Here are some of the best museums in America that parents can choose from for an educational trip.
Boston Children’s Museum
Location: Massachusetts
The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environmental awareness. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture and house of silk merchant. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.
Children’s Museum of Houston
Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their toddlers or kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.
Minnesota Children’s Museum
Location: Minnesota
This museum is located at St. Paul’s and kids find themselves immersed in a world of smart play. Here activities like exploring natural habitats of animals are undertaken. Kids also paint their faces, play with finger puppets and at the same time, appreciate learning forms.
These museums have surely taken us down to the memory lane where we once went and explored, laughed and enjoyed our trip. These creative institutions are a best way to instill learning ideas, crate experiences and develop little curious minds. Active learning takes place when the minds are engaged. These children centered institutions rightly cater to the needs of the young ones.
1.Where is Boston Children’s Museum located?
A. In Texas B. In Alaska
C. In Massachusetts D. In Minnesota
2.Where should you to go let your kids explore natural habitats of animals?
A. Boston Children’s Museum
B. Minnesota Children’s Museum
C. Museum for American Children
D. Children’s Museum of Houston
3.Who is the text mainly written for?
A. School children
B. Sports lovers
C. School teachers
D. Parents with small kids
假设你叫李华,你的美国朋友Nancy即将来中国读书。她来信请你对上学期间的交通方式提出建议。现在，请你用英语回一封信，按以下各点答复。
1.建议骑自行车上学；
2. 自行车是学生常用交通工具；
3. 骑自行车的一些好处；
4.骑自行车需注意的问题。
注意：1. 词数100左右，信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Dear Nancy,
I’m very pleased to hear from you and you’re welcome to study in China.
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Yours,
Li Hua
假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。
修改：在错词下面划一横线，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词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者从第11处不计分。
This morning, I was jogging in the park while I caught sight of a wallet on a bench. Clear, someone had left it there in accident. I picked up and checked the contents. Inside it, I found some money or a card with a phone number. Believing that the owner would be worried, I immediately try the number. A man answered it in an anxious voice. Hearing that I had his wallet, he sighed with relief and told me he would come right away. Ten minutes late, the man arrived. After confirm he was the owner, I returned the wallet back to him. With his thumb up, he expressed his thank to me repeatedly. Seeing the smile on his face, I felt happy that I was able to help.
Over the past years Starbucks coffee 1. (become) a coffee chain store. The cafes don’t sell coffee; they sell 2.very atmosphere. They offer customers the perfect atmosphere 3. which to take time out and relax. Every single store throughout the world is furnished in a romantic style and 4.(special) meant to be cozy, private and quiet: earth-toned (褐色调) space, fancy wall paper, lovely paintings, 5. (amaze) background and irresistible coffee smell……The most fantastic decoration style about Starbucks 6. (design) with oversized chairs and tables outside the store. When 7. comes to a sunny afternoon, I love to take a seat outside, 8. (bath) in the afternoon sunshine, and listening to the lovely music 9. tasting the most terrific Cappuccino. This is exactly what I love in here ----the Starbucks ! This is the café I love not merely because of the café itself, but also because of the 10. (feel) it brings me.
Six years ago, I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold, rainy day. _______ my house was already full of cats and dogs, I still couldn’t ________ an occasional visit to the shelter. This time as I was walking down the row of pens(畜栏) full of barking dogs, I ______ a small boy looking into one of them.
He had a malnourished（营养不良的）looking body and a _______ face with a big nose _______ out of the middle of it. He was looking at a small golden dog. Its ribs（肋骨）were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs. It wasn’t begging for ______ like the other puppies ______was hiding in the corner instead. The boy looked up at me with ______ eyes and asked what was wrong with it. “It was probably abused and ______,” I said. “ That is why it is so ______.”
The boy ______turned to an old lady and said, “ Grandma, I want this one.” The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the ________ forms. I followed her and asked ______ the boy. She told me that he’d had a ______ start in life, too. She had just gotten custody(监护权) of him______ the state had taken him from his parents. She hoped getting a dog would make his life ______ for him. I looked back at him, holding his scared puppy, and said a prayer for them both.
It was yesterday that I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny, spring day. Then in a green front yard I saw the boy. His _______ body was tall and strong. His nose no longer ______ big but fit well into his smiling face. He was throwing a ball to a healthy, happy dog shining golden hair. His little act of love and ______ had indeed gone a long way. It had saved a dog’s life, _______ his own heart, and given this middle-aged man fresh hope for the whole world.
1.A. Although B. Whenever C. If D. As
2.A. resist B. help C. undertake D. pay
3.A. sensed B. ignored C. noticed D. stared
4.A. shabby B. bare C. round D. bony
5.A. holding B. sticking C. reaching D. lying
6.A. attention B. entertainment C. treatment D. joy
7.A. or B. so C. and D. but
8.A. annoyed B. sad C. excited D. bored
9.A. wronged B. broken C. abandoned D. raised
10.A. puzzled B. curious C. scared D. surprised
11.A. gradually B. particularly C. suddenly D. immediately
12.A. adoption B. nursery C. health D. adaption
13.A. over B. for C. on D. about
14.A. good B. common C. rough D. happy
15.A. until B. after C. unless D. before
16.A. stronger B. easier C. harder D. safer
17.A. mid-aged B. aging C. teenage D. childhood
18.A. appeared B. remained C. proved D. grew
19.A. determination B. company C. generosity D. kindness
20.A. struck B. touched C. broken D. healed
Expressing gratitude regularly is a wonderful habit to your children. In fact, studies have shown that people who feel gratitude on a daily basis are happier in general. Today we’ll discuss ideas to help your children express their gratitude.
Make a gratitude tree. Start with a large piece of craft paper and draw a tree trunk. Then ask the kids to paint or color it in brown. Each day ask your kids to think of something they're thankful for. 1. And they’ll have a gratitude tree full of leaves one day.
Express your thankfulness to the ones you love. 2. Print the photos in a 5'×7'size and ask the kids to write a short note on the back explaining why they're grateful to that person. Family members, especially those who don't live nearby, will cherish the present.
3. Pick a regular time, maybe one Saturday a month, and do some voluntary jobs as a family.4. One child may want to spend a day helping to clean up their favorite park while another might want to read books to nursing home residents.
Go grocery shopping for a family in need. Many stores now offer pre-made bags to donate right at the checkout line. While this is convenient, the larger the role they play in the act of giving, the bigger the effect it will have on your kids.5.
Taking time as a family to practice gratitude doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming and the benefits your children will get are long-lasting.
A. It will make the experience much more powerful.
B. Let kids take pictures of themselves with their loved ones.
C. Keep gratitude journals.
D. Volunteer together.
E. If you can find a charity where you deliver the groceries , that's even better.
F. Write it on a green leaf and tape it to the tree trunk.
G. Let family members take turns to pick an activity that means something to them.
