Since my son is getting ready for first grade, I asked a friend where she shops for school supplies．For price and convenience, she had a quick answer: schoolpak．com．Parents can buy items or packaged equipment for all grades．The Generic Elementary School-pak for first through fifth graders, for example, is $23．28．（Teachers can also e-mail their grade’s or school’s whole list for a price on customized kits（銷售包）．Shipping（運(yùn)送）is free for 75 or more kits）
Teachers thinks highly of educational warehouse．com for its learning tools and games—everything from puzzles and puppets to software and chalks．Classroomdirect．com has great prices on over 10．000 products and a special corner offering even deeper discounts．
Pick your lunch box
The second-most-difficult back-to-school decision, right after what to wear on the first day, is what kind of lunch box to buy．Jonas Brothers or Hannah Montana? Ariel or Elmo? Your kids can examine their （and your） lunch boxes at platesplus4kids．com and lunchboxes．com．
Trade in sports tools
My garage is a tangle（混亂） of bikes and balls, sticks and clubs, so I was excited to find play it again sports．com --- a company that helps you sell quality, name-brand sporting equipment．You’ll have to visit one of its 320 stores, located in 46 states and the District of Columbia．
3 sites for saving
Feed the pig．org
Think about the savings if your kids （and you） stopped buying lunch out every day and brown-bagged（自帶午餐）it．
Good shop．com
Support your favorite school by shopping at more than 1,000 participating shops．Up to 30 percent of every purchase is donated．And you’ll find hundreds of deals and coupons（優(yōu)惠券）．
Tax admin．org
Click on 2009 State Sales Tax Holidays to see if your state has a tax-free shopping day．Check what’s included before going to the store．
小題1:The passage is mainly aimed at__________．
A．parentsB．teachersC．studentsD．businessmen
小題2:If you want to sell the bikes your children don’t use, you can go to ____________．
A．educationalwarehouse．comB．playitagainsports．com
C．Feedthepig．orgD．Taxadmin．org
小題3:What does the writer think of picking a lunch box?
A．It is very easyB．It is rather hard
C．It proves interestingD．It seems special
小題4:What can be filled in the blank in the first item?
A．Teachers are much wiserB．Puzzles and puppets
C．Shops where teachers shopD．Develop your brains

小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:B
小題1:C

小題1:推理題：從文章的句子：Think about the savings if your kids （and you） stopped buying lunch out every day and brown-bagged（自帶午餐）it．可知選A
小題1:從文章的句子：My garage is a tangle（混亂） of bikes and balls, sticks and clubs, so I was excited to find play it again sports．com 可知答案是B
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的句子：The second-most-difficult back-to-school decision, right after what to wear on the first day, is what kind of lunch box to buy．可知答案是B
小題1:從這段的句子：Teachers thinks highly of educational warehouse．com for its learning tools and games—everything from puzzles and puppets to software and chalks．可知這是老師購(gòu)物的商店，答案是C
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