OUR KIDS ARE AMAZING-especially compared with everybody else’s (who seem to cry all the time). How do you show your love for your kids this holiday season? With toys that are smooth and colorful, interactive and exciting. And with ones that have educational value-because you are the boss.
1.FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET
Here is a toy that doesn’t need power-and the kids have to put it together themselves. This 50-piece puzzle set is made of soft-edged hardwood and makes a complete hospital, with an X-ray room. It also includes eight patients, a car and a driver. $135; flaxart.com.
2.TINY LOVE ACTIVITY BALL
Sure, it’s cool, but this colorful baby toy also develops problem solving and motor skills. It has a head and legs, a magnetic(磁性的) hand and a tail. Suitable for little ones from 6 to 36 months. $19.95; tinylove.com.
3.ROBOSAPIEN
This small, remote-control robot is really powerful. It performs 67 preprogrammed functions, including throwing, kicking, picking up and dancing. You can even program your own function-which, sadly, does not include doing windows. $99; robosapienonline.com.
4.MINI PEDAL CAR
Want a Mini Cooper but can’t fit the family inside? Get one for the kids. They can jump into this Mini car, which comes in hot orange with a single adjustable seat, and ride away. But it could spoil them for that used car they’ll be driving when they turn 16. For ages 3 to 5. $189; mininss. com (click on “gear up,” then “Mini motoring gear”).
1. Which toy is said to have the special design for children’s safety?
A.ROBOSAPIEN |
B.MINI PEDAL CAR |
C.FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET |
D.TINY LOVE ACTIVITY BALL |
A.1 and 3. | B.2 and 4. |
C.1 and 2. | D.3 and 4. |
A.parents | B.children |
C.the writer | D.the boss |
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red?
A.On the other hand, black is depressing. |
B.They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as grow up — we are born with our preference. |
C.The rooms are painted in different colors as you like. |
D.If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement. |
E.Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active. |
F.Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colors. |
G.Colors do influence our moods—there is no doubt about it |
3 . Influenced by their families and society, many youths are infatuated with expensive famous brands. But not every youth is as rich as a millionaire and people are getting worried about this.
According to a recent survey, one out of five pupils wears clothes of well-known brands, including a belt worth 560 Yuan, more than an ordinary worker’s salary. Among the 100 middle school students surveyed, as many as 70 own famous-brand clothes, 60 have famous-brand watches and 45 possess famous-brand bicycles. Two of them even wear over 1500 Yuan worth of suits.
Most young people who come from ordinary families will try to steal money to have better food and clothing if their parents don’t satisfy their needs. A boy named Chen even killed another boy simply for 500 Yuan and was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment.
People wonder how these teenagers can be independent in the future, while parents are calling for help from schools, governments and the society.
1. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?A.More than 50 percent of the students surveyed possess things of famous brands. |
B.An ordinary worker owns less than 560 Yuan each month. |
C.Suits may cost as much as 1500 Yuan. |
D.Young people now are as rich as millionaires. |
A.be anxious about |
B.be filled with a strong unreasonable feeling of love for |
C.have a strange and unusual way of |
D.be low in spirits; sad for |
A.steal money for better food and clothing |
B.kill another boy for 500 Yuan |
C.stay in prison for nine years |
D.ask his parents to satisfy his needs |
A.Youths Run After Famous Brands. |
B.Youths Should Own More Money |
C.Youths As Rich As Millionaires |
D.Youths Must Be Taken Good Care of |
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women. This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time. When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.
There are other important differences between two sexes. As white matter is the key to spatial(空间的) tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things. “A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher. That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for directions … and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿) are about mine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children ad young as one. A boy would try to climb a barrier (障碍物) before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others. These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills. It may all go back to our ancestors(祖先) ,among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t. “The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.
1. Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph?
A.Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s |
B.Grey matter plays the same role as white matter. |
C.Grey matter controls thinking in the brain. |
D.Both sexes have the same amount of white matter. |
A.Women prefer doing many things at a time. |
B.Men do better dealing with one job at a time. |
C.Women do not need to tell directions. |
D.Men have weaker spatial abilities. |
A.Young boys may be stronger than young girls. |
B.More women take up jobs requiring speech skills |
C.Women may have stronger feelings than men. |
D.Our ancestors needed more spatial skills. |
A.Defensive. | B.Persuasive. | C.Supportive. | D.Objective. |