Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.

The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.

“As a kind of online(在线的)game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world,” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “We want to make Angry Birds a part(部分)of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”

Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters(角色)and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.

1.Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?

A. In the UK. B. In Finland.

C. In Australia. D. In the USA.

2.Angry Birds is _________.

A. an online game B. an online movie

C. a talk show on TV D. a game show on TV

3. Lots of people think Angry Birds is very _________.

A. boring B. easy

C. interesting D. difficult

4. The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to “_________”.

A. the characters

B. the screens

C. the interesting games

D. the interesting places

5.From the passage, we can know________.

A. Angry Birds is only popular with young people

B. Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company

C. there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks

D. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015

Gladys Holm was a secretary . She worked in an office all her life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital, Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and other presents to her friends but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned that she was a millionaire. One of her friends said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks (股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!

1.Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.

A. she had too much money

B. she had a lot of toy bears

C. she liked children very much

D. she had never got married and had no children

2.People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.

A. after she died

B. after she visited the children in hospital many times

C. before her friend’s daughter was ill

B. before she worked with his boss

3.Everyone was surprised that________.

A. Gladys lived such a long life

B. Gladys had so much money

C. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago

D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents

4. ________, so she got rich.

A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary

B. Gladys did another job in the hospital

C. Gladys got the money from the boss

D. Gladys did what the boss told her to do

5.When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.

A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things

B. she stopped working

C. she still lived in the same way

D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

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