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（销售包）．Shipping（运送）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（混乱） 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（自带午餐）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（优惠券）．
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．
小题1:The passage is mainly aimed at__________．
A．parents
B．teachers
C．students
D．businessmen小题2:If you want to sell the bikes your children don’t use, you can go to ____________．
A．educationalwarehouse．com
B．playitagainsports．com
C．Feedthepig．org
D．Taxadmin．org小题3:What does the writer think of picking a lunch box?
A．It is very easy
B．It is rather hard
C．It proves interesting
D．It seems special小题4:What can be filled in the blank in the first item?
A．Teachers are much wiser
B．Puzzles and puppets
C．Shops where teachers shop
D．Develop your brains
