Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments are beautiful to people everywhere.

　　Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the streets.　　Adult drivers listen to music on the car radios as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.

　　Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard throughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

　　There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.

　　Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music（管弦乐）,such as the symphonies（交响乐）of Beethoven. There is opera（歌剧）for singers.

    There is ballet（芭蕾舞剧）for dancers like the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai in China.

(1) In what sense can music be regarded as an international language?

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A．Popular music is what everyone enjoys.

B．The songs that are sung or played by instruments are so beautiful and understandable that everyone can enjoy them.

C．When music is played, it seems as if it were speaking to us.

D．Music is so popular throughout the world that everyone can play it.

(2) What can we know about music and people in America?

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A．Student drivers carry small radios with earphones when they drive on the streets.

B．Students always listen to music before class, in class and after class.

C．Adult drivers listen to news as well as music when they drive to work.

D．Adult drivers never listen to music when they drive to work.

(3) How many kinds of music are mentioned in the passage?

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(4) Country music ________.

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A．is a kind of music that is popular in America

B．has nothing to do with folk music

C．in only sung by cowboys

D．is not played in the concert halls

(5) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．All people in America like popular music.

B．Pop singers can get all the money from the tapes.

C．Now, western or country music is a little different from its beginning.

D．Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai is a kind of pop music.

　　It's only 34 centimetres tall but, as the highest honour in the world of cinema, an Oscar is worth its weight in gold.

　　Just saying its name draws up images of red carpets, bubbling champagne（冒泡的香槟）, beautiful stars and, most importantly of all, success.

　　When the 76th Academy Awards were presented this morning in Los Angeles, US, the winners became headline news across the world just as the first Academy Awards. Organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the first Academy Awards ceremony took place at a Hollywood hotel on May 16, 1929. All the guests knew who had won in advance; the present system of keeping it a secret until the envelope is opened was introduced in 1941.

　　The trophy（奖品）is the figure of a knight（骑士）holding a sword. The first awards were solid bronze but a metal shortage during World War II meant the trophies were made of plaster（石膏）for a while. Nowadays, the figures are made of metal and given an outer coating of gold.

　　Officially known as the Academy Award of Merit, it isn't clear where the nickname（昵称）Oscar came from. One popular explanation is that an Academy librarian said it looked like her uncle Oscar and the name just stuck.

　　The timing of the ceremony has only been disturbed on three occasions. The first was in 1938 when serious floods in Los Angeles delayed the awards by one week. Then in 1968 the ceremony was moved from April 8 to April 10 out of respect for Dr. Martin Luther King, who had been assassinated（暗杀）a few days earlier. Another assassination--a failed attempt on President Ronald Reagan--saw the Oscars delayed by 24 hours in 1981.

(1) When an actor/actress wins a reward of Oscar, he/she ________.

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A．can receive a trophy made of pure gold

B．will receive many rewards

C．values the recognition of performance

D．knows it before the Awards ceremony takes place

(2) The first Academy Awards ceremony took place on May 16,1929, ________.

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A．which many actors/actresses showed no interest in them

B．which was a shock to the world

C．which had all the well-known performers throughout the world

D．where each of the winners were given a sword

(3) The Trophies were once made of plaster to ________.

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(4) The latest delay of the ceremony was due to ________.

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A．serious floods

B．the murder of Martin Luther King

C．a failed assassination on Ronald Reagan

D．some unknown reasons

(5) When writing the passage, the author ________.

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A．is dreaming of being a winner of Oscar

B．is trying to tell people more about the stories about Oscar

C．has found out how Oscar got its name

D．is not interested in the ceremony of Oscar

　　Bill Gates is one of the most famous people in the world. His books have been translated into many languages.

　　What many people do not know is that he is not the only founder of Microsoft. A lot of honor must go to his partner, Paul Allen.

　　Allen and Gates met at Lakeside Preparatory School. They and some other friends became interested in computers. They began skipping（逃）PE lessons to play on the school computers. Their school did a deal with a computer company. It al-lowed Allen and Gates to use the company's computers for free. They even started their first software business while in high school. Computers were their lives.

　　After leaving school, Alien worked as a programmer. Gates went to Harvard University, one of the best universities in the world, to study law. The invention of computers was small enough to be used at homes, called personal computers, helped Allen persuade Gates to leave Harvard University and start Microsoft together. They designed software like MS-DOS and BASIC for large companies like IBM. However, they were not satisfied with the software and came up with a new system, called Windows. Allen was one of the main programmers. The equally successful Microsoft Office soon followed.

　　Allen fell ill in 1983. He stopped working full-time for Microsoft. He took time off, read, traveled and stayed with his family. Allen and Gates are still close. He is still involved in Microsoft, and as one of the richest men in the world, doesn't regret leaving.

(1) It is generally believed by people that ________.

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A．Bill Gates is the richest person in the world with little education

B．Bill Gates alone founded Microsoft

C．Paul Allen is a close competitor in computers against Bill Gates

D．Paul Allen is also a successful writer besides his achievement in computers

(2) We know from this passage that ________.

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A．Allen and Gates have known each other for a long time

B．Allen first used a computer at a company

C．Allen and Gates never attended a PE lesson

D．Allen and Gates helped companies with problems for money

(3) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．Paul Allen invented personal computers.

B．Bill Gates joined Microsoft after he finished his law degree at Harvard University.

C．Paul Allen lost all of his interest in computers after he fell ill.

D．Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft at the same time.

(4) The best title for this passage is“________”.

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A．The Other Half of Microsoft

B．Bill Gates

C．How Microsoft Started

D．Microsoft and Its History

　　8∶30PM

　　Outlook

　　Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up to date with all that's new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film, the de-signer with the latest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Out-look. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.

　　9∶00PM

　　Discovery

　　When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old plays chess like a future grand master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes（基因）or can any child be turned into genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do? In this 30-minute film Barry Johnson, the professor at school of medicine, New York University will help you discover the answer.

　　10∶00PM

　　Science/Health

　　Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is“yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 per-sons with high blood pressure, they found that after 6 months, these devoted to weight loss-exercise and eating a low-salt, low-fat food--lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus 35％ of them dropped into the“normal”category（畴）.This week, Dr．Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood to level similar to what's achieved with Hypertension drugs.

(1) The main purpose of writing these three texts is ________.

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A．to invite people to see films

B．to invite people to topic discussions

C．to attract more students to attend lectures

D．to attract more people to watch TV programs

(2) From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about ________.

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(3) Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?

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A．Parents who are to send their children to school of medicine.

B．Children who are good at mathematics.

C．Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.

D．Children who are interested in playing Chess.

(4) In Science/Health,“Johns Hopkins”is ________.

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(5) According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drugs?

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A．Exercise plus a healthy diet.

B．Loss of thirteen pounds in weight.

C．Six months of exercise without drugs.

D．Low-salt and low-fat food.

　　An exposition（展览会）on modern living in China and an exhibition of 20th-century Chinese paintings, which opened in Paris, kicked off a year of cultural exchanges.

　　The“China-France Culture Year”is the largest Chinese exchange of its kind with a foreign country.

　　The Year of China in France actually runs from October 2003 to July 2004. It will be followed by the Year of France in China, from autumn 2004 to July 2005.The two events are part of celebrations surrounding the 40th anniversary of formal diplomatic（外交）recognition between the two countries, which took place on January 27,1964.

　　The activities will include expositions on“China Seen Closely--Art of Living in Modem Times”“The Enigma（迷）of Bronze Man--Archaeology（古迹）in Sichuan”“The Bronze Age”“Confucianism”and“Science and Technology of Contemporary（当代的）China”.

　　There will also be traditional music, acrobatics（杂技）, marionettes（牵线木偶）, dances, garden arts and martial arts（武术）shows for the French public. And, contemporary art, photography, cinema and literature expositions will give a look at modern creators.

　　An exhibition of Chinese paintings of the 20th century also opened in Paris, displaying works of Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi.

　　The Chinese National Orchestra of Traditional Music and Central Ballet of China will be performing.

　　Next spring, Paris will have a traditional Chinese Spring Festival with a show on the Champs Elysees, the boulevard（林阴大道）that runs through the centre of the French capital.

　　Other expositions will include one on Emperor Kang Xi, a retrospective（回顾）of Chinese films and a week of Chinese fashion.

　　In July, the“Art of Dunhuang”and“Week of Shanghai Culture”will end the activity.

　　There will also be performances and exhibitions in other French cities, organized by Chinese cities with sister-city ties.

　　There are now 47 sister-province and sister-city programmes. Some of the bigger cities, like Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou, will have their own“culture week”in Paris, Mar-seilles, Toulouse and Lyon.

　　The China-France Culture Year was initiated（创始）by Chinese President Jiang Zemin and French President Jaques Chirac in 1999.

(1) When did the formal diplomatic recognition between China and France begin?

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(2) The China-France Culture Year will last ________.

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(3) The underlined phrase“kicked off”probably means“________”.

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(4) This passage mainly tells us ________.

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A．the different shows for China to give in France to mark the China-France Culture Year

B．France will come to China for the China-France Culture Year

C．a lot of contemporary cultures will be exhibited in France

D．the activities for the China-France Culture Year will be held in Paris

(5) Which of the following won't appear in Paris during the exhibition?

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　　On September 4th of 2004 my American friend Jon Hageseth took me to the airport in La Crosse, Wisconsin to fetch a new suitcase. To show my thanks, I treated him and his wife with a Mexican lunch on the way back. After we enjoyed the delicious food, I paid the bill and went towards the car, but just when everyone was seated, Jon's wife Cathy returned to the restaurant. I felt puzzled. Upon her return, she said,“You were clever not paying the tip, so I had to go back to pay it.”I felt so embarrassed that I lost no time to apologize, explaining that there is no such a practice in China. In fact, I don't take the tipping issue seriously although I am aware of such a practice in the US.

　　Another day in September, I dined with one of my American colleagues at a Buffet Restau rant. On finishing the meal I began searching my wallet for small notes.“What are you doing, Zhao Qi?”my colleague asked.“To pay the tip of course.”My colleague burst into laughter,“You don't have to.” “Why?”I asked and recalled my previous embarrassing experience in the Mexican restaurant. And then she told me that it's unnecessary to pay tips at any kind of self-service restaurants, but we have to pay tips only in restaurants where services are provided. I still did not get a clear picture of this issue. Seeing my puzzlement, she offered me some good advice on the situation I should give the tip.

　　In her opinion, tipping plays an important role in US economy and acts as an unavoidable part of American's daily life. The following are a few facts about tipping taken from various university and market-research studies.

　　1．People eating at restaurants in the US pay about $16 billion a year in tips.

　　2．Waiters and waitresses who wait on tables receive much higher tips than those who don't.

　　3．Waitresses who add a“smile”face to their hills see their tips increase about 5％. Men who do the same watch theirs drop 3％.

　　4．94％of Americans regularly tip when eating out.

　　According to my own experience and those various studies, I may conclude that tipping reflects a kind of good manners and appreciation, not as simple as we imagine.

(1) The underlined word“embarrassed”probably has the same meaning as ________.

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(2) What difficulty did the writer have in giving tips in America?

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A．Not making sure how much should be given.

B．Not knowing what occasion she should tip.

C．There isn't such a practice in China.

D．Not willing to offer tips.

(3)From the studies we can know that ________.

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A．every American tips when having meals out

B．only a small amount of money is spent on tips in America

C．a smile on a waitress' face can increase the tip

D．smiles benefit both waiters and waitresses

　　Women work harder than men at university and get better degrees as a result, according to a study carried out at Burnel University.

　　The research, which tracked 200 students over four years, found that women consistently outperformed men in further education even though they had started their courses with almost the same A-level results.

　　An analysis of the department's results showed that while 65 percent of female graduates were awarded, only 35 percent of males did that well.

　　Girls are known to outperform boys at school, but this research shows the trend continues at university.

　　Fiona Smith, the senior lecturer at Brunel who led the study, said,“The survey proved a previously held opinion wrong that the educational sex gap is purely a middle school phenomenon.”

　　It also makes the unfairness for working women in terms of pay. Women work harder at school, harder at university and do better in both, yet still receive less pay.

　　The survey found that female students were harder working, less likely to miss lectures and more likely to believe their marks were reflected their ability than their male competitors. Female students were also more likely to seek and receive support from staff.

　　On the contrary, men were more likely than women to miss lectures to“laziness”and to believe that playing sport was an important part of university life.

　　Different from the popular argument that women's success is due to the increased emphasis on coursework, female geographers at Brunel did better in exams than in coursework, the research found.

　　The study, based on 180 questionnaires and interviews with more than 70 students, concluded that males underachieved because they felt working hard was not“macho”.

　　Dr Smith said,“Most women feel that getting good grades is the most important part of university life.”They believe they need to work harder in order to be able to compete in the male-controlled environment they will face at work: good grades are viewed as an“insurance policy”for success. Men, on the other hand, feel that it's not“macho”to work hard. They tend to put going out and playing sport higher than coursework.

(1) The underlined word“macho”might have the same meaning as ________.

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(2) How many opinions held before are proved wrong by this survey?

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(3) The cause of women performing better at university than men is that ________.

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A．female students did better at school before entering university

B．women will not find jobs unless working harder at university

C．women get more help and support from the teachers

D．most female students think good grades at university will benefit them in the future

Linda: Hi, Peter. How are you? What's shaking?

Peter: Hey, Linda. Nice to see you. So what's up? What's new?

Linda: Well, I was wondering if you've got my back? I have a date next Friday with Shelly, a girl from my biology class. I want to wine and dine her and then take her to see a film. The only problem is that my car is in the shop. So, can I borrow your car?

Peter: You want to borrow my car? You know that my car is my baby. I never lend her out to anyone!

Linda: I know, but I need wheels for my date with Shelly. I can't have my mother drive us. Please! I promise I'll pay you back with any thing you want. And I promise that this is the only favour I'll ever ask from you my entire life and any life I have after that.

Peter: All right. I am willing to do this because you are one of my best friends. However, if anything happens to my car, if you dent it, scratch it, you will owe me your first born.

Linda: I swear to you that I will take care of your car like it was my own. I'll guard it with my life Thank you so much for lending it to me.

Peter: Yeah, yeah. Just don't ruin it and bring it back in one piece. I'll see you later.

Linda: Thanks again, Peter. Oh, before you leave, I'll need the keys to the car. Peter: The what? The keys?

Linda: Yeah, the keys to the car. I'll need the keys to the car.

Peter: Well, Linda, I said I'd lend you the car. You didn't say anything about borrowing the keys, too.

(1) The underlined sentence“if you've got my back”probably has the same meaning as ________.

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A．if you support my back

B．if you can reach my back

C．if you can do me a favour

D．if you can help me out of trouble

(2) Why did Linda want to borrow Peter's car?

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A．To treat a friend to dinner as well as a film.

B．To meet a friend.

C．To pick up her mother.

D．To go to a party.

(3) Which of the following can describe the feeling of Linda?

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A．First disappointed, but pleased in the end.

B．First delighted and then disappointed.

C．Thankful to Peter.

D．First disappointed, and then angry with Peter.

　　Shakespeare said that“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”So it is with leadership. Some men are born with a capacity for leadership. Some acquire that art by watching and studying the actions of those around them. Other persons find themselves thrown into unusual situations which require them to draw on resources they never realized they had, and events bring out marked leadership. Most of us are never put to such tests. Most of us are not born leaders.

　　We often hear people say,“He's a great guy to work for.”We see workers go out of their way to do things for certain supervisors（管理人）. We see them carry out instructions cheerfully and well or even add something to the doing of the job which was unexpected. In other words, they put themselves into the job and give it that“plus effort” which people give only when they feel that they are part of the team, that they are making a contribution to its success, and that their contributions are understood and appreciated.

　　Now this is not something which just happens. It is built on a one-to-one relationship. It is reflection of the person's attitude toward the job, the supervisor, and the company. Where it exists, it has been developed over a period, appreciates their efforts, and tries to give them all a fair deal.

(1) At the beginning of the passage, Shakespeare's words are quoted（引用）________.

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A．to make readers appreciate the writer's style

B．to help describe different kinds of leaders

C．to stress the importance of good leadership

D．to slow the writer's appreciation of Shakespeare's ideas

(2) The sentence“Most of us are never put to such tests.”means that“________”.

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A．most of us are not born leaders

B．tests of leadership ability are necessary to most of us

C．most of us just don't have the opportunity to show leadership ability

D．most of us are not interested in being leaders

(3) Workers are willing to do more than they are told to when ________.

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A．they are determined to achieve great successes

B．they want to be promoted（提升）

C．they are faced with challenging tasks

D．they have an understanding supervisor

　　To listen to the two professors, Smith the zoologist and Jones the philosopher（哲学家）, you would never guess they were friends. They argued everything. Smith was a scientist, who believed in“facts”, while Jones was a thinker, who believed in“ideas”.

　　One day, two scientists found themselves at Coney Island. Professor Smith had a young niece, who, for her birthday, had begged her uncle to take her there. Smith asked his friend Jones to come along. That is how the three of them came to a notice about a remarkable dog.

　　“Let's go inside, uncle. Please!”

　　What they saw did amaze them. The dog danced on its hind legs, keeping time to the music. When asked to add two and three, it barked five times. When the man played a tune on the piano, the dog sang in time to the music. It could even talk, after a fashion（模仿）. When asked how many states there were in the Union, it made a noise which sounded extremely like fifty.

　　The old scientist was amazed by the dog's performance, so after an hour of bargaining, the dog was his.

　　“It is for me, uncle?”

　　“Not exactly, my dear.”Professor Smith answered.“I need it for an important scientific experiment.”

　　“Come on, Smith,”said the philosopher.

　　“You always say'seeing is believing'. The dog is genius（天才）. What more do you need to know?”

　　Professor Smith said,“We may be close to the greatest scientific discovery of all time. If I can find out why this animal is so intelligent…”

　　A few days later, Jones visited his friend.

　　“You what?”he cried, unbelieving.

　　“I did what any scientist would do,” said Smith.“I put the dog to sleep and cut out its brain to find out what was special about it.”

　　“And?”Jones asked.

　　“Do you know, I couldn't find anything which would explain its extraordinary abilities”Professor Smith replied.

　　At that moment, the professor's niece came into the room.

　　“Can I play with my doggie, uncle? Please! He's so clever.”

　　Neither science nor philosophy had an answer for the little girl.

(1) Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

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A．The clever dog was sure to be saved by the two scientists.

B．Professor Smith insisted on seeing the remarkable dog.

C．Professor Smith was disappointed at the result.

D．When asked the number of states in the USA, the dog harked fifty times.

(2) What struck the scientist most in the dog's performance?

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A．The dog's great intelligence.

B．The dog's dancing to the music.

C．The dog's understanding of its master.

D．The dog's ability to talk after a fashion.

(3) Who do you think would feel most pitiful at the end of the story?

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(4) The underlined sentence“You what?”probably means“________”.

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A．What are you doing?

B．What's the matter with you?

C．What do you want me to do?

D．What does your niece think of the dog?

(5) What happened to the clever dog?

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A．It was killed by the professor.

B．It was protected by the little girl.

C．It managed to escape from being killed.

D．It helped the professor do his experiment.