Old George bought the black gloves for just $35 ten years ago. They were made of lamb skin, soft and warm and very strong. Until then, he had worn cheaper man-made material. Those gloves never lasted longer than three years. He first decided to buy the expensive gloves, because they would make him feel nice in front of others.
George never let a drop of water or rain touch his expensive gloves, so they looked new. Losing this favourite thing was almost like losing a child to him.
Bad luck! George lost his expensive gloves on New Year's Day.
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Back home. George was at a loss. In deep winter, he could not do without a pair of gloves. If he bought cheap ones again, he would have to replace (更换) them very soon. If he bought a new leather pair, it would cost $50 now. He was upset that people no longer returned things they found on the road.
After the holiday, poor George decided to buy another leather pair. Before boarding the subway, he went into Value Mart again to see if his gloves had been returned to the Lost and Found Office (失物招领处).
"What colour are they?" the woman in the office asked again.
"Black," he gave the same answer. She looked into her drawer and drew out a pair of men's leather gloves. "Are they?"
"Yes! Those are mine!" George explained, with great joy in his eyes.
【小题1】When did George buy the leather gloves?

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Come and see the Indian elephants and tigers from America. The koalas are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you. The cute dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.

Tickets (票)                                         Time

Adult (成人): $ 6                                   June 1~ June 2

Children: Free                                   9:00 am.~ 7:00 pm.

Keep the park clean!

Do not touch (触摸), give food or go near the animals!

1.How many kinds of animals are talked about in the poster (海报)?

2.Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park. How much will the tickets be together (总共)?

3.Visitors can do the following things EXCEPT (除了) _____________.

4.From the passage we can know the animal “giraffe” is ____________.

5.The poster may be made (制作) just ________________.

Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

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Every year we get a new start. On New Year’s Day we always write down our ___1.__ and put them up on the wall of our bedrooms.

This year my dream is to learn an instrument. And I still want to take more exercise to keep__2.__, too. You know, last year I spent much time _3.__ swimming. So this year I want to do something exciting and unusual. I’m __4.___ to learn the violin. So I’m thinking about taking violin lessons. And I’m going to practice much ___5.__ than usual. It says that practice makes perfect! What is your plan?