The kids in Ms. Ryder’s art group all gathered round. “Our school’s welcome sign is old. It’s our _______ to create something new and bright. Let’s collect some ideas.” Ms. Ryder said.

The kids _________ a lot of ideas. “We’ve got so many ideas, but _________ can we fit them together?” one student asked.

“Why not paint a big puzzle (拼图) picture? Although our ideas are _________ , we can fit them together.” Ms. Ryder smiled.

The kids were excited about her _________ and started working. First they had to wash off the old sign on the wall. That was hard work but they were _________ and didn’t feel tired at all. The next day they got all the materials _________ to paint the picture.

Ms Ryder taught them to _________ different colours. They learned red and blue can make purple and that green comes from blue and yellow. “There are so many beautiful colours. And there are so many smart children with different ideas, _________ and personalities.” Ms Ryder said.

After several hours, the children finished the picture __________. They stood back and felt proud of the art work they __________ . The picture was very big with lots of pieces, and all the pieces were fitted together.

“What about __________ our names to the picture?”Carlos asked.

“What a good idea, Carlos! Let’s write our names on the picture, and it should include the names of all the children in our school.” Ms. Ryder replied.

The amazing picture got the __________ of many students and they stopped to have a look. Ms Ryder said to them, “We are all different, but we try to make different ideas fit together. The picture is __________ for each of you to write your name. ”All the students were happy to write their names on the picture.

Everyone likes the new sign that ________ their differences! It looks very bright.

In East London, a new museum built for children is opening its door. The newly opened Young V&A is a three-year project, which has collected creativity and advice from more than 22,000 children, teachers and young people. In it, all kinds of things important to children are laid out, including books, toys, and even superheroes.

Young V&A has three galleries (展览馆): Imagine, Play and Design. With different hands-on activities, they were built to meet the needs of children of all ages. There are colorful things for babies to touch, performing and story-telling areas for young readers and writers to use, an open design studio where children can learn from famous artists, and modern shows for teens to enjoy. Different from traditional museums, Young V&A invites visitors to touch the things on show, and being loud is part of their visit. Besides, the museum also encourages playful learning. “This is a museum for playing, imagining, designing and hanging out with your friends,” said Helen Chairman, director of Young V&A.

Young V&A was known as the Museum of Childhood in the past, but people have spent about £13 million making the recent shift—it’s now shining as a museum for children.

“Young V&A is a free museum designed to show the power of creativity in children’s lives. It can help the children develop the skills and confidence needed in the fast-changing world,” said a spokesperson of Young V&A.

Britain is a nation of hat wearers. People in the country really love to wear hats       46     There’s nothing he loves more than drinking tea and wearing hats.

    47     For example, at the yearly British horse racing event, women often wear fashion hats with flowers and bright colors. And men wear bowler hats (圆顶高帽). Rich men in England have been fond of wearing bowler hats since Victorian times. In the 20th century, the bowler hat was famously worn by the British act or and comedian, Charlie Chaplin.

    48     The working class wore flat caps because they were light, didn’t get in the way and stayed on their head while people were doing physical work. By the 19th century,     49       Oliver, the poor little boy in Charles Dickens’ famous novel, often wore a flat cap.

The large number of hats marks Britain out on the world stage. The variety (多样化) of hats in Britain reflects (反射) its multicultural (多元文化的) background.       50    

71. 学期即将结束，学校评选本学期优秀团员。假如你是李华，请写一篇推荐张波同学为优秀团员的短文。要求如下：

Zhang Bo is the monitor of Class 1, Grade 9. I would like to recommend him as an excellent League Member this term.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

We think Zhang Bo is the most suitable person to be an excellent League Member. We hope that you can agree with us.

Yours,

Li Hua