Late last night, I felt very tired and tried to sleep, but I was woken up by a sudden sound and the sound didn’t stop. I couldn’t sleep then I got up to see where the sound came from. I went to the backyard of my house and saw a very bright light in the sky going towards the forest nearby. I felt worried and decided to see what it was. I took my bicycle and followed the light to the forest. Minutes later, I was in front of a huge spaceship.
I was amazed. When I touched it, a wave(冲击波) pushed me away. I could not move my body, but I could still see. I saw a human…no, a monster…Then, I lost consciousness (知觉).
When I woke up, I was in a large cage. I saw other men and women – in nearby cages. They had either passed out(昏倒) or perhaps died. I watched the cage and found a small dirty window. I cleared the window and saw through it. I saw space!
I also saw the earth getting smaller and smaller as we moved away from it. I didn’t know how I got here. Suddenly, a strange creature(生物) caught my attention. He was half-human and half-monster. For sure, he was not a person living on the earth— he was an alien!
The creature was looking at each cage. Suddenly, he appeared in front of my cage. He said something like, “Zoom zappa zew zhumu zam zeus.” I didn’t understand it, but then a loud sound came. It said, “Hello, New Human. We are the Grays.” It was probably the translation of the words that the creature had just said, I guessed.
I felt afraid. “What is the alien going to do to me?” I wondered.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题。
1. Why couldn’t the writer fall asleep although he felt very tired that night?
2. Where did the writer probably find the spaceship?
3. How was the writer after he was pushed away by a wave?
4. What did the creature look like?
5. What might the alien do to the writer at last? (大胆发挥想象，句意表达准确。)
Monday, 1st March 2010
The next day is Monday, but Jan doesn’t feel ready to go back to school. She goes into the garden. Was it all a dream? Did she really travel back in time? She looks carefully at the tree and then she sees it — Tom’s name carved in the tree trunk.
If she really travelled to the past then her Mika CD and Earth Hour wristband wouldn’t be inside the time capsule. She opens it very carefully. To her surprise, none of her things are there. Instead, other different things are in it. There’s a record, a penknife, a 1975 map of Port Prime and a copy of the Prime News newspaper dated February 27h, 1976. And there’s a letter from Tom to her.
| Dear Jan, I hope you arrive home safely and your parents aren’t too angry. And I hope you like the things in the time capsule. The knife is my special penknife. I used it to cut my name in your apple tree. The map is for you to remember what Port Prime was like when you were here—before the airport and the motorway. Look carefully. I put a cross on the cliffs where we cycled on Saturdays. I put in the Leo Sayer record that Pauly gave you. And the newspaper is Friday’s paper. Look at the TV page for Doctor Who in The Seeds of Doom. I can’t believe Doctor Who is still on TV in 2010! I’m sorry I took the things from your time capsule. I hope you understand. Don’t forget. Look for me in the future. I know you can find me if you try. Your best friend, |
Jan puts the things back in the box. Suddenly she remembers the photo of Tom on her phone. She looks at the photo of Tom sitting on the sofa in his living room and she says, “How can I find you?”
1. Where did Tom and Jan use to ride their bikes?2. When does Jan put her things in the time capsule?
3. Who does Jan want to find? How do you think Jan will find him?
Hi! I’ m Leo and I am 16 years old. I live in New York. Every morning I wake up early. First I have breakfast. Then I take a shower (淋浴).
At 7: 30 a. m. I take the bus to school and get to school at 8: 00 a. m. Classes start at 8:15 a. m. My friend Bruce goes to classes with me. We have lunch together at noon. I always have meat, vegetables and orange juice. After lunch, I go to my favorite class: science!
School is over at 3: 00 in the afternoon. Bruce and I often do our homework and then play football together.
One day in a museum, a spider bites (蜘蛛咬了) me. I become very strong. I can run fast and climb high walls. In my free time, I often wear my red and blue costume and go out to help people in New York. But no one knows I am Spider Man.
1. Where does Leo live?2. How does Leo go to school?
3. What is Leo’s favourite class?
4. When is Leo’s school over?
5. Do people know Leo is Spider Man?
4 . One day, Ms Frizzle teaches her class about the human body (人体). After that, they go to visit a science museum to learn more about the human body. They take their school bus to go there. Everyone is excited on the yellow school bus.
On the way, they stop for lunch at a park. A student named Arnold spends too long time eating. When the other students and Ms Frizzle are all on the school bus, Arnold is still eating outside the bus. Ms. Frizzle pushes a strange little button (按钮) on the bus. Suddenly, the bus and class except (除了) Arnold become very small. They fall into a piece of cheese (奶酪)！And Arnold eats the cheese!
At first, the students are very afraid. Some girls even cry. But Ms. Frizzle tells the students just to see the body as a museum. Then they begin to travel around Arnold’s body. They start the visit from the mouth. They then touch the stomach (胃), swim in the blood (血液) and rush to the brain (头脑). There the class get off the bus and climb down the bones. Later, they get on the bus again and come to nasal cavity (鼻腔).
At the same time, Arnold has to walk back to school by himself. With a sneeze (喷嚏), Arnold sends the bus out of his body, and the class go out through his nose! They meet Arnold later. The class can now draw a map of the human body.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过4个词。
1. What does Ms. Frizzle teach her class one day?
2. Where do they stop for lunch?
3. Where do they start the visit in Arnold’s body?
4. How does Arnold go back to school?
5. What do you think of the story?
