Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world. Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person. Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by 24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool. People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors. Jeans now can be seen everywhere. However, in many places, it's not always good to wear jeans. No matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it's often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But, when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choices.
1.Almost every person likes wearing jeans, because_______
A.Levis Strauss liked them
B.jeans give people the feeling of youth, comfort and energy
C.they don’t have other pants
D.jeans are blue.
2.Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans ______.
A.when he was 44 B.when he was 24
C.in 1853 D.in 1924
3.When you ______, you'd better not wear a pair of jeans.
A.go to an important meeting B.go on a trip
C.have a party D.are having fun
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A.How to make jeans
B.Where to buy jeans
C.The history of jeans
D.Levis Strauss
Steven finds a job on a farm. He is the strongest and youngest. He eats more, sleeps more, but works less. He doesn't like to use his head, so he knows little. He has to do some unskilled (无需特殊技能的) work. He always says he's tired and hopes to have a good rest. So he gets less money than others. Winter is coming. The workers are getting ready for the next year. Only Steven does nothing. The farmer tells him to cut down some trees in the forest. The young man has to go there with a chair. He feels lonely (寂寞的) in the forest and is afraid of the animals. So he looks around and sings loudly. Nobody knows what he's singing. After three days, Steven doesn't cut down any trees. The farmer feels strange. He wants to find out how the young man is working there. To his anger (生气), Steven is sitting on the chair, cutting the tree. “Why are you sitting here to cut the trees?” asks the farmer. “Because I can't work if lying (躺着), sir.”
1.Steven doesn't like to use his head, so ______.
A.he doesn’t know much
B.he is young and strong
C.he tries to be a farmer
D.he finds a job on a farm
2.Steven gets less money because ______.
A.he eats more
B.he is ill in hospital
C.he isn't polite to the farmer
D.he is lazy and does some unskilled work
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Lazy people can get a lot of money.
B.Farmers can sit down and cut down many trees.
C.We can get a lot by working hard.
D.Steven is very brave and he isn’t afraid of animals.
Mo Yan, 57, become the first Chinese to win a Nobel Prize in Literature(文学)on Oct. 11. The award described Mo’s work as a mixture of fantasy(幻想)and reality, combining historical and social opinions. Mo Yan was born in1955 and grew up in Gaomi in Shandong. His parents were poor farmers. At the age of 12, he had to leave school and start work, first in the field and then in a factory. In 1976, Mo joined the army and began to study literature and write. The whole nation was so excited because a Chinese writer was announced(宣布)the winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on October 11.
1.Mo Yan won the 2012Nobel Prize on October 11, 2012.
2.Mo Yan is the second Chinese to win a Nobel Prize.
3.Mo Yan grew up in Xi’an Shaanxi province and now he is 57 years old.
4.Because his parents were so poor that they couldn’t afford his study at school.
5.When he was twelve, he joined the army and began to study and write.
Nobody is perfect._______ has some disadvantages(弱点). So we shouldn’t laugh _______people because they have some disadvantages.
I have a classmate named Lisa. She is troubled with stammer(结巴). When she_________ something in English, especially when answering questions in class, she is _______ nervous to say a word．
Once in an English class, our English teacher, Miss Li_______ Lisa to answer a question. “I… I… it. I… it…” What should she do? I felt very _______, but I couldn’t think of how I could help her. The whole class was quiet. Everyone was waiting for her answer. Lisa’s face turned red_______she still couldn’t say a complete sentence. Then she had to sit down.
Five minutes_______, Miss Li tried to encourage Lisa to answer again.
To my surprise, the whole class started clapping(鼓掌). They were all clapping for Lisa.
“Lisa, believe in yourself” someone said. Lisa was greatly moved. She was going to try _______ best. After a while, she stood up slowly and began to speak. She made a complete sentence! We clapped again. This time, the clapping lasted for a long time. It________us happy and excited. After that Lisa tried to speak English more often in class.
1.A.Nobody B.No one C.Everyone D.Someone
2.A.in B.to C.of D.at
3.A.speaks B.says C.tells D.talks
4.A.too B.a little C.so D.very
5.A.wants B.let C.asked D.hoped
6.A.worry B.be worried C.worrying D.worried
7.A.or B.and C.but D.then
8.A.after B.before C.ago D.later
9.A.her B.his C.hers D.she
10.A.got B.made C.makes D.get
—Is there_______in today’s newspaper?
—No, there’s_______.
A.anything special; interesting nothing B.special anything; something interesting
C.special anything; nothing interesting D.anything special; nothing interesting
They arrived_______London_______the evening of July 3rd.
A.to; in B.in; in
C.in; on D.at; on
