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Girl’s Crazy Historical Costumes

Stella Ehrhart, a US third-grader, dresses up as a different historical figure every day before school—yes, you heard right! The 8-year-old has been coming to class in a different persona (人物) daily since the second day of second grade, when she showed up as American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. Stella gets ideas for what to wear from the book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century. However, in the past years she has also dressed up as fictional characters including Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. The eager student managed to get through the entire second grade without repeating herself, but now she is running out of ideas. The girl’s parents, who are both theater professionals, say they support their daughter’s “creativity”. Her mother told UK news website The Huffington Post, “She goes into her closet and just picks out what she wants each day.”

Learning Soars

How do you get a child’s early education off the ground? A head teacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi has found a unique way of creating an exciting learning environment. He has transformed a plane into a kindergarten. Gari Chapidze bought an old but functional Yakovlev Yak-42 from Georgian Airways and filled it with education equipment, games and toys, but left the cockpit (驾驶舱) untouched so it could be used as a play area. “The idea was to create a kindergarten where children go with joy,” Chapidze, who runs the kindergarten, told AFP. “The children come in to the kindergarten with pleasure and cry when they have to go home. They are happy here,” he added.

Taxi Driver Gets Lucky in Las Vegas

Bright lights and big wins—this is what Las Vegas is known for, and even the taxi drivers here get lucky. Well, at least recently one did. Adam Woldemarim, 42, discovered $ 221,510 in the back of his van after a long day at work. The money was in a laptop case left between the seats of the Virgin Valley cab. What did Woldemarim do with the cash? He turned it in. The Ethiopian driver soon got a call from the case’s owner who, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, had “won big” and was on his way to the airport when he realized he had forgotten his winnings. Woldemarim was given a $ 2,000 reward. But it was reported that the driver’s fellow taxi drivers thought he should have got a lot more.

Eat Crickets (蟋蟀) and Worms at a Museum

The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia is putting on a night for meat eaters who want to try some unusual foods. It is hosting a cocktail party on Oct 27 called Cuisine from the Collections. The food on the menu is inspired by the exhibited specimen (标本) at the museum. The event is for adults only. Let’s hope they don’t get a stomach bug from all the insects!

46. Stella Ehrhart gets ideas on how to dress up every day before school from ________.

A. Laura Ingalls Wilder          B. a book

C. Hermione Granger             D. her parents

47. Which of the following is the biggest problem Stella Ehrhart is facing?

A. She has to get through the entire second grade dressing up as others.

B. She finds her parents no longer offer her as much support as before.

C. She finds it hard to think of enough new figures to dress up.

D. She has difficulty dressing up without falling behind in study.

48. Yakovlev Yak-42 is a certain kind of ________.

A. school   B. company C. toy D. plane

49. According to the passage, the van driver ________. 

   A. was lucky to win a laptop case after a long day at work

   B. was on his way to the airport when he saw the money

   C. was given a reward but not quite satisfied with the sum

   D. discovered the money but didn’t keep it for himself
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