I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge (边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya (肯尼亚). Since the age of nine, I have helped to look after my family’s cows. As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronics toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices (仪器) for my neighbors.

At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family’s farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution.

The first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that didn't really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed (牛棚). So I didn't give up. I continued.

And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow (稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animal.

So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch (手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea ...

1.What was Turere interested in when he was a child?

A.Tricking the neighbors. B.Looking after cows.

C.Playing with electronics D.Making car parts.

2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to?

A.The lion. B.The scarecrow. C.The cow. D.The cowshed.

3.What's the solution to driving the lion away?

A.Using a moving light. B.Using a torch.

C.Using a scarecrow. D.Using fire.

David was bankrupt(城产). He was trying to figure out how to make some money. "Maybe my insurance policy(险单)can save me," he thought. So he made a plan.

On a Saturday evening, as it got dark outside, he put on a pair of dirty boots and walked through his house. He left many dirty footprints. He went back the way he came while wearing socks. He cut the boots into pieces and flushed (冲走) them down the toilet.

At 1l p.m, he took a pistol (手枪) from his bedside table and went down his hallway without shoes. He fired three shots down the hallway. Then he walked to the other end of the hallway and fired two shots in the opposite direction.

His neighbors soon called the police. Three police officers came to David's house just minutes later.

I can t really tell you much. I was woken by a noise on the ground floor of my home.I took my pistol and went downstairs. Halfway down the stairs. I saw a shadow of a man. I shouted “Stop or I'll shoot."

“He shot at me three times and l shot back twice. The shadow disappeared into the kitchen. More than 15,000 pounds in cash have been stolen from my safe(保险柜)," David said.

After collecting the footprints and bullies (子弹)in the wall, the officers left. The next day. the police called,"Please get dressed. David,We have to bring you to the police station and ask you about the lies you told us yesterday."

Do you know how the police knew David was lying?.

1.According to the passage,we can learn that

A.David carried out his plan on a Sunday evening. B.David fired five shots in total on that evening.

C.David himself called the police after shooting. D.the thief stole over 15,000 pounds from David.

2.What does the underlined word"them"refer to?

A.Boots B.Socks C.Pistols. D.Bullies.

3.From the story, which of the following is the right order?

a. David took a pistol and went down the hallway.

b. David wore dirty boots and left many footprints.

c. The police got a call and arrived soon.

d. David fired shots in different directions.

A.acbd B.abcd C.badc D.bdac

4.How did the police know David was lying?

A.They found the dirty boots from David's bedside table.

B.They found there was no money in David's safe.

C.They found the bullies came from the same pistol.

D.They found David wore dirty socks on that evening.

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