Emma and Hannah are 13–year–old school girls from Minnesota,USA.They are good at making new thing s and both of them are also good at sales.They are selling charms(小装饰物) made out of bottle caps.
The girls came up with the idea last summer when they saw charms were popular with kids.
They talked with their parents about the idea.Since then they have sold enough charms to buy a bike for Hannah.
The girls collect bottle caps and then clean them.They find some interesting pictures on the Internet or on paper,and then glue them onto the inside of the caps.There are different kinds of pictures,“Peace signs are popular with girls,and single–letter charms are popular with boys whose names start with those letters,”Emma and Hannah said.
Now,charms can be found everywhere at Dakota Hills Middle School in Eagan.“Students put charms on purses,backpacks ,and their lunchboxes,”said Emma.Emma and Hannah also have a shop on the Internet.They hope they can sell their charms to more kids.They’re thinking about selling their charms at the Eagan Market Festival next summer.
Their business is not only for getting money.At their Valentine’s sale,20%of the income( 收入) went to charity.
【小题1】What are Emma and Hannah?

Which of your two hands do you use most? Very __ of us can use both of our hands equally（相等的） well. ___of us are right-handed. Only about five   _out of a hundred are left-handed. New-born babies can hold things __either of their hands, but__ about two years they usually like to use their right hands. Scientists don’t know _     this happens.They _    that we inherited(遗传) this from our animalvancestors(祖先)but this may not be _   .Monkeys are our closest relatives(亲戚)in the animal _   . Scientists have found that monkeys prefer to use one of their hands more than ___ --,but it can be __ hand. There are as many right-handed monkeys_   _ left-handed ones . Next time you visit the zoo, ___ the monkeys carefully. You’ll see that some of them will use their left hands. But most human beings use their right hands _   and this __    life difficult for the left-handed people.     We live in a right-handed world.

It seems to be strange to you that there is a blind spot (盲点)on the eyes. Here is an interesting experiment (实验) that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.

Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, L on the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you’ll find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you’ll find the letter R disappearing.

Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eyes. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won’t be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.

1.The writer of the passage thinks that ________ there is a blind spot on the eyes.

A．few people know

B．no one knows

C．most people know

D．all the people know

2.The word “disappear” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

A．出现             B．远离             C．消失             D．靠近

3.You fail to see the letter L in the experiment because ________.

A．your eyes are poor

B．its image falls on the blind spot

C．your left eye is not open

D．you move it close to your eye

4.In which order (顺序) should you do the experiment?

①Hold the card

②Move the card nearer

③Close your right eye

④Write two English letters

⑤Look at the letter R

⑥Make a card

A．④⑥①②③⑤                         B．①③⑥④⑤②

C．⑥①④③②⑤                          D．⑥④①③⑤②

5.The passage mainly (主要) tells us ________.

A．the blind spot can move

B．an interesting experiment

C．where the blind spot is

D．there is a blind spot on the eyes

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked up at me and said, “I  31   you.” I did not know  32  to say, and I just stood there, looking  33  at him. My first thought was that he must need help with his homework. Then I asked, “What was that all about ?” “Nothing,” he said, “My teacher said we should tell our parents we love them and see what they say.”

The next day I called his teacher to  34  more about what my son said and how the other parents had reacted﹡. “Most of the fathers had the  35  response﹡ as you did,” the teacher said, ”When I first suggested ﹡that we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would be surprised.”

Then the teacher explained , “ I want my students to know that feeling love is an important part of  36  . I’m trying to tell them it’s too bad that we don’t express﹡ our feelings. A boy  37 tell his parents he loves them.” The teacher understands that sometimes it is  38  for some of us to say something .

That evening when my son came to me, I took him in my arms and held on for a while, saying, “Hey, I love you,  39  .” I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier,   40   I did feel pretty good.

1.A.  dislikeB.  love C.  likeD.  enjoy

2.A.  how  B.  whyC.  whatD.  which 

3.A.  awayB.  for                     C.  downD.  on 

4.A.  talk toB.  talk withC.  find out  D.  do with 

5.A.  same  B.  different  C.  usual  D.  unusual  

6.A.  studyB.  work  C.  health   D.  body 

7.A.  mightB.  can  C.  shouldD.  need 

8.A.  easy  B.  difficult  C.  crazy  D.  silly 

9.A.  eitherB.  tooC.  also     D.  again 

10.A.  andB.  but   C.  so  D.  when