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★A Copenhagen bus company has put "love seats" on 103 of its buses for people looking
for a partner. "Even love at first sight is possible on the bus," said a spokesman for the
company to explain the two seats on each bus that are covered in red cloth and a "love
seat" sign.
★Shoppers at an international luxury fair in Italy, found a cell-phone-equipped golden
coffin among the items on display. The phones will help "the dead" contact relatives if they
have been buried alive by mistake.
★A man in New York came up with a disarming(手无寸铁的)way to perform his
latest bank heist , approaching the clerk"s window with a large bunch of flowers and handing
over a note saying "give me the money!"
★An Englishman who lost all his legs and arms in an electrical accident successfully
swam across the Channel, a challenge he had been preparing for two years. The whole
cost is 400 dollars.
★A set of artificial teeth(假牙) made for Britain"s war-time prime minister Winston
Churchill known as "the teeth that saved the
world" sold for nearly 18,000 pounds (21,500 euros, 24,000 dollars) at auction(拍卖).
★A British woman caused an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera
dumping(抛弃)a cat in a rubbish bin. She was fined 250 pounds (400 dollars, 280 euros)
after pleading guilty.
★The BBC apologized completely and without any doubts after a radio presenter
jokingly announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died.
★Two Australian men needed surgery(手术)after shooting each other in the bottoms
during a drinking session to see if it would hurt and they were charged 400 dollars separately.
★A Kuwaiti MP(议员) suggested state-aid for male citizens to take second wives, in
an effort to reduce the large number of unmarried women in the oil-rich state.
B. It has a cell phone.
C. It is new.
D. It
has many items.B. love
C. discussion
D. repair
B. One who bought Winston Churchill"s artificial teeth.
C. An Australian man who was shot in bottom to test the hurt.
D. An Englishman crossing the Channel without legs and arms.
B. A lot of rich single men lived in Kuwait
C. There are quantities of oil in Kuwait
D. There are many single women in Kuwait
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love of new places in your child this travel season. There are some wonderful products and media
available to help your kids get fired up about geography.
For the youngest ones, don"t miss the adorable HuggAPlanet, Earth (peacetoys. com, $19. 95). It"s
a soft, stuffed globe that"s covered with a colorful map of Earth. Kids will eye it like a treasure, toss it
like a ball and hug it like a friend.
For toddlers, the nifty puzzle My Town ABC (Great American Puzzle Factory, ages 3 and up; $12)
helps teach the concept of place as it illustrates the relationship of one location to another. Also worth
looking at for younger kids is the very cool CDROM Tonka Town (Atari, ages 36; $19. 99), which lets
children steer their favorite giant trucks down some adventurous paths.
For the older kids, probably nothing beats Handling the Actual Map (ages 815；$12. 95) that your
family"s using to get to your vacation destination. Whether you are traveling by car, bus, train or plane,
show the kids how to follow your route. Ask them to narrate the trip.
During your journey, consider weaving in a history lesson or two. Discuss how the famous explorers
used maps to chart their journeys. An excellent book is The Lewis & Clark Expedition (Williamson
Publishing, ages 912; $12. 95),which shows how the Corps of Discovery bravely pushed westward.
Love music and want to work it into your vacation in a meaningful, catchy way? Sample the delightful
video States and Capitals Songs (Educational Insights, ages 7 and up; $14. 95).
Or, if you want lots of laughs as you travel (and who wouldn"t?), try Scrambled States of America (Gamewright, ages 8 and up; $11. 99). It"s a fun game of observation and fast reflexes that sets players
scrambling to find.
B. exploring in the forests
C. buying a Mothers"s Day gift
D. learning geography in class
B. some products and media mentioned can make the kids interested in geography.
C. don"t lose HuggAPlanet, Earth when you have a vacation.
D. States and Capitals Songs is as expensive as Hangling the Actual Map.
B. States and Capitals Songs
C. The Lewis & Clark Expedition
D. My Town ABC
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Book 1 Elixir
written by Eric Walters
Twelveyearold Roth becomes a friend of Dr.Banting and his assistant, Mr.Best, who
are in search of a cure for diabetes (糖尿病)．She finds herself torn between her
sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting andBest.
written by Eric Walters
Twelveyearold Roth becomes a friend of Dr.Banting and his assistant, Mr.Best, who
are in search of a cure for diabetes (糖尿病)．She finds herself torn between her
sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting andBest.
Book 2 George Washington Carver
written by Elizabeth Macleod
Meet the “Peanut (花生) Specialist”，George Washington Carver, the inventor
and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts.Through his agricultural
research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the
southern United States.See also MacLeod"s Albert Einstein：A Life of Genius.
written by Elizabeth Macleod
Meet the “Peanut (花生) Specialist”，George Washington Carver, the inventor
and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts.Through his agricultural
research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the
southern United States.See also MacLeod"s Albert Einstein：A Life of Genius.
Book 3 The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovationswritten
by Alootook Ipellie & David MacDonald
Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival.From ideas familiar to us
today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a
remarkably intelligent people.Also see other books: The Chinese Thought of It by
Tingxing Ye and A Nati
ve American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David
MacDonald.
by Alootook Ipellie & David MacDonald
Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival.From ideas familiar to us
today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a
remarkably intelligent people.Also see other books: The Chinese Thought of It by
Tingxing Ye and A Nati
ve American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David MacDonald.
Book 4written by Bev Spencer
What things do we use daily that have a Canadian connection? Here are 101
common things that were invented in Canada or by a Canadian, including the
Blackberry, alkaline (碱性) batteries and the Blue Box recycling program.
Book 5written by Michael McGowan
Ten-year-old boy Newton has invented a time machine to see dinosaurs up close.
Butit disappears on a test run with his two huge friends, King Herbert and Queen
Certrude, in it! Can he save them before time runs out？
B．Curious.
C．Frightened.
D．Disappointed.
B．Book 3 introduces 40 inventive concepts.
C．Alkaline batteries were invented by Dr.Banting.
D．George Washington Carver was a black farmer in the US.
B．the names of the time machine
C．two dinosaurs
D．the inventors of the time machine
B．Eric Walters
C．Rocky Landon & David MacDonald
D．Bev SpencerDifferent forms of maps are appearing.They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of
places they are visiting, from the official to the unusual.Meanwhile, hitech developments are creating new
ways for us to map the world.Here are two of our favorites:
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas.Users add information with a set of icons (图标) , making it easy to read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it.At present there are over five hundred map
projects being developed in 54 countries.Green Maps" advertised idea is "think global, map local". It is a
wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place, ranging from community gardens to good
places of birdwatching.
Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers.Not all of its maps are online, so it may be
necessary for some users to communicate with the producers through the Green Maps website.
Map Mashups
Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them.Working in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to
existing maps to express a certain topic.The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge
you could ever need.It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most bizarre (古怪的), such as where America"s drunkest cities are.With the mashups added to the
basic Google Maps, a multilayered (多层的) map can be created.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?
A. Aiming at environmental protection.
B. Introducing local attractions with icons.
C. Offering advice to independent travelers.
D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.
2. Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3. "Map Mashups" is named with the word "mashups" because ________.
A. it is produced by users all over the world
B. it gathers various kinds of information
C. it shares icons with Green Maps
D. it is a branch of Google Maps
4. What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?
A. They are created by local people.
B. They are environmentally friendly.
C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.
D. Users need to communicate with producers.
the participating museums, and their exciting special exhibitions that you will not want to miss, listed below.
Boston
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Chairs
February 11-May 8, 2012
Italian furniture expert Fausto Calderai and Indian photographer Dayanita Singh present an exhibition of chairs from the museum"s collection and "chair photographs" from around the world presented in a
Venetian-style hall housing world-famous masterpieces.
For more information:www. gardnermuseum. org
New York
The Noguchi Museum
Noguehi and Graham
December 1, 2011-May 1, 2012
Noguchi"s long-term collaboration(协作) with dancer Martha Graham is regarded by many as a high
point in the history of both modern dance and art. The exhibition highlights nine of the sets created through this collaboration.
For more information:www. noguchi. org
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
In Full View:American Painting(1720-2012)
January 11--April 10, 2012
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy has been home to America"s artists for more than 200
years. The Academy collects and exhibits the works of famous American artists, and is well-known for
training fine artists. 2012 at the Academy begins with the largest exhibition of Academy"s distinguished
American collection in the institution"s history.
For more information:www. pafa. org
Seattle
Seattle Museum of Glass
Murano:Glass from the Olnick Spanu Collection
Through November 7, 2011
This exhibition includes over 200 pieces of beautiful glass from Murano, the island of glassblowers near Venice, Italy. Watch live glass-blowing shows in the Hot Shop and see other modern glass exhibitions.
For more information:www. museumofglass. org
1. Which of the following websites offers information about the furniture show?
A. www. pafa. org
B. www. museumofglass. org
C. www. noguchi. org
D. www. gardnermuseum. org
2. We learn from the text that Martha Graham is ___________.
A. a dancer
B. a glassblower
C. a painter
D. a photographer
3. If you want to know the history of American painting, you may visit ___________.
A. the Noguchi Museum
B. Seattle Museum of Glass
C. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
D . Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Your Membership
International Students House is a unique, cultural and recreational centre providing a wide programme
of events for students 310 days a year.
Located in a fashionable and safe neighborhood, close to Regent"s Park, ISH is a central place to meet students from Britain and around the world.
ISH provides all its members with the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of sports and hobbies in a
friendly and fun environment. Many of the activities are free of charge as part of membership, while some
charge a small fee.
Membership is open to all full-time students, professional trainees and student nurses.
LEARN
Lecture Series:
ISH organizes a number of lively, topical lectures of political and contemporary (同时代的) interest
by famous speakers.
Language Classes
A variety of weekly language classes which in the past have included English, Spanish, Japanese and
Italian.
ISH tries to offer as many developments and educational programmes as possible for its members.
Look out for additional workshops and leadership programmes. E--mail: learn @ish.org.uk.
CREATE
Sunday Cinema:
Films are shown every Sunday evening at 19:30 including recent blockbusters(大片), theme (主题)
nights and classics.
Classes:
Show your talents or learn from the beginning with our various classes and workshops which include
Life Drawing, Photography, and Drama.
Throughout the year ISH holds numerous exhibitions, recitals(公演) and performances put on by the
students. To get more information, e-mail: create @ish.org.uk.
TRAVEL
Travel Club:
The Travel Club runs a comprehensive (广泛的)schedule of day and weekend trips to British and
European destinations. Students get the chance to explore new parts of the UK and meet people from
all over the world. Sightseeing, canoeing, hiking, eating out, socializing and meeting local people are what
you can expect to experience during the trips. E-mail: travel @ish.org.uk.
ACTIVE
Classes:
Try out our Martial Arts and Fitness Classes every week night including Kick Boxing, Tai Chi, Kung
Fu and Shaolin as well as Yoga, and Aerobics classes. All our classes are run by qualified and professional instructors.
Sports:
Join in our recreational and team sports such as football, volleyball, running, table tennis, and chess.
ISH Dangerous Sports Club:
We also organize such activities as go-karting, pain-balling and adventure weekends. E--mail: active
@ish.org.uk.
B. attending all kinds of interesting lectures
C. attending French classes
D. meeting students from all around the world
B. you can get some information through an e-mail
C. you can get a ticket free of charge
D. you can e-mail: learn @ish.org.uk
B. travel @ish.org.uk.
C. active @ish.org.uk.
D. create @ish.org.uk.
B. join the Travel Club
C. go to Sunday Cinema
D. take some Fitness Classes
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