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 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 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. Now iphone 6 is a fashion, but perhaps it will be out of fashion later on.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions 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 |
“Fashions change as time goes” means________________.
| A．fashions change more quickly than time |
| B．fashions change more slowly than time |
| C．fashions have changed, but time hasn’t |
| D．when time changes, fashions change, too |
Which of the following things is fashionable today?
| A．Surfing on the Internet. |
| B．Having a family dinner on New Year's Day. |
| C．Learning to sing songs on the radio. |
| D．Doing morning exercises at school. |
Today fashions change very quickly because _______.
| A．people read newspapers every day |
| B．radios send information from one country to another quickly |
| 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．there are no fashions without money |
Nick was a clever college student. His family was not rich, so he had to work after school and during his holidays to get enough money for his studies.
One summer he got a job in a butcher's(肉铺) during the daytime and the other in a hospital at night. In the shop, he learned to cut and sell meat. He did so well that the butcher often left him to do all the things while the butcher went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts(账目). In the hospital, of course, Nick was told to do only the easiest job. He helped to lift people and carry them from one part of the hospital to another. Both in the butcher's shop and in the hospital, Nick had to wear white clothes.
One evening in the hospital, Nick had to help to carry a woman from her bed to the operating-room. The woman was afraid of the operation. When she saw Nick, she cried, "No! No! Not the butcher! I won't let the butcher operate on me!" With these words, she fainted(昏倒).
| A．his father told him to make more friends |
| B．he wanted to become a rich man |
| C．he couldn't go on with his studies without enough money |
| D．he had nothing to do at home |
| A．wanted to become not only a butcher but also a doctor |
| B．got two different jobs at two places |
| C．worked only at night |
| D．worked only during the daytime |
| A．take care of the sick people |
| B．give the doctors advice |
| C．find out what was wrong with the sick people |
| D．carry the sick people from one place to another |
| A．手术 | B．合作 | C．手术刀 | D．手术室 |
| A．she was so afraid that she fainted |
| B．she was too tired |
| C．she was very sad |
| D．she was quite happy |
The school day begins at 8:45. Class teachers meet the class and check who is present and absent at the beginning of the day. We meet as a whole school once a week on Fridays. The head teacher makes a speech to the whole school. Morning lessons begin at 9 :05. There are three one-hour lessons with a fifteen-minute break. The lunch break is from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. Afternoon lessons begin at 1:50 and the school day finishes at 4 p.m.
All students study and take exams in Maths, Science and English. In addition, they choose one subject from History，Geography，Art，Design and Technology, French and Spanish. All students take PHSE (Personal Health and Safety Education) lessons but no exams are offered.
After school sports practice and matches are arranged on Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning. Chess, music, language and theatre clubs also arrange meetings after school. Students may join as many clubs as they like, but should join at least one.
The school has a good record in sports. Last year we were champions(冠军）in football and tennis，and students won prizes for swimming and gymnastics.
| A．7:30 | B．8:00 | C．8:45 | D．9:05 |
| A．meet class teachers | B．review their lessons |
| C．listen to a speech | D．take some exercise |
A. Science B. History C French D. PHSE
| A．School lunch break lasts over one hour. |
| B．School football team wins matches every year. |
| C．Students can join more than one club. |
| D．Students do sports on Wednesday morning. |
Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbour’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).
| A．his neighbour | B．his neighbour’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
| A．safe | B．difficult |
| C．dangerous | D．easy |
| A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose. |
| B．The thief knew why the neighbour came out. |
| C．The thief thought the neighbour could not hear the bell. |
| D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbour ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell. |
| A．Yang Jun | B．Liu Hong |
| C．Li Nan | D．Zhang Hui |
| A．13973098479 | B．0745-2709348 |
| C．1992301636 | D．13704348529 |
| A．driver | B．teacher |
| C．doctor | D．farmer |
Where is Love? How can we find Love?
Once a little boy wanted to meet Love . He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked very hungry. The boy gave her a pizza. She took it and smiled at him. The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.
They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said nothing. When it grew dark, the boy decided to leave. But before he had gone more than a few steps, he turned around, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest smile ever.
When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised by the look of joy(快乐)on his face and asked what had made him so happy. “I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world.” At the same time, the old woman’s son was also surprised at his mother’s pleasure and asked why.
“I ate a pizza in the park with Love,” she said, “and he is much younger than I expected.”
If the world is full of love, we can enjoy a better life.
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| A．looking for a seat in the park | B．passing the street |
| C．looking at some birds | D．having a pizza |
| A．the old woman still felt hungry |
| B．he wanted to see the smile again |
| C．he didn’t like the drink |
| D．the old woman paid him for it |
| A．after the little boy went home |
| B．before it grew dark |
| C．when she was drinking Coke |
| D．after the little boy hugged her |
| A．pleased | B．sad |
| C．unhappy | D．angry |
| A．The little boy failed to find Love. |
| B．Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last. |
| C．The little boy decided never to go home. |
| D．The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him. |