Friends are very important in everyone’s life because friends are always there when we need them. It’s great to have many friends, and I can’t think about my life without my friends.
My best friend is Lisa. When I first met her, I was five. She is one year older than me. Now she is in the same class with me, in the 7th grade. She is tall and quite thin. She has long curly blond hair and blue eyes. I am not so beautiful. Sometimes I wish I could be as beautiful as she is.
My name’s Molly. I am tall enough but a little fat. Lisa and I like doing a lot of things together and talking about different things. She always helps me with my math and I sometimes help her with her English and history. I had to do a report (报告) on science once, but I didn’t understand (理解) what the teacher said. The next day, I read it in front of the class. But the teacher told me that my report was wrong and all my classmates laughed at (嘲笑) me. I felt very bad about myself. Lisa was the only one who didn’t laugh at me. She tried to be nicer than anybody else and make me happy.
I am a shy person and sometimes I feel that people don’t understand me. Lisa is friendly and everybody loves her. She is also smart and she can deal with (解决) everything. I am happy to have a friend like her.
When Molly first met Lisa, Lisa was years old.
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7
Lisa always helps Molly with her .
A. math B. English C. history
Why did Molly feel bad after reading the report?
A. Because Lisa did better than her.
B. Because she didn’t read it aloud.
C. Because her classmates laughed at her.
Which of the following words CANNOT describe(描述) Lisa?
A. Shy. B. Friendly. C. smart.
What can we learn from the passage?
A. Lisa has brown hair and blue eyes.
B. Molly is more beautiful than Lisa.
C. Molly is happy to have a friend like Lisa.
Do you enjoy wearing Levi’s blue jeans? Blue jeans have become popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started?
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in the mid 1800’s and immigrated(移居) to the United States as a young man. He lived in New York City and learned the dry-goods business for several years. In 1853 he took his knowledge and his dreams to San Francisco (California, USA). His dream to succeed came true over the next 20 years as he became a very successful businessman.
Many of Levi Strauss’ customers were cowboys and miners. They needed clothing that was strong and lasting. Strauss found a special cloth from France that was comfortable and lasted a long time. It was called “serge and mines” which was later shortened to the word “denim(粗棉布)”.
Another man named Jacob Davis bought large amounts of the denim cloth from Levi Strauss. He was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. One of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. So Jacob Davis decided to put rivets(铆钉)on certain parts of the pants to make them stronger. The customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends, and soon Jacob Davis was busy making lots of pants with rivets.
Jacob Davis soon realized that using rivets was a great business idea, and he didn’t want anybody to steal that idea. He decided that he would need to get a patent. But being a poor tailor, he didn’t have money to pay for the patent. After thinking it over, he went to the businessman Levi Strauss and told him his idea. He said, “If you agree to pay for the patent, we will share the profits from the riveted pants.” Levi Strauss did agree, and the new riveted pant business was called Levi Strauss and Company. Today Levi’s jeans are more popular than ever, and Levi’s name continues to live in.
What is Levi Strauss?
| A．A tailor. | B．A miner. |
| C．A cowboy. | D．A businessman. |
What do you think the underline word patent mean?
| A．办法 | B．利益 | C．专利 | D．公司 |
Jacob Davis thinks.
| A．he must get the help of Levi Strauss. |
| B．his idea is good and he can do it easily. |
| C．Levi Strauss can’t share his profits. |
| D．all the persons all over the world like the jeans very much. |
Which is right according the passage?
| A．Jacob Davis sewed pants in his business. |
| B．Levi Strauss didn’t want to pay for Jacob Davis’ patent. |
| C．Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis became business partners. |
| D．Jacob Davis put rivets in pants because they looked good. |
What do you think the writers main idea?
| A．How were the jeans invented? |
| B．How does Levi Strauss succeed? |
| C．Jacob Davis was a clever man. |
| D．How to earn more money? |
Every winter the Indians caught beavers (河狸或称为海狸).They sold these beaver furs to men from France. In the 1600s and 1700s,people in France wanted beaver furs for coats and hats. Other countries wanted these furs, too . Wearing a beaver fur hat became a sign .It said ,“Look at this man! This man is rich!”
In the 1800s,men in this country began to wear beaver hats. They too, wanted to wear the sign that said,“ Look at those men! They are rich!”
Soon it was hard to find beavers. To get more beaver furs, traders had to move West. Traders began to explore this new country. They came back with wonderful stories about the new land. Before long, many people wanted to go West to live.
Where people go, towns grow. Soon there were new towns in the West. Men looking for beaver for fancy(珍贵的，昂贵的) hats helped the West grow.Wearing a beaver hat was a sign that a man was _________.
| A．a hunter | B．rich | C．a trader | D．an Indian |
Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?
| A．Beavers began to wear fancy hats. |
| B．The traders would not go West. |
| C．The fur traders helped the country grow. |
| D．The traders wore furs. |
What did the traders do when beavers were hard to find?
| A．To get more beaver furs, traders had to move West. |
| B．The traders had to find rich men wearing signs. |
| C．The traders had to wear beaver hats out West. |
| D．They made friends with beavers. |
When did Indians begin to wear beaver hats?
| A．1600s. | B．1700s. | C．1800s. | D．1900s. |
The main idea of the whole story is that _________.
| A．traders carried signs for rich men |
| B．the search for beavers helped the West to grow |
| C．many wonderful stories were told about the West |
| D．the beavers were very foolish |
I have always heard that walking under a ladder brings bad luck, but I’ve never thought so .I have walked under ladders many times, but I have never met anything bad before. It’s the damn with black cats. People say if a black cat crosses before you, it means bad luck .I have never thought that until this afternoon But ever since I heard my student Sam’s story .I’ve begun thinking about whether it was true.
This afternoon, Sam was walking down the street thinking about something, so he wasn’t paying attention to where he was going. He walked right under a ladder standing against a building. A black cat ran out of a door just at that moment, and Sam fell over it, his head hit the ladder. A man washing the window was at the top of that ladder and the dirty water went down through the air. Poor Sam! He got wet all over.
阅读短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)At first, the writer believed that walking under a ladder would bring bad luck.
A black cat crossing will bring you good luck when you are walking.
This afternoon ,the writer’s son Sam was walking down the street thinking about something
When Sam was walking under a ladder ,a black cat ran out of a door.
Sam had bad luck that afternoon.
“I didn't hear them call my name,” explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA 2004. “Are you ready？”is what she heard. Then she said，“I shook my head no，and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again.”
It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen year old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana. She was still on_cloud_nine.
“I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen. ”Present in the audience (观众) that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher.
Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there，AT asked why her dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete (比赛). “She's always been my role model. I've danced with her since I was six. She's been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I've learned to get over bad life's experiences and learned how to move on because of her.”
One of those bad life's experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the tough days. She said, “I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot，a lot...”
As Miss Louisiana Teen, she traveled around the state speaking to teens (青少年) about the dangers of drinking and driving. In her role as Miss Teen USA, Shelley will continue to speak to youth about safe driving，in addition to many other things to help the youth.
When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, “Don't let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way，it is easy to be yourself.”What do the underlined words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
| A．Frightened | B．Troubled |
| C．Very happy | D．Very angry |
How many children did the Hennigs have according to the text?
| A．1. | B．2. | C．3. | D．4. |
What did Shelley often do after she became Miss Louisiana Teen?
| A．She visited drunken drivers. |
| B．She gave dance performances. |
| C．She made speeches on safe driving. |
| D．She helped other teens with their studies. |
What suggestion does Shelley give to the teens?
| A．Be yourself with the support of friends. |
| B．Meet friends whenever possible. |
| C．Go easy on yourself and others. |
| D．Have a good role model. |
Advertising gives useful information about which products to buy. But modern advertising does more than gives news about products and services. Today's advertisements, or ads, try to get consumers(消费者) to buy certain brands(品牌) .Writers of advertising are so skillful that they can sometimes persuade(说服) a consumer to wear a certain kind of clothing, eat a special kind of cereal(麦片), or see a movie . Consumers might never even want a product if they did not see or hear advertisements for it.
For example, you probably do not need the newest cereal in the supermarket. There are probably many cereal brands on your kitchen shelves. You may not have space on your shelf for another. But if you see ads about a new cereal that is your extra -tasty and has a free prize in the box, you may want it. Advertising must get attention. To be effective(有效), it must be exciting, entertaining, or provide some pleasure. The secret of writing good advertising copy is to offer a good idea as well as a product. The idea is what the ad is really selling. One example is an ad that says eating a certain cereal will make a person do well in sports. That cereal brand may sell better if consumers think it offers strength and energy.What is discussed in this passage?
| A．The content（内容） of modern advertising. |
| B．The skills of modern advertising. |
| C．The results of modern advertising. |
| D．The writing of modern advertising. |
From the passage, we can infer that _________
| A．modern advertising has less influence on customers |
| B．once customers see ads about a new cereal, they are sure to buy it |
| C．cereal can make people strong |
| D．cereal is a kind of food which is popular among people |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Customers can easily be persuaded by advertisements. |
| B．Customers should be persuaded by advertisements. |
| C．It's impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements. |
| D．Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements. |