A garden of inventions

Visitors of all ages are welcomed to Port Discovery to see the new exhibit — a garden of small inventions. There will also be many activities and gadgets (小器械)for the environmental protection. The exhibit will be on Saturday, July 8. It is $10.75 for each person and it’s free for kids under the age of two. Call 410-727-8120 if you want to know more information.

The rain-barrel (雨水桶) meeting

The Parks and People Foundation will- hold a meeting on building rain-barrels for houses between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the foundation’s Stieff Silver Building. It will cost each person $50 and it includes the barrel and all materials. Call 410-448-5663 to learn more information.

Priming (修剪) plants

Visitors can attend a meeting on pruning plants between 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Tuesday at Ladew Topiary Gardens. They should meet at the Visitors Center at Ladew, Jarrettsville Pike, Monkton. The price of the ticket is $10 which includes the money of visiting the gardens and Ladew members are free to go. Call 410-557-9570 or visit the website www.ladewgardens.com to get more information.

Exhibition

Photographs, paintings and drawings will be shown on July 9 at the University of Maryland. The show will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Call 301-985-7937 to know more information.

1.What may Port Discovery be?

A. A cinema. B. A school. C. A museum. D. A store.

2.People can know more things about the rain-barrel meeting by_________.

A. calling 410-727-8120 B. calling 410-448-5663 C. visiting a website D. calling 301-985-7937

3.If Mrs White likes growing flowers, she will probably be interested in_________.

A. visiting Port Discovery B. attending the rain-barrel meeting

C. the meeting at Ladew Topiary Gardens D. seeing the exhibition at the University of Maryland

4.Which of the information is NOT true?

A. It will cost a couple with their one-year-old daughter $21.5 to visit Port Discovery.

B. The rain-barrel meeting will last two hours in the evening.

C. Not all the people need to pay for the meeting at Ladew Topiary Gardens.

D. The exhibition at the University of Maryland will be on Saturday.

You and your family are planning a picnic for tomorrow.But you want to __ the weather forecast (预报) first to see whether(是否) there will be rain or not.Your father turns on the television and the family listens to the __make the weather report.

"It will be partly cloudy tomorrow morning,__sunny by early afternoon.The high tomorrow will be 85."

As there will be no rain,the whole family feels __.Without (没有)the weather forecast,you would not know this,and you would just have to take your chances.But now,you can plan your picnic__worrying whether(是否)it will rain or not.

The man you can thank for this is Cleveland Abbe.He is known as the father of the weather bureau.He was the first person to publish ___weather forecasts in the United States.

Abbe began his daily weather bulletins (简报)in 1869.They were based on weather__he drew from telegraphed reports of weather conditions.Because of their accuracy (准确),the reports were __.

Congress (国会)__Abbe's weather reports.They made Abbe a meteorologist (someone who studies weather conditions),and he ___issuing(发布)forecasts three times a day.He was the first official forecaster of the U.S.Weather Service.Because he often forecast probable storms,Abbe earned the nickname of "Old Probabilities."

1.A. hear B. watch C. listen D. organize

2.A. fireman B. postman C. fisherman D. weatherman

3.A. so B. but C. after D. because

4.A. happy B. worried C. stressed D. curious

5.A. about B. without C. against D. from

6.A. online B. polluted C. daily D. indoor

7.A. maps B. stations C. space D. centers

8.A. strange B. helpful C. terrible D. useless

9.A. see B. hear C. took D. noticed

10.A. avoided B. began C. minded D. risked

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