Betty is not traditional American beauty. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth. But this hasn't stopped her from becoming one of American's favourite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it?
The answer is that charm（美德） can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.
The TV show has just started. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.
Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA. “I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it's about the underdog (弱者)”, says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show.
The program is so popular because of the performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen.
Betty is popular because of ________.
| A． her clothes | B． her charm |
| C． her personality | D．her job |
What does the underlined word “it” probably mean in the passage？
| A． the beginning | B．the ending |
| C．the story | D．the show |
Which of the following is not true according to the show?
| A．Betty is a girl of wisdom. |
| B．Betty acts as a beautiful swan on the show. |
| C．Betty is an American favorite TV character. |
| D．Betty is often looked down on by the people around. |
What can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Beauty from within. | B．A romantic story. |
| C．An ugly girl. | D．An exciting experience. |
Cross Income(总收入)=$26000; Income Tax(收入税)= $6000
Net Income (纯收入) =$20000.
(Net Income =" Gross" Income — Income Tax)
The circle shows how Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their two children spend their family income. Mr. Brown is the only wage earner (靠工资为生的人). Mrs. Brown is a housewife. The children are too young to do any part-time work.How many people earn money for the family? ___________
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
How much of the net income is spent on housing? ______________
| A．$2000 | B．$3000 | C．$4000 | D．$5000 |
$3000 is Tespent on _____________.
| A．telephone Power Rates | B．Food |
| C．Motor Vehicle（交通 ） | D．Clothing and Incidentals |
If the Brown family decided to sell their car, how much extra money wouldn’t they have to spend?_____________
| A．$28000 | B．$2000 | C．$26000 | D．$4000 |
For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way:
“She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable color.”
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 as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspaper, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.
| A．clothes | B．many things |
| C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
| A．people read newspaper every day |
| B．radios send information from one country to another |
| C．new things that people like are often shown on TV |
| D．people quickly learn what is happening in the world |
“There is money in fashion” means ______.
| A．clothes are expensive | B．money comes from fashion |
| C．people like new things | D．fashions make big money |
The best title for the passage is ______.
| A．Fashions | B．Fashion mean clothes |
| C．Fashion means money | D．A fashionable |
Julie is an active girl. She likes singing very much and she wants to be a singer.
Barry likes going to the movies with his parents on weekends. The Pacific Cineplex（太平洋电影院线）is showing Pirates of the Caribbean IV（《加勒比海盗4》）.
Joe lives in China and he would like to visit other countries next month.
Annie can’t swim at all. She wants to learn to swim to stay healthy.
Emma has many books and she usually reads books after class.
Tanzania （坦桑尼亚）has a lot of animals, like lions, elephants, giraffes, hippos（河马）and so on. Every year, many people in the world travel to this country in Africa to watch the animals. But do you know how they travel?
By boat-We can often see many people in a boat, enjoying the beautiful things along a river or a lake, and they can also enjoy the hippos and other animals.
By hot-air balloon（热气球）–In the early morning, when the sun （太阳）is starting to rise, a large hot-air balloon is also starting its tour. Taking a hot-air balloon is very exciting to most of the tourists. You can watch all the animals there. Elephants are drinking water, giraffes are eating leaves and so on. After some time, the balloon can land（着陆）in a place where the waiters would give people a delicious breakfast. But you need to know that taking a hot-air balloon is very expensive. A person should pay 400 dollars for an hour’s trip.In Tanzania. People travel by to watch the animals.
| A．most; boat | B．most; bus | C．some; boat | D．some; boat |
People can fromwindows.
| A．watch dangerous animals; big | B．play with the animals; big |
| C．watch dangerous animals; small | D．play with the animals; small |
people usually start to tour by hot-air balloon.
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in summer | D．in winter |
How much should a person pay for two hour’s trip?
| A．200 dollars | B．400 dollars | C．600 dollars | D．800 dollars |
From this article, we can know.
| A．Tanzania is in North America |
| B．there are four ways for us to breakfast if you travel by bus. |
| C．you can enjoy a delicious breakfast if you travel by bus. |
| D．traveling by hot-air balloon is very expensive. |
| ＃117: Some people like to have friends who are different from them. Others like to have friends who are similar to them. What kind of friends do you want for yourself? |
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| Kate Join Date: March, 2010 Location: the United Kingdom |
I like to have friends who are like me. Both my best friend Vades and I like traveling. We went to Italy last month and stayed there for a week. Next month we want to go to France. However, Vades is more athletic than me. |
| Ditlady Join Date: April, 2010 Location: Canada |
I like to have friends who are like me. It can be very helpful. I’m a little quiet and my good friend Libby is quiet, too. Sometimes I don’t know what to do with my problems and she can tell me what I should do, because she knows about me better than people who are different from me. |
| Harbinger Join Date: May, 2010 |
Hi, everyone! I had a cold last week and just got here. In my opinion, it is important to have different kinds of friends. That makes your life more interesting. |
Where is Kate going next month?
A. To the USA. B. To the UK. C. To Italy. D. To France. What’s Libby like?
| A．She’s as beautiful as Ditlady. | B．She’s more outgoing than Ditlady. |
| C．She’s as quiet as Ditlady. | D．She’s more athletic than Ditlady. |
What was the matter with Harbinger last week?
| A．He had a cold. | B．He had a headache. |
| C．He had a fever. | D．He had a toothache. |
What kind of friends does Harbinger like to have?
| A．Those who are different from him. | B．Those who are the same as him. |
| C．He doesn’t like to make friends. | D．He likes to have different kinds of friends. |
What does the underlined word “similar” mean?
| A．一致的 | B．相似的 | C．友好的 | D．简单的 |