For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashion” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs … and in languages.
Fashions change very quickly as time goes. This is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.From the passage, we know that “fashion” means _______.
| A．clothes | B．many things | C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
Today fashions change quickly because _______.
| A．newspapers are read every day |
| B．information is sent by radios from one place to another |
| C．new things are often shown on TV |
| D．people quickly learn about what is happening in the world |
“There is money in fashion.” means _______.
| A．clothes are expensive | B．money comes only from fashion |
| C．people like new things | D．there are no fashions without money |
THIS is a story about a boy called Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He got a zero in physics. It made him the worst physics student in the school’s history. He didn’t do much better in sports. He made the school golf team, but lost the only important match of the season.
He didn’t have friends, either. Other kids didn’t care about him. If a classmate said “hello” to Sparky outside of school, he would feel very surprised. There’s no way to tell how he might have done at dating(约会). Sparky never once asked a girl to go out in high school. He was too afraid of being turned down.
He was a loser(失败者), and he and his classmates knew it. But, somehow, he decided to keep trying. The only thing important in his life was drawing. He was proud of his ability even though no one else appreciated it. He submitted(递交) some cartoons for his high school yearbook, but they were rejected.
After completing high school he wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios. He was told to submit some samples. He spent a great deal of time on the drawings. They were rejected. Another loss for the loser.
So Sparky decided to write his own auto biography(自传) in cartoons. He created his childhood self – a little-boy loser: Charlie. He never succeeded in kicking a football and never got a date with the little red-haired girl. Sparky, the boy who had such a lack of success in school and whose work was rejected again and again, was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.From the first paragraph we can see that Sparky was in high school.
| A．a loser | B．a talented boy | C．a good player | D．a bad boy |
Sparky never asked a girl for dating because he was afraid of .
| A．making mistakes | B．making friends |
| C．being refused | D．talking to girls |
What does the underlined word “He” in the last paragraph refer to?
| A．His cartoon character Charlie | B．Snoopy |
| C．Charles Schulz | D．Walt Disney |
His only success mentioned in this passage is .
| A．his autobiography in cartoons． | B．his artwork submitted to the Yearbook |
| C．his cartoons submitted to Walt Disney Studios | D．his golf match in high school |
Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. The Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language, but it uses sounds. Today’s program brings together music from different concerts of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone’s life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school, their world of music grows. In the middle grades, students take music lessons. When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music.
The records we have chosen for you today are from American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.
Now, here comes the music today , I shall explain why they are all good music. The first paragraph is mainly about the .
| A．styles of music | B．history of music | C．taste of music | D．knowledge of music |
Which is NOT the purpose of this music program?
| A．To study the language of music . | B．To learn more about the music. |
| C．To give a complete background to the music. | D．To give people some music to listen to. |
The speaker is probably .
| A．a host | B．a singer | C．a dancer | D．a teacher |
阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺的信息。（每空一词）
On 28th of April 2013, there was an earthquake that happened in Ya An, Si Chuan Province. It was a level 7 earthquake .As we know, earthquake is very dangerous and terrible. but do you know what to do during and after an earthquake？Here is some advice for you.
Before an earthquake. It is necessary to prepare yourself and your family. All family members should know how to turn off gas, water and electricity (电) and know useful telephone numbers（doctor, hospital, police, 119, etc）.Never put heavy things over beds.
During the earthquake. It’s important to for each of you to stay calm. If you are indoors, quickly move to a safe place in the room such as under a strong desk or a strong table. It can protect yourself from falling things. Stay away from windows, large mirrors, heavy things and so on. If you are cooking, turn off the gas.
If you are outdoors, move to an open area like a playground. Move away from buildings, bridges and trees. If you are driving, stop the car as soon as possible .Stay in your car.
After an earthquake. Once the shaking stops, do not run out of the building at once. It’s better to wait and leave when it is safe.
Check around you and help the people in trouble. If your building is badly broken, you should leave it. If you smell or hear gas, get someone outside and open windows and doors. If you can do it safely, turn off the gas. Report it to the gas company.
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Moving to a safe place in the room can protect yourself from falling things if you are Remember to turn off the gas if you are cooking. Moving to an open area and away from buildings is Remember to stop your car and stay in it if you are driving. |
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Run out of the building Check around you and help the people in trouble. Leave your badly broken building. Keep everyone outside and everything |
The Girl From the Street
The workers who brought the girl to the orphanage（孤儿院）knew little about her. The streets where they found her had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They left her long ago. At the orphanage, the girl, like all the children there, was taught to read and write. While she was studying at the orphanage, she learned something else—to be independent（独立）. At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began working as a secretary.（秘书）And then, in 1975, while she was still working as an ordinary secretary, something special happened. She entered the Miss Hong Kong competition and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now her name, Mary Cheung, was known to everybody.
Mary entered the competition because she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then into business as a manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn’t good enough.” She says. Luckily, she had a boyfriend (who later became her husband) to help her.
Mary studied management（管理）at Hong Kong and graduated in 1980, She started her own business in 1985. But she did not stop developing herself. She then studied at the University of Hong Kong. Since 1987, she had spent a lot of time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places---China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV, write for newspapers and bring up her family.
The girl from the street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.Before Mary Cheung was brought to the orphanage, ___________.
| A．She had lived with her parents whose names were not known |
| B．She had lived in the street for many years |
| C．The workers knew her well |
| D．She had learned to write and read by herself |
The sentence “orphanage girl could be something” means that orphanage girls could be_________.
| A．popular and successful | B．understood by others |
| C．Miss Hong Kong | D．known to everybody |
This passage is probably taken from___________.
| A．a newspaper | B．a science magazine | C．a history textbook | D．a novel |
According to the passage, which of the following is true?
| A．All the children at the orphanage liked Mary. | B．Mary was not happy as a secretary. |
| C．Mary’s boyfriend was good at English. | D．Mary’s life in the orphanage was difficult. |
If we find a bird nest (巢), we will have a good place of watching and knowing about birds. Birds sit on eggs and take care of their babies from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, parents often go to look for food and come back in several minutes. So it is good to watch birds. When we watch birds, we'd better hide ourselves in a close place to the nest, and it's better to use binoculars (双筒望远镜).
But how do we make a bird nest? A good bird nest must be very fine, strong, thick and comfortable. If you want to make one, please follow these:
a) Each nest must have six boards (木板) for its cover and floor, for its left and right sides, and for its front and back sides. Don't make the boards too slippery (滑的).
b) Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a "door". The "door" is big enough so birds can fly in or out easily.
c) Make sure the rainwater can't go into the nest.
d) One piece of the board should be easy to open.
e) Don't forget to colour the nest.We need ______ near a bird nest if we want to watch and know about birds.
| A．a good place | B．some trees | C．to sit on eggs | D．to make a bird net |
When we're watching birds, we have to ______.
| A．look after the birds more often | B．use the binoculars to catch the birds |
| C．hide ourselves to make the birds do everything as usual | D．catch the birds at last |
We should leave a hole in the front of the nest so that ______ easily.
| A．we can clean the nest | B．birds can fly in or out |
| C．we can hang it | D．we can make it |
According to the text, we can make a bird nest like Picture ______ with the boards.
