AUSXIP Lucy Lawless News and Multimedia: February 2010 Archives阅读理解. How does Lucy spend a week? Monday Practice playing volleyball 3:00-5:00 p.m. Tuesday Go to see Tim Children’s Hospital 8:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday Part-time job 1:00-5:00 p.m. Thursday Go to th 题目和参考答案——精英家教网——
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1. Where does Lucy meet Tim?
A. At Frank’s house.&&&&B. At Lucy’s house.&& C. At the station.&& D. In the hospital.
2. How many hours a week does Lucy do her part-time job?
A. Five hours.&&&& B. Eight&&hours.&&&&C. Ten hours.&&&&D. Eleven hours.
3. &&&&&&&& is ill in hospital.
A. Lucy&&&&&&&B. Lily&&&&&&&& C. Tim&&& D. Ricky
4.Her uncle Ricky is coming on &&&&&&&&.&
A. Saturday&&&&&& B. Friday&&&&& C. Thursday&&&D. Wednesday
5. What does Lucy do on Saturday evening?
A. Have a birthday party&&&&&&B. Study with Frank C. Play volleyball&&&&&&&&D. Do part-time job.
科目：初中英语
来源：2012届重庆市一中九年级下学期4月月考英语试卷（带解析）
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。（每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列材料，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。APeople say that George Washington, the first president of the United States, never told a lie. But it seems that the president was not without faults.A New York library recently found that Washington borrowed two books from the library in 1789. He didn’t return them.If he were still alive, he would have to pay the library ＄300,000 for being 220 years late.On October 5, 1789, when the first president borrowed the books form the New York Society Library, he didn’t sign his name in the borrower’s book. He just wrote “president” to show who had taken them out. The two books should have been brought back a month later but were never returned. Workers at the library realized the books were missing.The New York Society Library doesn’t expect anyone to pay the fine. But it hopes that someone will return the books. 【小题1】Gorge Washington is__________.A．the president of the US nowB．the first president of the USC．the first black president of the US D．the president who always borrowed the books without returning them back【小题2】Gorge Washington borrowed a book from ________.A．the Washington Public LibraryB．the New York Society LibraryC．the Paris Society LibraryD．the Chinese Public Library【小题3】The library hopes _________.A．Gorge Washington will return the book.B．Gorge Washington will pay the fineC．someone will find the book and return itD．someone will pay the fine for the president
科目：初中英语
来源：2012届江苏省泰州中学附属初中初三第二次模拟考试英语试卷（带解析）
题型：阅读理解
试题类型：阅读理解&&试题难度：一般&&更新时间： 9:53:57Nearly all of us have an unpleasant habit, whether we realize it or not, and we want to get rid of it but didn’t know the proper ways. Here’s some advice on how to get rid of bad habits.n Make a list.&&&Write down all the reasons why you want to stop a certain behavior----how it’s hurting you and why getting rid of it will help. Look at that list regularly.n Join other activities. &②It’s wise of you to do something else when you want to stop your bad habits. If you get angry easily, for example, you can practice deep breathing or go for a walk.n Give yourself a reward.& Before you get rid of a bad habit, decide what you’ll do to celebrate it if you achieve your goal.n Keep off bad habits.&&& If you are fat and want to lose weight, keep junk food(垃圾食品) out of your house. If you are a heavy smoker, keep away from smoky bars or friends who like smoking.n Be patient.&&&&Bad habits develop over years, so you probably won’t be able to get rid of them quickly. In fact, people often give up several times before being successful, so you should ① ___________& ___________.n Find support.&&Don’t be afraid to ask for support from friends, family or other people who have the same bad habits as you. When you talk to others, they might be able to give you some advice or encouragement that you normally wouldn’t get from yourself. 【小题1】在①处横线上填入适当的词。___________　___________【小题2】将②处划线部分翻译成中文。【小题3】回答问题How many suggestions are offered to help you get rid of bad habits?【小题4】找出并写出所给句子的同义句。You should be brave enough to get help from your friends, family or other people, because they may have the same bad behavior as you.【小题5】找出并写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
科目：初中英语
来源：学年辽宁大连甘区初三上学期期中阶段学习质量检测英语试卷（解析版）
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解Accident Report Form(表格)Accident:&& A car crashed（冲撞） into a tree.Some people were trapped （困）in the car.Weather:&&& There was aheavy rain.Date of call:&& June 3,2006Time of call:&& 9:30 p.m.Name of caller: Mrs GreenPlace:& Zhongshan Road, NanjingConditions of victims（受害者）:&&& MrGreen hurt his head.Mrs Green hurt her left leg.Their daughter felt frightened.Action: Policemen arrived at 9:40 p.m. andsent the victims to Gulou Hospital at 9:45 p.m.1.What time did Mrs Green call the police?
A．At 9:30 a.m.
B．At 9:30 p.m.
C．At 9:40 p.m.
D．At 9:45 p.m.
2.How many people were trapped in the car?
3.Whose left leg was hurt?
A．Mrs Green's.
B．Their daughter's.
C．Mr. Green's
D．Their friend's.
4.What was the weather like that day?
A．It was sunny.
B．It was snowy.
C．It was cloudy.
D．It was rainy.
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A．The car crashed into a wall.
B．Their daughter hurt her leg and was sent to the hospital.
C．The car accident happened on Zhongshan Road in Nanjing.
D．The policemen arrived half an hour later and sent the victims to the hospital.
科目：初中英语
来源：2012年仁爱版初中英语八年级上册第三单元Topic2练习卷（解析版）
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解Frederic Chopin was born in March 1810 nearWarsaw in Poland(波兰).He was one of the greatest musicians in the world. In 1831, he went to Paris.No people but he could play the piano very well.At that time people in Paris liked theHungarian(匈牙利的)pianist Franz Liszt.One night, at a concert, Liszt went to thepiano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, awonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners wereall greatly interested. They kept praising(不停地赞扬) the pianist and thought that Liszt hadreached something new in playing the piano.Suddenly, all the lights were turned onagain as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of thefamous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.Liszt planned all this. As the lights wentout, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help ofLiszt and his own talent(天赋), Chopin soon became famous.1.Chopin was _______.
A．the greatest musician in the world
B．a famous Polish(波兰的) pianist
C．a famous Paris pianist
D．one of the greatest musicians in Hungary
2.The wonderful piano concert started_______.
A．after all the lights were turned on
B．when Liszt sat down at the piano
C．after the lights were turned off
D．when Chopin went to the piano
3.When the music came to an end, _______.
A．Liszt stood at the piano
B．all the lights were turned off again
C．Chopin stood at the piano
D．people went out of the hall
4.Chopin became famous _______.
A．before he came to the concert
B．because he was a student of Liszt’s
C．because people in Paris liked him very much
D．since he played so well at the concert
5.From the story we know _______.
A．Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt
B．Liszt planned to make Chopin famous
C．Liszt was Chopin’s teacher
D．one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist
科目：初中英语
来源：2012年仁爱版初中英语八年级上册第一单元topic 1练习卷（解析版）
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese NationalMen’s Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.?Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September,1980. His mother was a center and captain(队长) of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father playedbasketball, too.?Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came tobe a very important basketball player in CBA. It’s short for China BasketballAssociation(联赛). Duringthe
season, he got 27.1 scores(得分) for theShanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.?Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets inOctober, 2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would dohis best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself.?Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said，“Yao Minghas the potential(潜力), the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball.”?1.The Houston Rocket is the name of a ____ team.?A. table tennis&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& B.volleyball?C. basketball&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& D.golf2. Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ____.?A. football players ?B. basketball players?C. the centers of the Chinese National Team?D. the c aptains of the Chinese National Team3. Yao Ming ____ in CBA during the
season.?A. does well&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&& B.is good?C. was good&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&D. did well4. Yao Ming ____ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.A. did his best to joinB. was well known inC. became a member(成员)of?D. liked5. Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was ableto ____.?A. learn from the NBAB. change the future of basketballC. improve himselfD. became the captain of the Houston Rockets&
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How does Lucy spend a week?
Where does Lucy meet Tim?
At Frank's house．
At Lucy's house．
At the station．
In the hospital
How many hours a week does Lucy do her part-time job?
Five hours．
Eight hours．
Ten hours．
Eleven hours．
________ will help Frank with his Maths．
Her uncle Ricky is coming on ________．
What does Lucy do on Saturday evening?
Have a birthday party
Study with Frank
Play volleyball
Do part-time job．
答案：1．D;2．B;3．C;4．C;5．A;
科目：初中英语
来源：广西桂林市2012年中考英语试题
　　Earth Hour started in Sydney on March 31st, 2007．It calls on families and buildings to turn off the lights from 20∶30 to 21∶30 on the last Saturday night of March．　　1　　 A year later, on March 29, Earth Hour 2008 became a global activity and was supported by 50 million people from thirty-five countries．On March 28, 2010 over 2100 cities in another eight countries took part in it．　　2　　．
　　In 2012 in China, there were many cities taking part in this activity, especially some large cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai…Many citizens consciously(有意识的)turned off lights in the hour．　　3　　 In colleges some students held some activities to make all the students leave their dormitories．
　　It was 20：30, Beijing time．　　4　　 In Shanghai some people were taking a walk with their families or friends．And in Ningbo some young people were holding a party in a park, singing and dancing．　　5　　．
　　Earth Hour has a variety of activities, but the final goal is the same, that is focusing on(聚焦)climate change and protecting the environment for individuals．
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科目：初中英语
来源：广西省桂林市2011年初中毕业暨升学考试英语试题
　　A hobby can be almost anything that a person likes to do in his spare time．Hobbyists raise pets, watch birds, paint pictures, play the piano and grow flowers．　　1　　 They collect everything from books to butterflies and from boxes to stamps．
　　People take up hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship and relaxation．Hobbies help people relax after a long time of hard work, and provide a balance(平衡)between work and play．Hobbies offer interesting activities for the old．Some hobbies can make a child grow as a person, develop his interest and help him learn new skills．　　2　　 Doctors have found that hobbies are useful in helping patients(病人)recover(恢复)from illness．Hobbies give patients who can’t move around something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves．Many hospitals treat(治疗)patients by having them take up interesting hobbies．　　3　　
　　In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies．But some persons who had spare time did enjoy hobbies．　　4　　 People today have more time than ever before for hobbies．Machines have now reduced much time that people must spend on their jobs．
　　　　5　　 Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free time hours．
　　Sir William Osler, a famous Canadian doctor expressed the value(价值)of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby．”
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科目：初中英语
来源：同步题
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解。&&&& In many western schools, sports day is a big event. Children take part in competitive (竞争性的)sports, trying to break school records and take the first place.&&&& Sports days, or sports meets, are usually held in the warmer seasons, either at the beginning or the end of the school year. They are also called field days.&&&& Primary school sports days are fun. They usually have activities such as the egg and the spoon race and the sack race. Other events include the skipping race (跳绳) and the three-legged race. In middleand high schools, sports days include many of the common track and field events (田径项目).&&They are more serious and competitive than primary school ones.&&&& Students' parents and other relatives also come to the& school on sports days. They watch children play. Many schools in the West have "mothers and fathers" races for parents to take part in!&&&& Although sports days are exciting, they also have some problems. According to some reports in the USA, sports days have become too competitive to be good for students. Some parents put too much pressure(压力) on the children. Some schools don't have "mothers and fathers" races any more as thereis much fighting and cheating.短读阅文，回答下列问题。1. What do children try to do when they take part in sports meets?___________________________________________________2. When are sports days usually held in the school year?___________________________________________________3. What are primary school and middle school sports days like?___________________________________________________4. Who would come to the school to watch children play on sports days?______________________________________________________5. What does the writer think about sports days?______________________________________________________
科目：初中英语
来源：同步题
题型：阅读理解
阅读理解&&&&&& I am Jane. This is my room. It's not big(大的). But it's very nice. My computer is on the table. And some video tapes are in the drawer. Where's my backpack? Oh, it's not on the table. It's on the chair. My pencils aren't on the table. They are in my pencil case and my pencil case is in my backpack.&&My alarm. clock, my ID card and my keys are on the dresser.根据短根据内容判断下列句子的正 (T) 误 (F)&。(&&&& )1. Jane's video tapes are on the computer.(&&&& )2. Jane's backpack is on the table.(&&&& )3. Jane's pencil case is in the backpack.(&&&& )4. Jane's ID card is in the drawer.(&&&& )5. Jane's room is very big.
科目：初中英语
来源：广西自治区中考真题
题型：阅读理解
&&&&&& Earth Hour started in Sydney on March 31st, 2007. It calls on families and buildings to turn off the lights from 20:30 to 21:30 on the last Saturday night of March.&&&1& &A year later, on March 29, Earth Hour 2008 became a global activity and was supported by 50 million people from thirty-five countries. On March 28, 2010 over 2100 cities in another eight countries took part in it.&&&2& &&&&&& &&&&&& In 2012 in China, there were many cities taking part in this activity, especially some large cities, suchas Beijing, Shanghai.... Many citizens consciously (有意识的) turned off lights in the hour.&&&3& &In colleges some students held some activities to make all the students leave their dormitories.&&&&&& It was 20:30, Beijing time.&&&4& &In Shanghai some people were taking a walk with their families orfriends. And in Ningbo some young people were holding a party in a park, singing and dancing.&&&5& &&&&&&& Earth Hour has a variety of activities, but the final goal is the same, that is focusing on (聚焦) climate change and protecting the environment for individuals.
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Lucy, meet Ardi
More than 4 million years since she last walked the Earth and more than 15 years since her discovery was , a distant human ancestor dubbed “Ardi” was
on Oct 1, 2009.
Nicknames abound in this field where long scientific nomenclature is common. So, meet “Ardi”, a member of the genus .
Who was Ardipithecus? When and where did they live? What can we say about their diet and behavior? How do they relate to later fossils, such as Lucy, as well as to us? Where do they fit in with regards to our closest living primate relatives, the chimps? This is an extensive array of questions, not unusual to find when fossils are discovered. Scientists rely on an equally extensive array of approaches to find answers.
Lets start with the first question: who was Ardipithecus?
The genus Ardipithecus derives its name from an Afar language word, ““, which means “ground” or “floor.” By choosing this term, the scientists involved in the discovery clearly wanted to reflect the place Ardipithecus occupied in human evolution: as close to the very beginning of hominids as possible. Defining “hominid” as any fossil species closer to modern humans than to chimps and bonobos, which are our closest living relatives, Dr. Tim White stated: “.”
After their discovery of the first Ardipithecus remains in 1992, scientists had identified the bones of 17 hominid fossils by the end of 1993. These specimens were retrieved from a cluster of localities , within the Afar Depression, Aramis, Ethiopia. Hominid and associated fossil faunas, including wood, seed and vertebrate specimens, were dated to about .
Over a period of several years, the team followed up with more excavations at the location of the original discovery. They collected 125 fragments of skulls, teeth, arms, hands, the pelvis, legs and feet. In addition to this skeleton, the area yielded a total of 110 other catalogued specimens representing body parts of at least .
Ardi is the most complete individual among those found, with about . Ardi, an adult female, probably stood four feet tall and weighed about 120 pounds, almost a foot taller and
Ardi, as shown in the .
Image (c) Tim White, 2008
When did they live?
There is more than one species within the genus Ardipithecus. Scientists distinguish between
(5.8 &# million years ago) and
(4.4 million years ago). Both discovered in the Awash valley in Ethiopia, these two species lived after the split between the human and chimpanzee lineages. They represent the earliest known hominids from Ethiopia.
Where did they live?
The remains of Ardipithecus kadabba and Ardipithecus ramidus have been found in Eastern Ethiopia. When they roamed that area, the Great Rift was a well-established geologic feature. The environment 4-to-5 million years ago was very different from that of today. The climate was cool and wet. Ardipithecus kadabba and Ardipithecus ramidus lived in an area of swamps, streams and dense tree cover, rather than in a mosaic of forest and grassland, as originally thought. This evidence has caused a re-examination of the hypothesis on the origin of upright walking.
What can we say about their behavior?
It seems that Ardi was equally at home on the ground as she was in the trees. Her feet, pelvis, legs, and hands suggest she walked upright on the ground but moved around . The large, flaring bones of the
were positioned so that Ardi could walk on two legs without lurching from side to side . Ardipithecus gives us a close look at an upright walking being and a chance to evaluate the mechanisms that may have caused this behavior to evolve and remain until today.
Traditionally, scientists suggested that the evolution of upright walking was closely related to the disappearance of the forest cover and its replacement by grasslands. Creatures adapted to living in trees were now forced to cross grasslands in order to go from one island of trees to another, the thinking went. However, crossing through the grass would make them very vulnerable to predator attacks. Walking upright allowed one to see predators sooner, thus representing a beneficial adaption to a changing environment.
We now know that the origins of upright walking pre-dates the widespread disappearance of the forests and their replacement by grasslands. Bipedalism did not evolve as an adaptation to receding forest cover and expanding grasslands. Back to the drawing board, in other words.
Bipedalism is now thought to have evolved in a tree environment.
Questions remain: how and why? Among living non-human primates, researchers have observed bipedal stances in creatures such as orangutans as they move around in the trees, while chimpanzees most often stand upright when they feed on small objects in the trees. Early human ancestors, such as Ardipithecus, who lived in a tree environment, may have had similar adaptations.
The discovery of the genus Ardipithecus and the study of the environment in which they once lived have caused us to revisit and refine the thinking on the origins of upright walking. However, we can’t be sure that bipedalism first emerged in the Awash Valley. Its origins may lie even further back in time.
Upright walking may also relate to another aspect of Ardipithecus’ behavior: monogamy. Here is where a hypothesis originally dating back to the 1980s has found new traction.
suggests that instead of fighting for access to females, a male Ardipithecus would supply a “targeted female” and her offspring with gathered foods and gain her sexual loyalty in return. Walking upright freed his hands to carry the food, thus helping him to .
The fossil Lucy.
How does Ardi relate to Lucy?
Ardi pre-dates Lucy by more than a million years. She was larger and heavier than Lucy. Lucy was a more adept upright walker than Ardi. Both Ardi and Lucy lived well before stone tools were in use. Their brain size was similar to that of a chimp. Both were found in the same region of Ethiopia, with Ardi’s site just 46 miles (74 kilometers) away from where Lucy’s species, Australopithecus afarensis, .
What traits does Ardi share with us, Australopithecines and chimps?
Like chimps, Ardi had an opposable big toe. However, she was probably not as agile in the trees as a chimp. Unlike chimps, however, she could have carried things while walking upright on the ground, and would have been able to manipulate objects better than a chimp. And, contrary to what many scientists have thought, Ardi did not walk on her knuckles, White said.
“Ardi was not a chimpanzee, but she wasn’t human,” , who directs UC Berkeley’s Human Evolution Research Center. “When climbing on all fours, she did not walk on her knuckles, like a chimp or gorilla, but on her palms. No ape today walks on its palms.”
Moreover, Ardi’s small, blunt, upper canine teeth, very likely reflect amicable relationships, leaving open the possibility of
living together in social units. Ardi’s dentition contrasts sharply (no pun intended) with the much larger canine teeth found in chimpanzees and gorillas, animals known for their . The latter statement is a good example of how paleoanthropologists rely on various sources of information in their attempt to reconstruct past behavior, including . In this case, similarities in dentition between fossil and living primates form the basis for suggested similarities in behavior both past and present. While Ardi’s canines were smaller than those of chimpanzees and gorillas, Lucy’s canines were .
Ardi’s teeth also revealed her and her ilk to be omnivores, eating a wide range of foods rather than specializing in a more restrictive diet of fruit or leaves. Being an omnivore is another trait that sets Ardi apart from chimps, animals that eat primarily fruits, and and gorillas, which eat primarily leaves, stems and bark. The that Ardipithecus spent a lot of time on the ground looking for nutritious plants, mushrooms, invertebrates and perhaps small vertebrates.
The shape of Ardi’s upper pelvis and aspects of muscle attachment in that part of the hip resemble much more an upright walking human than a knuckle walking chimp. However, the lower pelvis is much more primitive than anything .
Why the buzz?
When the news about Ardi was released, it generated , underscoring the great interest in the study of human origins. Hundreds of media outlets covered the story. Predictably, creationist outlets use the sentiment that Ardi has
to make their point that scientists “do not agree” when it comes to human evolution.
In making this statement, they display a fundamental misunderstanding of how the scientific process works. Fortunately, there are a number of excellent sites that make the process of
both easier and much more palatable.
Quite often, scientists were quoted stating that this find was “far more important than Lucy.” It also showed that “the last common ancestor with chimps didn’t look like a chimp, or a human, or .”
Questions also abound about what this will do to Lucy’s preeminent status in the world of paleoanthropology. Now that we have an older creature also capable of walking upright, so the thinking goes, will “Ardi” now become the buzzword du jour, instead of Lucy?
In my opinion this is not the right question to ask. We are not dealing with a beauty contest among fossils. Each of these finds has substantially increased our understanding of human evolution. Lucy taught us that bipedalism pre-dates the expansion of the human brain as well as tool making. With Ardi, the most important contribution seems to be that we now need to look beyond chimps ( between humans and chimps notwithstanding) as a model for a . What this common ancestor may have looked like and when and where it lived, remains, as of now, a great unknown.
Authored By Dirk&Van Tuerenhout
As curator of anthropology, Dirk is responsible for the museum’s artifact collection and is involved in its temporary and permanent anthropology exhibits.
Dirk is an expe he curates the Museum’s Hall of the Americas and specializes in native American cultures like the Aztec and Maya.
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Often times the most unfortunate catastrophes can produce the finest, most well preserved specimens for scientists to uncover. Just think of Pompeii: a deadly volcanic eruption buried a Roman city in scolding ash, and in the process created a veritable time capsule for Archaeologists a millennium later to investigate. But it not just archaeologists, paleontologists [&]
In my years as a tour guide here at HMNS I encountered a lot of good questions. Most of the time the simplest questions were the best ones, like “what is a dinosaur?“. It’s a simple question but it has a complicated answer. For most people, the only prerequisite for being a dinosaur is being [&]
Pictured above is a Campa Shaman’s hood, the fourth object to be discussed in our 5 Of The Most Magical Objects In Our Collection series ( click HERE to see the other blogs in the series). You may have noticed that the hood has the body parts of a number of birds and small animals sewn [&]
& The controversy about whether famous dinosaurs had feathers has been raging for a while now. We’ve known that some dinosaurs had feathers ever since Archaeopteryx was discovered in 1861, but more recent discoveries of the presence of feather-like structures on larger dinosaurs ( like Lane the Triceratops here at HMNS) that are more distantly related to [&]
With camps starting this week (click here for our camp schedule) there is a whirlwind of activity in the education department as everyone gets ready for another exciting summer. Some of the Education staff started their careers at HMNS as campers in Xplorations Summer C some of us started as part-time camp teachers in the [&]
HMNS at Hermann Park
5555 Hermann Park Dr.
Houston,Texas 77030
(713) 639-4629
HMNS at Sugar Land
13016 University Blvd.
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
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21901 FM 762 Rd.
Needville, Texas 77461
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