For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in 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 see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1790 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.

1. The word “fashionable” means          .

A. clothes              B. most of the popular things  C. everything      D. many things

2. If someone says, “Your dress is very beautiful.” It means your dress is          .

A. fashionable    B. interesting                             C. nice              D. important

3. Which of the following things is fashionable today?           .

A. Having a family dinner on New year’s Day        B. Talking online

C. Learning to sing songs on the radio                    D. Doing morning exercises every day 

4. 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

5. From the passage we know that          .

A. there won’t be fashions without money.          B. clothes are expensive

C. people like many things                                        D. money comes from fashion

Dear Peter,

  I hope everything is going well with you !

  I’m glad __41__ your letter asking for my __42__ on how to learn Chinese well.

  Here are__43__suggestions. Firstly, you can take part__44__a Chinese course. There you can learn from the teachers and practice with your classmates as possible as you can. Secondly, __45__is important to read some newspapers about__46__and watch Chinese TV programs whenever possible. Besides, it is also a good idea__47__and sing Chinese songs, it can improve your oral Chinese and by__48__so, you’ll learn and remember Chinese words__49__

  I think__50__to improve your Chinese is by making more Chinese friends. You can chat and do something__51__them together.__52__you want to learn it, they will tell you a lot about China and help you learn Chinese. I believe you can learn Chinese__53__.

  Try__54__to me in Chinese next time. Good luck to you!

  Best__55__!

                                                                    Yours,

                                                                    Li Hua

1.A. receive     B. to receive     C. received     D. receives

2.A. advice      B. advices       C. interest     D. interests

3.A. a lot        B. a little       C. a bit        D. a few

4.A. on         B. with         C. in          D. to

5.A. this        B. that          C. its          D. it

6.A. English    B. Chinese      C. math         D. Japanese

7.A. learn      B. learning      C. learned       D. to learn

8.A. do        B. doing        C. did           D. does

9.A. more easier  B. much easily  C. more easily    D. much easier

10.A. the worst way  B. the best way  C. the good way  D. the bad way

11.A. for        B. to           C. with          D. behind

12.A. Whenever  B. Whatever     C. Wherever      D. However

13.A. good      B. well          C. bad           D. badly

14.A. to writing  B. writing        C. write         D. to write

15.A. wish      B. wishes        C. wishing       D. wished

Nowadays，many people begin to learn English，but how can we learn it well? The followings are necessary．

First of all，we should know the importance（重要性）of learning English．English is the second language for us．It's very useful to communicate with the outside world．Well，learning English may take a lot of time，but don't give up．

Secondly find out the obstacles to our learning and try to clean them up as soon as possible．Just as the saying goes：Practice makes perfect（熟能生巧）．So if you want to learn it well，we must read more，listen more and speak more．In our free time，we can read English newspapers，magazines or watching CCTV-9 and CCTV-10，try to speak after the hosts．Maybe you couldn't understand every word．But you can understand the meaning by the body language．

Lastly we should have confidence（信心）to show our English to everyone．Try to talk with foreigners and think in English if possible．Confidence will make us get good grades in English．

If we learn them by heart，we can succeed．

1．First of all，we should know it's          for us to learn English．

A．interesting            B．difficult                C．important               D．boring

2．The write gives us          pieces of advice about how to learn English well．

A．two                     B．three                    C．four                       D．five

3．What does the underlined word “obstacle” mean?

A．障碍                   B．好处                    C．垃圾                    D．污染

4．The sentence “Confidence will make us get good grades in English．” Means “Confidence will make us         ．”

A．get a good way                                        B．have a good idea

C．be weak in English                                  D．do well in English

5．Which of the following is NOT mentioned（提到）in this passage?

A．Writing English diaries                              B．Reading English books

C．Talking with foreigners                               D．Watching English programs