If you like shopping and you are crazy about fashion, London is a good place for you. In London you can buy not only the most expensive clothes, but also beautiful clothes which are inexpensive.
Many of the world’s most famous fashion designers have their own shops in London. And every year in February and September, there is an important fashion event. It is called London Fashion Week and people all over the world come here and enjoy England’s wonderful new clothes . Usually the clothes are sold at a high price. The clothes are always in style. In the 1960s, a fashion designer Mary Quant invented the mini-skirt. It made her famous all around the world. Later, in the 1970s,came “punk” fashion.
Outside of London there are some shopping centers as well. In the shopping streets of most towns have a Market Day. On that day, some of the streets are filled with stalls selling food, flowers, dresses, hats, bags, and many other different things. The clothes there are always at a low price. Nearly everybody can afford them.When did “punk” fashion become popular?
| A．In the 1950s. | B．In the 1960s. | C．In the 1970s. | D．In the 1980s. |
On a Market Day, we _______ on the streets.
| A．can buy flowers , hats and bags from stalls |
| B．can not buy food from the stalls |
| C．can buy some clothes at a high price |
| D．can’t find the stalls which sell flowers |
What does the underlined word “afford” mean in Chinese?
| A．购买 | B．收购 | C．负担得起 | D．支付不起 |
After reading the passage, we can know___________.
| A．who organized the last London Fashion Week |
| B．who invented the mini-skirt |
| C．why “punk” fashion were in style |
| D．when Mary Quant was born |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Stalls selling Clothes | B．Clothes in Fashion |
| C．London Fashion Week | D．Shopping in London |
Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.
Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.
Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.
People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?
| A．A record for paddling a bathtub. |
| B．A record for climbing a mountain. |
| C．A record for pushing a hospital bed. |
| D．A record for swimming across a river. |
What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?
| A．The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney. |
| B．Only nine people held the highest dinner party. |
| C．They had a meal on the mountain. |
| D．They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. |
Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?
a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.
b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.
c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.
d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.
| A．a-b-c-d | B．d-b-c-a | C．a-d-b-c | D．b-a-d-c |
Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?
| A．Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh. |
| B．People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. |
| C．Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. |
| D．Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain. |
Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch（原党支部第一书记）of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by all the villagers.
During the six years, he repaired the village roads, built a building for a number of villagers. He rented a house in the village and thought about how to get the villagers to get rich all day. Even in the New Year, he still got together with his villagers. At last, under his leadership, Xiaogang Village was out of poverty. Now the villagers are leading a rich life.
He is a very filial（孝顺的）son, but he had almost no time to get together with his over 90 year-old mother. But she never complained. His wife works in the bank and she is very busy. They both have little time to look after their daughter.
Although he did not do what he should do to his mother, wife and daughter, all the villagers will remember their good secretary forever.Why was Shen Hao respected by all the villagers?
| A．Because he repaired roads. |
| B．Because he built a building for some people. |
| C．Because he is a filial man. |
| D．Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village |
What did Shen Hao think about all day?
| A．He thought about how to mend the road. |
| B．He thought about how to build houses. |
| C．He thought about how to make the village rich. |
| D．He thought about how to get together with his family. |
The underlined word “poverty” means________ in Chinese.
| A．贫乏 | B．贫穷 | C．虚弱 | D．贫瘠 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Shen Hao was only 45 years old when he died. |
| B．Shen Hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter. |
| C．Shen Hao helped the villagers a lot. |
| D．Now in Xiaogang Village, people are leading a rich life. |
A poem
| You meet me or not Still there I am standing Not sad not happy You miss me or not Still there my emotions(感情) Not coming not leaving ________①_______ Still there my love Not less not more |
You follow me or not Still there my hands in yours Not abandoning (抛弃) Coming into my arms Or Let me stay in your heart Quietly in love ___②___in peace |
The underlined word “yours” means ___________.
| A．your hands | B．your heart | C．your emotions | D．your love |
The missing sentence in ① is ___________.
| A．You love me | B．I love you |
| C．You love me or not | D．I love you or not |
The missing word in ② is ________.
| A．Sad | B．Sadly | C．Happy | D．Happily |
Sandy and Sue usually get up early every day, but today it is a ______.
It is a _____ to nine. Sandy and Sue usually go to school in the morning,
but this morning they are ______to the park Sandy and Sue usually go to bed early at night,
but_____ they are playing a game.Miss Williams is _____ her car to school.
Suddenly, she _____."That’s funny,” she says."What’s the ______?"Mr Crisp asks.
"Look!” Miss Williams says.” A flat tyre."Monday mornings are usually terrible.
Father always gets up late and he’s always _____ ______ _____.On Friday Miss Jones always gives Sandy his piano lesson
Sandy doesn’t like it ______ ______!Here is the weather _______ for tomorrow.
It’s going to _____ in the North and it’s going to rain in the South. Never _____, children.
We can go to the cinema______.What are you doing, dad?
I’m _____this clock.Is it nearly _____now, Jim?
No, Betty. I can’t ______ all these pieces _______!
There are four girls. They go to school by car every day. Their parents drive them all to school.
One day, after the girls arrive at school, Angie says, “Let’s go to class an hour late. I don’t want to take the math test today.” The other three girls think it is a good idea, because they all don’t want to take the test. Angie says, “But our teacher will be angry if we come late. So we need a good excuse(借口).” “Oh, that’s easy,” says Susan. “ We just tell the teacher that my mother’s car has a flat tire(轮胎坏了). So we are late.” All the girls think it is a good excuse. When the girls arrive at the classroom an hour later, the math test is over. The teacher is very angry. “Why are you late?” asks the teacher. Susan says, “My mother’s car has a flat tire and we have to wait for her to repair it.” Then the teacher says, “Sit down, girls. Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Write down which tire is fault(出故障) on the paper.” The four girls look at each other and they don’t know what to write.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确写T，错误写F。The four girls go to school by bus.
Only Angie doesn’t want to take the math test.
One day, the four girls were late because their mother’s car had a flat tire.
When the four girls arrived at the classroom, the math test was over.
.The math teacher is very clever.