Collections were the inspiration(灵感) for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beautified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage visitors to write their own stories.

    The subject chosen by Lauren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort of Cinderella (灰姑娘) story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, In the story these become love letters, burned by a cruel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I find a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet."

     Millie Murray, who is a teen-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制). "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have written complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, which can only be a good thing."

1. What were the children asked to do in the project?

      A. To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School.

      B. To write stoies on the subject of collections.

      C. To encourage visitors to write their own stories.

      D. To have their friends for characters in the stories.                        

2. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.

      A. story       B. collection      C. inspiration     D. foreign coin     

3. From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that _____ .

      A. Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin

      B. both of them developed their imagination

      C. both of them will die in each other's stories

      D. Lauren's cousin posted her some love letters                         

4. Millie Murray thinks ________.

      A. collections could inspire writing creativity

      B. it was good for parents to have collections

      C. inspirations were very useful in writing stories

      D. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations

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你知道本周谜语的答案了吗？ What do you use to cook your meals? Or when you want to smoke? etc. Your microwave, your stove? Or you have a barbecue? For many of  these facilities, what do you think you really need? A fire! Yeah, a clever guess. You need to have a fire, something which you can make use of in order to cook your meals, or light the cigarette. 所以本周谜语的答案是  fire.

I am always hungry,

I must always be fed,

The finger I lick

Will soon turn red.

猜猜我是什么？打一种自然现象。如果您猜出来了，不妨把你的答案写在Reply 里。过两天你会看到正确答案的。

下面链接的是2005年5月份网络教育统考大学英语B试卷。如果你可能参加教育部的统考，或者想了解一下统考试题可能的难度，不妨下载试题做做。检查一下自己的水平。试题后附了答案，你可以自己核对。做完后可以点击浏览器菜单栏上的后退按钮返回本博客.

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阅读这首诗，感受诗人炽烈的情感。语言很简单，但是读起来还是能够感受到诗人想要表达的强烈......

Leo Marks, 1920 -

The life that I have
Is all that I have
And the life that I have
Is yours.

The love that I have
Of the life that I have
Is yours and yours and yours.

A sleep shall have
A rest I shall have
Yet death will be but a pause.

For the peace of my years
In the long green grass
Will be yours and yours and yours.

听听这熟悉的旋律，回忆一下过去的时光，时光飞逝，岁月荏苒。是不是也能勾起一些你的感慨？点击链接可以听到最经典的几句歌词。听完后点击IE浏览器工具栏里的“后退”按钮返回本博客。

As Time Goes By

music and words by Herman Hupfeld

 Hear Dooley Wilson sing "As Time Goes By" (a .WAV file).

[This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension

And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.]

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the fuure brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

© 1931 Warner Bros. Music Corporation, ASCAP

 

这里是以前上传的语法词汇填空25个小题的答案供参考。你到底做得如何呢？

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