Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, __1 __she didn't．It was disappointing．Her mother was __2__ about that．

One morning，Dinah just __3__ and was looking through the window．She saw her cousin skating on the __4__．He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never __5__ before．It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋)．Dinah thought it was interesting to __6__ on the street．She got up quickly and went outside．She asked her cousin if she __7__ try his shoes on．Her cousin said to her，”I know that your __8__ has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t 1earned．It is just because you are __9__．If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of __10__ like this．”

From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading．On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin．

For most people, the word "fashion (时尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "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 1780 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.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

A．subjects          B．holidays           C．books            D．clothes

2.By          we can see that fashions change as time goes.

A．finding a job

B．looking at pictures

C．eating in a restaurant

D．wearing a fashionable coat

3.In the 5th paragraph the writer mentions            kinds of ways to send information.

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

4."There is money in fashion" means

A．people like fashion and money

B．fashionable things are expensive

C．one can make money through fashion

D．a fashionable man makes much money

5.The passage is mainly about              .

A．the changes of fashions

B．the kinds of colors

C．the money in fashion

D．the differences between houses

On the terrible day, father took me to school. When he stopped in front of the school, I didn’t want to get out of the car. I looked at the students outside the building and suddenly felt sick. I slowly opened the car door and slowly got out. The body brace(支架) I wore made it hard for me to move and made me feel ugly. How I wished I were still in my school with all my friends. I didn’t know anyone here. I could feel that everyone was looking at me. I was sure that I would be the ugliest and strangest person they had ever seen. Tears fell on my new dress.
I struggled(奋力) to get through that day, and all the day for the following three days. I feel ugly for most of the time. I could hardly wait to take off the brace.
That day finally arrived on a rainy Thursday in Spring. I was so surprised and excited when the doctor said that I could take off the brace. From that day on, I began to love rain. I was free at last.
I danced up the stairs to the school building the next morning. I wanted everyone to see me, but to my surprise, no one said a word about my brace for the whole day, even Danielle, my best friend. I couldn’t wait to ask her, “Danielle, don’t you notice anything different about me? It’s the brace. The brace is gone.”
Danielle just looked at me and said, “ I know the brace is gone, but I don’t think it’ll make much difference. With or without it, you are still my friend.”
【小题1】How did the girl feel when she first went to the school?
A. She was surprised
B. She was upset.
C. She was angry.
【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The girl’s classmates didn’t like her because she was strange.
B. The girl was always unhappy while she was wearing the brace.
C. The girl’s classmates changed their ideas after she took off the brace.
【小题3】The girl took off her brace ___________.
A. The following three days
B. the next day
C. on a rainy Thursday
【小题4】The girl _____________ in that school before she wore the body brace.
A. had never studied
B. had already studied
C. had known some friends
【小题5】What do we learn from the passage?
A. Danielle was quite different from the others in the class.
B. It was not ugly to wear a brace.
C. Few of the girl’s classmates thought that she was ugly.

I remember that when I was in my teens，I used to refuse to follow the many “dos” and “don’ts” of my parents．For example，when I planned to sleep with my pet dog，they immediately said，”   1 “because they thought it was dangerous．This was just an example of the things I thought my parents were    2  about.       

Today，however，I am the father of a boy aged 15，and I find that I too，am pressuring my son with a lot of    3   that are hard for him．

The   4   day，I noticed that my son was wearing giant pants that could    5  three teenagers. No one should wear them．I commanded him to take them off at once .Usually，he  6  me，but this time he put his foot down．”What’s wrong with giant pants?  7  classmates wear them. And I don’t think you have the right to ask me to remove them，  8 you are my father!” said he．I    9   realized that we are now living in a society with more freedom，and that my son’s strong will on wearing giant pants was just an  10 of the generation gap(代沟) between us．Therefore，I gave in and now he is still wearing giant pants．

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashion” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
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 very quickly as time goes. This is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
【小题1】From the passage, we know that “fashion” means _______.