Kids are cool to wear blue jeans and T-shirts today. It is fashionable like that. Fashion refers to the styles of dress that are currently popular. Fashion goes beyond just clothes, though. It’s important for some people to wear only the latest fashions and styles. For others, though, keeping up with trends isn’t that important. The one thing that stays the same with fashion is this: it always changes!
During the 1960s and 1970s, Hippies made bell—bottomed blue jeans（喇叭裤）popular. Also, in the 1980s, Michael Jackson made parachute pants（降落伞裤）all the fashion. Now try to find these items in today’s clothing stores!
Do you know why fashions change？The answer is probably as simple as the fact that people change. Over time, the new replaces the old. People are influenced greatly by popular culture, including athletes, musicians, movies stars, as well as popular films, television shows, books and music. We are also influenced by the fashion industry’s advertising.
The stars of popular culture are always searching for a new angle to maintain（保持）their popularity. Often these new angles come in the form of new clothing or hairstyles. When people see these new styles, they often want to imitate(模仿) their favorite stars. To do so, they seek out the latest fashions to make themselves look like the people they want to imitate. In this way, fashions evolve and change over time.
Clothes have been used to separate people into groups for many years. Even today, brand-name, clothing that is more expensive than other types of clothing can be used by some people to make themselves different from others.
Unfortunately, this can often have the effect of distancing certain groups from others. Don’t forget that it’s always OK to develop your own sense of style that is unique and separate from what the fashion world determines! Stay true to yourself and let your personality — not your clothes — speak for who you are!
1. What does the example of bell—bottomed blue jeans and parachute pants in Paragraph 2 suggest?
A. Fashion always changes.
B. Stars are always influential.
C. People have different dressing styles.
D. Hippies and Michael Jackson are good designers.
2. What causes the changes of fashions?
A. Advertisements change rapidly.
B. Popular culture influences people.
C. Movie stars are changing over time.
D. New films and shows replace the old.
3.We can learn from the text that _____ .
A. fashion is all about clothes.
B. the author has gone out of fashion.
C. clothes may separate and distance people.
D. people like imitate others’ dressing style.
4.What does the author mainly want to stress in the last paragraph?
A. The advantages of staying unique.
B. The bad effects of following fashion.
C. The good influences of popular styles.
D. The importance of having one’s own personality.
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
1.The writer argued with his son because _____.
A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares.
B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish.
C. he tried to teach his son a moral lesson but the son had totally different opinion.
D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.
2.Sonny believed that the tortoise _____.
A. won the race by his own hard working.
B. took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race.
C. was not given a fair chance in the race.
D. in fact did win the race luckily.
3.The writer thinks that his generation (一代人) _____.
A. are cleverer than Sonny’s generation.
B. have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation.
C. are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation.
D. have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation.
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活动宗旨 | 亲近自然， 锻炼身体 |
参加人员 | 所有感兴趣的小区居民 |
内容 | 种菜， 养花， 喂鱼等 |
时间 | 本周六上午9:00—12:00（如果天气允许） |
地点 | 距离小区5千米的一家农场 |
出行方式 | 集体骑自行车前往 |
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2. 100词左右；
3. 参考词汇：居民resident ; 社区 community
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Last Saturday the student of our class made a bike trip to Furong, a small town by the Nanxi River. We set off earlier in the morning. After get to the town, we visited some places of interest. At noon, we had a picnic near the river. Everybody is attracted by the beautiful scenery but we took a lot pictures. In the afternoon, some of them went fishing, some flew kites, and the others rowed boats on the water. We both had a wonderful time! It was a pleasant trip for us, during which the boys were offered the girls a lot of help. We have learned to help, understanding and share with others.
阅读填空There are 1. kinds of theme parks, with a different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, 2., movies or history. Some of them 3. having the biggest or longest roller coasters. 4. and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you.
In the fantasy 5. park of Disneyland, you may see Snow White or Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street. Disneyland also has many exciting rides, from giant 6. ships to terrifying free-fall drops. With all these 7., it is 8. that tourism is increasing _9. there is a Disneyland. Dollywood, being one of the most 10. theme park in the world, shows and celebrates America’s traditional southeastern culture.
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Jack was happily trying his new car. The car was good and there wasn’t__ traffic on the roads. Suddenly, a flower shop_32 his attention. He stopped his car and took a closer look at the flowers___ _ there. The beautiful “Mother’s Day” card___him it was Mother’ Day.
Jack thought about his loving ___ who lived two hundred miles away. So he___a nice bouquet(束) of pink roses, signed the card and___ the shopkeeper to send it express to his mother. Just___ he got into his car, he noticed a girl standing outside the shop. She was___ the money in her hand. She seemed a little___ . Jack asked, “Can I help you?” She replied in a___ voice, “I want to buy some___for my mother, but I don’t have enough money.”
Jack asked her to go to the shop with him and____ a big bouquet of red roses for her. She____ him. While leaving the shop, Jack offered her a___ _. She was pleased and her eyes were shining with____ .
On the way, she told him that her mother was dead. So when they arrived, she ran to her mother’s____ _ and placed the bouquet there. Jack was silent for a minute. Then he made a U-turn_____ and drove back to the____ flower shop to take the flowers. He decided to drive down to meet his mother.
He handed his mother the bouquet and said, “I love you, Ma.” She kissed him and asked, “Why did you___ down all the way? You could have simply sent the bouquet to me.” He understood this was a Mother’s Love: mothers think only about their children’s comforts.
1.A. much B. enough C. any D. little
2.A. caught B. turned C. kept D. paid
3.A. planted B. displayed C. transported D. repaired
4.A. answered B. stopped C. reminded D. failed
5.A. father B. mother C. brother D. sister
6.A. discovered B. invented C. chose D. made
7.A. forced B. requested C. encouraged D. invited
8.A. while B. since C. after D .before
9.A. counting B. touching C. taking D. wasting
10.A. curious B. excited C. angry D. upset
11.A. pleased B. satisfied C. low D. gentle
12.A. cards B. candies C. roses D. clothes
13.A. bought B. lent C. packed D. grew
14.A. thanked B. praised C. ignored D. respected
15.A. walk B. present C. ride D. rest
16.A. happiness B. sadness C. weakness D. kindness
17.A. grave B. house C.car D. shop
18.A. nervously B. immediately C. carefully D. painfully
19.A. old B. beautiful C. same D. only
20.A. break B. drive C. run D.fly
