题目内容
Once again, I was in a new school. So was a girl in my class named Paris. That’s where the1ended.
I was tall and she was small. I was one of the oldest in the class while she was the youngest. I was2and shy. She wasn’t. I couldn’t3her, considering her my enemy. But she wanted to be friends.
One day, she invited me over and I said yes — I was too4to say no. Actually no one has invited me over to play before. But this girl, who wore the latest5, wanted to see me.
She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister. When we got to the room she6with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies(芭比娃娃)- which was my next7. I would have thought she’d outgrown them. I has never played with them. But we sat on the floor of a walk-in cupboard laughing as we8crazy stories about the Barbies. That’s9we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older. We both had wile10.
We had a great day that afternoon. Our jaws ached from11so much. She showed me her outfits, which had12come from a designer clothing store down the block. The woman who owned it used her13a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes14.
Paris had the whole neighborhood15. The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free16and the pizza place let her have free slices. Soon I was17in her magic world. We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together. My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being18.
Paris, my first real friend since childhood, helped me19the through teenage years and taught me an amazing and very surprising thing about making friends: your “worst enemy” can20to be your best friend.
- 1.
- A.differences
- B.similarities
- C.story
- D.legend
- A.
- 2.
- A.awkward
- B.brave
- C.beautiful
- D.clever
- A.
- 3.
- A.like
- B.hate
- C.stand
- D.help
- A.
- 4.
- A.happy
- B.worried
- C.shamed
- D.shocked
- A.
- 5.
- A.clothes
- B.shoes
- C.fashions
- D.trousers
- A.
- 6.
- A.stayed
- B.shared
- C.built
- D.repaired
- A.
- 7.
- A.surprise
- B.puzzle
- C.issue
- D.question
- A.
- 8.
- A.took up
- B.thought up
- C.set up
- D.made up
- A.
- 9.
- A.where
- B.how
- C.why
- D.when
- A.
- 10.
- A.imaginations
- B.image
- C.profile
- D.thinking
- A.
- 11.
- A.crying
- B.shouting
- C.smiling
- D.doing
- A.
- 12.
- A.hardly
- B.mostly
- C.greatly
- D.rarely
- A.
- 13.
- A.as
- B.for
- C.of
- D.from
- A.
- 14.
- A.in turn
- B.in line
- C.in exchange
- D.in advance
- A.
- 15.
- A.confused
- B.charmed
- C.addicted
- D.annoyed
- A.
- 16.
- A.permission
- B.price
- C.clothes
- D.passes
- A.
- 17.
- A.included
- B.taken
- C.controlled
- D.closed
- A.
- 18.
- A.short
- B.high
- C.tall
- D.funny
- A.
- 19.
- A.go through
- B.see through
- C.look through
- D.get through
- A.
- 20.
- A.lookout
- B.turnout
- C.watch out
- D.work out
- A.
New York has taken the title of the world’s top fashion capital from Milan. The annual survey suggest that the top five fashion cities are facing competition from Asia and Australia. New York had been the top fashion city for five years, but Milan took the title in 2009. The survey was made by the Global Language Monitor, a US based organization. It tracks the frequency(频率) of words and phrases in the media, on the Internet and throughout the blog. With the US economy recovering, New York once again took the top title. Hong Kong took second place. It was followed by London, Paris and Los Angeles. The other top 10 cities were Milan, Sydney, Miami, Barcelona and Madrid.
“Because of the new economic situation, the global fashion centers have also changed a lot, ”said Bekka Payack. the Manhattan-based fashion reporter for the Global Language Monitor. “The new list shows that global fashion centers will change now and then. Compared with the traditional fashion cities, some new ones are performing better and better. ”She said that perhaps this is new trend, and it is the first sign that the traditional top five fashion cities——New York, Paris, London, Milan, and Rome——do not control global fashion any more.
The biggest changes in the list are Hong Kong, Madrid and Melbourne. The Group said that the top newcomers to the list include Amsterdam at number 17, Cape Town at 23, Johannesburg at 25 and Vienna at 27.
The following are the 10 top fashion cities of 2010 and the changes from 2009.
1. New York(up 1) 2. Hong Kong(up 5)
3. London(up 2) 4. Paris(down 1)
5. Los Angeles(up 1) 6. Milan(down 5)
7. Sydney(up 2) 8. Miami(up 5)
9. Barcelona(up 5) 10. Madrid(up 11)
1.New York has regained the title of the world’s top fashion capital mainly because __________.
A.the US economy has been recovering |
B.Milan faced competition from other cities |
C.few big cities took part in the competition |
D.the survey was made by an American organization |
2.Compared with the 2009 list, which of the following has the greatest change?
A.Hong Kong |
B.Milan |
C.Madrid |
D.Barcelona |
3.We can infer from the text that __________.
A.New York has lost the top title several times |
B.all the traditional fashion cities are in the 2010 list |
C.economic situations influence global fashion centers |
D.new fashion cities have performed better than traditional ones |
4.The text is probably taken from a __________.
A.science report |
B.fashion magazine |
C.geography textbook |
D.history book |