Best Toys for Kids
From wooden blocks to electronic games, the best toys for kids make their young users think and dream while building useful skills. Of course，they’re also tons of fun!
1. Educational Toys
Many of the best toys for kids combine learning and fun. The GeoSafari Talking Globe provides interactive geography games in a fun electronic format(格式). It was named to Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys List in 2006. Professor Noggin’s History of the United States is a fun and informative card game that made FamilyFun. com’s Toy of the Year list.
2. Pretend Play
Kids love to pretend, and the best toys for kids can spark their imaginations and lead to hours of fun. The Real Projects Workshop was a grand prize winner in the 2006 FamilyFun. com Toy of the Year Awards. With this pretend workshop kids can play with realistic tools while building projects out of foam “wood”. Dora’s Talking Kitchen won “Girl Toy of the Year” in the 2006 Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year Awards.
3. Stuffed Animals
Every kid needs a cuddly (可抱的) friend. Kids may ask for stuffed animals based on popular television and movie characters, but teddy bears, stuffed dogs, and other plush figures that haven’t appeared on-screen will have long-lasting appeal. For a unique twist on stuffed animals, the Lil’ Luvables Fluffy Factory lets kids stuff their own teddy bears. It was a Toy of the Year grand prize winner at FamilyFun. com.
4. Games
Games promote cooperation while encouraging everything from memory skills to exercise. Hullabaloo, from the makers of Cranium, won “Best Game” honors in the 2006 Toy Industry Association Toy of the Year Awards. The game gets kids moving and laughing as they follow instructions from the game’s audio console.
1.How can kids benefit from educational toys?
A.They can improve their studies.
B.They can enjoy geography games.
C.They can be active in doing homework.
D.They can gain knowledge while playing.
2.What prize did Dora’s Talking Kitchen win?
A.Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys List in 2006. B.Girl Toy of the Year.
C.Toy of the Year. D.Best Game.
3.Which toys can develop kids’ team spirit?
A.Educational Toys. B.Pretend Play.
C.Games. D.Stuffed Animals.
假如你是李华，应邀参加中美高中生论坛，将作以“China-Five years of Accomplishments”为主题的发言，请用英语写一篇发言稿。内容包括以下要点：
1. 五年来身边的变化；
2. 自己的感受；
3. 对中美友谊的美好祝福。
注意：1. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2. 词数：100词左右；
3. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends from home and abroad,
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That’s all. Thank you for listening!
假定英语课上，老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
As is known to all that we students have to fix our attention on our lessons, so we know few of society. A holiday is the best time and the best chance to make up that. Take a part-time job is a good form of social practice. Neither that we have learned in books nor in class can have the same important effect on us as what we have learned through personally practice. In social practice, we can surely make a rapid progress in both knowledge and practical ability. However, when we take part-time jobs, we may get paid more or less to help our families. Thus, I suggested we senior school students should take part-time jobs in our holiday, if possible.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chinese President Xi Jinping has praised a group of middle school students for their efforts in satellite design. He said he was pleased with their curiosity and bravery in 1. (science) exploration. The president also wished the teachers and students in Bayi School 2. happy new year.
Xi made the praise in a letter 3. (write) to the students in Beijing’s Bayi School on Saturday. A small satellite designed and developed by them 4. (send) into space last Wednesday at Taiyuan Satellite Launch (发射) Center 5. it was designed to operate in orbit (轨道) for 180 days.
Three months ago, Xi returned to 6. (he) high school to visit a laboratory and talk to teachers and students 7. were designing the small satellite. The president said he was extremely glad to know that the satellite designed by the students would be launched and called on them to become 8. (build) of the country. Xi warmly encouraged the students 9. (study) science and contribute to the development of China. He hoped that the students would keep hungry 10. knowledge and develop their national spirit.
I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she _____ her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so ______, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but nobody could.
I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing ______. She kept dribbling(运球) and________over and over, sometimes until dark.
One day, I asked Sally why she ______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a ______. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe if I am ______ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t ____.
I ______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ______. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ____ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I walked
____and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing.” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ______told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team-still less she would be ______a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.
I felt she was extremely ______. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ______. They didn’t understand the _______of a dream.
The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ________ awarded a scholarship and ______ to the college education that she had ______ and worked toward for all those years.
It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t matter at all.
1.A.felt B.lost C.struggled D.saw
2.A.small B.upset C.strong D.determined
3.A.well B.still C.again D.alone
4.A.running B.passing C.shooting D.struggling
5.A.studied B.expected C.improved D.practiced
6.A.title B.prize C.reward D.scholarship
7.A.good B.brave C.active D.careful
8.A.lack B.block C.count D.appear
9.A.guided B.watched C.preferred D.encouraged
10.A.faith B.peace C.victory D.profession
11.A.sunk B.buried C.covered D.dropped
12.A.up B.away C.back D.around
13.A.coach B.judge C.teacher D.captain
14.A.sent B.offered C.promised D.suggested
15.A.excited B.worried C.disappointed D.frightened
16.A.cruel B.strict C.unfair D.wrong
17.A.cause B.power C.value D.pressure
18.A.really B.entirely C.gradually D.naturally
19.A.voted B.admitted C.appointed D.introduced
20.A.joined in B.gone through C.benefited from D.longed for
Do you have a hobby? Something you look forward to spending your time with? Something you love to do?1. Or making model airplanes. Sketching. Or making useful things out of waste material. It could be a musical instrument that you love playing. Or singing and dancing.
There are many things that a hobby can give you, apart from an enjoyable time. Sashay was a shy boy but through his interest in model airplanes he learned the value of sticking to a task until it was finished. His model airplane club brought him to get into touch with similar souls.2.
Having a hobby helps you relax and get away from the routines of school.3. You really need this well deserved one, too! It gives you focus, self dependence, confidence and builds your personality. This is an opportunity to lose yourself in an enjoyable activity, away from the pressure of school, so at the end of it, you feel relaxed and yet, mentally charged.
Your hobby defines you.4.And it also shows you what you are good at, and how far you can go, when you apply yourself.
5..For a hobby is: Happiness: something which you look forward to doing. Opportunity: to nurture and develop your special and unique skills and celebrate them. Believe in yourself: makes you understand your strong advantages and improves your confidence. Best in you: brings out your best—for in each one of us there is a best that is only ours. YOU gives you a unique character, and makes you YOU!
A. So go ahead and develop a hobby.
B. It gives you a break.
C. It proves your ability.
D. Hobbies show your character.
E. It shows your special skills.
F. It could be collecting something.
G. He learned to make friends for the first time.
