“Fast fashion” means clothes that are inexpensive but look like the latest designs. One reason for the success of fast fashion is social networking. A report by the investment research firm Bernstein found that millennials — people born in the 1980s and 90s — wanted to wear a variety of clothes in the photos they posted on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. As a result, many businesses that offer trend, low - cost clothes are growing.
But the situation is changing now. Maxine Bedat, a woman who is in her early 30s，looks in her closet full of clothes, but she has nothing to wear. She says she hates always shopping for what is in style . Instead，she says, she wants to buy fewer clothes that she can wear over and over. Other people want the same thing, she says.
So Ms. Bedat and a business partner, Soraya Darabi, started a “slow fashion” clothing company calltd Zady. “Slow fashion” means clothes that last a long time. They are often classic colors and shapes, and are made from natural materials that are biodegradable (可生物降解的) over time.
The terms “fast fashion” and “slow fashion” are related to “fast food” and “slow food: fast food is still popular in the US, but many restaurants increasingly offer higher - quality, more expensive and relaxed meals.
Like slow food，slow fashion also aims to use sources that are good for the environment and 、 workers. Maxine Bedat says people in her generation want to know where their clothes come from and who is making them. To answer millennials’demand for information about the products they buy, Ms. Bedat’s company, Zady, includes details about the history of the brands. It also describes the process in which the clothes are made. Ms Bedat says Zady aims to tell shoppers where their clothes come from, where they go, and how they impact the world.
1.What can we know about millennials from Paragraph 1?
A. They tend to buy clothes with lower price.
B. They all like to share photos on the Internet.
C. They spend money in buying the latest designs
D. They show their interests in wearing different clothes.
2.What makes Mexine Bedat establish Zady?
A. She has nothing to wear.
B. She likes the classic clothes.
C. She longs for “slow fashion” clothes.
D. She prefers clothes with natural materials.
3.Like “slow food”, “slow fashion” should ________.
A. be high - quality and expensive
B. be friendly to the environment
C. tell the shoppers the history of the brands
D. describe the process of making the clothes
4.What does the text mainly talk about?
A. How “fast fashion” becomes popular.
B. “Slow fashion” is becoming popular now.
C. Many businesses are selling trendy and cheap clothes.
D. The differences between “fast fashion” and “slow fashion”.
Tom Costello was once afraid of homeless Americans. “I was so afraid that if I saw a homeless person walking down the street, I’d cross the street,” he said.
That changed seven years ago after his wife, Nancy, a volunteer at a homeless shelter, persuaded him to help with a holiday dinner for shelter residents. Tom remembered going to a store and buying socks for the residents. He knew many of them were in need of clothing.
At the shelter, Tom said, he dropped a pair of socks into a bag for a woman. She asked him if she could have socks for a friend who wasn’t with her that day. He gave her another pair. “She started to cry and told me that nobody had ever given her socks before,” Tom said, “Then she reached out and gave me a hug.” That experience at the shelter helped Tom end his fear of the homeless.
It also led him to set up a group called “The Joy of Sox.”, which borrows from a name of a popular book. The group collects socks from donors and gives them mostly to shelters in the area where Tom and Nancy live. It has been expanding its reach and provides socks to homeless shelters in 21 states and other three countries now.
Why socks? Tom explains that some Americans give food, coats and other clothing to shelters. But donating socks is not something most people think about. And, he said, socks are very helpful at keeping people warm, especially in cold weather. A man named Kiwi，who has lived in homeless shelters, said most of the time he could find enough food through shelters and soup kitchens. But socks were much more difficult to get, he noted.
1.What removed Tom’ s fright of the homeless?
A. A woman’s need for socks.
B. The encouragement from Nancy.
C. The hug from a homeless person.
D. The first experience of helping the homeless.
2.What did Tom do when the woman asked for another pair of socks?
A. He felt afraid. B. He walked away.
C. He satisfied her demand. D. He gave her a hug. ,
3.What can we know about “The Joy of Sox”？
A. It got the name from a book.
B. It was founded by Tom and Nancy.
C. It helps the homeless of three countries.
D. It buys different socks for the homeless.
4.Why does Tom provide socks for the homeless?
A. The homeless are lack of socks.
B. Tom’ s wife persuaded him to do so.
C. Socks are popular among the donators.
D. The homeless can’t buy socks in shelters.
CAREER DISCOVERY DAY
Ages: 11—17, with an adult chaperone (监护人)
Purpose: To find out what it is like to work at a zoo.
Descriptions:
Join us for a great programme for middle and high school students to explore animal — related careers at Denver Zoo.
From keepers to trainers, vets and exhibits designers, different kinds of possible zoo and animal careers will be explored during our Career Discovery Day this fall. The programme starts with an amazing gathering in which our animal stars will appear and perform. Participants will attend lectures given by professors of the zoo and take part in special tours filled with activities find information. And you, 11 have time to ask questions about what it takes to work on the wild side.
Registration required:
Registration closes at 10 a. m., September 16th. Lectures and tours are limited to registered participants and their one chaperone only.
Cost:
Members: $ 70 per person. Nonmembers: $ 75 per person. The cost includes zoo admission for one participant and one required adult chaperone.
Note:
Participants will not be admitted without an adult chaperone and chaperones must stay with participants during the period of the event.
If you have any questions, please call at 720—337—1491 or e-mail at teenprogrammes denverzoo. org.
1.Who would most probably be interested in Career Discovery Day?
A. Kids who love animals.
B. Adults who are looking for a job.
C. Children who like animal performances.
D. Teenagers who want to learn about jobs at a zoo.
2.How much should two members and their mothers pay to register for the programme?
A. $ 70. B. $140.
C. $ 150. D. $ 290.
3.The text is meant to ________.
A. attract visitors to Denver Zoo B. tell kids how to have fun in fall
C. advertise an activity at Denver Zoo D. encourage people to work at zoos
假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Peter对中国文化很感兴趣，来信询问重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival)的相关情况。请你给他写一封邮件，介绍重阳节，内容包括：
1.重阳节的时间；2.重阳节的活动；3.重阳节的意义。
注意：1. 词数100字左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共 有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I had a dream last night. I dreamed that I take part in a race in the sports meeting. At first, I could not run fast and fell behind. So I didn’t lose heart and kept running. My classmates on the playground were exciting and they all cheered me on, “Come on!” Thanks to their encouragement, it was not long after I caught up with all the other runner. In the end, I was the first to reach to the finishing line. I felt very proudly of myself. Many of my classmates threw me down into the air. Just at that moment we woke up and found myself still lying in bed. What interesting dream!
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
What we eat every day does affect our health. As a result, we should try our best to change our bad eating habits and have 1. balanced diet. As we all know, fried food 2. (taste) delicious, but eating too much will probably lead to some illnesses. Worse still, a lot of money 3. (waste) on some junk food, which is not healthy at all.
As a matter of fact, our eating habits are changing for the worse. We used 4. (eat) more grains and vegetables, but less meat,5. is a good eating habit. However, things are 6. (real) different now. With our life becoming better and better, we are now eating a lot of food that is high in both sugar and fat. Some young people even make 7. a rule to eat out every month without 8. (consider) the balance of our diet.
The food we eat has a great effect 9. our health, so in order to have a healthy life, we must make right 10. (choose) and keep in mind that we are what we eat.
