C. Activity Room of Kid’s Corner D. Customer Service Desk

B

Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand, in 1912. The family moved to Australia in 1914 and after being educated in Sydney, she travelled to Europe where she worked as a journalist. In Nazi(纳粹的)Germany she saw the rise of Adolf Hitler and Anti-Semitism. On one occasion in Vienna she witnessed Jews being whipped by members of the Sturm Abteilung(SA). In 1939 Nancy married the wealthy French industrialist, Henri Fiocca, in Marseilles. Nancy was in France when the German Army invaded in May 1940. After the French government surrendered, Nancy joined the French Resistance. She worked with Ian Garrow's group helping British airmen shot down over France to escape back to Britain.

In December 1940 the network was betrayed and Nancy was forced to go into hiding. She continued to work for the French Resistance and was eventually arrested while in Toulouse. However, the authorities did not realize they had captured the woman known as the "White Mouse" and she was released after four days.

It was now too dangerous to remain in occupied France and Nancy crossed the Pyrenees into Spain before travelling to Britain. She now joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and agreed to become a British special agent(特工).

On 29th April 1944, Nancy was parachuted into the Auvergne region of France. Her main aim was to locate local soldiers and to provide them with some guns that were being dropped by parachute by the Royal Air Force four times a week.

Nancy had the task of helping the resistance to prepare for the armed uprising that was due to coincide with the D-Dday landings. She also led a raid against the Gestapo headquarters in Mountucon and a German gun factory. Henri Tardivat, one of her comrades in the resistance later said that: "She is the most feminine woman I know, until the fighting starts. Then she is like five men."

After the war, Nancy worked for the Intelligence Department at the British Air Ministry. In 1960 she married John Forward and returned to Australia to live.

25. Which is the correct order of the following events according to the passage?

a)Nancy joined the French Resistance

b)Nancy was arrested while in Toulouse

c)Nancy Wake was born in New Zealand

d)Nancy married John Forward and lived in Australia

e)Nancy Wake witnessed the cruelty of Nazi in Germany

A. c-e-b-d-a B. c-e-a-b-d C. e-b-a-c-d D. e-d-c-a-b

26. Why was Nancy arrested in Toulouse?

A. Because she killed a German solider in France

B. Because she was not fond of France at all

C. Because she worked for the French Resistance

D. Because she helped a Frenchman run away

27. What can we know from the 4th paragraph?

A. Nancy said nothing to the enemy and was set free after a few days

B. Nancy was active in the French movement and killed many enemies

C. Nancy’s task was to find local soldiers and given them some guns and firearms

D. Nancy’s work was to take care of patients and lead them to the destination safely

28. Which of the following can best describe Nancy?

A. Beautiful and shy B. Patient and careful

C. Thoughtful and strong D. Brave and capable

C

The sky is large place, and though it has been carefully examined for centuries, new features still turn up. Last March it was the rule of Uranus(天王星), and last week astronomers announced what may turn out to be a new planet, though a very small one, in the solar system.

The object was first sighted last month by Charles Kowal, an astronomer at the Hale Observatories in Pasadena, Calif. Mr. Kowal observed a faint trail of light on photographic plates, indicating that something was moving in relation to the background of stars. Other observers have confirmed the discovery.

The “mini-planet”, identified for the time being as “Object-Kowal”, appears to be about 1.5 billion miles away, between the orbit of Saturn and Uranus, and its diameter(直径)has been estimated at between 100 and 400 miles. Its orbit has not been determined yet, but if the orbit proves to be roughly circular, light that of the major planets, the new object would probably take 66 to 70 years to make a circuit of the sun.

Some astronomers have speculated that Mr. Kowal’s discovery may be the first indication of an asteroid(小行星)belt beyond Saturn.

29. What may have been found in the solar system according to the first paragraph?

A. A small new planet B. A new solar system

C. A large new object D. A large new planet

30. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A. What the object is like

B. How the object was found

C. Where the astronomers live