Primary Source Holiday Shopping Night at Ten Thousand Villages
● Shop for your holiday gifts and give back to Primary Source at Ten Thousand Villages on Friday, December 4! 15% of all sales from 3:00 p. m．—7:00 p. m. that day will be donated to Primary Source. Join us for light refreshments and enjoy beautiful handmade gifts from artisans around the world. All are welcome!
Primary Source's Holiday Shopping Night
Friday, December 4, 2014
3:00 p. m．—7:00 p. m.
Ten Thousand Villages
226 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts (Coolidge Corner)
Download our flyer and tell your friends!
Ten Thousand Villages provides vital, fair income for the people from developing countries by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. Learn more and preview toys, home decor, jewelry, and other gifts online.
● Can't join us on Dec. 4? At GoodShop, 30% of your spending will be given to Primary Source. The next time you're ready to make an online purchase(购物), visit www. goodshop. com and enter “Primary Source” in the space provided. Click “verify” and choose from more than seven hundred popular stores and sites, from Apple to Zappos. GoodShop is free and easy to use, and each purchase you make will help Primary Source provide global education materials for schools all over New England.
1.What is Ten Thousand Villages?
A. A town.B. A website.C. A shop.D. An organization.
2.The underlined word “flyer” probably means ________.
A. a softwareB. an e-bookC. a ticketD. an advertisement
3.If you pay $10 for a gift at GoodShop, ________ in the end.
A. 7 dollars will go to GoodShop
B. 3 dollars will go to GoodShop
C. 7 dollars will go to Primary Source
D. 10 dollars will go to schools in new England
A Leap（跳跃）to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola ________ for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive, ________ she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t ________ how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom ________ that even though she couldn’t see ________, she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the ________ right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more ________ for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her ________ stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest ________ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to ________ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most ________ for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t ________ the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10 — her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be ________ differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision ________. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her ________ attitude.
Lola never thinks about ________. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her ________ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to ________ what she’s learned to other kids when she grew up.
Lola is ________ of all her hard work and success. She says it has helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her ________ for others is “just believe yourself”.
1.A. runsB. teachesC. trainsD. dances
2.A. sinceB. unlessC. afterD. though
3.A. tellB. guessC. fancyD. predict
4.A. doubtedB. rememberedC. imaginedD. noticed
5.A. deeplyB. wellC. aheadD. carefully
6.A. taskB. sportC. eventD. show
7.A. boringB. enjoyableC. difficultD. unsatisfying
8.A. talentB. qualityC. natureD. condition
9.A. doubtB. advantageC. challengeD. program
10.A. examineB. expressC. openD. trust
11.A. fearfulB. harmfulC. unfairD. inconvenient
12.A. fall downB. fall overC. fall offD. fall behind
13.A. greetedB. treatedC. servedD. paid
14.A. painsB. stressesC. injuriesD. problems
15.A. positiveB. friendlyC. selflessD. devoted
16.A. defendingB. quittingC. winningD. bargaining
17.A. standardB. rangeC. viewD. goal
18.A. go throughB. pass byC. hand downD. give out
19.A. proudB. tiredC. ashamedD. confident
20.A. planB. advice
C. rewardD. responsibility
—She’s upset for what you said.
—I ________________.
A. don’t mean any harmB. didn’t mean to hurt her
C. don’t mean to hurt herD. didn’t mean hurting her
A large number of people would like to do some shopping during sales periods since they expect to get wonderful ________in the market.
A. basketsB. bargainsC. goodsD. objects
Our club provides skiing or other activities ________ for children above 12.
A. designedB. designingC. being designedD. having designed
We are at a stage ________ it’s still too early to say whether the newly-elected president will bring hope to the US.
A. thatB. whereC. whichD. 不填
