C. Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill.

D. We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways.

E. Encourage kids to cook with you.

F. And we can’t forget science education.

G. We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories.

第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分40)

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分0分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。

Rachel lived outside Seattle and always wanted to help others when young. At age 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love which 1  hair donations to make wigs () for children who have   2  their own hair because of cancer or other diseases. Rachel then asked to have her long hair  3  and sent to it.

Then when she was 8, her school began   4  money to build wells in Africa. When she learned that other children had no clean    5 , Rachel was shocked. So she asked her parents to   6  holding her birthday party. In place of   7  , she asked her friends to   8  $9 each to the project in Africa.

Rachel’s ninth birthday was on June 12, and she had   9 a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $300.   10  , Rachel was able to raise only $220 — which had left her just a bit   11  .

On July 20, Rachel was   12  injured in a traffic accident. That was a terrible shock to her friends, who wanted to find some way of showing   13  . They began donating on Rachel’s birthday page. Donations 14 her $300 goal quickly, and kept rising.

When it was   15  that Rachel would never recover, her parents donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love, and her organs (器官) to other children.  Word   16  about Rachel’s story. More  17    was being raised. The total donations soon topped $100,000, then $300,000.   18  others, I was also moved and donated. Until now more than $850,000 has been raised from all over the world,   19  donations from Africans moved by the little American girl who   20  their continent.

1. A. sells        B. uses      C. buys            D. borrows

2. A. washed         B. worn          C. lost         D. pulled

3. A. cut        B. tied             C. brushed       D. dried

4. A. raising     B. spending          C. wasting     D. earning

5. A. air         B. paper          C. room         D. water

6. A. stop     B. enjoy           C. practise       D. start

7. A. time        B. hair             C. games            D. presents

8. A. give          B. owe            C. serve            D. award

9. A. put up            B. set up        C. picked up         D. backed up

10. A. Besides       B. So          C. However      D. Therefore

11. A. excited     B. relaxed   C. tired         D. disappointed

12. A. unluckily                   B. uncertainly   C. impossibly    D. unfairly

13. A. courage         B. support     C. interest        D. power

14. A. established          B. found    C. passed      D. allowed

15. A. clear      B. possible      C. necessary       D. proper

16. A. disappeared    B. changed        C. ended       D. spread

17. A. evidence       B. money         C. advice       D. doubt

18. A. From     B. For   C. Like           D. Without

19. A. saving         B. including  C. sending          D. costing

20. A. cared about       B. looked for     C. belonged to   D. relied on

阅读下面材料，用不多于1个单词的正确形式填空

I am going to tell you   1   unbelievable thing that happened in my restaurant today. This afternoon a   2   (poor dress) gentleman came into my restaurant. Nobody knew    3he was. After sitting down, he ordered a lot of food. He ate like a wolf. We wondered why he was so   4  . We were very surprised that he finished two    5  (order) of food in a very limited time. We doubted   6   the man was able to pay for food. When he was asked to pay the bill, the gentleman asked if we would mind   7  just a few minutes. Then we were shocked to see that he took out of a letter a million pound bank-note.

I asked Mr. Clemens whether it was genuine(真的). Mr. Clemens said it was true   8two notes of this amount had been issued by the Bank of England this year. He thought what the gentleman showed them couldn’t be a fake(赝品).Why a gentleman   9   a million pound note was in rags and ate in our small restaurant was a big puzzle to all the people there. I really couldn’t describe how     10  (excite) I was.

第四部分 写作 (共两节 满分3)