Clothes are important and necessary to us, but do you know how to choose suitable clothes in a correct way? Here are some ideas for you．

When you go shopping and want to buy some clothes，you should think about which kind of clothes you really need and decide how much money you can spend on them．Then look at the labels that are inside the new clothes. They tell you how to take care of the clothes．The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water. A sweater label may tell you to wash it in cold water. The label on a coat may say “dry clean only” and cleaning in water may ruin this coat. If you do as the directions say on the label, you can keep your clothes looking their best．

Many clothes today must be dry-cleaned. Dry cleaning is expensive. When buying new clothes, you had better check if they need to be dry-cleaned. You can save money if you buy clothes that can be washed or that are well-made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times.

Clothes that cost more money don’t always mean they are better made. They may not fit you, either. On the other hand, less expensive clothes may sometimes look better and fit you well.

1. The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is__________.               ．

A. to know how to wash them

B. to 1ook for well-made clothes

C. to read the directions inside them

D. to see which kind of clothes you need

2.  According to the passage，a sweater may be__________.                ．

A. washed in cold water                                         B. washed once a week

C. washed in hot water                                               D. dry-cleaned only

3. What does the underlined word “label’’ mean?

A. 品牌                B. 标签              C. 价格              D. 尺寸

4.  The main idea for the passage is __________.                           ．

A. buying less expensive clothes                 B．washing clothes in a right way

C. being a clever clothes shopper                D．choosing the well-made clothes

 

A: Hi,Tony. 1. 

B: A lot of people were badly hurt in the Ya’an earthquake.

A: Yes, I feel so sorry about that. 2. 

B: What shall we do?

A:   3. 

B: Good idea! Money must be a problem.

A:   4. 

B: We can also collect school things for the students there.

A: Right! 5. 

B: You are so kind.

 

It is not ______ that everyone will be able to be famous persons.

A. right           B. good            C. realistic            D. impossible

 

Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large  51 . The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.

One day, the single brother said to himself, “It’s not  52  that we share all the rice. I’m  53  and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and  54  across the field  55  their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.

At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to  56  me when I am  57 . However, my brother has no one to take care of his  58 .” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.

Several months passed by. They found  59  strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand what was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears  60  their eyes at once.

1.A. group B. family C. class D. team

2.A. right B. popular C. interesting D. wrong

3.A. poor B. happy C. alone D. rich

4.A. jumped B. played C. went D. rode

5.A. from B. through C. off D. between

6.A. look after B. look for C. look out D. look at

7.A. worried B. old C. healthy D. dead

8.A. hope B. children C. farm D. future

9.A. them B. this C. it D. that

10.A. appeared B. filled C. dropped D. rose

 

Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama’s “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through pop music or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem rather important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures (the opposite of success). JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
No one’s born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness; it’s a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to tell when you don’t know something, and to learn something new.
And even when you’re struggling(奋斗), even when you’re discouraged (泄气), and you feel other people have given up on you—don’t ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.
【小题1】Why does Barack Obama mention (提到) JK Rowling and Michael Jordan in the third paragraph?

A．To compare these two famous persons.

B．To explain that the more failures he has, the more successful he is.

C．If you want to be successful, you should fail first.

D．To show that failure is the mother of success.

【小题2】 Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．No one can be successful without working hard.

B．Failure can be good if you treat it in a right way.

C．Those who believe in themselves shouldn’t ask others for help.

D．One should try his best to make his dream come true.

【小题3】Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined sentence?

A．One shouldn’t ask questions because it is a sign of strength.

B．One should believe in himself though he will face much difficulty.

C．One doesn’t have to work hard when he has failed several times.

D．One doesn’t have to ask for help because it is a sign of weakness.