Good evening, ladies and gentlemen．Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery Hour．Today we’ll show you two British stories．We hope you’ll enjoy them．
About 900 years ago two green children arrived in a small village in south England．Their eyes and skin were green and they spoke a strange language．They were very tired and weak, so the people of the village looked after them．The boy died a year later, but the girl grew strong and lived the rest of her life there．And her skin colour turned back to normal day by day．Scientists say that sometimes of people don’t have enough food to eat for a long time, their skin goes very pale and can even turn green．
Loch Ness is the largest lake in Scotland．It’s a very deep and cold lake．For hundreds of years, people have talked about a monster(怪物)called Nessie which lives in the lake．About seventy years ago, two people saw something moving in the lake．They said that the animal was playing and rolling around in the water．Since then many people say they have seen the monster．Their descriptions are always the same．It looks like a dinosaur, with a very long neck and a small head．It has a big bump(包，肿块)on its back．People have tried to photograph the animal, but the pictures have not been very clear．Scientists don’t know whether there is a monster or not．Some say it may be a whale or a very large fish．Some think it’s a snake．Others say there’s nothing at all－nothing but people’s imagination．Maybe we’ll never know what’s in Loch Ness．
(1)
What kind of story is talked about in this programme?
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A．
Romantic stories．
B．
Mysteries．
C．
Horror stories．
D．
Comedies．
(2)
Which sentence is TRUE about the two green children?
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A．
They both enjoyed a long and happy life．
B．
The girl’s eyes and skin were green all her life．
C．
At first they spoke the same language as people in the small village did．
D．
Maybe they hadn’t eaten enough for long before they reached the village．
(3)
What does Nessie look like according to some witnesses?
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B．
C．
D．
(4)
What can we learn from the second story?
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Scientists are still not sure whether there is a monster or not in Loch Ness．
Most American children eat potatoes．But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food．Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper．Hold the piece between your eyes and light．You will see that the potato has skin(皮)，an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part．The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all．But this is often thrown away with the skin．Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside．When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it．If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do．
(1)
How many parts does the potato have?
A．It has only one part，outside rim．
B．It has two parts，skin and outside rim．
C．It has three parts，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
D．It has four parts，middle，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A．Outside rim． B．Inside part． C．Middle． D．Skin．
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A．Skin only． B．Inside． C．Outside rim． D．Part of it．
