SCIENCE NEWS FOR KIDS

　　Welcome to log on a new website-SCIENCE NEWS FOR KIDS!

　　Our goal is to offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.

　　Our emphasis is on making the website appealing by offering kids opportunities to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, we offer teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.

　　The Science News for Kids Web, founded by grants from several corporations and foundations, enhances the usefulness of Science News in the middle-school classroom and offers recreational reading and activities for students interested in science.

　　A section of the Science News for Kids Web is devoted to particular interests. At present, we have six such zones: a weekly brainteaser for those who enjoy solving and inventing puzzles (PuzzleZone), entertaining science-fiction composition exercises for those interested in writing (SciFiZone), and weekly science fair profiles along with science project ideas and tips (ScienceFair Zone). The GameZone contains a small selection of logic and memory games, implemented as Java applets (小应用程序). The TeacherZone has materials, including question sheets related to the feature article of the week, so that teachers can bring science news topics to the classroom. The LabZone features a weekly hands-on activity or science project idea. In the future, we might add additional zones, for example, for kids interested in robotics, the environment, computers, mathematics, or veterinary medicine(兽医)and animals.

　　Contact us at editor@ snkids. com.

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(1) Science News for Kids is a website mainly devoted to________.

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A．introductions to the newly-published science books

B．useful teaching materials for teachers in schools

C．electronic games for those interested in computers

D．timely news for children interested in science

(2) Where is the Science News for Kids Web-site located in?

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A．New York

B．Washington, DC

C．Los Angeles

D．Philadelphia

(3) What makes the website an attractive one to the children?

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A．Offering recreational reading materials in science.

B．Trying out interesting and challenging mathematical puzzles.

C．Offering kids opportunities to com-ment on and grade the subject matter.

D．All of the facts mentioned above.

(4) Which of the following messages can't you find on Science News for Kids？

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A．Brazil's Air Traffic Contr0llers Back at Work After 6-H0ur Strike.

B．Taking a big bite isn't always the best strategy in this two-player game.

C．Astronomers have discovered a“family”of related objects in a region 0f the solar system.

D．Whatis 0ne-half of two-thirds of three-quarters of four-fifths of five-sixths of seven-eighths of eight-ninths of nine-tenths of 10000.

(5) Jenny has much imaginati0n and sense of w0nder and intendS t0 be a writer in the future. Which seCtion of the website is she likely to be interested in？

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A．PuzzleZone

B．LabZone

C．SciFiZone

D．ScienceFairZone

During our two months on the road，Bennett and I had a really 　36　 experience with a good，honest 　37　 and some helpful mechanics（机修师）.

We were driving east on Highway 10 when our “check engine” light came on. We limped（拐）off a（n）　38　 into Las Cruces. We had a real car 　39　.Bennett nursed the car into a local garage. By the time the car was missing（熄火）, it was shaking all over so 　40　.This was the 　41　 time to arrive at a garage―late Friday afternoon. Service adviser Scott was busy 　42　 paper work and customers as we 　43　 our problems.　44　 he was already “ten cars behind”，he told us to pull the car into the garage.

Lincoln，who we later 　45　 was one of the top motor technicians，took 　46　 of our car repairing. He and Scott and some other mechanics stayed several hours after closing，　47　 the car.

Early the next morning(the shop was officially closed on Saturdays)，Lincoln finally located the 　48　and fixed it easily within only 　49　.

Later Scott 　50　 out to us that it was our attitude that helped. “You didn’t come into the place demanding this or that. You showed an 51　of our problems on a busy Friday afternoon. Customer’s attitude means a lot.” He was right in some way，customers should show 　52　 and understanding to people who 　53　 them.　54　 people are extremely busy，they can find a way to at least try and help when they are met with politeness.

The pleasant experience I had shows that 　55　 for other people can always help.

36．A．awful	B．pleasant	C．wonderful	D．terrible
37．A．station	B．studio	C．factory	D．garage
38．A．exit	B．turning	C．crossing	D．entrance
39．A．difficulty	B．examination	C．trouble	D．disaster
40．A．busily	B．badly	C．quickly	D．weakly
41．A．highest	B．easiest	C．luckiest	D．worst
42．A．at	B．on	C．with	D．by
43．A．explained	B．introduced	C．repeated	D．expressed
44．A．As	B．Because	C．Even	D．Though
45．A．learned	B．understood	C．recognized	D．thought
46．A．care	B．control	C．charge	D．pride
47．A．building	B．examining	C．repairing	D．driving
48．A．problem	B．disease	C．danger	D．wound
49．A．days	B．hours	C．months	D．minutes
50．A．spoke	B．pointed	C．broke	D．blew
51．A．understanding	B．ignorance	C．appreciation	D．awareness
52．A．cruelness	B．fairness	C．calmness	D．politeness
53．A．comfort	B．protect	C．serve	D．rescue
54．A．Even if	B．As if	C．Even so	D．As though
55．A．obedience	B．respect	C．patience	D．mercy

 

 

There is a small shop about 200 meters from where I live that sells groceries, meat and other basic necessities. About 10 yearsa ago, there was a beggar who would go into the shop every day and ask the owner for a 　1 . The owner, 2 he would love to help, simply didn’t have any jobs availabe, so he kept 　3 the man’s office.

This situation continued 　4 for a few months, until the owner 　5 to give the homeless man a job which 　6 sweeping outside the shop. Every single day form 5 a.m, the homeless man was there doing the very 　7 he could for the 　8 , making it the community’s favourite, even though it did earn him pennies. 9 , the owner saw how good a job the man was doing and gave him a job working 　10 a cashier(收银员). He was watched closely to make sure that he didn’t 　11 any of the money received from the sales. He was still homeless, after all. The homeless man did a/an 　12 job as a cashier for over 2 years, and did such a good job that he was promoted to 　13 the finances for the whole shop.

To my 　14 , this was the arrangements up until 2 years ago, when the owner 　15 . In his will, he only had one 　16 , to give the whole shop to the now stable, “homeless” man. Now, I could walk into that shop and see him working as hard as 　17 , with his own business that is still 　18 and active 10 years after getting his job as a sweeper.

From this story, we can probably get the inspiration: work hard and give everything your best effort, even if it isn’t your 　19 situation, it very well may turn out to 　20 some day in the future.

1. A.coin　 　　　　　　　　 B. home　 　　　　　　　　 C.job 　　　　　　　　　　　 D.meal

2. A.although　 　　　　　 B.unless 　　　　　　　　　 C.because　 　　　　　　　 D.if

3. A.expecting　 　　　　 B.considering　 　 C.accepting　 　　　　　　 D.refusing

4. A.again　 　　　　 B.often　 　　　　　　　　　 C.weekly　 　　　　　　　　 D.daily

5. A.offered　 　　　　　　 B.agreed　 　　　　　 C.planned　 　　　　　　　 D.failed

6. A.meant　 　　　 B.involved　 　　　 C.included　 　　　　　　　 D.trained

7. A.best　 　　　　　　　　 B.least　 　　　　　　　　　　 C.better　 　　　　　　　　　 D.less

8. A.family　 　　　　　　 B.owner　 　　　　　　　　 C.interest　 　　　　　　　 D.moment

9. A.Suddenly　 　　　　 B.Fortunately　 　 C.Quietly　 　　　　 D. Eventually

10. A.for　 　　　　　　　 B.with　 　　　　　　　　　　 C.as　 　　　　　　　　　　　 D.like

11. A.lose　 　　　　　　　 B.pocket　 　　　　　　　　 C.spend　 　　　　　　　　 D.save

12. A.honest　 　　　　　 B.loyal　 　　　　　　　　　 C.fantastic　 　　　　　　　 D.kind

13. A.guard　 　　　　　　 B.raise　 　　　　　　　　　 C.provide　 　　　　　　　 D.manage

14. A.knowledge　 　　 B.mind　 　　　　　　　　　 C.scare　 　　　　　　　　　 D.joy

15. A.got tired　 　　　　 B.became old　 　 C.passed away　 　　　　 D.gave up

16. A.thought　 　　　　　 B.purpose　 C.request　 　　　　　　　 D.suggestion

17. A.ever　 　　　　　　　 B.necessary　 　　　　　　 C.expected D.required

18. A.big　 　　　　　　　　 B.new　 　　　　　　　　　　 C. shabby　 　　　　　　　 D. popular

19. A.ideal　 　　　　　　　 B.current　 　　　　　　　　 C.own　　　　　 D.financial

20. A.become　 　　　　 B.be　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C.happen　 　　　　　　　　 D.do