Look at your classmates around you. You all wear the same uniform and similar shoes, even similar haircut. Do you want to be different from them? A fashionable and useful backpack can be a great idea!

Backpacks are lightweight and easy to carry on then go. They are great tools for students. They help you to stay organized and tidy. You can keep school things, books and personal items like cell phones and keys neatly(整洁地). With a special and cool backpack, you can also stand out among your classmates.

Tourists also love backpacks. With convenient backpacks, backpackers can move freely from one place to another. Meanwhile, they can also free their hands to do other things like taking photos.

But in the very beginning backpacks were not what we see today.

It is thought that US hiker Dick Kelty invented the first modern backpack in 1951. He used nylon(尼龙) to make backpacks lightweight. Then he added shoulder straps(带子) and waist straps to transfer much of the weight to the hips(臀部).

Today, backpacks come in different styles.

Rolling backpacks have wheels on the bottom. Users can pull them along the ground if they are too heavy to carry on their shoulders.

And with more people bringing notebook computers to school and work, backpacks also offer space for lightweight electronics. Most of them are in style and can be in good use.

A backpack has already become a symbol of fashion in some way. So, why not carry your fashion with your backpack?

1.What’s the writer’s idea for being different from other students?

A. To wear surprising school uniforms.

B. To get best grades.

C. To own a fashionable backpack.

D. To have a usual haircut.

2.Students can use a wonderful backpack to _________.

A. take photos B. lose weight

C. stand higher D. keep school things

3.Which of the following statement about the first backpack is NOT TRUE?

A. It was invented in the 20th century.

B. The inventor of it is an English hiker.

C. It was made of cotton and nylon.

D. It had shoulder straps and waist straps.

4.How many new styles of backpacks are mentioned in this passage?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

5.Where can we read this passage possibly?

A. A fashion magazine. B. A supermarket poster.

C. A school notice-board. D. A tour guidebook.

Have you ever wondered what an American high school is really like? This article will describe a typical (典型的) high school and its students.

A typical American high school has several large buildings and enough space for about 1,500 students. Every student is given a locker. When students first arrive at school, they go straight to their lockers to put away or get their textbooks and to hang up their outdoor clothes. As American textbooks are expensive, students would rather rent (租用) than buy them. Students must pay back if they lost any of them.

American students have different types of school transport. They usually take a yellow school bus or walk to school if they live close enough. Sometimes their parents drive them to school. When they turn 16 years of age, most take a free driving class at school for one term. If students earn (赚得,挣得) passing grades in the class and also pass their state driver’s exam, they can drive themselves to school.

Each day, students take six or seven classes. They must take science, math, English and social studies. They can choose art, homemaking, fashion design and other classes. In some schools students are required (要求)to take one or more of the following special classes: health education, physical education or foreign language studies. Students move to different classrooms for each subject. This is because each teacher has their own classroom. There is a five-minute break between classes, to give the students the time to hurry to their next class.

The regular school day usually ends early in the afternoon. After school more than half of the students need to join in after-school activities. These activities include(包括) sports-especially football, basketball, baseball and soccer or clubs, such as yearbook, speech, school newspaper, photograph or student government.

1. in an American High School

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Introduction

It gives an overview of a typical American high school and its2.

Lockers and textbooks

Every student has a locker for textbooks and3. clothes

They like to rent textbooks better than to4. them.

5. transport

Students usually go to school by bus or on foot. Sometimes their6. send them to school by car.

They can7. themselves to school when they are over 16 and have passed the required tests.

Classes and classrooms

Students have to take main classes, elective classes(选修课)and sometimes one or more 8. classes.

They go to9. classrooms for each subject.

After-school activities

After school most of the students take 10. in their favourite activities, including sports and clubs.

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