For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people ask question, "What clothes are fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way:
"she was wearing a fashionable coat." "His shirt was really a fashionable color." 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 feel 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. 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 television 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.
1.From this passage we know that "fashion" means _____.
A. clothes B. nice things
C. most of the popular things D. everything
2.Which of the following things is fashionable today?
A. Surfing on the Interact.
B. Having a family dinner on New Year' s Day.
C. Learning to sing songs on the radio.
D. Doing rooming exercises at school.
3.Today fashions change very quickly because _____.
A. People read newspapers every day
B. Radios send information from one country to another
C. New things that people like are often shown on TV
D. People quickly learn what is happening in the world
4."There is money in fashion" in the last sentence means _____.
A. clothes are expensive
B. fashions can help people make big money
C. fashionable things are all expensive
D. if you are in fashion, you will have money
5.Which one is not right in the following statements?
A. As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now.
B. In the modern world, fashions change very quickly.
C. The word "fashions" doesn' t only means "clothes".
D. Fashions are in many things, but there aren' t fashions in school subjects
Is there someone you hate? Well, maybe you don’t really hate them. But you get really angry every time you think of them. If you don’t let this anger go, it can turn into bitterness(痛苦)
Bitterness appears when we can’t forgive(原谅) someone who has hurt us or made us angry. Someone might say or do something that hurts us. But Instead of controlling the anger, we keep it deep inside. Before long, a bitter feeling begins to grow. We may think we’re hurting that person by criticizing him or her often, but we’re really only hurting ourselves.
Bitterness can not only lead to serious health problems such as heart disease, but also hurt our relationships with friends and family members. No one enjoys being around an anger person for very long.
If you see bitterness in your life, here are some ways to deal with it.
Accept it
Instead of trying to deny your anger, make it clear to yourself and accept it. See your anger for what it is and quickly deal with it.
Stop making excuses for it
You may feel you have a right to be anger. You may think you’re right and the other person is wrong. You may even secretly enjoy making the other person look bad. But in the end, bitterness hurts you much more than the other person. The bitterness will hold you back, and the other person will go on with his or her life.
Forgive and forget it
You probably can’t completely put the anger out of your mind. But you can decide to forgive the other person. Forget it and move on. You’ll enjoy better health and peace of mind.
1.According to the passage, we might get angry when someone ______.
A．holds us back B．forgets us
C．doesn’t like us D．does hurt us
2.Bitterness comes from_______.
A．our health problems like heart disease
B．the anger that lives deep inside our mind
C．the person who says something that hurts us
D．our relation with friends and family members
3.The underlined word “deny” in the passage means “_____’’.
A．误解 B．否认 C．疏远 D．减轻
4. The best way to deal with the bitterness is to ______.
A．make the person who hurts us look bad
B．hate the person who hurts us very often
C．accept that you are hurting the other person
D．forgive the person who hurts us and forget it
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A．We should enjoy someone who hurts us.
B．We should pay more attention to our friends.
C．The peace of mind is more important than the hurt itself.
D．It’s better to let bitterness go along with the other person.
完形填空
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中中选择一个最佳答案。
Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the rain. I __________ a newspaper and some chocolate and ____________ into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to __________ at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, ________the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of coffee.
When I came back with the coffee, There was someone ____________ in the next seat. __________ was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and ___________ bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any __________. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me in ___________.Then he took a __________ piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then ___________ up. As he left, he shouted out, “There’s something __________ with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, ____________ I didn’t want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had _________ a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to __________. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
1.A. stole B. bought C. sold D. wrote
2.A. went B. sat C. seated D. looked
3.A. sit B. seat C. lie D. laugh
4.A. pushed B. took C. put D. pulled
5.A. jumping B. playing C. sitting D. sleeping
6.A. He B. It C. Who D. What
7.A. cut B. washed C. covered D. colored
8.A. coffee B. trouble C. chocolate D. matter
9.A. carelessness B. anger C. surprise D. happiness
10.A. first B. second C. very D. last
11.A. stood B. took C. cried D. looked
12.A. strange B. wrong C. OK D. funny
13.A. and B. but C. so D. while
14.A. spelt B. corrected C. made D. found
15.A. finish B. leave C. jump D. shop
The painting is the most expensive one _____ he bought.
A. who B. which C. that D. whom
Do you know the girl ______ dancing in the room?
A. who are B. whom are C. whom is D. who is
We are all _____ about the _____ news
A. exciting/ excited B. exciting/ exciting
C. excited/excited D. excited/exciting
