Christmas，Easter and Birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as happy as possible! What's better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?
That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section，one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special occasions that happen perhaps once a year a real success.
From a selection of Advent Calendars to party planning or Christmas－stocking fillers we have all the possibilities covered so that your children and grandchildren will really have a memorable time with attractive gifts and original ideas.
Bring that festive spirit to all those traditional days，and ensure you are always ready for any possibility. Granny Look's extensive links are bound to make every special occasion an entirely different experience from the year before and allow everyone to feel entertained and content.
CHRISTMAS－STOCKING FILLERS
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ADVENT CALENDARS
All children love the build－up to CHRISTMAS! What is better than choosing one of Granny Look's selection of Advent Calendars! Here you will find a list of websites to buy traditional or fun Advent Calendars for children at Christmas time.
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BIRTHDAYS
LOOKING for a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT? Explore Granny Look's selection of PRESENTS，PARTY PLANNING，PARTY TOYS and PARTY GAMES for your Children and Grandchildren's BIRTHDAYS.
Plan and organize the KIDDIE'S PARTIES ahead of time！！
Don't forget the PERSONALISED INVITATIONS!
CHRISTMAS
LOOK and BOOK now！！ Granny Look's selection of CHRISTMAS GIFTS for children.
Some guides to “What's on in your area”...for the kids.PANTOS，SHOWS，THEATRES...at Christmas time!
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1.From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is .
A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real success
B.a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasions
C.a company that sells all sorts of products on the Internet
D.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions
2.The purpose of the text is .
A.to make children have a memorable holiday
B.to show you how to shop on the Internet
C.to give you some information about Granny Look
D.to introduce some goods
3.You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need .
A.Christmas cards B.fun Advent Calendars
C.Christmas gifts D.tickets for theatres
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年湖北宜昌葛洲坝中学高一上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Although American children still spend part of their days reading, they are spending less time doing it for pleasure than years ago, with large gaps(差距) in proficiency(熟练)，according to a recent report.
“It raises an alarm,” said Vicky Rideout, the lead author of the report. “We’re witnessing a really large drop in reading among teenagers and the speed of that drop is getting faster and faster.”
The report found that the percentage of nine-year-old children reading for pleasure once or more per week had dropped from 81 percent in 1984 to 76 percent in 2013, based on government studies. About a third of 13-year-olds and almost half of 17-year-olds reported in one study that they read for pleasure less than twice a year.
Of those who read or are read to, children often spend on average between 30 minutes and an hour daily with that activity, the report found. Older children and teenagers tend(倾向于) to read for pleasure for an equally long time each day.
Rideout warned that there may be differences in how people come across texts and the included studies may not take into account stories read on line or on social media.
The report also found that many young children are struggling with literacy(识字). Only about one-third of fourth grade students are “proficient” in reading and another one-third scored below “basic” in reading skills.
Despite the large percentage of children with below-basic reading skills, reading scores among young children have improved since the 1970s, according to one test that measures reading ability.
The reading scores among 17-year-olds, however, reminded relatively unchanged since the 1790s.
About 46 percent of white children are considered “proficient” in reading, compared with 18 percent of black children and 20 percent of Hispanic kids.
Those gap remained relatively unchanged over the past 20 years, according to the report.
“To go 20 years with no progress in that area is shameful”, Rideout said.
The report stresses some behaviors that have been tied to children being more frequent readers. Those behaviors include parents setting aside time to read with their children and parents reading themselves to model good behavior.
1.The figures in paragraph 3 show that_____.
A. fewer children read for pleasure.
B. older children are busier than young children.
C. teenagers are more interested in online reading.
D. more elder children gain pleasure from reading.
2.Which of the following is TRUE about the report findings?
A. The reading scores among older children have improved.
B. The reading scores among young children haven’t changed.
C. The gap between black children and white children has narrowed.
D. Black children have lower proficiency in reading than white children.
3.What is the Vicky Rideout’s attitude towards the report findings?
A. Uncaring. B. Doubtful.
C. Positive. D. Worried.
4.To make children frequent readers, parents should ______.
A. improve their reading skills.
B. read as many books as possible.
C. set a good example to their children.
D. spend more time with their children.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年福建省福州市高三5月适应性考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Almost all of us have been there: A sense of uneasiness strikes us when we see the battery running low on the smartphone. While today’s smartphones enable us to surf the Internet, take pictures and play music, their limited, sometimes annoyingly short battery life has started to make people full of memories of early models. “My favorite phone of all time was a silver Nokia 6310i from the early 2000s. It may be primitive by today’s standards, but it could run for 17 days on a single charge,” wrote Daily Mail columnist David Derbyshire.
But scientists spend no time thinking about the past. They have built an aluminium (铝) battery which could be a cheap, fast-charging alternative to current designs.
You can squeeze, and practically bend it in half without breaking the packet. It is more environmentally friendly than alkaline (碱性的) batteries, and more safe than lithium (锂) batteries – it won’t catch fire “even if you drill through it”, as Hongjie Dai of Stanford University told The Telegraph. The battery is the work of a team led by Dai. And the best part is that it has a recharge time of around one minute.
However, at present, the only problem is that it produces just half the voltage (电压) of a typical lithium battery. But Dai explained they were setting about changing the voltage and energy density(密度)”. “Our battery has everything else you’d dream that a battery should have. I see this as a new battery in its early days,” he told The Telegraph.
1.How many advantages does the aluminium battery have according to the article?
A. 2 B. 3 C.4 D. 5
2.The passage suggests that _________________.
A. the aluminium battery catches fire easily if drilled
B. the aluminium battery still needs improving before it can be widely used
C. the aluminium battery is larger in size than alkaline batteries
D. scientists find it a real challenge to change the voltage of the aluminium battery
3.Which of the following can best summarize the passage?
A. A new battery in its early days.
B. A new trend in the smartphone market.
C. The annoyance short battery life causes
D. The invention of a new smartphone battery.
4.The last paragraph in the passage is probably followed by the paragraph about how to __________.
A. make the aluminium battery cheaper and more environmentally-friendly
B. lengthen the aluminium battery life
C. increase the voltage and energy density of the aluminium battery
D. charge the aluminium battery faster
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014-2015学年福建省福州市高三5月适应性考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
— The room is wet. You didn’t close the window.
— You’re mistaken. I ______________ it.
A. have closed B. close
C. did close D. do close
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届重庆育才中学高三下学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One minute means a lot in one's life.
During his college years，Rogers ________ a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场).When the boss had to leave for a few days，he put Rogers in charge.
“ ________ if the men refuse to follow my orders？” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony，an immigrant worker who ________all day，giving the other men a ________ time.
“Fire them，” the boss said.Then，as if ________ Rogers' mind，he added，“I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you get the________ .I'd feel________ about that.I have been logging for 40 years.Tony is the most ________ worker I've ever had.I know he is a troublemaker and that he ________ everybody and everything.But he comes in first and leaves last.There has not been an ________for eight years on the hill where he works.”
Rogers took over the next day.He went to Tony and spoke to him.“Tony，do you know I'm in charge here today？”Tony grunted(嘟囔).“I was going to fire you the first time we tangled(纠缠)，________ I want you to know I'm not，”he told Tony，________what the boss had said.
When Rogers finished，Tony ________ the spadeful(铲子)of sand he had held and tears streamed ________ his face.
That day Tony worked harder than ever before.
Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the________ for railroad construction for one of the largest logging companies in the West.Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have such ________ .
Tony replied，“If it not be for the one ________ you talk to me back in Idaho，I kill somebody someday.One minute ________my whole life.”
Effective managers know the ________ of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well.But what a ________ a minute of yes can make in any relationship!
1.A.wasted B.spent C.trained D.traveled
2.A.What B.How C.Why D.Who
3.A.troubled B.helped C.smiled D.spoke
4.A.easy B.surprising C.happy D.hard
5.A.recognizing B.having C.bearing D.reading
6.A.chance B.order C.support D.evidence
7.A.proud B.bad C.ugly D.well
8.A.quarrelsome B.elegant C.reliable D.silent
9.A.respects B.protects C.hurts D.hates
10.A.accident B.chance C.opportunityD.argument
11.A.and B.or C.besides D.but
12.A.lying B.adding C.smiling D.replying
13.A.threw B.dropped C.carried D.lifted
14.A.through B.on C.down D.in
15.A.boss B.worker C.engine－driver D.immigrant
16.A.railroad B.companies C.life D.success
17.A.word B.thing C.minute D.lesson
18.A.save B.change C.color D.lose
19.A.importance B.method C.result D.influence
20.A.choice B.decision C.difference D.conclusion
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届云南玉溪一中学高三下学期第一次月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：七选五
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A good laugh is like a mild workout. It exercises the muscles, gets the blood flowing, decreases blood pressure and improves sleep patterns and the immune system. 1. .
Don’t take life too seriously. We all have obstacles in life and we all make mistakes. 2. In fact, if you can laugh light-heartedly at your own fault, you’ll find that you give yourself that extra happiness and confidence increase that can get you over any obstacle.
Find the humor in a bad situation. Sure , there are some situations where you are really sad. 3. The next time you feel the stress levels rising, take a minute to think about the funny side of the situation and laugh over the things you cannot control. This will lower your blood pressure, blood sugar levels and heart rate.
Remind yourself of funny moments from the past. Perhaps a friend told you a great joke the other day or your children or pets did something amusing. 4. Sometimes just reliving a funny moment can cause the endorphins(内啡肽), natural painkillers, to kick in.
5. As the saying goes, laughter is contagious(会传染的）. So make a point of seeking out positive people who aren’t afraid to laugh at themselves and are good at finding humor in life’s situations. Young children are especially skilled at finding laughter and joy in everyday moments.
A. Take control over your emotions.
B. There is no reason to blame yourself for it.
C. However, most situations in life have funny sides.
D. Surround yourself with fun people who like to laugh a lot.
E. The following are some ways to enjoy more laughter and joy in your life.
F. Studies show that people with pets have lower levels of depression and stress.
G.Call on these memories frequently, especially when feeling sad, angry or stressed.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届四川双流中学高三11月月考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mr．Brown was tired of living in the big city 1. he worked．He wanted to move to the country and live in a house 2. which he could get to his office in the city early every day．He 3. (1ook) for a house when he saw an advertisement in a newspaper one day．The advertisement said that a suitable house in a quiet area was up for sale at a 4. （reason）price，and the house was within a stone’s throw of a railway station from which there were frequent trains to the big city．“That’s exactly 5. I need，”Mr．Brown said to himself．So he called the house agency and arranged to go by train the next day 6. (have) a look at the house．The house agency met him at the station and they started walking．It 7. (take) them at least 15 minutes to get to the house．When they finally arrived，Mr．Brown said 8. (angry)，“I should be very 9. (interest) to meet the man who threw the stone you mentioned in 10. newspaper．”
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届黑龙江大庆一中高三下学期开学考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：语法填空
语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Lily: Hi, Dave. Do you think the weather is fine today?
Dave: Yeah. And the air is also clearer than ever before.
Lily: En, the newspaper reports that the air is less and less 1. (pollute) these days.
Dave: That’s true. Fewer and fewer people 2. (drive) cars to work since the government started the traffic control two months ago.
Lily: But the control is going to end 3. two weeks. What will happen then? Are cars coming back to the road?
Dave: That’s true, too, although we all hope 4. will never end. On the other hand, the traffic control has made things tough for people driving cars.
Lily: But it’s worth the trouble. I believe clean air is 5. most important thing.
Dave: However, many people don’t think so. 6. they can’t drive cars they will even have 7. (difficult) getting to work.
Lily: They can choose to take a bus 8. the subway. And they can even ride a bicycle. There are many other ways to choose from, actually.
Dave: Some people think buses are too crowded and riding a bicycle seems very 9. (tire).
Lily: Anyway, it’s still 10. (well) than being trapped in a traffic jam under grey clouds and in dirty air.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年浙江温州中学高一上学期期末英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
With all her time _____the experiment, she had no time to spend with her family.
A. devote to do B. devoted to doing
C. devoting to doing D. is devoted to do
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