YOU might go to a museum to look at old cars or something about an ancient civilization (文明). Would you like to see ice cream?
Believe it or not, there is a museum of ice cream in Iowa in the United States. Visitors can see a video that tells all about the history of the delicious snack.
It seems that ice cream goes back to about 2000 years ago , when the Chinese mixed together ice, milk and sugar. Spending an afternoon looking at how to make ice cream can make you a little hungry. No problem, the museum has its own ice cream store, where you can taste some of them.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, there is a museum of childhood. The museum shows objects about the lives of children in Scotland, past and present. You can expect toys, dolls, teddy bears and train sets. But there are also videos which tell you what it was like to be a kid in Scotland in old times.
You can hear children reading their multiplication tables (乘法表): "Seven sevens are 49, eight sevens are 56." You can also watch documentary movies of the games kids played in Edinburgh in the 1950s, look at the clothes they wore and get to know what their schools were like.
It will be wonderful to visit the Children's Discovery Museum in Bangkok (曼谷), Thailand. The museum has parts of nature, environment, technology and kids' activities. In this museum, you get to take part in the kids’ activities. You can dress up to be a fireman in a fire truck. It is interesting.
1.The museum of ice cream is in _____________.
A. Scotland B. Bangkok C. America D. China
2.We can’t know about _______________ in the museum of childhood.
A. the games kids played
B. the clothes kids wore
C. the food kids ate
D. the schools kids studied in
3.It is interesting that _______________ in the Children's Discovery Museum.
A. you can taste the ice cream
B. you can become a kid in old times
C. you can be a fireman in a fire truck
D. you can wear old clothes
4.Which of the following is NOT right?
A. Chinese people invented ice cream first about 2000 years ago.
B. The Children's Discovery Museum in Thailand is about childhood.
C. You can learn about the children’s lives in the old times from the museum in Edinburgh.
D. There is an ice cream store in the ice cream museum where you can taste one.
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Have you heard of palm(手相) reading? It is to study the ________ on the hand and tell a person’s future life.
To study a person’s personalities and future, a palm reader looks _________ at the three main lines on the active hand (the one a person writes with). The reader usually looks first at a person’s Life Line. This lines begins under the index finger (食指), and goes down ____________ the wrist (手腕). This line tells ________ a person lives his or her life. A person ________ a deep Life Line is brave and full of energy. If a person has a faint (模糊的) line, he or she is a thinker.
The _______ line is the Heart Line. It runs across the hand, just below the fingers. This line tells one’s feelings. A person with a deep Heart Line is peaceful. Family is important to this person. Those with a faint line do not like to be alone. They need friends all the time. They usually like to ____________ others.
The Head Line, the third one, is below the Heart Line, it tells how a person thinks. A person with a long Head Line __________ things very carefully. Those with short Head Line are good at ________ decisions rapidly. A person with a deep Head Line is clever and talkative. Those with a faint Head Line are often very creative.
Palm readers believe that these lines and marks on the hand can tell us something about our personalities. Do you agree? Try the test on ___________.
1.A. heart B. fingers C. lines D. life
2.A. quickly B. carefully C. actually D. fast
3.A. over B. along C. towards D. around
4.A. how B. where C. when D. what
5.A. about B. has C. with D. have
6.A. last B. same C. second D. final
7.A. fight over B. take after C. make friends with D. argue with
8.A. talks about B. comes up with C. thinks about D. considers about
9.A. doing B. taking C. bringing D. making
10.A. itself B. ourselves C. yourself D. myself
I wonder if Linda __________to her mother. If she _________, I will lend my pen to her.
A. writes, will do B. will write, does
C. writes, does D. will write, will do
---I have never heard of the man before.
--- ___________. Let’s surf the Internet to search _______ his information.
A. So have I, for B. So I have, at
C. Neither I have, for D. Neither have I, for
---________ you _________ a new watch yet? The old one is broken.
---Yes, I _________one in the New Century Department last week.
A. Have, bought; have bought B. Did, buy; bought
C. Have, bought; bought D. Did, buy; have bought