Australian colour consultant（顾问）Kylie Bartnicki is talking with a group of women in Pudong, Shanghai, who are interested in how colours affect people's confidence and help form（形成）people's first impressions（印象）．

    Kylie traces（追溯）back her interest in colours to when she went for her first job interview at age 18. "My mother bought me a new red top to wear to my interview and she said, "Wear this, and it will be lucky."' Kylie recalls. "I wore it, had a great interview and got the job. Ever since then I started thinking about how powerful the colour is, how it makes us look and how it makes us feel."

    "When we wear clothes in a good colour, the colour will make our skin, hair and eyes shine and we look happy and smart," Kylie says.

    Winter and summer are "cool colourings" and autumn and spring are "warm colourings". Someone who loves "cool colouring" might have red or golden hair, brown eyes and gold or yellow skin.

    Chinese women belong to the "autumn season" if they have darker, peachy skin. Chinese women belong to the "winter season" if they have pale skin. Kylie says that Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair will look best in deep, rich colours. Light pinks and blues should be  avoided because they may wash our Chinese skin tones（肤色）．

    Their talk usually lasts one and a half to two hours and costs 600 yuan (89 dollars). Kylie says her customers(客户) are as young as five years old and as old as 90. The customers between their 30s and 50s always want some fresh ideas on developing their own personal style.

1.Chinese women who have dark eyes and dark hair won't look beautiful in_______.

A. purple                 B. red             C. deep green    D. light blue

2.A mother and her daughter need to pay___ to get the advice from Kylie for their 2-hour talk.

A. $89                      B. $120          C. $178                    D. $600

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Wearing clothes in a good colour will make us look happy.

B. When Kylie was 18, she started to be interested in colours.

C. Kylie's customers are in between their 30s and 50s.

D. Autumn and spring are "warm clourings".

任务型阅读 （共10小题，每小题1分，计10分，每空一词。）

What’s the most important thing in your life? Have you thought about this question?

I began to think about it when I was just a little girl. I had a lot of friends and I loved playing with them. So I thought friendship was the most important thing in life. If I had no friends, I would be very sad.

When I got older, I thought the most important thing was music. I was crazy about music at that time. In my opinion, if I couldn’t sing or couldn’t listen to music, my life would be meaningless.

As time went by, I changed my mind again. When I was 12, I read a book that tells a beautiful story about the love between a mother and her child. I was happy to find that love was the most important thing. I thought love made my life beautiful.

Not long ago, I got a new answer to the question from another book. The writer said, “happiness is the destination for everyone.”

Soon I realized that, in fact, friendship, music, love and happiness are all very important to us. There are many important things that make our lives colourful and beautiful.

What’s the most important thing in life? I don’t have the answer yet. However, in fact, I don’t want to know. I just want to care about everything important in my life. And I believe I will be very happy if I can achieve that.

I hope everyone can find the important things in their lives, and cherish them!

阅读理解

A mother and her young son got on a bus in a small city and sat down. The bus conductor(售票员) came to them for their money. The mother said, “I want one ticket to Oxford,” and gave her a shilling (="12" pence).

The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then said to him, “How old are you, young man?”

The mother began speaking, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, “I’m four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains.”

The mother took six pence(便士) out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.

1.One day the mother took a bus _____.

2. The mother gave the conductor ______ pence in all(总共) that day.

3. The mother was _____.

4. The conductor asked _____ how old he was.

5. The boy was ______ years old in fact.

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A mother and her young son got into a bus in New York City and sat down. The bus conductor（售票员） came to them for their money. The mother said, "I want one ticket（票） to Central Park, "and gave him two dollars. The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then asked him, "How old are you, young man?"  The mother just began to speak, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, "I'm four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains."  The mother felt shamed（羞愧）， so she took another dollar out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.

1.One day the mother took a bus ______.

A. to a small city   B. to get some money    C. with her son   D. to school

2.The mother gave the conductor_____ dollars in all(总共) on the bus.

 A. 1             B. 2            C. 3          D 4

3.The mother was______.     

A. not honest(诚实)   B. honest     C. very clever  D. not pretty

4.The conductor asked ______ how old he was.

A. the mother    B. the little boy     C. the bus driver   D the passenger

5.The boy was ____ years old then.      

A. four       B. two       C. two and a half   D six and a half

A mother and her young son get into a bus in a small city and sit down. The bus conductor comes to them for their money. The mother says ,“I want one ticket (票) to the zoo.” and gives her one yuan.

The conductor looks at the small boy for a few seconds then says to him, “How old are you, young man?”

The mother begins speaking, but the conductor stops her, and the boy says, “I’m four years old at home, and two in buses .”

The mother takes fifty fen out of her bag and gives the money to the conductor. The conductor gives her one and a half tickets.

1.One day the mother takes a bus ______.

A．to a small city                          B．to get some money

C．with her son                           D．to get a ticket

2.The mother gives the conductor ______ fen in all(总共) that day?

A．120.             B．150.              C．180.             D．200.

3.What does the word “conductor”mean?

A．司机             B．售票员           C．乘客             D．警察

4.The conductor asks ______ how old he is?

A．the mother                            B．the little boy

C．the bus driver                          D．the mother and the son

5.The boy is ______ years old.

A．four             B．two              C．two and a half      D．six