Since my son is getting ready for first grade, I asked a friend where she shops for school supplies．For price and convenience, she had a quick answer: schoolpak．com．Parents can buy items or packaged equipment for all grades．The Generic Elementary School-pak for first through fifth graders, for example, is $23．28．（Teachers can also e-mail their grade’s or school’s whole list for a price on customized kits（销售包）．Shipping（运送）is free for 75 or more kits）
Teachers thinks highly of educational warehouse．com for its learning tools and games—everything from puzzles and puppets to software and chalks．Classroomdirect．com has great prices on over 10．000 products and a special corner offering even deeper discounts．
Pick your lunch box
The second-most-difficult back-to-school decision, right after what to wear on the first day, is what kind of lunch box to buy．Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana? Ariel or Elmo? Your kids can examine their （and your） lunch boxes at platesplus4kids．com and lunchboxes．com．
Trade in sports tools
My garage is a tangle（混乱） of bikes and balls, sticks and clubs, so I was excited to find play it again sports．com --- a company that helps you sell quality, name-brand sporting equipment．You’ll have to visit one of its 320 stores, located in 46 states and the District of Columbia．
3 sites for saving
Feed the pig．org
Think about the savings if your kids （and you） stopped buying lunch out every day and brown-bagged（自带午餐）it．
Good shop．com
Support your favorite school by shopping at more than 1,000 participating shops．Up to 30 percent of every purchase is donated．And you’ll find hundreds of deals and coupons（优惠券）．
Tax admin．org
Click on 2009 State Sales Tax Holidays to see if your state has a tax-free shopping day．Check what’s included before going to the store．
1.The passage is mainly aimed at__________．
A．parents B．teachers C．students D．businessmen
2.If you want to sell the bikes your children don’t use, you can go to ____________．
A．educationalwarehouse．com B．playitagainsports．com
C．Feedthepig．org D．Taxadmin．org
3.What does the writer think of picking a lunch box?
A．It is very easy B．It is rather hard
C．It proves interesting D．It seems special
4.What can be filled in the blank in the first item?
A．Teachers are much wiser B．Puzzles and puppets
C．Shops where teachers shop D．Develop your brains
When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years 36 a back support．I began running seven days a week to 37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I 38 before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in 39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The 40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41 " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43 program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a 44 thought entered my mind: what 45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46 the prized finish line, even if it 47 I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48 depended on it——actually, it did．I 49 that if I didn't train to my fullest, my body would 50 and the doctors' diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn't about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life's greatest 51 ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts 52 ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I'm often asked why I run, to which I always 53 ,"I run because I can．" I 54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are 55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
1.A, dressing B．wearing C．designing D．decorating
2.A．relax B．comfort C．protect D．strengthen
3.A．recovered B．cured C．quitted D．shook
4.A．other B．one C．another D．some
5.A．doctors B．patients C．coaches D．pioneers
6.A．frequently B．normally C．attractively D．carefully
7.A．determined B．excited C．unsatisfied D．disappointed
8.A．working B．sharing C．training D．walking
9.A．suitable B．reasonable C silly D．crazy
10.A．if B．whether C．unless D．once
11.A．skip B．slip C．complete D．cross
12.A．meant B．proved C．agreed D．explained
13.A．patience B．existence C．appearance D．absence
14.A．suggested B．knew C．noticed D．declared
15.A．look out B．come out C．break down D．fall down
16.A．promises B．reputations C．goals D．levels
17.A．worked out B．turned out C．paid back D．paid off
18.A．react B．reply C．relate D．refer
19.A．show B．ask C．remind D．teach
20.A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing
__________of the land in that district __________ covered with trees and grass．
A．Two fifth; is B．Two fifths; is C．Two fifth; are D．Two fifths; are
You __________ put your computer in your bedroom．
A．don’t need B．had not better C．had better not D．ought not
—How are you today?
—Oh, I __________ as ill as I do now for a long time．
A．didn’t feel B．haven’t felt C．wasn’t feeling D．don’t feel
— It’s a warm day, isn’t it?
— Yes, it’s __________ cold．I just wear a jacket．
A．not a bit B．a bit C．a little D．not a little
