Today, clothes are made in many different colours. They are also made from many different
like wools, cotton, linen and silk. Most people own lots of clothes. Each day, they choose what to wear.
Clothes
Clothes cover our bodies and protect us from the weather. They can also make us feel good about the way we look. Sometimes, our clothes tell other people about us, such as the work we do or what religion(宗教) we are. People have been wearing clothes for many thousands of years, but the clothes people wore long ago were different from the clothes people wear today.
Fashion
Fashion means the kinds of clothes that are popular at one time. Ancient Romans wore dresses. Some Romans wore togas(宽外袍) to special events. Long ago, women in some countries wore corsets under their dresses. Corsets were pulled in tight and tied at the back, so they weren’t to wear. Women wore corsets to make their waists (腰)look smaller. Fashion . It can be different from place to place. However, most people today wear simple clothes that are easy to put on and care for. Clothes need to be for the climate a person lives in, too.
Uniforms
People have worn uniforms for thousands of years. Uniforms show the work people do, or what school they go to, or what team or group they belong to. Most uniforms today are suitable. Some uniforms help to protect people from danger.
Clothes in the past and the future
You can learn more about the clothes people used to wear by looking at old paintings and old photos. What clothes will people wear in the future? What styles will people wear? Maybe people in the future will look back at the clothes in fashion today and think they look strange!
A．products B．chemicals C．materials D．styles
A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything
A．warm B．comfortable C．beautiful D．suitable
A．repeats B．continues C．increases D．changes
A．thick B．right C．traditional D．dry
A．especially B．seldom C．finally D．even
People live in different houses. You may know a wooden house or a paper house. But do you know a(n) 36 house?
In 2008, the first ice house in North America opens its 37 to welcome some visitors. The floors, windows and walls are all made of ice. It has ten bedrooms 38 twenty people can stay there each night. Visitors to the house39 in ice beds, sit on ice chairs and eat from ice plates. Well, the toilets are not made of ice, of course. It’s usually below zero so it is very 40 inside the house. However, do the visitors just sit there to 41 warm? No, visitors have to 42 special clothes. These can make 43 feel warm until morning.
Workers 44 about four weeks designing the ice house. Visitors can only stay in this ice house in winter. It isn’t 45 in hot summer. Because this house is so special, it is becoming popular with young people.
A．toy B．water C．ice D．candle
A．window B．door C．shop D．book
A．but B．because C．if D．and
A．cook B．lie C．stand D．change
A．cold B．hot C．bright D．dark
A．say B．shine C．keep D．call
A．make B．wear C．dress D．hope
A．them B．you C．it D．us
A．need B．cost C．pay D．spend
A．early B．clean C．closed D．open
I am a middle-school student. Now let ___1___ tell you something ___2___ our classroom.
It’s very ___3___. There are two maps ___4___ the back wall. ___5___ is a map of China.
___6___ is a map of the world (世界).
There are ___7___ desks and chairs in our classroom. There is a big desk ___8___ the
teacher in the front of it. We ___9___ four classes in the ___10___ and two in the afternoon
1. a. I b. my c. me d. we
2. a. about b. in c. on d. at
3. a. small b. big c. bigger d. biggest
4. a. in b. on c. under d. over
5. a. It b. It’s c. One d. one
6. a. Other b. Others c. Another d. The other
7. a. fourty b. forty c. forteen d. fourteenth
8. a. for b. of c. to d. about
9. a. there is b. there are c. has d. have
10. a. moning b. mourning c. morning d. moring
Li Lei is a student __1__ Class Two, Grade Seven. He likes football very __2__. He often plays it after school. And he often goes home__3__. His home is __4__the school. His mother doesn’t worry __5__ him.
One Sunday morning Li Lei goes to a shop__6__his mother. The shop is very__7__. There are many things__8__it. They get some things. Then his mother says to Li Lei, "What do you _9_ ?"
"I want to get a red blouse," says Li Lei. "A red blouse?" asks his mother. "You are a __10__. You can’t wear a red blouse."
Li Lei smiled"OK, please get me football clothes."
1. A. at B. of C. on D. with
2. A. good B. fine C. well D. much
3. A. early B. back C. late D. soon
4. A. near B. in C. on D. to
5. A. for B. with C. about D. at
6. A. to B. from C. on D. with
7. A. small B. big C. nice D. good
8. A. on B. in C. at D. under
9. A. want B. get C. put D. take
10. A. girl B. woman C. boy D. man
1 Miss Gao’s class there are 2 students. There are twenty-four boys, and twenty-two girls. 3 of the boys is 4 . His name is Jim. All 5 boys are Chinese . All of the Chinese students are Young Pioneers. In the class there are two 6 girls. They are 7 . 8 names are Lily and Lucy. The other girls are Chinese. We are 9 friends. There’s 10 difference, American-English-Chinese.
A．In B．At C．On D．About
A．forty six B．forty and six C．fourteen six D．forty-six
A．A B．An C．One D．Ones
A．England B．English C．Englishes D．Englandman
A．other B．others C．the other D．the others
A．America B．american C．Americas D．American
A．twins B．twin C．twines D．twinies
A．They B．Their C．Them D．theirs
A．All B．all C．alls D．Alls
A．not B．Not C．no D．No
Today we 41 only three lessons in the morning. The first lesson is math. It 42 at eight o’clock and finishes at 43 to nine. It is in Room 101. But I don’t like math. Then the second lesson is my favorite 44 —music. It starts at nine o’clock. The 45 lesson in the morning is PE. It starts at ten 46 ten and finishes at five to eleven. We have our lunch at eleven thirty 47 the second floor of dining hall. We have two lessons 48 lunch. Art starts at two and at three o’clock we have a 49 lesson. We can learn a lot of knowledge about China. At about four in the afternoon 50 is over.
A．have B．has C．having D．to have
A．start B．starts C．is start D．starting
A．fiveteen B．a quarter C．quarter D．quarters
A．subjects B．a subject C．subject D．song
A．last B．first C．one D．a
A．by B．from C．in D．past
A．in B．at C．on D．for
A．after B．before C．at D．for
A．math B．Chinese C．art D．music
A．classes B．a school C．class D．schools