One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Kate was coming out of a 1, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Kate's sister's. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was 3 that it was not in the direction of her home.
“Why？”Kate asked. The lady smiled.
When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 4 on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and 5 Kate. She asked Kate to keep 6. The man then started the taxi.
“Oh, God! I'm being kidnapped, ”Kate said to herself.
She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an 7 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红)from her pocket, wrote “SOS”on the window, and covered the word with her8 A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the 9. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the bushes, and ran away.
The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 10 because their daughter had finally come back safely.
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B：What？Flying cars？That's impossible!
A： Many companies have been trying to make safe ones.
B：Really？I know nothing about it.
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B：Sounds great! What's it like?
A：It is nearly six metres long and seats two people. It has wings that fold. And it can turn into an airplane in just seconds.
B：It is very expensive, isn't it?
A：Yes, around one million yuan.
B：Wow!
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A. It's reported that one of them plans to sell the flying car. B. So the driver can park it like a car. C. How fast it is! D. Have you heard of flying cars? E. But anyway, it's worth the price. F. Can they fly high? G. Actually, they are not exactly a new idea. |
Mr Brown lived in a house less than two miles from his office, so he was able to drive home every day for lunch. Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars were parked outside his house and there was no room for his own car. He had to drive somewhere else to park his car. Then he had to walk back home. This made him very angry.
He had put up a board, which said "No parking" in the garden facing the road, but nobody noticed(注意) it. People seemed to obey(遵守) only a police notice with white letters on a blue board：
Mrs Brown suggested(建议) that he steal(偷) a police notice. He was afraid to do so. She then suggested that he make one just like a police notice. He said he was not the police and couldn't use the word "police". Several days later, Mr Brown made a blue board with white letters：
"Oh！" Mrs Brown said, "You told me you weren't going to use the word 'police', but why do you use it now？" "Really？" he asked. "Look again. "
She started to laugh. "You are really clever."
It was a Monday morning. As the teacher walked into the classroom, he heard a whisper, “Here's the teacher. I'm sure this boring fellow (家伙) is going to talk about how to use commas (逗号). ” It was a boy's voice and the teacher knew who he was. However, the teacher didn't get angry. He said nothing about it but he really began to talk about how to use commas, and then he wrote the following sentence on the blackboard, “Nick says the teacher is a boring fellow. ”
The class laughed and Nick's face turned red. “Now，” said the teacher, “I'll tell you the importance of commas. ” He put two commas in the sentence, and then read, “ Nick, says the teacher, is a boring fellow. ”
The whole class laughed again. Nick felt very surprised at first, then his face became much redder. Finally he couldn't help (情不自禁) laughing with the other students, too.
Some animals sleep during the wintertime because the weather can be very cold and it is difficult for them to find food. They can sleep for a long time. This kind of winter sleep is called “hibernation”.
If an animal moves about a lot, it needs food. Hibernating animals do not need to eat much because they are not moving about. Their hearts(心脏) beat very slowly and they also breathe(呼吸) slowly. They find a place that is sheltered(遮蔽的) from bad weather and where they are out of danger. Their body fat(脂肪) keeps them alive and warm.
Some animals, such as bears, may wake up from their hibernation on warm winter days and then quickly go back to sleep again when they see the snow is still thick on the ground. When the weather becomes warmer in spring, the animals start to wake up and look for food.
Tom is a TV reporter. An amazing thing happened to Tom yesterday evening. He was walking alone on his way home when he saw bright lights in the sky. Then a spacecraft(航天器) showed up. At first he thought it was orange and white, and it was coming closer and closer. Then it stopped a few metres above the ground. He saw two people inside. They had big ears and small eyes, but no hair. Tom thought they were aliens. He had a camera with him then, but he was too scared to take a photo. Then he began to feel weak and fell to the ground. An hour later, he woke up. He found himself lying on the grass in front of his house. He couldn't explain how he got there. Of course he told his friends about this strange experience. All of them said he was kidding.
1）live in Australia.
2）a kind of lovely animals, eat grass and leaves.
3）about 2. 6m tall, 80 kg, jump quickly and high.
4）heads small, ears large.
5）mother kangaroos have pockets, carry their sons and daughters.
6）protect(保护) the animals, make our world more beautiful.
Kangaroos
