

　 A. they can be found easily　　 　　 B. they fly here and there

　 C. there are many kinds of them　　 D. they can fly

1. “Mosquito” means _______ in Chinese.

　 A. 苍蝇　　 B. 蜻蜓　 C. 跳蚤　　　 　 D. 蚊子