【正文】 end Ploughing matches， e and join the Farmland Team. Collect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette that is fit for a winner！ No need to book， just turn up between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Thursday,19th August. Suitable for children aged four and above， each child should be acpanied by an adult and all activities are included in the normal admission price. Tickets Cost：￡ 7 per child. For further information， call 01223 810080. 21. If you are interested in cooking， you can go to ________. A. Peterborough Museum B. Houghton Mill C. Saxon Youth Club D. Farmland Museum 22. You want to watch the new play with your parents， so it will cost you ________. A. ￡ 7 B. ￡ 17 C. ￡ 27 D. ￡ 20 23. Which of the following activities needs parents39。 pany? A. Playing farmland games. B. Watching the new play. C. Competing in sports activities. D. Visiting the dinosaur exhibition. B Windows 8, apart from Windows 95, is the biggest surprise and the only version of Microsoft’s operating system that has been changed from the core （核心） when pared to its former one. However, a recent study has shown that under 20% of business owners would be willing to upgrade to the new version of Windows. The reason for this remains to be discussed and debated, and we will try to throw light on this research by providing you with some of the most mon advantages and disadvantages of Windows 8. Generally speaking, there are a great number of plus sides related to upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8. Speed— This is the biggest advantage to mention. Boot time has been reported to be up to nine times shorter than that with Windows 7. New passwords— Instead of typing your passwords, Windows 8 will let you use gestures on your favorite photos to enter your password. This is not only practical but also extremely cool! Windows 8 experience— Apart from puters, Windows 8 will be used on all devices, including smart phones, tablet PC’s and so on. Also, owing to the fact that it has been specifically designed with touch screen users in mind, Windows 8, besides using keyboard and mouse, will offer a whole new user experience. However, there are still some disadvantages. The first one that has to be mentioned is that there is no Start Menu from Windows. Yes, there is no Start button in the lower left corner, and this might be a real puzzle of many Windows users. Also, many users have had a problem to get used to the new interface（界面） introduced by Windows 8. The biggest problem that is worth noticing is that Windows 8 was originally designed for touch screen users, and this may have a bad effect on desktop users who have gotten used to doing everything with the help of their keyboard and mouse. 24. What does “plus sides” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to? A. Math symbols. B. New rules. C. Strengths. D. Messages. 25. According to the text the greatest advantage of Windows 8 is its ______. A. high speed B. plex passwords C. unique experience D. new interface 26. From the text we can learn that Windows 8 ______. A. no longer requires a password B. can be used on more than puters C. will be popular with desktop users D. was upgraded from windows 95 27. Many Windows 8 users face the problem that ______. A. Start Menu is hidden in the lower left corner B. they don’t get accustomed to the new interface C. keyboard and mouse can’t be used any longer D. they have to use fingerprints instead of button C Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a sixyearold girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. Yes, honey. Of course. she said. Can we write him a letter? She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, Yes. My heart jumped. How? Does the mailman go there? I asked. No, but I have an idea. Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for. Just wait, honey. You39。ll see. Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my sixyearold heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and ev