Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham Palace is famous because Queen Elizabeth（伊麗莎白女王）of England lives there. She became queen in 1952.

Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the palace. Queen Elizabeth often asks important people to eat dinner at the palace. She invites 9,000 people to each party!  

Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post offices, a movie theatre, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden and a lake. The palace has about six hundred rooms. About four hundred people work there. Two people have very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in Buckingham Palace. 

Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her. One person prepares her bath, and another person prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs.

It’s very interesting to have dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules. Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then everybody eats. When the queen finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during dinner.

People visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are wonderful things to see. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest people in the world.

1.Which floor does the queen live on?

A. the ground floor    B. the second floor 

C. the sixth floor  D the tenth floor

2.The underlined word “unusual” means ___________ in Chinese.

3.How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have?

4.According to the text, everyone has to ____________ during dinner at Buckingham Palace.

5.Which sentence is NOT true?

I like movies best. Last week, I   36   a movie called I, Robot . It tells us a story about the future with robots.  It is the year of 2035 and people can see robots everywhere. Robots can help people do a lot of things, like looking   37  the old people or babies, washing, cooking, cleaning or taking dogs for a walk. Robot does everything people ask them to do   38 . But a policeman    39  Spooner doesn’t like robots. Because he doesn’t think that people can live well   40  robots.

  Which animal do you think is "the king of the animals", the elephant, the lion or the tiger? They are all large and strong. But I think the tiger is "the king of the animals". If you watch carefully, you can find some black lines on the tiger's forehead(前額). The lines look like the Chinese word "WANG". The word means "the king of the world" in Chinese.

   Most of the tigers come from China and India. Tigers are dangerous animals. They look scary(嚇人的). They like eating meat. They have yellow fur with black lines. They usually weigh about 200 to 300kg. Tigers can run fast. They run at a speed of 20 meters per second.

   Some people think they are dangerous. But they don't know tigers are in danger now. There are only 20 to 30 wild South China Tigers in China and less than 300 in the world. Lots of people kill them for their fur. We should take action to protect them.

1.Which animal does the writer think is "the king of the animals" ?

        A. The elephant.               B. The lion.

        C. The tiger.                       D. The lion and the tiger.

2.Some black lines on the tiger's forehead look like ___________.

        A.王            B.汪            C. 主           D. 豐

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

        A. Tigers like eating meat.

        B. All of the tigers come from China.

        C. Tigers usually weigh about 200 to 300 kg.

        D. Tigers can run at a speed of 20 meters per second.

4.How many wild South China Tigers are there in China?

        A. There are less than 20.

        B. There are only 20 to 30.

        C. There are less than 200.

        D. There are less than 300.

5.Why do you think the tigers are in danger?

        A. Because the tigers couldn't find enough food to eat.

        B. Because lots of people kill them for their safety.

        C. Because lots of people think they are dangerous.

        D. Because lots of people kill them for their fur.