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Lions Nature Education Centre

Lions Nature Education Centre opened in 1991 on what was once a government farm in Sai Kung． Both the government and the Lions Club own it now．

Aims

The aim of the centre is to show visitors everything to do with rural （乡下的） Hong Kong． We also hope to educate people about the environment． For this reason， it's really a popular place for school trips and outings．

Facilities （设施）

The centre has a large number of indoor and outdoor facilities and exhibitions （展品）． The outdoor facilities include a garden， vegetable fields and a place where trees are grown for study．Indoor exhibition halls provide different kinds of plants， fishes and other things from land or sea． The Farmers' Market is open at weekends．

Rules for visitors

•Wear proper clothes， shoes and hats．

•Bring some water and food， but take your rubbish away with you．

•Do not break any natural appearance or plants， and do not make the water dirty．

•Care for other visitors and wildlife （野生动植物）， and do keep quiet wherever you go．

Opening hours

We are open daily from 9：30 am to 5：00 pm． Exhibition halls are open from 9：30 am to 4：30 pm． The centre is closed every Tuesday．

Address： Hiram's Highway， Sai Kung

Phone： 2792 2234

Website： http://www．hknature．net/lnec

（1）The Lions Nature Education Center was 　　before 1991．

A．	a club
B．	a forest
C．	a market
D．	a farm

（2）The Lions Nature Education Center is set up to 　　．

A．	help people learn about the environment
B．	provide a place for school trips and outings
C．	show visitors what life was like in Hong Kong
D．	give people a chance to be close to nature

（3）According to the center rules，visitor are not allowed to 　　．

A．	drink water outside
B．	throw away rubbish
C．	bring their own food
D．	have a talk with others

（4）What can we know about the canter's opening hours？　　

A．	It is open 24 hours
B．	It is closed on Tuesday
C．	It is open at weekends
D．	It is closed on public holidays．

"Please take my penny（便士）．" Maggie said to old Dan， the fisherman， who sat on a bench repairing his net．"Please take it．" She said again． Old Dan smiled， and took it． "Thank you， little girl．" he said．

After that，Maggie went to the beach to collect sea shells．She never thought how fast time went by．Two hours later，she sat down on a rock beside a little pool，and Dan's large dog Rover jumped down from a rock! He made a loud noise， and then began to pull her coat gently．"Rover wishes me to leave here，I see．" she said， and she rose from the rock and began to go home．However，she found the places she had got down easily was now very difficult to climb up， and because the tide（潮水）had been in for some time， she found some of the stones wet and smooth．

What could poor Maggie do？ She felt sad and cried， but the tide made a much louder noise than she could make． Rover jumped upon a big stone and raised his loud bark until even the tide could not drown（淹没）it． Finally， Dan heard the loud barking of the dog．He came in a boat and brought Maggie and Rover safely to the land!

"It was the penny that did it， madam．" Dan said to Maggie's mother later， " I saw Rover looking at her when she put the penny so kindly into my hand﹣﹣just as if he would have said，'Rover will be your friend now， little girl．' And I am thinking he has looked after her all day，because he never came near me after that．"

Some years later， Rover came to Maggie's home with a little note， in which was written﹣﹣﹣"Will Maggie help Rover？ ﹣﹣﹣his master is dead．"

（1）What is Maggie like according to the passage？　　

A．	Smart
B．	Kind
C．	Creative
D．	Brave

（2）Who brought Maggie to the land safely in the end？　　

A．	Rover
B．	Maggie's mother
C．	Herself
D．	Old Dan

（3）Which is the RIGHT oeder of the following events？　　

①Maggie went to the beach to play．

②Rover barked for help and they were saved．

③Maggie gave a penny to Dan， the old fisherman．

④Maggie found i t hard to get back from the rock．

A．	①③④②
B．	③①④②
C．	③①②④
D．	①③②④

（4）Why did Rover look after Maggie all day according to Dan's words？　　

A．	Because Rover noticed Maggie's kind action and felt like being with her．
B．	Because Maggie was a friend of Dan's family．
C．	Because Maggie often came to play with Rover．
D．	Because Rover was a naughty dog and liked to play with little kids on the beach．

（5）What is the best title for thepassage ？　　

A．	Rover and his master
B．	Rover's new friend
C．	A brave dog
D．	What Maggie's penny did

From a large elephant to a small mouse，animals live happily together in Disney's new movie Zootopia．Judy Hopps．The main character，becomes the first rabbit police officer in the city． While solving a mystery， she meets the smart fox， Nick， who helps her with her case（案件），and some others animals like the lion mayor（市长）and a mouse called Flash． Here is something more about the movie．

There are 64 kinds of animals in the movie． All of them look like real ones except Judy，the first rabbit police officer．Its appearance is a bit different from real rabbits． Real rabbits actually have splitlips（嘴唇）， but the film makers decided to make Judy's lip all together to look nice．

Film makers learned that not all fur（皮毛）of animals is the same． In the movie，some of polar bears' fur is clear． It appears white because the light reflects off it． Part of fox fur is dark at the root， getting lighter till its red top． They did so to make sure that the animals in Zootopia were believable．

Moreover， a film maker， Nathan Warner with his partners also took a trip to Africa for researching animals． There they had a close watching of different animals． According to their discovery， these artists added leaves to animals coats like the big sheep． They also make animals tears run from the inside corners of eyes down to the outside mouths．

（1）From the passage we know that Zootopia may be the name of a（n）　　．

A．	animal
B．	mayor
C．	zoo
D．	city

（2）Which of the names doesn't belong to the 64 animals in the movie？　　

A．	Flash
B．	Nathan Warner．
C．	Nick
D．	Judy Hopps

（3）Which does the underlined word"split" mean in Chinese？　　

A．	裂开的
B．	完美的
C．	无缝的
D．	光滑的

（4）Which statement is not true according to the passage？　　

A．	Nick is a smart fox and helps the police officer，Judy Hopps to solve a case．
B．	In the movie，the animals look the same as the real ones including Judy．
C．	Part of fox fur is dark at the root and gets lighter till its red top．
D．	The artists added leaves to animals' coats to make them believable．

（5）What is this passage mainly about？　　

A．	The story happened among the animals in Zootopia．
B．	A special rabbit．
C．	Some fun facts about Zootopia．
D．	All the steps of making this movie．

We've seen 3D films， 3D TVs and so on．They are so interesting that young people like to watch them very much．Have you ever read about 3D newspapers？That was what the Belgian（比利时的）newspaper，La Demiere Heure，tried to do for its readers．This was Europe's first 3D newspaper．

It took the team two months to make the 3D newspaper．The team printed 115，000copies of the special edition of La Demiere Heyre．It was more than the usual number of the printed copies．

Each of these newspapers came with a pair of free 3D glasses．All the photos and ads in the newspaper were in 3D and the text was the same as usual．Readers could get the best result by holding the paper 50cm away from the eyes．In fact，if people don't wear the 3D glasses，the newspaper will be terrible to read because the pictures are not clear．

Many readers tried to buy this kind of newspaper．In fact，some of them bought it just for fun．The team had no plans to continue it because it cost too much．

（1）The name of the first 3D newspaper is La Demiere Heure．　　

（2）The team printed 11500 copies of the newspaper，more than the usual copies．　　

（3）You can see the photos in this newspaper clearly with 3D glasses．　　

（4）A few readers tried to buy this kind of newspaper because it was expensive．　　

（5）The writer is sure that 3D newspapers will take the common newspapers' place．　　

When it comes to long， distance space travel， the biggest， problem is that spaceships can only get as far as the fuel onboard allows． In 1964， a British writer Clarke came up with the idea of "solar sailing" in his science fiction． He wrote of large， mirror﹣like sails that collect power from the sun and free spaceships from the limitation of fuel．

This sci﹣fi idea was first successful brought to reality in 2010 by Japan's IKAROS satellite．Ever since then， the technology has improved mission by mission， with the latest being NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail 3（ACS3）． NASA has recently announced that it's going to team up with Lithuania's satellite﹣building company NanoAvionics to test its new sail ﹣in low﹣Earth orbit．

To many， a solar sail may look like a giant solar panel， but it actually works very differently．While solar panels take in energy from the sun and change it into power， solar sails use Photons given off by the sun to create direct power． Besides， solar panels are big and heavy to carry， while solar sails are just the opposite．

According to Abbott， the CEO of NanoAvionics， the upcoming low﹣Earth orbit trial with NASA， if successful， will be followed with deep﹣space missions that involve larger solar sails． Theseare ideal for low﹣cost and long﹣distance space travel because fuel will no longer be a problem．

"It started as a sci﹣fi dream，" Popular Mechanics reporter Jennifer Leman wrote． "Now it could be the future of space flight．"

（1）What can we say about solar sailing according to the first two paragraphs？　　

A．	It was widely used in space travel．
B．	It was tried by IKAROS satellite．
C．	It was from the creative idea by Clarke．

（2）Which of the following words best describe solar sails compared with solar panels？　　

A．	Big and heavy．
B．	Small and light．
C．	Powerful and large．

（3）What does the underlined word Thesein paragraph 4 refer to？　　

A．	À． Larger solar sails．
B．	Deep﹣space missions．
C．	Long﹣distance space flights．

（4）What is the best title for the text？　　

A．	Solar Sail： the Latest Technology
B．	Solar Sail： from Dream to Reality
C．	Solar Sail： a New Kind of Spaceship

A．Annie	B．Annie’s family
C．Annie and her mother	D．Annie’s parents.

A．Zhou Lan	B．Annie’s parents
C．Annie’s grandparents	D．Annie herself