Which color do you like best? Everyone has his own favorite color, but how do people feel about colors? It depends on their cultures. The same color sometimes has different meanings in different countries.
In England, the right color for a bride(新娘) to wear is white. But in China and other eastern countries, brides often wear red. Why? It is because the red color is a sign of good luck.
Red is used as a sign of danger in England. Road signs are often in red. In eastern countries, red does not mean you have to be careful.
In England and other western countries, black is the color of death. But in many eastern countries, most people think white is the color of death.
In England, green is used in traffic lights to tell people that it is safe to go. Green is often seen as a lucky color, but wearing green at a wedding is unlucky.
Many people like the color orange because it is bright and exciting. But some advertisers will not use orange in their ads because they believe it suggests that their products(产品) are cheap and perhaps not of high quality.
As is known to all, red is the most popular color in China while in England it is blue.Most Chinese people like red because they think ______.
A.it is safe to go |
B.it can bring good luck |
C.it is bright and exciting |
D.it has different meanings |
In many eastern countries, most people think ______ is the color of death.
A.black | B.green | C.white | D.yellow |
In England, people think ______.
A.red is the color of death |
B.it’s lucky to wear green at a wedding |
C.the right color for a bride to wear is white |
D.it’s dangerous to go with the green traffic lights |
The underlined word “advertisers” in the passage means ______.
A.广告商 | B.生产商 |
C.制片人 | D.合伙人 |
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请根据各人的爱好或需求,为他们选择喜欢的电视节目。将电视节目的选项写在题后的括号中s。
A.How to Study B.Sports World C.People around the World D.Healthy Food E.Shopping on the Internet F.Weather Report G.Chinese History |
Mary is a good mother. She thinks eating right food is important(重要的). She wants her children to eat right food and to be healthier.
Kevin often sits at the desk, studying all night, but he isn’t good at his lessons. He wants to improve (提高)his grades。
Mrs Green is going to visit Shanghai. She wants to learn about the weather there.
Nancy is learning Chinese. She likes Chinese music and movies. But she doesn’t know much about Chinese history.
Xu Dong likes playing basketball. His favorite players is Yi Jianlian. He hopes to play basketball like him in the NBA.
Mr. Yang is a doctor. He cares a lot about not only others’ health but also his own. He controls( 控制)his weight carefully. To him, it is the most important thing to do if one wants to enjoy good health.
Mr. Yang controls his weight in two ways: exercising and not eating much. As a doctor. Mr. Yang is too busy to go to the gym. He exercises by getting off the bus one or two stops early and walking the rest of the way to his office.
Besides, he doesn’t eat much. Mr. Yang has a special habit. When he buys a belt, he asks the salesperson to punch a hole(打洞)in the belt at 90cm from the buckle(扣)end of the belt, so that he ca always remind(提醒) himself. He will stop eating if he feels the belt a little too tight(紧的). Mr. Yang thinks exercising doesn’t work as well as eating less.Mr. Yang cares much about________ besides others’ health.
A.money | B.his work |
C.his health | D.his friends |
Mr.Yang controls his weight in _____ way(s).
A.one | B.two | C.ninety | D.many |
What does the underlined word “it” mean in Paragraph 1?
A.To do exercise. |
B.To be a doctor |
C.To walk to his office |
D.To control his weight |
Mr. Yang punches a hole in his new belt, because __________.
A.he is too heavy |
B.the belt is too long |
C.he doesn’t like his new belt |
D.it can remind him not to eat too much |
Which of the following is true?
A.Mr. Yang takes exercise at the gym. |
B.Mr. Yang walks all the way to work. |
C.Mr. Yang uses a belt to control how much he eats. |
D.Mr. Yang thinks exercising is better than eating less in controlling wight. |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn (旅店) at the foot of a hill.
One year, however, Mr. Smith made a lot of money in his business, so they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went touring around that famous city.
They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening. They had expected that they would have to go to bed hungrily, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served after seven. They were surprised when the waiter asked whether they would take dinner there that night. “Are you still serving dinner?” asked Mr. Smith. “Yes, certainly, sir, ” answered the waiter. “We serve it until half past nine. ”
“What are the times of meals then?” asked Mr. Smith. “Well, sir, ” answered the waiter. “We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine.”
“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London.” said Mr. Smith.Mr. and Mrs. Smith had always spent their holidays in ________.
New YorkB. London
C. New Jersey D. WashingtonThey went to London by ________.
A.sea | B.plane |
C.train | D.bus |
From the story we know that this was the ________ time for the Smiths to go to London.
A.first | B.second |
C.third | D.fourth |
What does the sentence “But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights of London” mean?
A.We can go to see the sights of London at any time. |
B.We have enough time to see the sights of London. |
C.We can see more sights of London. |
D.We have little time to see the sights of London. |
Mr. Lewis was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. One year he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching a lot of students in the dance school there, but he decided to move again to a big city. “I will have more work there,” he thought.
When one of his girl students heard that he was going to leave, she said to him, “The new teacher won't be as good as you are.”
Mr. Lewis was happy when he heard this, but he said, "Oh, no! I'm sure he'll be as good as I am -- or even better.”
But she said, “No. Five teachers have come and gone while I've been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”Mr. Lewis moved to a new town and __________ there.
A.had a lot of men students |
B.taught dance |
C.made friends with some students. |
D.lived in a dance school |
Then he decided to move to a big city because ________.
A.The students were not worth(值得) teaching |
B.the students didn’t like him |
C.he wanted to teach more students |
D.he could not teach here. |
The girl student thought_______ of all the six teachers.
A.he did the best in teaching |
B.he did the worst in teaching |
C.he was as good as anyone |
D.he danced better than anyone |
Do you like Hunan TV shows ?What do you think of them ?
A popular TV show may have 70,000,000 TV viewers(观众). A TV show can make something or someone well-known overnight(一夜成名). That's why more than 10,000,00 women and girl of 4-89 years old watch Hunan TV's “Super Girl” show.
These “game” shows put ordinary (普通的) people on TV to play a game for prize (奖品) and money .These game shows can make anyone a star , and he or she can also get lots of money , so many people watch the shows .
“Super Girl” is the first show of this kind in China. It's so close to you. Everyone can join in it .
For the show, many girls stop their classes. “They hope they can be superstars someday. But the best way to success (成功)is to learn more and work hard,” said some directors (导演).People like watching "Super Girl" show, because ______ .
A.it can make some people well-known overnight |
B.it can make people get lots of knowledge(知识) |
C.people have nothing else to do |
D.it's interesting |
The oldest viewer in this show is ______ years old .
A.ninety-eight | B.four |
C.eighty-nine | D.eighty |
Many girls don't have their classes but join in the show because they _____.
A.don't like to go to school |
B.don't want to join in the show |
C.want to be superstars |
D.think it's interesting |