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  In every little girl’s toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll.Barbie is 50 years old this year.It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler.She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel.She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara.The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair(交易会)New York on March 9th, 1959.This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.

  Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars.Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars.Mattel says 90%of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll.And girls aged three to six own an average(平均)of about twelve.

  When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend.Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world.They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.

(1)

Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

[  ]

A.

Mattel.

B.

Elliott.

C.

Barbara.

D.

Ruth Handler.

(2)

A Barbie Doll cost ________ dollars in the first year after it appeared.

[  ]

A.

3

B.

50

C.

90

D.

27,000

(3)

What does the underlined word“legend”mean in the passage?

[  ]

A.

传播

B.

传奇

C.

传承

D.

传达

(4)

The writer doesn’t tell us ________.

[  ]

A.

Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls

B.

Barbie Dolls sell well around the world

C.

what the first Barbie Doll was based on

D.

the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

(5)

What’s the best title of the passage?

[  ]

A.

Barbie’s birthday

B.

Barbie Dolls

C.

A lovely girl named Barbie

D.

Why are Barbies popular

答案:1.D;2.A;3.B;4.C;5.B;
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    Mr and Mrs Green do not often go out in the evening, but one Saturday, Mrs Green says to Mr Green, "There is a good film at   the cinema tonight. Shall we go to see it?"

    Mr Green is quite happy about it. So they went, and both of them enjoy the film.

  They come out of the cinema at 11 0'clock, get into their car and begin driving home. They see a woman running along the road very fast, and a man is running after her. So Mr Green drives the car very slowly near the woman and says to her, "Can we help you?"

  "No, thank you." the woman says, "My husband(丈夫)and I always run home after the cinema, and the last one must wash the dishes at home!"

根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案。

  1. Mr and Mrs Green goes out _____ one evening.

[  ]

  A. to see a film       B. to drive a car

  C. to run along the road   D. to take a walk

  2. _____ enjoy the film.          

[  ]

  A. Mr Green       B. Mrs Green

  C. Mr and Mrs Green   D. Everybody there

  3. Mr Green wants to _____.          

[  ]

  A. drive the car slowly   B. help that woman

  C. run along the road    D. look at the woman

  4. That woman ____.              

[  ]

  A. wants to get help   B. is running back home to wash dishes

  C. is running for fun  D. doesn't want to do the washing

  5. Mr and Mrs Green _____.          

[  ]

  A. don't help the woman       B. run after the woman

  C. help the woman wash the dishes  D. are afraid to help her

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  One day, Mr and Mrs White received two theatre tickets for a wonderful concert. They were very pleased because the tickets were hard to get. But they couldn't know who sent the tickets. The person didn't write his name and address in the letter.

  The Whites called all their friends in order to find out who sent the tickets, but none of them did so. And nobody knew who itwas. They couldn't help(情不自禁)wondering who sent the tickets.

  That evening, husband and wife attended the concert. It was nice performances, but they couldn't enjoy it properly because they were still worrying about where the tickets came from.

  When they returned home from the theatre, they found most of their things stolen(偷). On the table was a note. It said, "Now,you know who sent you the tickets."

  判断下列句子是否符合短文内容,符合的用“T”表示,不符合的用“F”表示。

  1. One day, the Whites got two tickets from a friend of theirs.

                        (  )

  2. Mr and Mrs White made telephone calls to all their friends to find out who it was.

                        (    )

  3. The concert was not at all interesting.

                        (    )

  4. Their things were taken away while they were out.

                        (    )

  5. Mr and Mrs White were quite clever and careful.

                        (    )

  6. This story is a lesson(教训)we should remember.

                        (    )

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  No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him. As the centuries(世纪) went by, he made more and more new words, This is what we mean by language.

  People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in

the world. Each has many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, has four or five hundred thousand words.  But before you leave school you will learn only a few thousands more. Then you should learn more and more words. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your  dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

根据短文内容,选择最恰当的答案。

1. The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.  

                          

[  ]

A. how animals make sounds

B. how man made words

C. man heard different sounds round him

D. man made more and more words

2. About how many different languages are there in the world?

                          

[  ]

A. 150  B. 1500  C. 5000  D. 500

3. A very large English dictionary might have over ______ words.

                          

[  ]

A. 400,000  B. 50,000  C. 40,000  D. 800,000

4. After you leave school, you should learn ______.

                          

[  ]

A. only a thousand words  B. all the words

C. more words         D. all kinds of languages

5. If you want to know more new words, you can ______.

                          

[  ]  

A. read many difficult books  B. read easy books

C. written easy English     D. look them up in your dictionary

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