4. What kind of person do you think Wilson Bentley was?

A. He was outgoing.　　　　 B. He was too serious.

C. He was interested in learning.　 D. He was very warm-hearted.

3. Which of the following about Bentley is TRUE?

A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.

B. He was born in a rich family.

C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.

D. He was fascinated(着迷的) by the beauty of snowflakes.

2. We can know from the story that Bentley’s father was _______.

A. a farmer　　　　 B. a funny man

C. an athletic man　　　　　 D. a schoolteacher

1. The best title for this passage is　 “_______”.

A. Snowflake Photos　　 　　

B. ‘Snowflake’ Bently

C. Long and Hard Winters

D. Teenage Photographer

5. Why does the passage say T-shirts are more like artwork than just simple summer wear now?

A. They look beautiful.

B. They are very expensive.

C. Young people can put their ideas on their T-shirts.

D. Everyone likes T-shirts and they are popular.

　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D

　　 Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花) falling. Do you want to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.

　　 Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too.

　　 In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a schoolteacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.

But it was his mother’s microscope(显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying the things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals(晶体) through the microscope.

　　 The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.

　　 How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.

　　 The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.

　　 But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.

　　 For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley.

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

4. When did T-shirts become a sign of being cool and different?

A. By World War II.　　 B. In the 1930s.

C. In the 1970s.　　　 D. In the 1980s.

3. At the beginning, what did the American students wear T-shirts for?

A. For showing their love towards Marlon Broando.　　 B. For playing sport.

C. For being cool.　　　 D. For showing their own ideas.

2. Why did the American soldiers like the T-shirts?

A. They felt safer.　　 B. They looked cool.

C. They were cooler and more comfortable.　　 D. They had to wear them.

1. From the passage, who do we know wore T-shirts first?

A. American students.　　 B. American soldiers.

C. A famous American actor.　　 D. European soldiers.

5. Why is milk with special bacteria getting more popular with people?

A. It has a better taste.　 B. It makes the nutrients easier for people to take in.

C. It is cheaper.　　　　　　 D. Both A and B.

　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　C

　　 There is a long history behind the first T-shirts and today’s colorful outerwear(外套).

　　 Many stories talk about the first T-shirts and the reason why people wear them. One says the first T-shirts had something to do with war.

　　 In World War I

　　 Some American soldiers found that European soldiers’ undershirts(汗衫) were cooler and more comfortable. They started to wear the same kind. Because the design of the undershirts was simple and looked like the letter T, Americans called the clothes T-shirts.

　　 By World War Ⅱ

　　 Many soldiers started to wear T-shirts as underwear.

　　 In the 1930s

　　 Many American students started wearing white T-shirts for playing sport.

　　 In 1951

　　 Marlon Brando, a very famous American actor, wore a tight-fitting(紧身的) T-shirt in a film. After this, many American men started to dress like him.

In the 1970s

　　 T-shirts became the favorite kind of clothing for young people in many countries. At that time, they were a sign of being cool and different from others.

　　 In the 1980s

　　 T-shirts started to be hot in China.

　　 Now many young people show their own ideas on their T-hirts: special pictures, funny words... T-shirts are more like artwork than just simple summer wear.

Choose the best answer according to the passage.