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A book covers 50 easy-to-follow container(容器)designs. Each design provides a simple numbered planting plan that shows exactly how to create each display, with an instruction of the finished container and in-depth plant information. The plans are easy to follow and for any type of living space or garden.

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The best-selling Reader’s Digest travel book has 40% new content including over 200 new places of interest, over 200 new full-color photographs, and all-new, up-to-date maps. It introduces over l, 000 of the United States’ most beautiful must-see sights.

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Plenty of health problems can be solved at home. Each and every treatment will be tested by a doctor to make sure it is safe and sound.

Lots of conditions are covered, from headaches, sunburn and bad breath to hiccups(打嗝).

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Choose from 80 ideas to create an unusual living space. The projects are practical, as well as attractive, and will improve your home and yard and can be made in a weekend. These 80 well-designed projects are presented in a clear, easy-to-follow style.

1.How much money can you save if you want to buy a medical book?

A. $6.46. B. $l0.20. C. $l3.96. D. $l0.04.

2. You can most probably read the passage in a ___________.

A. newspaper B. travel guide

C. news story D. telephone book

3. The writer writes the passage in order to ___________.

A. develop people’s reading habit

B. try to ask readers to buy the books

C. teach how to design your living space

D. introduce places of interest in the USA

When I was a baby, I interested you and made you laugh. Whenever I was “bad”, you'd shake your finger at me and ask: “How could you?”—but then you'd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch(腹部抓痒) and I believed that life could not be any more perfect.

My housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that together. We went for long walks, runs in the park and car rides. We stopped for ice cream. I took long sleeps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the day.

Step by step, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human friend. Finally, you fell in love. She, now your wife, is not a dog person, but I still welcomed her into our home. I was happy because you were happy. Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement, I was attracted by their pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them too. Your wife was afraid I would bite them. However, as they began to grow, I became their friend.

Now, you have a new job in another city and you and they will be moving to a flat that does not allow pets. You've made the right decision for your "family", but there was a time when I was your only family.

I was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the dog pound(收容所). It smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessness. You filled out the paperwork and said: “I know you will find a good home for her.” They shrugged(耸肩) and gave you a pained look.The children were in tears as they waved me goodbye. And "How could you?" were the only three words that swept over my mind.

Is it better to live with hope or without hope? At first, whenever anyone passed my pen, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you, that you had changed your mind and that this was all a bad dream.

My beloved master, I will think of you and wait for you forever. I hope you receive more faithfulness(忠诚) from your family than you showed to me.

1.Who tells this story?

A. A dog. B. A child.

C. A dog's owner. D. A dog trainer

2.Which is true about the dog when it lived at the pound?

A. It hoped to be kept by another family.

B. It did not trust humans any more.

C. It was excited about the pound.

D. It continued to love its former owner.

3.What is the theme of the story?

A. Be faithful to those who love you.

B. Never expect too much.

C. Never complain about your life.

D. Be ready for changes.

Elsie Comer is nearly 92, but she can still play a game of Words with Friends on her iPad and claims (宣称) that the Apple product has changed her life.

Mrs. Comer, who lives in a house close to Manchester Airport. admits(承认) to playing the hugely popular puzzle game at a time. and also uses her iPad to track the planes that fly overhead and explore the world with Google Earth.

"It's been a wonderful way to keep in touch with my family, " she said. "I use it nearly all the hours of daylight. 2-3 hours in the morning. then again in the afternoon.

" I live near the airport, so I love being able to look at the Flight Tracker and see where the planes that fly overhead are going. I also really like Words with Friends,and have 16 games going at the moment.

Mrs. Comer taught painting when she left school. She did own a laptop, but struggled(费力 ) with it. “She had a laptop before, but the problem was that she couldn't see the cursor(光标) . And that she also has shaky hands that struggle with the mouse.” said her 63-year-old daughter, Jean Holt , from Citheroe, “I was in America visiting my daughter. and I played with an iPad and decided to buy one for my mother.”

Mrs. Holt loaded the iPad with apps(应用程序) gradually so her mother could learn how to use them. "She uses it several hours a day, and is determined (决定) to keep up with everything new. So she reads the news, sends emails, and uses FaceTime to make video calls to us all." she said.

ELSIES FAVO RITE APPS

★Words with Friends-a free Scrabble-like puzzle app

★Flight Tracker-allowing her to see the details of planes that fly over

her home

★ FaceTime-used to make video talk to her family around the world

★iMessage-used to send text messages to mobile phones

★Solitaire-a classic card Same

1.Why does the writer write this passage?

A. To tell us the secrets of how Mrs. Comer keeps healthy.

B. To describe how to use Apple apps in our daily life.

C. To explain Mrs. Corner makes a living alone.

D. To prove iPad has good effect on Mrs. Comer's life.

2.What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

A. What Mrs. Comer uses her iPad to do in her daily life.

B. How Mrs. Comer explores the world with Google Earth.

C. When Mrs. Comer sends text messages to mobile phones.

D. Why Mrs. Holt bought an iPad for her mother instead.

3.What does the underlined word " track" mean in the second paragraph?

A. catch up with B. follow the route of

C. take a photo of D. keep in touch with

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. One is never too old to learn.

D. A good beginning is half done.

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