The Museum of Childhood is Australia’s most comprehensive collection of childhood items including toys , dolls , infant and school material .
Housed in a modern facility , the displays reflect Australian childhood experience over time including play , child rearing , orphanage childhood , and home , school , and war time experience .
There are many hands –on exhibits and education sessions including the famous ‘lesson’ in the 1920s One Teacher Bush Classroom .
The Museum also hosts national touring exhibitions and conducts special activities on Sundays and school holidays（ring for details ）.
Open: Tuesday- Friday 10am – 4pm , Sunday 10am – 4:30 pm , or by arrangement .
Special activities on Sundays as advertise .
Closed: Public holidays ,16 December-18 January .
Location: Edith Cowan University campus , Bay Road , Claremont (take bus 208 and alight at the Bay Road and Princess Road intersection . The Museum is 15 minutes’ walk from Claremont train station )
Tel :(08) 9442 1373 ; Fax ; (08 ) 9442 1314
1.On you can stay at the Museum until half past four .
A．Wednesday B．Friday C．Sunday D．Monday
2.If you want to attend a special activity , you’d better come on .
A．Monday B．Tuesday C．Saturday D．Sunday
3.When you come on December 20th , Friday ,you will find the Museum .
A．closed
B．holding special activities
C．not closed until 4:00
D．not closed until 4:30
4.The main purpose of the Museum of Childhood is to .
A．display toys , dolls , infant and school material
B．reflect Australian childhood experience over time
C．host national touring exhibition
D．tell you the famous ‘lesson’ in the 1920s
One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the “cashless society” is not on the horizon----it’s already here.
While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customer for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.
Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.
1.According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to .
A. withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes
B. obtain more convenient services than other people do
C. enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper
D. cash money where he wishes to
2.From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that .
A. in the future all the Americans will use credit cards
B. credit cards are mainly used in the United States today
C. nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash
D. it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before
3.The phrase “ring up sales” most probably means .
A. make an order of goods
B. record sales on a cash register
C. call the sales manager
D. keep track of the goods in stock
4.It can be inferred that .
A. computers will bring disaster
B. computer industry will not develop faster
C. computers will bring about more convenience to people’s life
D. None
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阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
What I noticed first about my new parrot, Chico, was that he couldn’t fly. His wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the ________ just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I took Chico outside. I sat him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him ________ . At first he seemed ________ . He walked back and forth on the branch looking anxious or nervous. He didn’t even flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he was ________ .
One day Chico got especially excited . He paced back and forth and made an incredible amount of ________ . Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started ________ flapping his wings for the first time ever － then he lifted off the ________ like a space shuttle! I was amazed and ________ . Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been ________ until the moment was ripe for escape!
Two days later Chico ________ . First I tried to trick him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his ________ and put it away—still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him ________ every day the weather was nice if he did come back. ________ , he flew onto my shoulder.
From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The ________ lasted for two months before suddenly Chico became ________ . The vet said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.
I was very sad. The ________ crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what ________ is there in being a bird if you can’t fly?
Chico made his first break for ________ on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a ________ when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don’t ________, what will be the purpose of your life?
1.A. floor B. earth C. scene D. road
2.A. smarter B. healthier C. happier D. stronger
3.A. disappointed B. determined C. frightened D. confused
4.A. incapable B. disabled C. wrong D. stupid
5.A. noise B. progress C. energy D. consideration
6.A. slowly B. gently C. madly D. gracefully
7.A. ground B. tree C. cage D. branch
8.A. moved B. shocked C. delighted D. excited
9.A. struggling B. pacing C. flying D. waiting
10.A. left B. returned C. survived D. recovered
11.A. cage B. feather C. chain D. food
12.A. in B. out C. off D. alone
13.A. As usual B. At that moment C. Once in a while D. At the same time
14.A. action B. attempt C. routine D. effort
15.A. active B. injured C. sad D. ill
16.A. fact B. concern C. thought D. detail
17.A. sense B. mistake C. interest D. problem
18.A. life B. freedom C. fun D. food
19.A. break B. holiday C. chance D. look
20.A. keep yourself busyB. cheer yourself upC. let yourself downD. set yourself free
If only you __________ him what I said! Everything would have been all right.
A. didn't told B. hadn't told
C. would not tell D. would have not told
We didn't know his telephone number, otherwise we _________ him.
A. would have telephoned B. must have telephoned
C. would telephone D. had telephoned
It was essential that the application forms ___________ back before the deadline .
A. must be sent B. would be sent
C. be sent D. were sent
