题目内容
What do you look for when you go shopping for clothes? Do you choose something 1. (fashion) or comfortable? Do you like to look different? Or do you wear the same clothes 2. your friends? Do you go for this year’s colours? Is it the logo — the company symbol — that
3. (catch) your attention? Or maybe film stars are wearing these clothes? 4. helps you choose the clothes you like?
Everyone spends money on clothes, and everyone has their personal look. The best-known clothing companies sell their “designer” clothes all over the world. 5. number of these big name companies is in fact very small, and the clothes they make are more expensive than the clothes made by some other companies less famous. 6. , many people still prefer them to ordinary but comfortable clothes. Why?
Many young people today care about the way they look. They often buy “designer” clothes 7. they think they look cool. Then the less famous companies make clothes 8. look the same. But they don’t sell as well because they don’t have the logo.
People also think “designer” clothes are better made. For example, many people think the right 9. (run) shoes will make you run faster or play better. Of course, this is not 10. true. It’s the training — not the trainers or the equipments — that improves your speed or your score.
1. fashionable
2. as
3. catches
4. What
5. The
6. However
7. because
8. which / that
9. running
10. always / actually / really / absolutely
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The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere.
Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”. In the year 1902，toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced.
In 1913，an item called the Erector Set was invented. It was a steel，motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything. Its creator was A．C.Gilbert，a medical doctor.
Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914.Tinker Toys were made for younger children.
Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter. That was in 1915.
The following year，an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright，invented Lincoln Logs，which were interlocked to make structures.
Two years after Mickey Mouse was created，stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark. This was the start of Disney merchandise.
The yoyo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yoyo company in 1929.
The ViewMaster，a three dimensional viewer，was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber. The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3D images from Disney movies and television programs.
Finally，in 1940，model airplanes were mass produced. They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military，but later caught on as a toy.
The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times. Thanks to all these creative man’s efforts, we know otherwise what we may never know.
【小题1】Why were toy bears named “Teddy”？
| A．To be suitable for mass production |
| B．To be easily pronounced by children. |
| C．To meet the advertisers' needs. |
| D．To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt |
| A．Shape | B．Material used | C．Themes | D．Price |
| A．After William Gruber was born |
| B．After Gruber licensed Disney characters |
| C．Two years after Mickey Mouse was created. |
| D．When Disney merchandise was started |