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

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Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)：

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Day Returns:
This kind of ticket can save you 45% on the fare.You have to travel before 8.00 a.m. and after 6.00 p.m from Monday to Friday, but you can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.
Big City Savers(往返票):
You can save much money with these tickets.You have to buy them by 4.00 p.m the day before you travel.
Monthly Returns(優(yōu)惠票):
You can use these tickets for most journeys over 65 miles. Go any day return within(在…..之內(nèi)) a month. Monthly Returns can save you 25% on the fare.
Family Returns:
You can get a card of Family Returns for ￡20. After you buy your own ticket ,you need to pay only ￡3 for each of the other family members.You can travel as often as you like within two months.
【小題1】How many kinds of tickets are mentioned (提及) in the passage?
A  Two     B  Three     C Four       D Five
【小題2】If you want to go to a city75 miles away for four days ,which kind of ticket will you choose?

A．Big City SaversB．Monthly Returns
C．Day ReturnsD．Family Returns
【小題3】Mr Wu has a card of Family Returns , he buys himself a ticket of ￡15 and three tickets for his family,how much will he pay?
A．￡ 47B．￡ 27C．￡ 24D．￡15
【小題4】Which of the following is TURE?
A．A card of Family Returns can only be used for two months.
B．If you want to travel to Pairs by air ,you can use Big City Savers.
C．If you travel to Tokyo for three months,you can use Monthly Returns.
D．You can only use Day Returns from 8.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m at weekends.
【小題5】The passage is likely taken from a ________.
A．dictionaryB．notebook C．newspaperD．storybook

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According to the school rules, students shall wear school uniforms. H       1., for most students, school uniforms are not w       2.they like. “Why not wear the school uniform just one day a week? Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel b      3.of them.” A senior sutdent from a high school said. Most studetns don’t like the school uniforms’ s       4.colors, boring designs and bad quality. And a teacher at a high school in Guangzhou said. “ A      5.a teacher and mother, I hope the quality of school uniforms will be i       6.soon.” What has caused all these problems? Chen Hong, a uniform designer in Shenzhen, pointed out. “There are no professionals (專(zhuān)業(yè)人員) who work for students. “Besides, high quality m        7. a high price.” said Chen. “But in some schools the price for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan. How can we p     8.high quality clothes with so little money?”

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Day Returns:

This kind of ticket can save you 45% on the fare.You have to travel before 8.00 a.m. and after 6.00 p.m from Monday to Friday, but you can travel at any time on Saturday or Sunday.

Big City Savers(往返票):

You can save much money with these tickets.You have to buy them by 4.00 p.m the day before you travel.

Monthly Returns(優(yōu)惠票):

You can use these tickets for most journeys over 65 miles. Go any day return within(在…..之內(nèi)) a month. Monthly Returns can save you 25% on the fare.

Family Returns:

You can get a card of Family Returns for ￡20. After you buy your own ticket ,you need to pay only ￡3 for each of the other family members.You can travel as often as you like within two months.

1.How many kinds of tickets are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A  Two     B  Three     C Four       D Five

2.If you want to go to a city75 miles away for four days ,which kind of ticket will you choose?

A．Big City Savers                          B．Monthly Returns

C．Day Returns                           D．Family Returns

3.Mr Wu has a card of Family Returns , he buys himself a ticket of ￡15 and three tickets for his family,how much will he pay?

A．￡ 47            B．￡ 27            C．￡ 24            D．￡15

4.Which of the following is TURE?

A．A card of Family Returns can only be used for two months.

B．If you want to travel to Pairs by air ,you can use Big City Savers.

C．If you travel to Tokyo for three months,you can use Monthly Returns.

D．You can only use Day Returns from 8.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m at weekends.

5.The passage is likely taken from a ________.

A．dictionary         B．notebook          C．newspaper        D．storybook

 

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