This is time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children’s Home
We don’t want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome.
Also—we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much—will you share it?
Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.
Children’s Hospice
We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts of money to pay for more nursing staff. We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.
Please contact The Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road.w.^w.k.s.5*u.c.#o@m
Street Food
In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we urgently need some new saucepans. Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.
Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way, Littleton. Phone 27713.
Littleton Youth Club
Have you got an unwanted chair?—a record player?—a pot of paint?
Because we can use them!
We want to get to work on our meeting room!
Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us.
Thank you!
The Night Shelter
We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.
Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.
【小题1】Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations which work for     

A．homeless and sick children

B．less fortunate members of our society

C．hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

D．friendly members of our society to help others

【小题2】If you like children and can offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may go to     .

A．Street Food

B．Night Shelter

C．Children’s Home

D．Children’s Hospice

【小题3】We can infer that      .

A．there are too many social problems in this country

B．people are very poor during the time for giving presents

C．warm-hearted people like to give away money

D．this passage is taken from a local newspaper

【小题4】If your child has grown up, you may take the child’s things to       .         

A．Children’s Home and Children’s Hospice	B．Youth Club and Children’s Home
C．Children’s Hospice and Night Shelter	D．Youth Club and Night Shelter

Museums in Texas

Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center

The museum is in the depot’s waiting room and office. The warehouse is a hands-on learning center. See the 1908 “Arnold Outhouse”, log cabin, doctor’s office, dogtrot cabin, oil derrick, cotton gin, print shop, and syrup mill.

Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon.–Fri. and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sat.

Admission charge.

Address: 514 N. High St. in the restored 1901 Missouri Pacific Railroad depot, Henderson

Phone: 903/657-4303

Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum

It is designed to preserve, collect, operate and interpret a collection of autos and auto transportation equipment. Library and archive collection available.

Open 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat. and 1–5 p.m. Sun.

Admission charge.

Address: 217 Laurel St., Texarkana

Phone: 903/938-9201

Jefferson Historical Society Museum

Find four floors of documents and antiques, including mementos of pioneer days, early steamboat commerce and antebellum society. See paintings and sculpture from the D.D. Feldman collection. It also has an outstanding doll collection.

Open 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. daily.

Admission charge.

Address: Old Federal Building, Austin and Market streets, Jefferson

Phone: 903/665-2775

The Woodlands Children’s Museum

The museum provides hands-on, interactive exhibits designed to immerse children and adults in play that stimulates curiosity and provides opportunities for learning in a nurturing environment.

Open 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tue.–Sat. and noon–5 p.m. Sun.

Admission charge.

Address: 4775 W. Panther Creek Drive, the Woodlands

Phone: 281/465-0955

1.What do the four museums have in common?

A. They all have a long history.  B. They all charge for admission.

C. They all provide hands-on programmes.         D. They are all in the same city.

2.If you are free on Sunday afternoons, you may visit the following museums except _______.

A. Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum

B. The Woodlands Children’s Museum

C. Jefferson Historical Society Museum

D. Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center

3.Which of the following is not true according to the advertisement?

A. Interactive exhibits are offered in the Woodlands Children’s Museum.

B. Dolls are on display in Depot Museum And Children’s Discovery Center.

C. Paintings and sculpture can be seen in Jefferson Historical Society Museum.

D. You can read and borrow books in Tex-Ark Antique Auto Museum.

 

When you are in Nanoko, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel, whether you come on business or on holiday you will find everything as comfortable and convenient as you would expect in a first class international hotel.

Every bedroom has its own bathroom, telephone, and colorful modern materials and furniture in the local style. In the Mistu Restaurant, you can choose your meals from a lot of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country. In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, listen to the music of internationally known artists. Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool. Throughout the motel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.

By day the pool is alive with the holiday spirit and the happy shouting of children and by night, soft light and music make it a perfect place for a party, or simply for an after-dinner drink and conversation.

The Garden Hotel has its own minibus service. Give us a ring and we will arrange to collect you at the airport or in the city center.

If you prefer, we can arrange for you to visit the wainiri Islands that lie just off the coast. Here you can swim in peace; or you can fish there. As it is well known, Wainiri is really a good place for people going fishing. The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Nanoko’s modern shopping center. Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.

1.Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel _____.

A．has a bathroom

B．has a colorful telephone in the local style

C．is colorful and modern with local style

D．is in an international style, comfortable and convenient.

2.The hotel arranges for the visitors to _____.

A．go fishing off Cape St. Cermain near wainiri

B．go by bus to the Wainiri Islands for peach

C．see amounts of sea lives off the coast of Wainiri

D．go across to the Wainiri Islands to swim or fish

3.You will find the Garden Hotel _____. 

A．on the beach not far from Nanoko’s excellent shops

B．on the beach where you will find all that money can buy

C．close to shops where everything is cheap and famous

D．just off the coast, five minutes from the shops

 

This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find a little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children’s Home
We DON’T want your money, but children’s toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.
Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much ─will you share it?
Phone Sister Thomas on 55671
Children’s Hospice
We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursing staff. We also need storybooks and toys suitable for quiet games.
Please contact the Secretary, Little Children’s Hospice, Newby Road.
Street Food
In the winter weather, it’s no fun being homeless. It’s even worse if you’re hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It’s hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you offer a little money? We use a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans(平底锅). Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.
Contact Street Food, c/o Mary’s House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 27713
Littleton Youth Club
Have you got an unwanted chair? ─a record-player?─a pot of paint ? Because we can use them!
We want to get to work on our meeting room!
Please phone 66231 and we’ll be happy to collect anything you can give us.
Thank you!
The Night Shelter
We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have quite enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds? Any amount, however small, will be such a help.
Send it to us at 15, Green St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.
【小题1】 What kind of people are these organizations designed for?

A．Homeless and sick children

B．Less fortunate members of our society

C．Hungry people who have no beds to sleep in

D．Friendly members of our society to help others

【小题2】If you like children and you could offer a happy family to a homeless child, you may contact _____.

A．Street Food	B．The Night Shelter
C．Littleton Children’s Home	D．Children’s Hospice

【小题3】 What can be concluded from the passage?

A．There are too many social problems in this society.

B．People are very poor during the time of giving.

C．To offer help is just an excuse for these organizations to collect money.

D．There are many organizations trying to solve social problems.

Megan's Library of Love book drive began in 2006, in memory of a student who passed away. The       to send books to a school       was created by Megan's classmates at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School as a tribute（悼念）to her.

The project formed out of the desire      Megan, to help our community heal, and to make a       in the life of others. Students have many        of Megan, but the most vivid was her love for her family and the diligent       she gave to her classmates. They combined this with her       for learning and reading to create the Library of Love. This project honors Megan's special qualities. In the      of one of her classmates, Megan was, “A good daughter, a good student, a good friend.” We are all blessed to have been a       of Megan's life.

Every February, on Megan's birthday, fifth graders at Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle School       donations of newly purchased books and send them to a school in need. The “Love books” are truly a         of love meant to       reading and learning. Students earn the money for postage by writing letters to local       .The fifth graders also have the       of labeling every book with a Library of Love sticker（标签）,        the books into categories（类别）, and       all the books for shipping.

    In the two years since the Library of Love       began, students have collected over 5000 newly purchased books to send to schools in need. In 2006, 3419 books were sent to St. Bernard's Parish to help       their school library after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the community. In 2007, 1613 books were sent to White Mountain School in Alaska, who       their high school in a fire. Students look forward to sending the gift of       to other schools

1.A. move                   B. thought                            C. idea                         D. offer

2.A. in need                   B. in trouble                    C. in difficulty    D. in pain

3.A. help                     B. honor                             C. keep                    D. save

4.A. contribution   B. mark                             C. difference          D. start

5.A. images                    B. pictures              C. stories            D. memories

6.A. effort             B. advice                C. help                D. example

7.A. interest                  B. passion                    C. preference            D. determination

8.A. case                         B. ideas                                  C. words                      D. look

9.A. company                 B. witness                             C. part                          D. friend

10.A. get                        B. count                            C. seek                     D. collect

11.A. measure                    B. force                             C. gift              D. mark

12.A. push              B. reward                C. inspire                 D. connect

13.A. families                    B. communities                  C. factories             D. businesses

14.A. chance                    B. responsibility                 C. pleasure             D. work

15.A. dividing             B. placing                            C. sorting                 D. passing

16.A. cleaning                  B. checking                     C. packing              D. examining

17.A. plan          B. organization        C. campaign            D. project

18.A. repair                   B. rebuild                         C. remove      D. restart

19.A. lost                           B. ruined                          C. closed                 D. escaped

20.A. comforting         B. reading                 C. encouraging D. writing