Lego Bricks & More 10664 Creative Tower
List Price: $119.99
Price: $101.35 & FREE Shipping
Featuring 160 colorful Lego bricks to create anything your young kids can imagine, this item is designed to allow children complete flexibility. If you are looking for instruction sheets, many are found on the Lego site.
If you buy it together with the LEGO IDEAS BOOK, the price for both will be $115.44.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews:
★ Spectacular value!
By Marissa McRoberts on November 29
The typical price per piece of Lego has been slightly more than $10 since 2005. At $101 for 160 pieces, this set is about $ 0.6 per piece. It is a great deal.
But there are some downsides: no wheels, bushes, trees, grass, technic elements and that sort of thing. This is otherwise a fantastic starter set.
★ A great deal!
By Shawn Bosworth on December 6
I got this set as a Black Friday deal for an amazing $30! I wanted 2 sets but they were gone before I could even get my hands on one. A very nice man gave me a spare that he grabbed. It’s huge, strong and well-made. The box is about 2 feet tall and is strong enough for a storage option. I will absolutely be looking to get another set one day!
1. According to Marissa McRoberts, this set of Lego Bricks ______.
A. is a perfect starter set
B. costs too much money
C. should contain more pieces of bricks
D. is much cheaper compared with similar products
2.The Lego Bricks & More 10664 Creative Tower includes ______.
A. a few wheels B. a strong container
C. technic elements D. The LEGO IDEAS BOOK
3.How did Shawn Bosworth get a set of Lego Bricks for $30?
A. He got the chance from a man who had an additional set.
B. He ordered two sets and was then offered a discount.
C. He grabbed the bargain when it was first served.
D. He made a deal with the seller for a lower price.
微电影(micro movie) 是最近很流行的一种网络电影形式。请你根据以下提示写一篇介绍微电影的英语短文，向某英语杂志投稿。要点如下：
1. 放映时间短（几分钟至半小时左右）；
2. 制作周期短（一天至一周左右）；
3. 资金投入少（1万元以下）；
4. 主题宽泛，故事情节完整；
5. 可在手机、平板电脑上播放。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 参考词汇：繁荣boom; 拍摄shoot(shot, shot); 平板电脑 tablet PCs
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号“∧”，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用“\”划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一次;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Sunday morning, where I was having a walk in the park near my home, I came across many people make a new film with one of my favorite actor. I didn’t have my camera with me at that time, but I rushed back home to get one. Unfortunately, by the time I got back, they had finished the scene and the actor couldn’t be seen everywhere. I was really disappointing and about to leave when he walked out a building. He was right there in the front of me! I couldn’t believe my luck——not only did I had my photo taken with him, but he signed his name on my shirt!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（≤3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And 1. you pay for it, you say: this cost 2. an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by 3. (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation 4. (see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I 5. (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I 6. (expect) it to be.
A: 7. did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that 8. price is very, very high, much 9. (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) 10. phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.
完形填空
浏览全文，掌握其大意；然后从各题所给的A, B, C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将相应选项涂黑。
Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to ________ in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the ________ ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too ________ for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of ________.
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I sat down beside her. “Mom, I have a question to ask you. Is there ________ between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice. She didn’t answer immediately. She ________ her head and continued to sew the quilt.
I was very worried because I thought I had ________ her. I was ________ and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words: “Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread．Sometimes it ________, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt ________ . If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen ________, but it’s really there. Love is ________ .”
I listened carefully but I ________ her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly ________ seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked ________ . It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and dusk, my mother helped my father ________ on the country road．
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t ________ me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom.” ________ his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and ________ . But from this experience, I understand that love is just ________ in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1.A. keep fit B. earn money C. rise early D. collect money
2.A. romantic B. magic C. fantastic D. attractive
3.A. simple B. easy C. relaxing D. luxurious（奢侈的）
4.A. question B. the question C. reach D. control
5.A. feeling B. quarrel C. love D. smile
6.A. raised B. shook C. nodded D. bowed
7.A. wounded B. injured C. hurt D. harmed
8.A. in great surprise B. in a great embarrassmentC. with deep depression D. at extreme sorrow
9.A. appears B. comes about C. happens D. occurs
10.A. warm and soft B. hot and hard C. thin and cool D. strong and durable
11.A. somewhere and sometime B. more or lessC. anywhere or anytime D. here and there
12.A. inside B. outside C. faraway D. nearby
13.A. could believe B. couldn’t understandC. wouldn’t recognize D. might know
14.A. got sick B. got stuck C. threw up D. became disabled
15.A. quite healthy B. fairly red C. very pale D. much surprised
16.A. jump high B. go hurriedly C. run fast D. walk slowly
17.A. think about B. talk with C. worry about D. laugh at
18.A. Reading B. Seeing C. Saying D. Writing
19.A. fresh roses B. sweet kisses C. gold ring D. beautiful jewelry
20.A. the cotton B. a needle C. the cloth D. a thread
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
Muzak
The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 1. It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.
Quiet background music used to be called “elevator music” because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 2.
If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 3.
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 4. Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.
5. They say it’s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!
A. Some people don’t like Muzak.
B. The music gives them extra energy.
C. Music is playing in the background.
D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.
E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.
F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.
G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.
