In every little girl's toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易会）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie's birthday.

    Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.

 When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.

1.Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

      A. Mattel.          B. Elliott.          C. Barbara.        D. Ruth Handler.

2.A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.

      A. 3               B. 50             C. 90             D. 27,000

3.What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?

      A.传播            B.传奇            C. 传承          D.传达

4.The writer doesn't tell us _______.

     A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls    B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world

     C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on    D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

5.What's the best title of the passage? ______.

      A. Barbie's birthday                     B. Barbie Dolls

      C. A lovely girl named Barbie             D. Why are Barbies popular

 

The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of September 2,1666.In four days it destroyed more than three quarters of the old city,where most of those houses were built out of wood and close together.One hundred thousand people became homeless but only few lost their lives.The fire started on Sunday moring.By eight o’clock three hundred houses were on fire.On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames.Tuesday was the worst day.The fire destroyed many well–known buildings.
The fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path(路线) of the fire.With nothing left to burn,the fire became weak and finally died out.
【小题1】What day die the Great Fire happen in London?

A．Sunday.

B．Monday.

C．Tuesday.

D．Wednesday.

【小题2】The Great Fire of London destroyed more than ________ of the old city.

A．25 percent

B．30 percent

C．half

D．75 percent

【小题3】What were most of the houses made of?

A．Plastic.

B．Wood.

C．Stones.

D．Bricks.

【小题4】Finally,the fire was out because there wasn’t ________ left to burn it ________.

A．nothing,the fire	B．anything,the city
C．anything,the path of the fire	D．something,the streets

【小题5】How long did the fire last?

A．Two days.	B．Three days.
C．More than four days.	D．Half a month.

Dear sir,
I read your story (of the 4^th February) about the cost of living in the country rather than in the town, and I agree with most of your opinions.My husband and I lived in the middle of Horlton until two years ago a seaside (海边) town of nearly five hundred thousand people.When my husband stopped working, we moved to our present house in a small village at the foot of Roland Hill, and there is no doubt (疑问) that our costs are higher now.
I have to do my shopping in small shops, where the food is more expensive than in city supermarkets; it costs more to travel by bus; and because the men who come to mend the television or the washing-machine, have to come further, we have to pay them more.
But it does not cost us much to enjoy what is beautiful in the country; and peace and quiet are cheap.It takes many people a lot of time and money to drive into the country to enjoy the simple things of life; yet we can enjoy them just by going out of the front door.It costs more to live here than it did in Horlton, but now life really is worth (值得) living.
Yours faithfully,
Edith Randall (Mrs)
【小题1】Horlton was __________.

A．a very big city

B．a small village beside the sea

C．a town of nearly 500,000 people

D．a small village at the foot of Roland Hill

【小题2】It costs more to live in the country because __________.

A．the men who mend the television have to come by bus

B．food costs more in small shops

C．the television goes wrong more often in the country

D．Mrs Randall has to travel by bus to the city supermarket

【小题3】Although it costs less to live in a town, __________.

A．life is more worth living in the country

B．we can’t enjoy the beautiful view

C．it costs more to live in Horlton

D．life is worth living only when you live in a small village

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Not everyone can swim with fish in the ocean. But they can enjoy underwater life in another way-by visiting an aquarium.
There is a very large public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Georgia Aquarium says it is  【小题1】in the world. It has more than one hundred thousand sea animals in thirty million liters of  【小题2】. These include two whale sharks ---the   【小题3】 largest fish. And everyone seems to enjoy  【小题4】huge public aquariums. They have opened around the world. Visiting an aquarium is a good way for children    【小题5】about sea animals. They might even want to start an aquarium at home and join   【小题6】of people keeping fish as pets around the world.
We do not really know when people began keeping fish as pets. But people have been interested in fish    【小题7】 a long time ago. Some say the Chinese kept and studied carp(鲤鱼) and goldfish more than one thousand years ago. The   【小题8】Romans kept eels（鳝鱼) as pets . And the Greek philosopher Aristotle(亚里士多德) might be the 【小题9】to study sea life, including sharks and dolphins.
Some people say that keeping fish at home in small water tanks called aquarium is very  【小题10】today.

In every little girl’s toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易会）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
【小题1】Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

A．Mattel.

B．Elliott.

C．Barbara.

D．Ruth Handler.

【小题2】A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.

A．3

B．50

C．90

D．27,000

【小题3】What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?

A．传播

B．传奇

C．传承

D．传达

【小题4】The writer doesn’t tell us _______.

A．Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls	B．Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C．what the first Barbie Doll was based on	D．the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

【小题5】What’s the best title of the passage? ______.

A．Barbie’s birthday	B．Barbie Dolls
C．A lovely girl named Barbie	D．Why are Barbies popular