In every little girl's toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易会）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie's birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
1.Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?
A. Mattel. B. Elliott. C. Barbara. D. Ruth Handler.
2.A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.
A. 3 B. 50 C. 90 D. 27,000
3.What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?
A.传播 B.传奇 C. 传承 D.传达
4.The writer doesn't tell us _______.
A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara
5.What's the best title of th
e passage? ______.
A. Barbie's birthday B. Barbie Dolls
C. A lovely girl named Barbie D. Why are Barbies popular
Once upon a time, a rich man and a poor tailor(裁缝)lived in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs(楼上)and the poor tailor lived downstairs(楼下). The tailor liked to sing when he made clothes. He sang one song after another. But the rich man liked to sleep a lot, and the singing troubled him.
One day the rich man said, “Tailor, I will give you a bag full of money every day if you stop singing.”
“Fine.” said the tailor. And so the tailor stopped singing and became richer and richer. But the more money he got from the rich man, the unhappier he became, because he wanted very much to sing again. Finally he brought all his money back to the rich man. “Here,” he said, “take your money, I can't be happy if I can't sing.”
And so he gave the money back to the rich man and went on singing. He sang and sang and he was happier than ever before.
1.Once a rich man and a poor tailor lived ______.
A. in the same room B. in the different houses
C. on the same floor D. in the same building
2.The tailor enjoyed singing ______.
A. while he was feeling unhappy B. while he was working
C. while the rich man was sleeping D. Both B and C
3.The rich man didn't like the tailor's singing because ______.
A. the tailor didn't sing well B. the rich man could sing better
C. the rich man liked to sleep a lot D. the rich man was working at home then
4.The rich man wanted to stop the singing by ______.
A. just telling him not to sing
B. giving him a lot of money
C. asking him to sing outside the house
D. asking him to stop singing while he was sleeping
5.The poor tailor gave the money back to the rich man because ______.
A. he thought the money was not useful to him
B. he didn't like the money
C. he had a lot more money than the rich man.
D. he wanted to sing and he felt happy while he was singing.
One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a young woman he knew sitting on a bench(长椅) with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman. Jack walked up to the woman and said, “Hello. Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?”
"Of course, please sit down,”Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed.
“That's a nice dog”Jack said, pointing(指向)at the animal.
“Yes, he's handsome. He's strong and healthy”
"And hungry,” Jack said. “He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him.”
"That's true, but I haven’t.” Sue said,
The two friends laughed and then Jack said, “Does your dog bite?”
"No,” Sue said. “He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and good-tempered(好脾气).”Hearing this, Jack decided to pet the dog. He put out his hand and touched the animal's head. Immediately it jumped up and bit him.
“Hey!” Jack shouted. “You said he didn't bite.”
“You asked，if my dog bit, and I said no. But it’s not my dog. My dog is at home.”Sue replied.
1.What did Jack do when he saw the woman ?
A. He walked past her. B. He asked to sit next to her.
C. He spoke angrily to her. D. He spoke to her dog.
2.The dog looked ______.
A. angrily at Jack B. sick C. as if he would bite Sue D. hungry
3.Jack thought that the dog______.
A. was ill B. belonged to Sue C. was terrible D. belonged in a zoo
4.The underlined word “pet” should be ______in Chinese.
A. 宠物 B. 喜欢 C. 敲打 D. 抚摸
5.From the story, we can know______.
A. Jack and Sue talked about the same dog B. Jack didn’t know Sue before
C. Jack was bitten by Sue's dog D. Jack asked Sue a wrong question
“Who did this?” asked the teacher. Thirty children made no answer.
“Who did this?” she raised her voice asked again. She _______ became angry, but she was this time.
Charley _______ the window, but he did it by accident. He threw a baseball to the window. “_______ I said I did it, I would get into trouble,” Charley thought. “How would I be able to pay _______ a big window like that ?” But something much stronger in his mind pulled him up. “ I did it.” Charley________. It was________ enough to say that.
The teacher walked to Charley with a _______ in her hand.
“I know you did it, and I know________ interests you are birds,” she said. Here’s a book about birds. It’s _______ now. I won’t punish you. But remember, it’s only for your honesty.”
Charley couldn’t _______ it ! The teacher didn’t punish him, but gave him a book which needed much money.
1.A. never B. sometimes C. always D. often
2.A. opened B. broke C. closed D. cleaned
3.A. Because B. As C. If D. When
4.A. on B. for C. in D. at
5.A. left away B. came in C. took out D. stood up
6.A. angry B. happy C. hard D. friendly
7.A. book B. ruler C. knife D. pen
8.A. how B. when C. why D. what
9.A. mine B. yours C. ours D. hers
10.A. think B. agree C. hope D. believe
----My watch doesn’t work. I don’t know how to repair it.
----Why not ______ in Bob’s shop ?
A. getting it fixed B. get it fixed C. to get it fixed D. getting it to fix
----Hi, Tom ! Can you tell me when ______ for London ?
----Yes, tomorrow morning.
A. leaving B. leaves C. to leave D. are you leaving
