School Activities for Kids and Teens

January is a month of fun-filled activities for kids and teens as long as you know where to find them. When you want some fun activities for January, think about these ideas happening in this month.

Secret of the Dragon

Time: Mon., Jan. 1, 10:30 am

Cost: Adult: $7.40

Child (under 15): half

Tel.: 3403 2578

Add.: Brisbane Botanic Gardens

Note: Secret of the Dragon is a magical story about two children ride a dragon to explore the ocean.            The Search for Life

Time: Thurs., Jan. 4, 2:00 pm

Cost: Adult: $14.50

Child (under 15): $8.70

Tel.: 3403 7689

Add.: Brisbane Botanic Gardens

Note: Are we truly alone in space? Is there any life out there? These are the questions asked in this show.

Magic Class

Time: Fri., Jan. 12, 10:00 am

Cost: Free

Tel.: 3403 8470 to book your seat beforehand

Add.: Centenary Community

Hub, 171 Dandenong Road

Note: Would you like to be a magician? Then join David, the magician, to learn about real magic with playing cards, coins, ring ropes and DIY projects and be able to become the life of the party.         Science with Me

Making Your Own Guitar

Time: Sat., Jul. 20, 3:00 pm

Cost: Free

Tel.: 3403 1226 to book your

seat beforehand

Add.: 10, Egginton Close

Note: Do you want to make a guitar with Katy and her mom? Science with Me is going to be with you. Please remember to bring a piece of wood, a hammer, some rubber bands and some nails with you.

1.If you want to make a guitar, you can call ________.

A. 3403 8470        B. 3403 1226                    C. 3403 7689      D. 3403 2578

2.John and his 10-year-old son want to watch Secret of the Dragon. They will pay ________.

A. $7.40            B. $11.10                    C. $14.80                   D. $23.20

3.Rita plans to join Magic Class. She may learn about _______.

A. real magic         B. making coins       C. magic stories             D. holding parties

4.Alec is strongly interested in space life. He may go to _______.

A. Magic Class                                                        B. Science with Me

C. Secret of the Dragon                                           D. The Search for Life

 

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MENU             FOOD                                         DRINKS Hamburger-------------------$65   Tea----------------------------$50 Fries--------------------------$30   Coke---------------------------$40 Fried Chicken---------------$50    Juice---------------------------$50 Sandwich--------------------$30   Coffee-------------------------$60                                  Open Hours:                            Mon~Fri: 14:30~22:00                            Weekends: 11:00~23:00

1. Which one is fifty dollars?

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A. Fried chicken B. Tea C. Juice D. All of the above

2. Bill wants fried chicken and tea, and his girlfriend does, too. How much do they have to pay (付)?

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A. One hundred (百) dollars. B. One hundred and fifty dollars. C. Two hundred dollars. D. Two hundred and fifty dollars.

3. Harry has only $75. What can he have for lunch?

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A. A sandwich and a Coke. B. A hamburger and a juice. C. Fries and coffee. D. Anything he likes.

4. When is the restaurant (饭店) NOT open?

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A. On Tuesday morning. B. On Sunday evening. C. On Wednesday afternoon. D. On Thursday night.

5. How many days a week is the restaurant open?

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A. Two days. B. Five days. C. Six days. D. Seven days.

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Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.

Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from, early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.

With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid

Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.

Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory.

1.将(A)处画线部分译成英语：

_________________________________________

2.根据首字母提示，在(B)处填写一个适当的单词：

_________________________________________

3.将(C)处画线部分连词成句：

_________________________________________

4.将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：

_________________________________________

5.回答问题：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to? 

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读下面短文, 用方框内所给单词的适当形式填空, 每个单词只用一次。

something, real, they, true, sell, decide, happy, inside, stomach, later

Once a man had a hen and the hen laid two golden eggs every day. The man was very happy. Every day he took the two golden eggs and  ___1_____ them in the market. With the money he and his family lived ____2____.

One day one of his friends said to him, “Friend, every day you take these two eggs to market and sell ____3____ there. It is not easy money, isn’t it? Why not take out all eggs from her ____4____ at once?”

He liked the idea, but couldn’t make a ___5_____ to kill that hen. A few days ___6_____ he decided to implement (实施) that idea because he found the ___7_____ in his friend’s advice, and he was  __8____ tired of (厌烦的) taking those eggs to the market daily.

The next day he killed the hen and then opened the hen’s stomach. But as he opened her stomach, he couldn’t find ____9____ in it. He looked for them here and there, left and right, up and down, but there was nothing  ____10____.