For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question. “ What clothes in fashion?” And they use the adjective （形容词） “fashionable” in the same way. “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was in a really 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 see 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 national. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions 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.

（1）From the passage we know that “fashion” is in ________.

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A．clothes　　B．many things　　C．popular things　　D．everything

（2）Which of the following things is fashionable today?

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A．The girl is singing with earphone.

B．The girl is watching TV.

C．The girl is surfing on the Internet.

D．The girl is drawing a picture.

（3）Today fashions change very quickly because ________.

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A．people read newspapers every day

B．people quickly learn what is happening （发生） in the world

C．new things that people like are often shown on TV

D．radios send information from one country to another

（4）“There is money in fashion” means ________.

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A．fashionable things are expensive

B．money comes from fashion

C．people like new things

D．fashions make big money

（5）Which one is NOT right in the following sentences?

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A．As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now.

B．In the modern world, fashions change very quickly.

C．The world “fashion” doesn't only means “clothes”

D．Fashions are in many things, but there aren't any ones in school subjects.

　　“The Big Apple”stands for New York City.

　　The phrase was first used in a 1909 book called“The Wayfarer in New York”It was used to show how rich New York is.

　　They said each city in America was an apple on a tree. But New York city, where most fans of their music lived, was“the big apple”. It was there they got the most pay.

　　In the 1970s, the city wanted to make itself more popular with tourists. It started to use an apple as its symbol.（象征）

　　Apples are also hot in the computer world. Apple Computer, a big company in America, uses a picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it as its logo. Some say that the bite（一口）means“learning knowledge”. Also,“bite”sounds similar to“byte（字节）,”a unit（单位）in computer science.

A．The apple can be used for city names.

B．“The Wayfarer in New York”came out in 1909.

C．New York people like eating big apples.

A．The use of“Big Apple”as another name for New York.

B．The Wayfarer in New York.

C．Jazz musicians.

(5) The word“hot”in the last paragraph（段落）means ________.

　　New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, and see all kinds of plays and films. You can also buy things from allover the world.

　　But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It's ex-pensive to live there, and there are too many people in the places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, study at good schools and receive good medical（医疗的） care. But sometimes these people can't find work or good places to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

　　Some people enjoy living in big cities, however, others do not. Before they move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.

(1)In big cities people can ________.

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A．go to different kinds of museums

B．see all kinds of plays and films

C．buy things from all over the world

D．A, B and C

(2)Which of the following is TRUE?

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A．Big cities are not clean and safe enough.

B．People can easily find good places to live in in big cities.

C．People can always have many chances to find work to do.

D．All people like to live in big cities.

(3)In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ________.

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A．to move to big cities

B．not to move to big cities

C．to move to big cities without thinking of any problems

D．not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there

(4)This passage doesn't tell us that ________.

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A．Paris is an exciting place for people to live in

B．big cities have a lot of serious problems

C．it is hard to keep big cities clean

D．people in big cities usually are very dirty

(5)Which is the best title for this passage?

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A．Big Cities.

B．Interesting Things in Big Cities.

C．Good Schools in Big Cities.

D．New York, London and Paris.

阅读理解

　　New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and film. You can also buy things from all over the world.

　　But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It is expensive to live there and there are too many people in some places of big cities. Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and get medical care. But sometimes these people can not find work or a good place to live in. Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean.

　　Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not. Before moving to a big city, they should think about the problem of living there.

1．In big cities people can ________.

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A．go to different kinds of museums

B．see all kinds of plays and films

C．buy things from all over the world

D．A, B and C

2．Every year a lot of people move to big cities ________.

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A．to see interesting things

B．to buy things from all over the world

C．to find jobs, to study there and get good medical care

D．to keep the cities safe and clean

3．Which of the following is true?

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A．Big cities are not clean and safe enough.

B．People can easily find good places to live in big cities.

C．People can always have much time to find work to do.

D．A11 the people like to live in big cities.

4．In the passage, the writer thinks it is right for people ________.

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A．to move to big cities

B．not to move to big cities

C．to move to big cities without thinking of any problem

D．not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there

5．Which is the best title for this passage?

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A．Big Cities

B．Interesting Things in Big Cities

C．Good Schools in Big Cities

D．New York, London and Paris