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”) .
【小题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
【小题2】Which toys are fit for three - year - old kids?
A.1 and 3.B.2 and 4.C.1 and 2.D.3 and 4.
【小题3】Educational value is mentioned in all the toys EXCEPT ________.
A.FLAX ART HOSPITAL PUZZLE AND PLAY SET
B.TINY LOVE ACTIVITY BALL
C.ROBOSAPIEN
D.MINI PEDAL CAR
【小题4】This passage is written for ________.
A.parentsB.childrenC.the writerD.the boss

Some wonderfully creative uses of X-rays have been in the world of art.But the most impressive one is to uncover what has been covered up.Details unfolded by an X-ray of a painting can ' t be seen any other way.For example, in the past, paintings were often repaired if small pieces of paint fell off the canvas (帆布). These repairs cannot be seen just by looking at the painting.It takes an X-ray to discover where the repairs have been made.
An X-ray of a painting is one of the best ways to tell if it was created by a famous painter or if it is a forgery(赝品).If there is a question as to whether an old master has painted a certain painting or not, X-rays are made and compared to those of paintings that are known to be original.If the brushstrokes (笔迹) , for example, are shown to be totally different than in other work done by a certain artist, then the painting is proved to be a fake copy.
Since modern paints are usually made from different materials than paints of hundreds of years ago, the image they leave on an X-ray film looks different.This is another way X-rays can be used to spot a forgery.A modem artist will try to make a forgery look hundreds of years old by painting dirty varnish on it or by using artificial means to get the varnish to look cracked.To the naked eye the forgery may look old, but when a careful study of the X-ray image is made, the deception is obvious.
It was common many years ago for an artist to finish a painting, decide it wasn't any good, and paint a completely different picture on top of it.Or artists would paint over others' work —it was their version of recycling.Taking an X-ray is the only way to find out if there is a picture underneath the picture you see with your eyes.Sometimes museums will be more interested in the painting beneath than the one on top, and will restore the older one by having the top layer painstakingly removed.
【小题1】What is the main purpose of the article?

A.To provide information to police who are looking for stolen art.
B.To persuade art dealers to check for fake copies before selling art.
C.To explain how modern technology can be applied in unique ways.
D.To help artists restore damaged artwork to its original appearance.
【小题2】According to the passage,X-rays are used to ______.
A.make repairs on paintings in the past
B.identify the authenticity of an artwork
C.change the materials of a forgery
D.remove the recyclable paints
【小题3】In Paragraph 3, the word "deception" probably means ______.
A.comparisonB.drawbackC.trickeryD.judgement
【小题4】Which is the best title for the passage?
A.X-ray Detectives
B.Creative Uses of Technology
C.Forgery Studies
D.X-ray Painting Techniques

How can you find out what is going on inside a person’s body without opening the patient’s body up? Regular X rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give a complete view of body organs.

What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for a kind of machine. It is a special X-ray machine that gets a 360-degree picture of a small area of a patient’s body.

Doctors use X rays to study and determine diseases and injuries within the body, X rays can find a foreign object inside the body or take pictures of some inside organs to be X-rayed.

A CAT scanner, however, uses a group of X rays to give a cross-sectional(横截面)view of a specific part of the body. A fine group of X rays is scanned across the body and around the patient from many different directions. A computer studies the information from each direction and produces a clear cross-sectional picture on a screen. This picture is then photographed for later use. Several cross sections, taken one after another, can give clear “photos” of the entire body or of any body organs. The latest CAT scanners can even give clear pictures of active, moving organs, just as a fast-action camera can “stop the action”, giving clear pictures of what appears unclear to the eye. And because of the 360-degree pictures, CAT scans show clear and complete views of organs in a manner that was once only shown during operation or examination of a dead patient.

Frequent appearance before X rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body. Yet CAT scans actually don’t cause the patient to more radiation than regular X rays do. CAT scans can also be done without getting something harmful into the patient, so they are less risky than regular X rays.

CAT scans provide exact, detailed information. They can quickly find such a thing as bleeding inside the brain. They are helping to save lives.

1.What is NOT true of a CAT scan?

A.It is safer than regular X rays.

B.It makes use of computer techniques.

C.It can stop the action of an organ for a short time.

D.It gives clear pictures of active, moving body parts.

2.The underlined words “a foreign object”(Para 3)most probably refer to      .

A.a badly injured part inside the body

B.a new thing that is unknown to the doctor

C.a strange organ that has grown in the body

D.an object that gets inside the body by chance

3.What is the special use of the latest CAT scanners?

A.It provides clear photos of moving organs.

B.It can take 3-dimension(三维)pictures of inside organs.

C.It won’t cause serious skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.

D.It helps to find out what is going on inside a person’s body without opening it up.

4.We can infer from this passage that      .

A.patients in front of CAT may suffer from a bit of radiation

B.doctors need no opening-up of the body with CAT scanners

C.CAT scanners are more expensive than regular X-ray machines

D.CAT scanners can take photos of either the whole body or a part of it

5.The best title of this passage might be        .

A.the Newest Medical Invention

B.New X-ray Machine to Save Lives

C.How to Avoid the Damage of X Rays

D.Advantages and Disadvantages of CAT Scanners

 

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