A. But I argued with my best friend yesterday.   B. That’s a good idea. C. I don’t have enough time. D. What should I do?  E. I’ll try to apologize (道歉) to her.

A: I want to get good grades.     34   
B: Maybe you could attend after-school class on weekends.
A:     35   I have to do my homework on weekends.
B: Well, you could ask your friends for help.
A:     36   
B: You should say “sorry” to your friend.
A: OK.    37        
B: I think you shouldn’t play computer games or watch TV any more.
A:     38   I’ll study harder and harder from now on.

 

A. But I argued with my best friend yesterday.   B. That’s a good idea. C. I don’t have enough time. D. What should I do?  E. I’ll try to apologize (道歉) to her.

A: I want to get good grades.     34   

B: Maybe you could attend after-school class on weekends.

A:     35  I have to do my homework on weekends.

B: Well, you could ask your friends for help.

A:     36   

B: You should say “sorry” to your friend.

A: OK.    37        

B: I think you shouldn’t play computer games or watch TV any more.

A:     38  I’ll study harder and harder from now on.

 

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 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. Newspaper, 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.
【小题1】 From this passage we know that “fashion” means ______.

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

【小题2】Today fashions change very quickly because _______.

A．people read newspaper 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

【小题3】“There is money in fashion” means ______.

A．clothes are expensive	B．money comes from fashion
C．people like new things	D．fashions make big money

【小题4】 The best title for the passage is ______.

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

A student newspaper reports that most students go to sleep at 1:30 am. Even if that’s an overstatement (夸张), it’s close to the truth. Scientists say teens should sleep nine hours each night. But that’s hard. Some are even “pulling all-nighters” (开夜车). These students must hand in their homework the next day but they haven’t done it. In the morning they don’t look healthy and you can tell who’s been doing it. One of my classmates did a survey on the topic. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!
Maybe our lack(缺乏) of sleep is because of laziness — I think I’m a rather lazy student — or maybe it’s because we have too much to do in American high schools. I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1:30 am, I wouldn’t get any work done. I’d be falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 am. I’m partly awake in my first class. By the second, I’m a little sleepy. By my third class, I’m sleepy. By midday I’m finally fully awake. But by 3:00 pm, I’m slowing down again. Yet I get more sleep than usual students.
Most American high schools seem to have a similar(相似的) problem with sleepy students. High school classes start at 7:30 am, so students have to get up one and a half hours before that to get ready and catch the bus. It’s believed that lack of sleep can be bad for both grades and health. Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 am.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence “it’s close to the truth” mean?

A．It doesn’t tell the truth.	B．It is quite true.
C．It is impossible.	D．I don’t think it’s right.

【小题2】Why do most of the teens have to stay up late?

A．They play computer games.	B．They watch videos late.
C．They have to do a lot of housework.	D．They have to do a lot of homework.

【小题3】When do students in most American high schools have to get up?

A．At 7:30 am.

B．At 6:00 am.

C．At 9:00 am.

D．At about 7:00 am.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading?

A．The writer usually stays up past 1:30 am.

B．The writer usually goes to bed around midnight.

C．The writer usually does a survey.

D．Many American students don’t get enough sleep, so they can have high grades.

【小题5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Something has to be done to solve the problem of students’ lack of sleep.

B．Many American high school students are sleepy in class.

C．Many kids have too much homework to do.

D．Students can’t play computer games.