In every little girl's toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)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 D011 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

American and British people both speak English of course. But sometimes there are some important differences between British English and American English.

First of all, they sound very different. Often, Americans don't say each word separately. They say words together. Americans may say "I dunno" instead of "I don't know". Or they may say "Whaddya say?" instead of "What did you say?" However, the British are more careful. They usually say all the words and keep them separate.

Sound is not only the difference. Words sometimes have different meanings too. For example, the vocabulary for cars and driving is very different. Americans drive trucks, but in England people drive lorries.

Many expressions(短语)are also different in the two countries. In England, if you are going to telephone your friends, you "phone them up". In America, you "give them a call". When you are saying goodbye in England you might say "Cheerio!" In America you might say "See you later."

There're also some differences in grammar. For example, Americans usually use the helping verb "do" when they ask a question. They say "Do you have a storybook?" But the British often leave out the helping verb. They say "Have you a storybook?"

Most languages are like this. Languages change over time. When people live in separate places, the languages change in different ways. This is what has happened to English. It can also happen to other languages, such as French. Many people in Canada speak French but their French is very different from the French of France.

1.What does the word "separately" mean in second paragraph in Chinese?

A. 含糊地 B. 快速地 C. 分开地 D. 简略地

2.Which of the following sentences is RIGHT according to the passage?

A. American people usually say "I don't know" instead of(代替) "I dunno".

B. There are four differences between American and British English.

C. Canadians speak all the same French as Frenchmen.

D. When people live in different places, the language are spoken in the same way.

3.This passage is mainly about .

A. English vocabulary

B. how American sounds are different from British sounds

C. the way the British say words

D. some differences between American and British English

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