150 Years of Cool

    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 choice.

1. The story is talking about ______.

A. Levi Strauss                         B. jeans                      C. cool

2.Levi Strauss made the first blue jeans ______.

A. when he was 44                 B. when he was 24                 C. in 1853

3.______ wore jeans after they were first made.

A. American soldiers               B. American cowboys    C. Levi Strauss

4.Jeans can be cool for nearly 150 years because ______.

A. they have different styles

B. they have different colors

C. they make us feel youth, comfort and energy

5.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

 

Many people like travelling for their holiday. They go to ___1___, seaside or forests. Some people like ___2___, so they like to visit some old interesting places. In many countries, the travel agency(旅行社) can help you ___3___ your holiday. You can tell the travel agency what kind of __4__ you like, how much __5__ you want to spend, and the travel agency will give you a lot of information about where to go, how __6__ there, where to stay, and what kind of activities you can do there. __7__ the holidays is __8__ “Package” holiday. __9__ is, you just pay the money, and the travel agency will plan __10__ for you, the ticket for the plane or train, the hotel, the activities, and so on.

1.                A．schools         B．shops          C．hills  D．the Great Wall

 

2.                A．history         B．music          C．country   D．city

 

3.                A．plan           B．planned        C．plans D．planning

 

4.                A．weather        B．holiday         C．train D．city

 

5.                A．water          B．day            C．time D．money

 

6.                A．get            B．to get          C．getting   D．got

 

7.                A．Both           B．All             C．One of   D．Every one of

 

8.                A．call            B．calling          C．calls D．called

 

9.                A．That           B．What           C．How D．This

 

10.               A．everything      B．nothing         C．anything   D．something

 

 

先阅读短文，掌握其大意。然后从方框中所给的词中选出恰当的10个，并用其适当形式填空，每个词限用一次。（每小题1分）

finish,  advice,  on,  be,  excited,  in slow,  like  interest,  open,  real,  friend

If you are a teenager and you have lost interest in reading or never like it so much, this is for you. Here is some   【小题1】 on finding your favorite books:
★ Ask around. Ask your   【小题2】 or favorite teachers to suggest books they enjoy.
★ Go to the library. Don’t be shy about it. You can ask a librarian(图书管理员) a question  【小题3】 this: Do you have any books   【小题4】 rock music?
★ Try a few pages. If a book doesn’t interest you after you read a few pages, leave it and try another, until you find an   【小题5】 one.
★ Read at your own pace(速度). Reading isn’t a test. So when you read   【小题6】, you can have a look at words here and there and think. If you   【小题7】 interested in it, you’ll read to the end quickly. Then you can read another one.
★ Let one good thing lead to another. When you read something that   【小题8】 interests you, you may be sorry when you   【小题9】 it. Because the end is never really the end for a person who reads. You can always   【小题10】 another book, and another, and another.

Tina and Tara are twin sisters.They look__,but they also have some differences.Mr Black is their old    grandfather.

　　One day,he came to see his two granddaughters__ two gifts.When he came into the house he saw Tina and __ her one gife.After a while,when he got into the garden he saw__ granddaughter-"Tara". In fact,that was Tina.When he gave the other gift to her,she said,"you have given me one.""No,I gave a gift to your __--Tina.""Oh,my grandpa,I am Tina."Just then,Tara came into the garden,too."Now,grandpa,can you tell the differences__us?" "No,I can't.Can you __ me?""Yes,look,Tara is a little taller __ me.Her hair is longer and curlier than __.Now grandpa,can you see?" "Yes,now I can tell you from Tara.Tara,here is the gift for you." "Thank you for your gift,grandpa." With the words,they all laughed __.

1.A.the same   B.different   C.like     D.as

2.A.of         B.and       C.for     D.with

3.A.made      B.gave      C.took    D.sent

4.A.the other   B.another    C.other    D.others

5.A.brother    B.mother    C.cousin   D.sister

6.A.among    B.between    C.in      D.around

7.A.tell       B.speak      C.say     D.answer

8.A.as        B.like       C.than     D.\

9.A.hers       B.his        C.yours    D.mine

10.A.happily    B.happy    C.sad       D.sadly

 

短文填空 选择恰当的单词填空，每词限用一次。（有两个多余的选项）

answer, alone, oldest, start, until, ask, fortieth, own, teach, first, money, later

In Britain you are allowed to drive a car when you are seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can ____. When you are learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road ____. You don’t have to go to a driving school——a friend can  ____ you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take the ___ for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you are allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your ____ car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then ____ a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you are allowed to take it again a few weeks ____ if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her ____ test after 212 driving lessons. When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you are allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s ____ driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test ____1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.