Kid Inventors—Attend Kids' Day at the Invention Show

INPEX®, the American largest invention trade show, is looking for kid inventors to bring their inventions to Kids' Day at the Invention Show. Young inventors come for a chance to win cash prizes and great giveaways (赠品)．

No invention? No problem！Kids' Day isn't just for kid inventors. Enjoy music, games and many interesting activities for all ages. Bring your family and friends for a fun day of creativity and excitement.

Attention, young inventors!

There will be lots of exciting activities to take part in and inventions to check out from kid inventors. All inventions will be judged and cash prizes will be awarded. Every exhibitor will receive a certificate for taking part and a bag full of fun things just for bringing your invention to Kids' Day.

Kids' Day activity schedule

8：00 am－11：00 am	Set­up time for inventions, exhibits and activities
11：00 am	Judging of inventions
12：00 pm	Kids' Day at the Invention Show opens to the public
12：00 pm－4：00 pm	Activities in progress and inventions on display
3：30 pm	Prizes are awarded for inventions
4：30 pm－6：00 pm	Tear­down   (拆除) of inventions, displays and activities

How to sign up for Kids' Day at the Invention Show

Please print Kids' Day Participation Form. Then fill it out and mail it or fax it to：

ATTN：Kids' Day

217 Ninth Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Fax：(412) 288－4546

If you have any questions, please e­mail info@inpex.com.

1. People who go to the show can surely ________.

A．win cash prizes

B．receive a certificate

C．get a bag full of fun things

D．take part in interesting activities

2. When can people enjoy the invention show?

A．At 10：30 am.	B．At 11：30 am.
C．At 2：30 pm.	D．At 4：30 pm.

3. How can one sign up for the invention show?

A．By fax.	B．By email.
C．By phone.	D．By online ordering.

Many years ago, Norman Cousins was seriously ill. He was given six months to live. His chance for recovery was 1 in 500.
He could see the worry, depression and anger in his life contributed to his disease. He wondered, “If illness can be caused by negativity (消极性), can health be created by positivity (积极性)?” He decided to make an experiment of himself.
Laughing was one of the most positive activities he knew. He watched all the funny movies he could find. He read funny stories. He asked his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did something interesting.
His pain was so great that he could not sleep. Laughing for 10 solid minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several hours so he could sleep. He fully recovered from his illness and lived another 20 happy and healthy years.
Laughing is necessary to our health. If we’re not well, laughing helps us get well; if we are well, laughing helps us stay that way. So, if you like laughing, do it as often as you can.
Use whatever makes you laugh—movies, books, jokes or friends. The people around you may think you’re strange, but sooner or later they’ll join in even if they don’t know what you’re laughing about.
4. Cousins decided to try to laugh a lot ______.

A．in order to be happy

B．in order to cure his disease

C．because he could not live for long

D．because his disease couldn’t be cured

5. The text mainly tells us ______.

A．how to be happy

B．laughing is good for our health

C．about Cousins’ miserable life

D．funny stories make our life different

6. Which of the following is TRUE about his illness?

A．There was little possibility to cure his disease.

B．He had been happy before he was ill.

C．His disease resulted from his hard work.

D．His disease made him sleepy all the time.

7. From Cousins’ story, we can know that ______.

A．doctors believed that his disease could be cured by laughing

B．he was sure that positivity could cure his disease

C．laughing regularly contributed to his disease

D．his life was changed after he was ill

Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings.

In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.

The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August).

Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people become stronger.

Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on lowpres-sure days. There is “good weather” for work and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade.

Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.

8. People may have more intelligence when comes ____.

A．a rain	B．very hot weather
C．a strong wind	D．low air pressure

9. Low air pressure may make people ____.

A．forgetful	B．sad
C．angry	D．tired

10. In “good weather” of 18 centigrade, ____.

A．people are very forgetful

B．people can’t do their work well

C．thin people feel cold

D．people are in better health

11. The writer wants to tell us that ____.

A．hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way

B．weather influences people’s lives

C．IQ never changes during weather changes

D．there is a good kind of weather for people’s work and health

The law says women should have the chance of doing the same jobs as men and earn the same as them. The reality is very different. Women lose because, 25 years after the Equal Pay Act, many of them still get paid less than men. They lose because they do lower-paid jobs which men just won’t consider. And they lose because they are the ones who interrupt a career to have children. All this is reported in an independent study ordered by the Government’s women’s unit. The biggest problem isn’t equal pay in workplaces such as factories. It is the sort of work women do.

Make a list of low-paid-jobs, then consider who does them. Try nurses, secretaries, cleaners, clerks, teachers in primary schools, dinner ladies and child- care helpers. Not a lot of men among that group, are there? Yet some of those jobs are really important. Surely no one would deny that about nurses and teachers, for a start. So why do we reward the people who do them so poorly? There can be only one answer- because they are women. This is not going to be put right overnight. But the government, which employs a lot of them, and other bosses have to make a start.

It is disgraceful that we have gone into the 21st century still treating women like second-class citizens.

12. Women should have the chance of doing the same jobs and getting the same pay as men ________.

A．after 25 years

B．according to the law

C．as a result of those important jobs

D．because women are as strong as men

13. We can learn from the text that what really matters in this problem is ________.

A．that women interrupt a career to have children

B．what sort of work women do

C．because they are women

D．what unfair pay women get in workplaces

14. What does the underlined word “disgraceful” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．wonderful	B．grateful
C．shameful	D．hopeful

15. Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?

A．Work to give women a fair pay deal	B．The equal pay act
C．The sort of work women do	D．The biggest problem about women