Get a Custom（定制的） Salt Shaker for your Dining Table
If you are looking for custom salt shaker for your dining table, then there are a number of varieties available from which you can have your pick.
Get custom salt shakers for custom seasoning
A wooden salt shaker has a beautiful design that can enrich your dining table. It is handmade from different pieces of wood of varying sizes. It has a pear shaped body with a ceramic(陶瓷的) grinder with fancy wood finish. The ceramic grinder for making salt into powder is built to last a life time. It does not wear away like metals do when used to grind salt. It is an extremely beautiful and very delicately made gift to be given to anybody. If you buy two pieces they offer you a generous quantity of Himalayan salt.
Ceramic salt shakers for custom Seasoning
A ceramic salt shaker is handmade and ideal to be kept in the kitchen to keep the cooking area neat and orderly. It is available in different colors, olive green, coffee brown, purple, egg blue, yellow and many more colors. You can use your fingers when you require a pinch of salt or use the spoon that accompanies it. It looks beautiful for kitchen use and can be given as a gift.
Personalized salt shakers that can be given as anniversary gifts
If you are looking for handmade anniversary gifts that you would like to give to your friends, you can give hand painted salt shakers. You can send your pictures and the makers will paint the picture of your friend and her loved one. Any message you like to add will be written on the salt shaker.
This cannot be put in a dishwasher or soaked in water. It has to be washed carefully by hand. If you are a person who likes eco-friendly items then you can have a salt shaker made of bamboo. It has a solid construction which makes it ideal for kitchen setting.
So if you are interested in buying a salt shaker for your table, you can choose one from above and order it.
1.If you prefer salt powder, you may choose ________.
A. a wooden salt shakerB. a bamboo salt shaker
C. a ceramic salt shakerD. a hand painted salt shaker
2.According to the passage, ceramic salt shakers are distinct in ________.
A. shapes.B. designsC. coloursD. sizes
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Salt shakers with a solid construction can last a life time.
B. Hand painted salt shakers can be washed in dishwashers.
C. Bamboo salt shakers are harmless to the environment.
D. Metal salt shakers are painted with personal pictures.
4.The passage is intended to ________.
A. promote different salt shakers
B. tell how to choose salt shakers
C. describe the advantages of salt shakers
D. persuade people to give salt shakers to friends
I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.
So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I had left my husband of 2 years, alone, in our old New Orleans house.
I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.
As the day wore on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized, thanks to CNN, that New Orleans was under water.
I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, of Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.
In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I’d left behind was gone…but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper(后保险杠) of a VW bus, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, half-way to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.
By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.
1.Why did the author leave home?
A. To look after her sister.
B. To attend a music festival.
C. To watch a performance.
D. To visit her husband’s cousin.
2.How did the author feel when she left home?
A. Disappointed.B. Worried.C. Tired.D. Unwilling.
3.What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?
A. Gathered.B. StruggledC. Escaped.D. Hid.
4.What might be the title for the passage?
A. Lost it All, Gained Even More
B. Once Gone, Never Returned
C. Caught in the Hurricane
D. Trapped in a Dilemma
When I was young at school, I loved to talk, a characteristic not always appreciated by Miss Jordan, my tenth-grade English teacher.
She was a teacher no one wanted because she was so ________. She stood about five-foot-five, was very thin and wore her hair pulled back in a way that gave her a horsy ________. She wore those half-circular reading glasses. Whenever she got upset, she would lower her head and look at you over the top of her glasses.
One day in her class I was busy talking. I didn’t ________ she had stopped teaching and was ________ straight at me. “Young lady, I would like to see you after school.”
Later Miss Jordan ________ in a low, but very firm voice that showed she expected me to listen when she was talking. For ________ she told me to write a thousand word essay on education and its effect on the economy(经济). She wanted it in by the following Wednesday.
Well, I met my deadline. I was ________. It was a good paper. And I expected a sign of ________ from her. The next day in class, ________, she was looking at me over her glasses. She called me forward and ________ my paper. “Go back and rewrite,” she said. “Remember, each paragraph is supposed to begin with a topic sentence.” When she gave my paper back a second time, she ________ the grammar. The third time, the spelling. The fourth time, it was punctuation. The fifth, it wasn’t neat enough. I was ________!
The sixth time, I rewrote the whole paper ________, in ink, leaving generous space. When she saw it, she removed her glasses and smiled. She finally ________ the paper. After that, I put the whole thing out of my ________.
Two or three months passed. One day Miss Jordan came into the class and said to us: “Class, do you still ________ an essay contest held citywide? They’ve announced the ________. I am happy to inform you that Mary has won third prize in the essay contest —‘On the Impact of Education on the Economy’.”
I was amazed and ________. It was the first time I had ever won a prize. Years later, I told a reporter that story, and my comments—including my unfriendly ________ of Miss Jordan’s appearance. Miss Jordan wrote me, and said that her appearance wasn’t what was important. What was important was the ________ I had learnt. When I wrote and rewrote that paper for her, I began to learn how to discipline myself.
1.A. open-mindedB. strictC. carefulD. cold-hearted
2.A. lookB. shapeC. styleD. character
3.A. guessB. believeC. imagineD. realize
4.A. wavingB. laughingC. staringD. running
5.A. complainedB. whisperedC. explainedD. apologized
6.A. objectionB. motivation
C. punishmentD. encouragement
7.A. confidentB. concernedC. nervousD. helpful
8.A. suggestionB. approvalC. commentD. respect
9.A. otherwiseB. moreoverC. howeverD. therefore
10.A. changedB. toreC. openedD. returned
11.A. masteredB. correctedC. taughtD. identified
12.A. relievedB. gratefulC. relaxedD. sick
13.A. carelesslyB. eagerlyC. vaguelyD. slowly
14.A. publishedB. acceptedC. finishedD. studied
15.A. mindB. listC. questionD. sight
16.A. rememberB. enterC. expectD. organize
17.A. plansB. winnersC. participantsD. names
18.A. curiousB. anxiousC. thrilledD. enthusiastic
19.A. conclusionB. reaction
C. recommendationD. description
20.A. lessonB. meaningC. skillD. result
Life isn’t always beautiful, ________ the struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wiser.
A. orB. soC. butD. for
The real friend is the one who comes to the rescue ________ your hour of need.
A. toB. atC. forD. in
This year’s children’s party, ________ some parents were invited to, was a great success.
A. whichB. whyC. whoseD. where
