1 . It was a sunny Sunday noon. Pinky and Chotu were getting bored. Just then Chotu remembered his remote control car bought ten years ago. Looking for the car, Pinky found an old thing which was like the remote of Chotu’s car.
Chotu touched the button. They both felt dizzy (头晕目眩的)! They woke up when sharp rays of sun hit their eyes. They were surprised to look at their surroundings. They were in a completely new place!
The two of them stood in front of the huge doors—green, blue and red in color. ▲ They chose the blue door.
The door opened. The place was so empty. No sign of people, it was all deserted, and the trees could hardly be seen. There were only some tall bushes. They stepped inside the door.
When Pinky turned her head, she saw a huge monster. They started to run and the monster ran after them.
Soon both of them were so tired that they couldn’t move any more. They looked closely at the monster and saw that it was made of junk, electronic waste and all kinds of garbage…
“Please don't do anything to us,” begged Pinky.
The monster said loudly, “I am the GARBAGE monster! And I was created by you—the humans. You threw all your waste on the earth, polluted its beauty, and cut down trees. And here I am, as the result of all your behavior and carelessness.”
Both of them lowered their heads in shame. Suddenly a strong wind blew and pulled both of them back to their room. Chotu and Pinky realized that they had actually traveled to the future.
“Wasn’t that very scary, Chotu?”
“Of course! We should do something to save our earth.”
1. When Pinky and Chotu looked at their surroundings in the new place, how did they feel?| A．Happy. | B．Excited． |
| C．Bored． | D．Surprised． |
| A．They didn’t know which door to enter. |
| B．They opened the red one. |
| C．A huge monster was in it. |
| D．They were too frightened to walk in. |
| A．They were too tired． |
| B．They were in shame. |
| C．They wanted to think of an idea． |
| D．The monster ordered them to do so. |
①The two of them stood in front of the huge doors.
②They started to run and the monster ran after them.
③Pinky found an old thing which was like the remote of Chotu’s car.
④Chotu and Pinky realized they had traveled to the future.
| A．①②③④ | B．③④①② |
| C．②③①④ | D．③①②④ |
| A．Pinky and Chotu wanted to go to the new place again. |
| B．Pinky and Chotu talked about what to do to protect the environment. |
| C．Pinky and Chotu wanted to fight with the monster. |
| D．Pinky and Chotu planned for a field trip. |
2 . One day, I was cooking with my friend Sandy in the kitchen. Suddenly, Sandy cut her finger. I went to her quickly. But to my surprise, I saw computer chips in her finger.
“Now you know my secret, you have to die!” Sandy said and picked up the knife. “No, please, Sandy. Aren’t we good friends?” I shouted. But before Sandy could say anything, she fainted.
“Oh, Sandy,” I took her to hospital in a hurry. After a doctor checked her, he said, “I’m afraid we can’t help her. Why don’t you take her to a robot center?”
I hurried to a robot center. A few days later, Sandy was well. She asked, “Mary, why did you save me even after I tried to kill you?”
“Because I’m sure you are my friend. Can you tell me where you are from?”
“I’m from another planet. It’s far from here. Thank you, my friend. Now I see how friendly people are on the Earth.”
Two days later, a UFO came and picked her up. Since then, I’ve never seen her.
1. What was Sandy doing when she cut her finger?| A．She was watching a film named UFO. | B．She was cooking in the kitchen. |
| C．She was getting ready for the coming party. | D．She was doing some shopping with her friends. |
| A．She wanted to kill her friend. | B．She wanted to run after her friend. |
| C．She wanted to go to the hospital. | D．She wanted to play with the knife. |
| A．The writer and the police. | B．The doctors in the hospital. |
| C．The doctors and the robots. | D．The writer and experts in the robot center. |
| A．Another country. | B．A robot center. | C．Another planet. | D．A hospital. |
| A．Finally, Sandy told the writer her secret. | B．At last, Sandy thought the people on the Earth were friendly. |
| C．Sandy went away by UFO. | D．Sandy has returned to the Earth several times. |
3 . We got to another planet and we were on our way back to the earth.
Suddenly, a UFO appeared and it made our spacecraft land on another planet. On the planet, a very strange-looking alien met us. He took my friends and me to see its master. All the aliens had four eyes, two heads and six legs. They had a white body and no hair.
The planet looked like a prison (监狱). We were scared and they gave us some food. No one ate the food.
The next day, they gave us a long list of things to do, but we couldn’t understand them at all. They put us in a small room. After that, they did experiments(试验) on us. A few of us died and they put the rest of us back into the room.
One day, the alien who brought us to our room forgot to lock the door, so we ran away. Soon we flew back to the earth in our spacecraft.
We told people about our experience but no one believed us! After that, I never go into space again.
1. What happened to the writer and his friends on their way back to the earth?| A．They got lost in the space. | B．An alien caught them. |
| C．Their spacecraft didn’t work. | D．They did experiments on aliens. |
| A．They looked like the people on the earth. | B．They had six eyes, two heads and four legs. |
| C．They had four eyes, two heads and six legs. | D．They had four eyes, two heads and six hands. |
| A．The writer and his friends were not aliens on another planet. |
| B．The aliens were very kind to the writer and his friends. |
| C．The writer and his friends could walk around freely on the planet. |
| D．The aliens wanted to do some research on the writer and his friends. |
| A．a kind alien helped them | B．an alien was careless |
| C．they beat the aliens | D．the aliens let them go |
| A．An Experience in Space | B．Aliens on Another Planet |
| C．A Successful Mission | D．A Prisonlike Planet |
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Agatha Christie was an English detective story writer. In her detective stories, she created several detectives. The two most famous of them are Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Here is a list of some stories written by Agatha Christie.
| Murder on the Orient Express | It was first published (出版) in the UK in January 1934. When one of the passengers on the train is discovered murdered, Poirot begins finding the murderer at once. |
| Evil under the Sun | It was first published in the UK in June 1941. A quiet holiday at a hotel is all that Poirot wants. But a beautiful woman is found killed on the beach near the hotel. Who kills her? |
| The Body in the Library | It was first published in the US in February 1942. Dolly asks her old friend Miss Marple for help when a dead girl is found in the library. Who is the girl? Miss Marple begins looking for the answer. |
| Death in the Clouds | It was first published in the US in March 1935. Poirot is a passenger on an airplane flying from Paris to London. But one of the passengers, Madame Giselle is found dead on the plane. Who kills her? |
1. Agatha Christie was a ________.
| A．detective |
| B．writer |
| C．nurse |
| D．teacher |
| A．1942 |
| B．1941 |
| C．1935 |
| D．1934 |
| A．A quiet holiday. |
| B．A detective novel. |
| C．A beautiful painting. |
| D．A new murder. |
| A．Mother and daughter. |
| B．Teacher and student. |
| C．Friends. |
| D．Sisters. |
| A．on a train |
| B．on a plane |
| C．on the beach |
| D．in a library |
