September is the month for fashion, with four international cities hosting Fashion Week. All eyes will turn to New York City, London, Milan and Paris this month to see which city puts on the best show.
New York
New York Fashion Week, or NYFW, kicks off on September 5th and runs for approximately eight days. NYFW is considered the most commercial and casual of the four. It is also the only event to allow some fashion school students to participate, bringing a fresh look to the runway.
London
London Fashion Week （LFW） comes on the heels of NYFW, starting on September 13th and running through September 17th. Once considered a minor player among the Big Four, LFW can now command a list of big names as well as promising new designers. London fashion houses have a reputation for being very experimental and open to new ideas.
Milan
Fashion Week moves to Milan on September 17th. This beautiful Italian city is home to some of the biggest fashion houses and designers in the fashion world, including Armani and Prada. Milan's fashion houses are known for offering glamorous （有魅力的）,yet practical, options.
Paris
The chaotic month of fashion makes its way to France as Paris Fashion Week begins on September 23rd. Saving the best for last, Paris never fails to offer some of the most exciting shows of the season. World-famous labels like Chanel and Dior try to outdo one another with their latest designs. The word that best describes Paris Fashion Week is "elegant".
1.Which city is likely to attract the new designers?
A.New York B.London
C.Milan D.Paris
2.When does Milan Fashion Week probably end?
A.September 19th B.September 20th
C.September 21st D.September 22nd
3.What can we learn from the four fashion weeks?
A.Each has its own characteristics. B.Each shows its biggest brand.
C.Each offers practical options. D.Each is open to school students.
假设你校英语学习报正在举办题为“My favorite sport”的征文活动，请你根据以下提示写一篇不少于100词的短文。内容要点如下：
What’s your favorite sport?
Why do you like this sport?
What benefits can you get from this sport?
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阅读下面短文并根据短文内容完成下列各题。
The Christmas of my 16th, when decorating the Christmas tree with Mum, I accidentally dropped and broke an old glass ball. It had been on our tree for as long as I could remember.
Regretfully, I knelt to pick up the pieces and was surprised to find a small piece of paper among them. Unfolding the tiny note, I recognized my father’s penciled writing. Lifting my eyes, I saw my mothers smile.
“Your Daddy wrote that and put it in that blue ball during our first Christmas together, just before you were born,” she said.
I wouldn’t have believed it, if there hadn’t been the note in my hands. Daddy always regarded getting the tree decorated as an important task. And yet this bit of yellowed paper proved that long ago my Daddy had done something romantic at Christmas.
Carefully putting the note aside, I cleaned up the pieces, wishing I could reassemble them. “You needn’t fit the parts of the old glass ball together again. Pick out another one and put the note back inside.” Mum said.
Now, as I celebrate the holidays without Mum, who died of cancer years ago, I feel really sad. Each year as I decorate Christmas tree. I recall the moment I shared with her that winter afternoon and blink away my tears.
As I carefully handle those old glass balls. I love knowing that one of them holds a secret between Daddy and Mum — a secret that was obvious to all who knew them.
The note inside one of those old glass balls on Christmas tree holds the heart of my parents’ marriage in three warm words: “I love you.”
1.What happened when the author was decorating the Christmas tree? (no more than 10 words)
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2.When was the paper put in the glass ball? (no more than 10 words)
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3.What can we know about the author’s father from the yellowed paper? (no more than 7 words)
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4.What does the underlined word “reassemble” mean in English? (no more than 10 words)
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5.Do you often express your love to your parents? And how? (no more than 20 words)
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语篇填空
Meilanfang is good at playing the role of women in Beijing operas, 1. (call) “Dan”.
Mr. Meilanfag increases international communication 2. China and other countries as the forerunner (先驱) 3. spreads Beijing opera abroad. He visited Japan in1919, 1924 and 1956. In1930, he 4. (visit) America. He visited Russia 5. 1935 and 1952, which gained him a high reputation. During this period he knew many famous 6. (artist), singers, dancers, writers 7. painters. Because of his travels, there was an 8. (improve)culture understanding in many countries. From that time on, Beijing opera was 9. (list) into the dictionary of international drama.
Mr Meilanfang (65)10. (be) the symbol of Chinese acting art and holds with him our pride.
Taller women may face a higher risk of many cancers than their shorter ones, according to a US study release Thursday.
Researchers looked at a sample (样本) of nearly 145,000 women aged 50 to 79 for the analysis published in the US journal Cancer Epidemiology. They found that each additional 10 centimeters of height was linked to a 13 percent higher risk of getting cancer.
“Finally, cancer is a result of processes having to do with growth, so it makes sense that hormones (荷尔蒙) or other growth factors that influence height may also influence cancer risk,” said lead author Geoffrey Kabat, senior epidemiologist (流行病学家) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York.
After 12 years of following women who entered the study without cancer, researchers found links between greater height and higher possibility of developing cancers of the breast, colon (结肠), kidney (肾), thyroid (甲状腺), as well as multiple myeloma (骨髓瘤) and melanoma (黑素瘤).
“We were surprised at the number of cancer sites that were positively associated with height. In this data set, more cancers are associated with height than were associated with body mass index (BMI体重指数),” added Kabat.
Taller women even suffered a higher risk for some cancers, such as a 23 to 29 percent increase in the risk of developing cancers of the kidney rectum, thyroid.
None of the 19 cancers studied showed a lower risk with greater height. The study did not establish a certain height level at which cancer risk begins to rise, and Kabat said it is important to remember that the increased risk researchers found was small.
“It needs to be kept in mind that factors such as age, smoking, body mass index, and certain other risk factors have considerably larger effects,” he said, “The association of height with a number of cancer sites suggests that exposures in early life, including nutrition, play a role in influencing a person’s risk of cancer.”
1.What do you know about the research?
A.The participants are of the same age.
B.They chose most middle-aged and elderly women.
C.They found hormones are sure to cause cancer.
D.The participants must be American natives.
2.According to Geoffrey Kabat we can know that ________.
A.cancer has a bad effect on the physical growth
B.obesity is more highly associated with cancer
C.no women are aware of their unfavorable height
D.so many kinds of cancer are linked to the height
3.What does the last paragraph imply?
A.The lifestyle influences a person’s health heavily.
B.A poor habit will lead to a sudden growth.
C.A person’s life span depends on his height.
D.Good nutrition can ensure your good health.
4.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A.the tall women are sure to suffer from cancer
B.many researchers disagree with Geoffrey Kabat
C.more evidence should be found in future
D.BMI is the main cause for 19 cancer sites
5.Which of the following is the title for the passage?
A.Cancer is Related to the Factors of growth
B.Tall Women May Face Higher Cancer Risk
C.Women Are Easily to Be Affected by Cancer
D.Tall Women are in poorer health than Short Ones
Adrian’s “Amazing Race” started early, when his parents realize that he, as a baby, couldn’t hear a thing, not even loud noises. In a special school for the hearing-impaired (听觉受损的), he learned sign language and got to mix with other disabled children. However, the sight of all the disabled children communicating with one another upset his mother. She wanted him to lead a normal life. So after speaking to an advisor, she sent him to private classes where he learned to read lips and pronounce words.
Later on, Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school. But the headmaster tried to prevent them from doing so, saying regular schools couldn’t take care of a special-needs student. His parents were determined to take the risk and push him hard to go through his work every day because they want to prove that, given the opportunity, he could do anything. Adrian made the grade and got accepted. It was a big challenge the pace was faster so he had to sit at the front of the class and really pay attention to the teacher, which wasn’t always easy. But he stuck to it and did a lot of extra work after school.
The effort made by Adrian and his parents paid off. Adrian graduated with good grades and got into a top high school. He also achieved a lot in life outside school. He developed a love for the outdoors and went to Nepal to climb mountains. He even entered the World Yacht Race 05/06 — being the first hearing-impaired Asian to do so.
But none of these achievements would have been possible without one of the most important lessons from his mother. “If you believe in yourself and work hard, you can achieve great result,” she often said.
1.How did Adrian communicate with other disabled children in the special school?
A.By speaking. B.By using sign language.
C.By writing letters. D.By making loud noises.
2.Adrian’s parents decided to send him to a regular school because _________.
A.they wanted him to live a normal life
B.they wanted to prove the headmaster wrong
C.he wouldn’t mix with other disabled children
D.he wasn’t taken good care of in the special school
3.How did Adrian finally succeed in his study?
A.He did a lot of outdoor activities.
B.He studied in a regular school.
C.He attended private classes after school.
D.He worked very hard both in and after class.
4.Why is Adrian’s life described as an “Amazing Race”?
A.He did very well in his study.
B.He succeeded in entering a regular school.
C.He reached his goals in spite of his disability.
D.He took part in the world Yacht Race 05/06.
5.Which of the following sayings can most appropriately be used to describe Adrian’s experience?
A.Knowledge is power.
B.If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
C.Rome was not built in one day.
D.Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.
