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. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ____
| A．clothes | B．nice things |
| C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
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. |
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 |
“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 |
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 modem 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. |
Wolf Totem is produced _________.
| A．in China | B．in both China and France |
| C．Hollywood. | D．Bollywood |
With a VIP card, you can buy two tickets at the price of ______.
| A．￥35 | B．￥40 | C．￥50 | D．￥70 |
Which is not mentioned in this poster?
| A．who the director is |
| B．what type of the film is |
| C．when it will be shown |
| D．who the main characters are |
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Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude(态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions.
Speak loud When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.
Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done and when you are better than before.
Get rid of fear(消除害怕) Fear comes along with failure(失败). But it’s easy to overcome(克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
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Grammar is the way a language works. People sometimes describe grammar as the “rules” of a language; but in fact no natural languages have rules. If we use the word “rules”, we believe that some people have made the rules first and now people speak the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that. Languages were started by people making sounds which gradually(渐渐地) changed into words, phrases, and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All languages change over time. What we call grammar is simply a description(描述) of a language at a particular time.
Do we need to study grammar to learn a language? The answer is “No”. Many people in the world speak their mother language without having studied its grammar. Children start to speak before they even know the word “grammar”. But if you are serious about learning a foreign language, the long answer is “Yes, grammar can help you to learn a language more quickly.” It’s important to think of grammar as something that can help you, like a friend. When you understand the grammar of a language, you can understand many things yourself, without having to ask a teacher or look in a book.
So think of grammar as something good, something helpful, something that you can use to find your way like a signpost(路标) or a map.
| A．language is not a new game |
| B．language goes before grammar |
| C．rules are fixed by language |
| D．rules must be made to speak the language |
| A．grammar should be changed at a particular time |
| B．grammar must be simple to describe a language |
| C．languages were formed by people now and then |
| D．language is changing, and its grammar is changing too |
| A．we learn a foreign language |
| B．we ask someone to make rules |
| C．we speak our native language |
| D．we look up something in a book |
| A．Grammar Is the Rules of a Language |
| B．The Change of Language |
| C．Grammar Is Your Friend |
| D．How to Study Grammar |
Once an Englishman named Jack Brown went to Russia for a holiday. He stayed there for several months and then came home again. Some of his friends visited him a few days after he got back. “I had a very dangerous trip while I was in Russia,” Jack said to them. “I wanted to see a friend of mine in the country and the bad weather made me very late. So I was still traveling through a forest in a sleigh(雪橇) when the sun went down. It was a long way from my friend’s house when about twenty wolves began to follow my sleigh. It was very dark in the forest. There was thick snow on the ground. It was cold, and there were no houses for miles and miles. First I heard the wolves. The noise was terrible! The horses heard them, too. They were frightened and began running faster. Then I saw long, gray forms among the trees, and soon the wolves were near us. They were running very fast, and they didn’t seem to get tired like the horses.”
“What did you do?” one of Jack’s friends asked.
“When the wolves got very near,” Jack answered, “I put up my gun and shot the first wolf. The sleigh was moving about, but I hit the animal and killed it. Then all the other wolves stopped and ate it, so our sleigh got away from them for a few minutes.”
“Then they finished their meal, and I heard them coming again. The moon was shining brightly on the snow now, and after a few minutes I saw them running among the trees once more. They came nearer again, and then I shot another of them, and the others stopped once more to eat it.”
“The same thing happened again and again, and my horses became more and more tired and ran slower and slower until, after about two hours, only one wolf was still alive and following us.”
“Wasn’t it too fat to run?” one of his friends asked.
| A．in England one winter evening |
| B．in Russia one winter evening |
| C．in America one winter evening |
| D．in Russia one winter morning |
| A．was the strongest of all |
| B．had eaten all the other wolves |
| C．ran much faster than the other wolves |
| D．was very fat and didn’t run fast enough |
| A．all the wolves had been shot by Jack |
| B．the last wolf was too fat to run |
| C．the friend did not believe what Jack had said |
| D．Jack was telling the truth |
This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne《友谊地久天长》. It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “auld lang syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version(版本) by Scottish poet Robert Bums was published(出版) in 1796. The words and music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne. I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
| A．a newspaper | B．a magazine |
| C．a TV program | D．a radio program |
| A．Robert Bums. |
| B．The Washington Saxophone Quartet. |
| C．Buddy Thomas. |
| D．The passage doesn’t tell us. |
| A．in 1790 | B．in 1793 |
| C．in 1796 | D．in 1799 |
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