1 . For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question, “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective (形容词) “fashionable” in the same way: “She was wearing 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 his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural (自然的). 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. From this passage we know that “fashion” means _________.

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

2. Which of the following things is fashionable today?

A．Surfing on the Internet

B．Having a family dinner on New Year’s Day

C．Learning to sing songs on the radio

D．Doing morning exercises at school.

3. 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

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

A．clothes are expensive

B．money comes from fashion

C．people like new things

D．there are no fashions without money

5. The best title for the passage is ______.

A．Fashions	B．Fashion mean clothes
C．Fashion means money	D．A fashionable

2 . There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely(智慧地), we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the thing in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands(品牌). We need to know how to make a choice(选择) when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or a pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is nicer? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.
We have to realize that the choices we make can affect(影响) the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice affect?
1. This passage mainly tells us that it’s important to _____________.

A．make the right choices

B．know how to compare prices

C．know how to shop carefully

D．learn everything at school

2. We need “life skills” if we want to ____________.

A．know how to choose a part-time job

B．compare brands and prices

C．live useful and happy lives

D．learn things at school

3. Which choice is more important according to the passage?

A．Which fruit to take for lunch.

B．Which kind of food to eat, healthy food or junk food?

C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies.

D．How to get to school.

4. From the passage we know that our choices can affect ______________.

A．nobody	B．the people around us
C．just ourselves	D．the prices of the things

5. According the article which statement is True?

A．We face all kinds of choices every day.

B．We can learn everything at school.

C．Knowing how to make choices isn’t necessary.

D．Our choices won’t affect others.

3 .

Name
Website	_______	_______	_______
Founding time	April, 2005	June, 2006	September, 2004
Founder	Wang Wei	Gu Yongqiang	Yang Bo
Idea	“Show yourself like a superstar”.	“Let the whole world watch us ”.	“Join us more, and you will get more .”
Feature	Sharing videos with other people.	Watching micro-videos on the C2C service platform.	Making friends with others and editing what you like.

1. Youku was founded by _______.

A．Wang Wei

B．Gu Yongqiang

C．Yang Bo

D．June ,2006

2. If you want to make friends with others, you’d better choose _____.

A．www.tudou.com	B．www.youku.com
C．www.douban.com	D．www.sina.com

3. _______ was founded the earliest in this form .

A．Tudou

B．Youku

C．Xunlei

D．Douban

4. If you are on Tudou , you will know its idea is ________.

A．Let the whole world watch us .

B．Show yourself like a superstar.

C．Join us more, and you will get more .

D．Watching micro-videos on the C2C service platform.

5. Which is true according to the passage ?

A．You can edit what you like on Youku.

B．Tudou was founded two months earlier than Youku.

C．We can know five kinds of information of every website.

D．The idea of Youku is “Join us more, and you will get more .”

4 . Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day, but in winter it’s completely dark for about three months. Very few plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, including whales, seals and penguins.
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica in the 1770s by ship, he found no one living there. Today, a few scientists work in Antarctica, but they only spend a short time there.
Many scientists are studying the _____, which is getting thinner and thinner worldwide. The biggest “hole” is above Antarctica, and weather there is getting warmer. Scientists think that this cold and lonely place can teach us a lot about the earth and how to keep the earth safe.
1. When did Captain James Cook travel around Antarctica?

A．In the 1670s.

B．In the 1760s.

C．In the 1770s.

D．In the 1780s.

2. The underlined part “ozone layer” means “________” in Chinese.

A．冻土层

B．大气层

C．臭氧层

D．高压层

3. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Antarctica is much bigger than Australia in size.

B．Scientists spend a long time in Antarctica.

C．There is no plant growing in Antarctica.

D．In winter, it’s dark for about 70 days in Antarctica.

5. Why is the weather in Antarctica getting warmer and warmer?

A．Because there are more and more people living there.

B．Because the ozone layer is being destroyed.

C．Because the sun shines a long time every day there.

D．Because the weather in other places is getting warmer.

5 . Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be sent to your house in a couple of days.

November 11^this a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year, many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ，sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.

“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent several thousand that day.

Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries,　　1　　“I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.

While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don’t need.

“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”

1. Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of _________.

A．clicking their mouse	B．paying money
C．sitting in front of their computers	D．going to shops

2. What does the underlined phrase “with ease” mean?

A．轻松地

B．困难地

C．便宜地

D．昂贵地

3. According to the article, which of the following is not an advantage of shopping online?

A．It can save people time and money.	B．Online stores have better quality goods.
C．People can buy things from different places.	D．Online stores may have more kinds of goods.

4. People worry about students shopping online because students _________.

A．have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things

B．may depend too much on online shopping

C．haven’t met the online store owners

D．may buy nothing with a lot of money

5. The article is mainly about _________.

A．how to buy good products online

B．how to find good online stores.

C．advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.

D．dangers of shopping online for students.

6 . Biodiversity(生物多样性), or biological diversity, is a wide-ranging concept that covers all the different kinds of plant and animal species present on earth. Environmentalists believe that many millions of species exist. As all these living organisms are dependent on each other in some way, biodiversity is desirable. Any loss to the planet is actually a loss for mankind as well, and it is our responsibility to try and save Earth’s biodiversity.

Biodiversity has a vital role to play in the evolution（演变）of species. Species become extinct, but new species evolve, and this is how a balance is maintained. This may sound pretty simple, but it takes millions of years for changes to take place.

Biodiversity is also very important to the stability of food webs. Damage to them can mean disaster for an entire ecosystem. The extinction of a single animal species can put huge pressure on the numerous other species dependent on it.

Biodiversity also has an important role to play in human society. Apart from being the most intelligent species on earth, human beings are also the most dependent. We depend on nature to meet our basic needs. When we change the balance of nature to create our cities and bring about our technical advances, we knowing or unknowing cause great damage to the ecosystem. This must be understood, and the damages must be reversed（颠倒）in any way they can to ensure that the balance of the ecosystem is maintained.

1. We learn from the first paragraph that_________.

A．biodiversity can be seen

B．all living species are found on earth

C．people everywhere are aware of the importance of biodiversity

D．the loss of any species can affect humans

2. Why can change in food webs lead to disaster?

A．Because it can make people suffer from disease.

B．Because it can put huge pressure on some species.

C．Because it takes a long time for such changes to take place.

D．Because it will damage ninety-nine percent of species.

3. What does the underlined word probably mean?

A． Immovability

B．Peace

C．Strength

D．Variety

4. We learn from the last paragraph that __________.

A．humans are as independent as they are intelligent

B．the balance of the ecosystem is easily maintained

C．nature has given us a lot

D．nature is taking revenge on us

5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．Food Webs are Closely Related to Biodiversity.

B．Biodiversity Plays a Very Important Role in Evolution.

C．How Biodiversity Affects Human Society.

D．Understanding Biodiversity and Its Importance.