Just in time for Christmas, Claire Green of Parents ，Choice Foundation，a non-profit guide to quality children's media and toys, offers some of 2012’s best toys, surely to attract the imagination and develop playful learning— for a variety of age ranges and budgets.

The Baby Chimp and Polar Bear Cub ( ages 5 +， $19. 99). Two lovable and realistic-looking toys will never be put on the playroom's endangered species list.

Recycled Cardboard Dollhouse ( ages 4 +， $29. 99, Creativity for Kids), Markers, stickers , furniture and more let little ones do the decorating. Even the box itself becomes part of the house.

My Take Along Farm ( $ 54.99) and My Take Along Puppet Theater (ages 4 +， $49. 99, Playmobil； batteries required). Self-contained and ready to go, these play sets are the essence of fun and learning. Farm animals include a pig with baby pigs and rabbits with a cage. The puppet theater comes with figures, backdrops，even sound effects with music，applause and laughter (2 x 1.5V- AAA batteries required for sound).

Leapster Explorer (ages 4 —9，$ 69.99) . This toy delivers games, videos and e-books. The display is clear, the look is child-friendly and the learning is fun. One free downloadable game and USB are included^ The Leapfrog library offers a growing list of games, programs, a camera/video recorder and more*

Spy Video TRAKR (ages 8 + , $ 129. 95). This first-ever programmable remote-controlled car digitally delivers color video ，audio and data, comes pre-loaded with programs that let you see in the dark ( Night Vision). Go online to post and trade your favorite programs and program the TRAKR to do exactly what you want it to do.

31 . The passage is mainly about _____.

A, Christmas presents                               B. best parents

C. a non-profit guide                                 D. 2012，s best toys

32. Of all the toys, the cheapest one is _____.

A. The Baby Chimp and Polar Bear Cub B. Recycled Cardboard Dollhouse

C. My Take Along Farm                             D. Leapster Explorer

33. Leapster Explorer and Spy Video TRAKR have a lot in common EXCEPT _____.

A. they are suitable for children of nine years old

B. both of them are able to play videos and games

C. they both offer programs online to download

D. both of them are one of the best toys of 2012

34.What's special about Spy Video TRAKR?

A. It，s good for imagination and learning.

B. It encourages children to love animals.

C. It can be played in the day and at night.

D. It looks very lovely as part of the house.

Even after many years，she still has not forgotten the last day her whole class got together to say goodbye to their dearest schooldays. The sad faces, the 11 _____ eyes, the loving hugs, the firm handshakes promising to 12 _____ each other again up hill and down valley …those unforgettable memories always become 13 _____ every time she went to the old school, only to find a big, old tree with all of their names 14 deep into the trunk.

She wonders if any of them still remembers their 15 _____ ，now that time has covered the past memories with layers of dust and changed each fate (命運(yùn))beyond any 16 _____

The cheerful "dwarf' of the class has now turned into a successful businessman. The shy, skinny “bookworm” is now a talented Ph. D. trying his 17 _____ in some distant land in the Western atmos­phere. The naughty tomboy has 18 away her carefree laughter in exchange for a comfortable life beside a caring husband. And she，a 19 _____ addict，was driven by an inner force to put her pen aside and become a 20 _____ instead. That's a life-choice, which she will never feel 21 _____

She decided to 22 her old teacher ，who had sowed (播種）the seed for the cause of nur­turing (培養(yǎng)）people in her directionless mind through his 23 _____ lessons. She used to dream of the enlightened faces of her students 24 _____ in her lessons full of sunlight and sea waves. She promises herself to go ahead, bearing in mind the 25 _____ words of her dear teacher：

“Don't 26 _____ for what you give or receive. Learn to live 27 _____ to enjoy life ，even when it's not generous towards us. ”

This teaching was not 28 _____ in his lesson plan，but she knew it would 29 _____ with her until the end of time.

Now, she is a teacher, 30 _____ she has to continue learning many difficult lessons of life. The more she experiences, the better she understands the value of her teacher's last lesson.

You look very beautiful in this dress and there is only one of this kind left here. I wonder if you would buy _____.

A. one                B. it                             C. some                   D. any

　 Be sure to take a trip to the waterfall _____it's a long drive on a dirt road. It's well worth the trouble.

A. only if　　　　　　 B. now that　　　　　　　　　 C. even though　　　　 D. in case

— Is it good to look up every new word when I come across it in reading?

—No，you _____，because you are likely to guess the meaning from the context,

A. don't have to B. shouldn't　　　　　　　　　　 C. can't　　　　　　　　　 D. mustn't

   My favorite writer is Mo Yan，some of _______novels have a surprising ending.

A. whom             B. his                           C. whose                 D. which

—Are you still waiting to make a phone call?

—Yes. This woman _______on the phone for the last twenty minutes.

A. is talking　　　　 B. was talking　　　　　　　 C. has talked　　　　　 D. has been talking

　 With proper measures, the economy in China is beginning to_ again.

A. break up　　　　 B. pick up　　　　　　　　　　 C. put up　　　　　　　　 D. take up

him not to do so, he wouldn't have made such a serious mistake.

A. If I persuaded B. Did I persuade

C. Had I persuaded　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. If I should persuade

   Six Ukrainian sailors were reported to_______in the ship collision taking place in Hong Kong.

A. save                B. be saved                   C. have saved           D. have been saved