For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But some people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" Of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, restaurants, films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and languages.
Fashions change as time goes on. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions are always changing very quickly today. This is natural(自然的). Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and Internet send information from one country to another in a few seconds.
New fashions also mean that people will buy new things, so you see "there is money in fashions".
1.From this passage we know that "fashion" means " _______".
A. clothes B. few things
C. most of the popular things D. everything that is popular
2.Which of the following is fashionable today?
A. Surfing the Internet.
B. Having a big dinner with family members on New Year's Day.
C. Listening to the radio.
D. Doing morning 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 learn what is happening in the world quickly
4."There is money in fashions" means " _______".
A. clothes are expensive B. money comes from fashions
C. people like new things D. people spend money on fashionable things
5.The underlined word "change" means " _______" in Chinese.
A. 学习 B. 变化 C. 冲浪 D. 追赶
A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池). "Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?"
"A girl," said his neighbor, "She is my daughter."
"Oh," the old said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother."
"I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."
1.It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.
A. because they have long hair and wear the same clothes
B. because each of them has long hair and wears the same school uniform
C. because they all look like each other
D. because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes
2.One day an old man went for a walk in ____.
A. the street in Washington B. the Washington Park in America
C. in a park in Washington D. the Washington Street
3.There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.
A. two ... a man and a girl B. two … a woman and a girl
C. three ... two men and a girl D. three ... a man, a woman and a girl
4.The young person standing on the other side of the ____ was ____.
A. pond ... the old man's daughter
B. pond ... the daughter of the old man's neighbor
C. bench ... the other's boy
D. bench … the son of the old man’s neighbor
5.The old man thought his neighbor was the girl's ____.
A. mother B. father C. brother D. sister
People usually don't like mice. But one mouse is one of the most famous film stars in ___. That is Mickey Mouse. One night a man called Walt Disney is drawing. Suddenly he hears a sound. It comes_______an old box. Walt goes______and he sees a_______of mice eating pieces of paper in it. For many nights, they play there. Walt begins to______them. He likes one of them better than the others. This little_______gives him some new_______for his______. He begins to_______it. But in the cartoons, it looks like a funny man Walt wants to make the little mouse________and soon it can speak. Then Mickey Mouse becomes very famous.
1.A. the world B. the country C. England D. China .
2.A. at . B. to C. before D. from
3.A. over B. to C. into D. at
4.A. basket B. group C. class D. team
5.A. hate B. catch C. like D. play
6.A. mouse B. cat C. dog D. boy
7.A. pictures B. mice C. baskets D. ideas
8.A. reading B. baskets C. books D. drawing
9.A. enjoy B. play with C. draw D. talk to
10.A. talk B. sing C. draw D. tell
The shirt, the jacket and the jeans_______ cotton.
A. all are made in B. both are made of
C. are both made from D. are all made of
You may choose_______, but you can't take this one.
A. any other lantern B. other any lanterns
C. another lanterns D. other lantern
—Which T-shirt do you like best?
—The red one. It feels more ________ .
A. expensive B. beautiful C. comfortable D. popular
