先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意, 然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

    Amy is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta early on the morning of March 12, when a man 1her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side.

    “I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 2 ,”she said in a TV interview last week.

    The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He killed three people at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were 3him.

    Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged(恳求) him not to take her 4 again and again. “I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,” she said with tears.

    “I just talked to him and tried to make him believe me,” Smith said.

    She asked Nichols 5 he chose her. “He said he thought I was an angel6 from God, and God asked him to do so.”

    Smith even 7 for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was8when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing the police looking for him. “I cannot believe that's me on the TV!” Nichols told the woman.

    Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he 9do. She said, “I think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, more people are going to get10.”

    Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

    I had a very unusual experience(经历) on Sunday. At ten in the morning, I was 1 down the street when a UFO landed right 2 of me. You can imagine(想象)3 strange it was！An alien 4 and walked down Center Street. I followed it to see 5 it was going, and I was very surprised when it went 6 a souvenir shop. While it was 7 at the souvenirs(纪念品), the shop assistant called the 8. Before the police arrived, the alien left the 9 and then visited the Museum of Flight. 10 the alien was in the museum, I called the TV station. Isn't that amazing!

    Patty got home after school as usual. She walked in, went to the sofa and sat down, looking at the 1.

    "What′s wrong with you? "asked Kathy, her elder sister.

    "2."

    Kathy was a thoughtful high school girl. She wouldn't leave things like that "You 3be in trouble. You're usually happy when you get home from school.

    Patty kept sitting with her head down. "I hate school! I hate my class! I hate that new4.

    "I know what you mean, Patty. You don't hate anyone.

    "Well! Jerry told my best friend Betty, that she would make friends with her if Betty5 being my friend. And now Betty doesn't play with me after class."

    "That's not very 6 , Kathy said, How about your other friends? You have other friends, don't you?"

    "Yes, "Patty answered, trying not to cry."7 Jerry made me lose my best friend.

    "Patty, you didn't lose your friend."

    "I just told you, I did!"

    "Listen, my little sister. You don't lose friends. You just 8your real friends. Your real friends will 9 leave you when they meet new friends."

    The next day, Patty walked in, went to the sofa and sat down as yesterday. But the difference was that the 10 look came back to her face. It was clear that she had got out of the trouble.

Emily's Blog

Shut Up Zoos, Not Animals!

You may think that visiting zoos is harmless fun, but you're wrong because zoos are just prisons(监狱) for animals. The difference is that prisoners get out after a few years! Animals in cages look bored and are boring to look at. After all, we all know what an elephant looks like, we've seen them on TV. So why make animals suffer by shutting them up for our fun? Shut up the zoos instead!

Posted by:Emily on April 19, at 18：12 Comments(3)

Comments

I partly agree. But some zoos aren't there for our fun. I've just got back from Jersey Zoo. It saves rare animals and breeds them. Then it returns the babies to the wild. Not all zoos are the same, you know.

Posted by:Angela on April 21, at 18：17

Quite agree! Every time I go to the zoo, I never look into the poor animals' eyes! Kept in the small and smelly cages, they look so lonely and sad. Hope one day they will return to nature, where they can live happily and freely with their families.

Posted by :John on April 22, at 12：21

Personally, I think zoos are fantastic places for children. They can play with animals and enjoy themselves so much there. Also, they learn a lot about animals. Why shut up?

Posted by:David on April 22, at 21：05)

Archimedes and the golden crown

One day in ancient Greece, King Hiero asked a crown maker to make him a golden crown. At first, he was very1 with it.

"It's a nice crown, isn't it?" he asked his men. Later, however, he began to doubt2it was a real golden crown. "Is it made completely of gold?" he wondered. He sent it to Archimedes and asked him to find out the truth.

"This problem seems difficult to solve. What should I do?" thought Archimedes.

Archimedes was still thinking about this problem3he filled his bath with water. When he got into the bath, some water ran over.  

"That's it!" shouted Archimedes. "I know4 to solve the king's problem!"

Archimedes went straight to the palace to see the king. First, he5the crown and asked the king for some gold of the same weight.

Next, he put two pots into two big bowls and filled6pots with water. He put the gold into one pot, and some water ran into the bowl. Then he put the crown into7pot. This time, even more water ran into the bowl.

"Look at this," said Archimedes to King Hiero. "A crown8completely of gold displaces9water than a crown made of gold and another metal. This crown displaced more water than gold of the same weight, so I'm certain that it is not10made of gold. "

"The crown maker tricked me, didn't he? What a bad man he is!" shouted King Hiero. He then sent the crown maker to prison.

Dmitry Doronin，a doctoral student from Russia，is keen（热衷的）

Since Dmitry started to live in the countryside last August，the 32﹣year﹣old has created hundreds of video clips that record the relaxing lifestyle in Hengzhang village，Lishui city. "The rice is grown in the fields together with fish（农业的）products，" said Dmitry，Dmitry also enjoys working with farmers in the fields，doing activities such as planting vegetables and feeding chickens. 

Living in a village provides him with unique experiences，he says，quite different from busy life in big cities，where he studies. And he has been a pleasant surprise to the villagers as well. Villager Bao Mingyue，76，"To our surprise，the young Russian not only knows how to cook Chinese food but is interested in working in the fields. "

Because of the epidemic，the sales of local agricultural products had dropped rapidly，so Dmitry volunteered to help sell the products in his videos. In a few months，000 kilograms of oranges，4，000 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes and 300 kilograms of honey had been sold. 

"Thanks to his videos，it seems that more tourists have come to visit our village，"says 72﹣year﹣old Pan Xianyu

Dmitry loves his country life. " In the countryside，you can enjoy yourself in the traditional way of life and understand this country better，"he says. 

According to Dmitry，some Russians' opinions about China are still out of date，although China has progressed greatly. "I would like to become a people to people envoy（使者）