We Love Gadgets(小配件)

If you love the latest gadgets or you want to be the next James Bond, come to Gadgets in the Garden Shopping Mall.

Gadgets is a cool new shop. It sells all the latest gadgets and toys from MP3 players and cameras phones to toy robots. It's a great place to go to check out the latest things.

Jon Lee and his best friend Tom Green own Gadgets. They love gadgets and toys very much. They are already running a successful Internet shop but want to give their customers a chance to play with all the latest gadgets before they buy.

Jon says, "Tom and I are always buying the latest gadgets. We love new ideas and we know that our customers love them too." They both think their new shop will be a big success and we think so too!

Gadgets opens at 9 0'clock on Wednesday August 1st, 2012. John and Tom are planning a fantastic opening. Don't miss it.

1. Where is Gadgets?

A. It's in a supermarket. B. It's in a shopping mall.

C. It's in a garden. D. It's on the Internet.

2.What doesn't the cool new shop sell?

A. Toy robots. B. MP3 players. C. Camera phones. D. ties.

3.Who will probably (可能) to the new shop and buy things?

A. James Bond. B. Jon Lee.

C. People who love the latest gadgets.D. Tom Green.

4.Why do Jon Lee and Tom Green open the new shop?

A. Because they want to make some money,

B. Because their Internet shop isn't successful.

C. Because they want to buy more gadgets.

D. Because they hope their customers can play with gadgets before they buy.

Swimmers Wanted

Can you swim? Do you like kids? Can you help them with swimming on weekends? Come and join us. Call Jane at 330-8976 for more information(信息).

Chess Club

Do you like to play chess? Mr Chen can teach you. You can come here every Friday afternoon.

Tel: 623-1940

Add: Room 102 in School’s P.E. Building

Let’s Learn French

Can you speak French? Do you want to learn French? Join the French club now.

Time: 9:00 am—11:30 am(from Monday to Friday)

Call Henry at 543-1248.

Musicians Wanted

Boys and girls, are you music lovers? Can you sing or dance? Can you play any instruments(乐器)? Welcome to our Star Rock Band.

Please call Victor at 891-3453 or send an email to music@yahoo.com.

根据以上内容，选择最佳答案。

1.What can Mr Chen teach you?

2.Betty can swim well and she wants to find a job. Who can she call?

3. Mike is in the chess club. When does he go to the club?

4.You love music and you want to be a singer(歌手). What can you do?

5.Judy speaks French very well and she teaches kids from Monday to Friday.

Where does she work?

Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up His highly-paid (高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the eyes.

Nathan's work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the Brick" has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."

1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?

A．The Statue of Liberty.                    B．Superman.

C．His serf-portrait.                        D．A Greenwich Village modal.

2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

3.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Nathan's work.                         B．Nathan's exhibition.

C．Nathan's art.                           D．Nathan's self-portrait

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Brick Artist                         B．The Brick Exhibition

C．Toy Bricks for Adults                     D．The Artist's Childhood

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63    for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the    65    gift?

It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66   . In many Western countries watches and    67    are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68   .

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69   ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't   70    red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

63. A. money B. gifts C food

64. A. person B. place C. winter

65. A. right B. wrong C. shiny

66. A. country B. city C. village

67. A. flowers B. books C. clocks

68. A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky

69. A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea

70. A. receive B. accept C. give

A terrible earthquake happened in Wenchuan on May 12, 2008. 42 people lost their lives and homes. During those days, we could hear a lot of stories about 43. Here is 44 of them. After the earthquake, under a fallen building, some soldiers found that a 45 died in a very strange way. When they were ready to take her away, they were surprised to find that a baby in her arms was still 46. The baby was sleeping and 47 hurt(受伤) at all. Between the dead mother _48 the living baby, there was a cellphone (手机) with a short 49 on the screen, “My dear baby, if you can survive (幸存) , remember that I love you.” Everybody 50 when they read these words.
Besides this story, many other stories also moved (感动) us deeply. 51 these stories, we learn more about love.
You’re lucky if you’re loved by others. You’re great if you love others when you’re in danger.