服装流行的演变
At some point, you've probably looked at old photos of people and asked yourself, “Why did they wear that? What were they thinking？” The people in the photo probably thought that they _____ great! The truth is, _____ stays the same forever, especially in the world of fashion. What's cool today will be ugly before long. What we like to wear _____ all the time.
A century ago, many men—from businessmen to taxi drivers—wore suits to work. Even young boys regularly _____ suits and ties. Women didn't just wear skirts or dresses when they wanted to _____. They wore them all the time—even if they were just staying home!
Over time, casual clothes replaced formal clothes. For example, jeans are very_____ today. They were first made for _____ in factories. They needed pants with strong fabric that didn't tear _____. In 1873, tailor Jacob Davis and businessman Levi Strauss created denim pants they _____overalls because people wore them over their clothes. Cowboys wore denim jeans and, ______ the Western movies of the 1930s, many people began wearing them. Today, jeans and a sweatshirt are practically a uniform for teens around the world.
Like clothes, ______ have also changed over time. You ______ prefer to wear sneakers, but in the past both men and women wore shoes with high heels. In the early eighteenth century, King Louis XIV of France started wearing tights with redheeled shoes. This was the fashion for nearly a century ______ men began wearing more practical shoes without heels.
Things change. You might think your clothes are______ now, but if a hundred years from now people see a photo ______ you, they might just ask, “Why did they wear that？”
1.A.sounded B.looked C.smelt D.tasted
2.A.something B.everything C.anything D.nothing
3.A.changes B.describes C.imagines D.spreads
4.A.drew B.wore C.bought D.sold
5.A.dress up B.look up C.get up D.cut up
6.A.popular B.strange C.cheap D.expensive
7.A.students B.teachers C.workers D.farmers
8.A.easily B.happily C.angrily D.quickly
9.A.spoke B.called C.listened D.caught
10.A.thanks to B.instead of C.except for D.for example
11.A.hats B.trousers C.coats D.shoes
12.A.may B.must C.need D.should
13.A.while B.after C.before D.though
14.A.fashionable B.ugly C.tidy D.clean
15.A.at B.of C.in D.on
Time management is the process of planning how much time to spend on activities. Good time management allows you to complete more in a shorter period of time, lowers the stress and leads to success.
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Make a plan
The best way to achieve success and keep your life in order is to make a plan.
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Give full attention
Get away from your phone and computer. Although they are important to daily communication, they can take up much more attention than they deserve. Consider shutting them off completely as you work on a task that requires your full attention.
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Learn to say “no”
Many business leaders put a lot of their success down through simply saying “no”. That is, they put their efforts in the few areas that are really important and have the courage to say no to everything else.
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Give yourself a break
Taking breaks is good for your brain. Don't be hard on yourself: you will actually perform better if you take breaks and find a hobby besides study. Only an active brain can solve problems better.
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A.Hope above suggestions will be helpful in your study and daily life.
B.For example, if you do your homework at night, you'd better turn off the phone in order to be more careful.
C.What you achieve importantly depends on the way you manage your time. Here is some advice on how to better manage your time.
D.Those asking for your involvement would be more disappointed if you unwisely agreed to do something, but then failed to finish it. So, be honest with yourself and others.
E.This starts as a list of all the tasks that are important for achieving your goals. Write them down, and don't just depend on your memory: it's not as good as you think it is.
(2019江西B篇节选)And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow(稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animals.
What does the underlined word “it” in the paragraph refer to?
A.The lion. B.The scarecrow. C.The cow. D.The cowshed.
(2018河南C篇节选)One reason the plant is popular is that it grows in the wild. It is difficult to grow them on farms. Most restaurants get them from foragers, who collect ramps by searching forests for some small pieces of land where they grow. Ramps have a short season. Within a few weeks of full growth, the plant is done for the year. This short life is some reason for their popularity.
What does the word “they” refer to(指的是)?
A.foragers B.ramps C.customers D.restaurants
Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother translates English 1. Chinese for me if I can't do English homework by myself. Can you imagine life without paper or printing?
Paper was first invented about 2，000 years ago, 2. its materials are usually silk, cotton, bamboo. Since the 19th century, it 3. been made from wood. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand. So they were expensive. Only a4. people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China.Its development carried on in the 11th century. Books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As5. result, more people learned to read. Knowledge and ideas spread widely. Today information can be found on websites, downloaded from the Internet rather than be found in the books. However, paper and printing still cannot be replaced.
电话的发明
Today making a phone call is as common as having a glass of water.But when telephones were invented more than 130 years ago, people _____ that they were dangerous.
In 1876, _____ the first telephone was demonstrated to the public, electricity was _____ new and little understood. Many people had died working with electricity in the early days. That's why most people did not easily accept that it was _____ to hear a human voice through the phone. Many honestly feared the phone would kill them.
But on the morning of March 10, 1876, Alexander Bell, and his assistant Thomas Watson, had no such _____. Bell, and Watson had been _____ hard to make their new invention, the telephone, work. Bell sent his assistant to a room in the basement. In a room upstairs, the telephone inventor spoke seven little _____ into his invention. These simple words _____ the world forever. “Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.”
It's hard to _____ the excitement in the laboratory that day. Mr. Watson did, in fact, hear these words on his receiving machine in the basement. He ______ ran upstairs to announce the ______ news to his boss.
The telephone was born______ March 1876, but it took a few more years for it to ______ respect. Bell had to overcome the fears about electricity before people took his ______ seriously. He also had to convince people there was a need for such a machine.
Today, many people use telephone in their daily life.______ on that day in March 1876, there were only two telephones in the whole world.
Our world surely has changed, don't you think so?
1.A.discussed B.expected C.believed D.explained
2.A.when B.where C.what D.how
3.A.already B.still C.ever D.also
4.A.fair B.simple C.strange D.safe
5.A.fears B.dreams C.methods D.choices
6.A.guessing B.waiting C.saving D.working
7.A.jokes B.words C.sentences D.goals
8.A.changed B.built C.protected D.attracted
9.A.know B.understand C.imagine D.learn
10.A.early B.bravely C.naturally D.quickly
11.A.upset B.terrible C.good D.serious
12.A.at B.on C.in D.with
13.A.cheat B.improve C.get D.forget
14.A.idea B.invention C.plan D.direction
15.A.And B.So C.Or D.But
