I am Jack. I am fond of painting on T-shirts. I got the idea two years ago for my brother’s birthday present. T-shirts in the shops were expensive. So I decided to paint a T-shirt myself. I bought a white cotton T-shirt for $ 6 and some paints. I painted a lion on the front. My brother loved it!

Painting T- shirts is great fun. You needn’t be a great artist (艺术家). You can just paint shapes and lines. The T-shirts are the most expensive part of my hobby. I love my hobby because I can make T-shirts that no one else has got. I give a lot of them away as presents to my family and friends. Sometimes, I sell them. I’ve made about 60 T-shirts and each one is different.

1. What does Jack like doing?

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2.Who got the first painted (画好的)T-shirt

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3. How many T-shirts has Jack made?

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4. Are all the T-shirts the same?

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5. What does Jack feel about painting T-shirts?

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The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.

In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.

Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.

1. The Aborigines painted pictures       .

   A. on animals’ fur         B. on the land     

C. on the tree              D. on the rock

2. What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?

   A. To paint.  B. To hunt.   C. To fight. D. To play.

3.. The Aborigines thought        were the most important on the earth.

   A. people      B. animals   C. spirits      D. plants

4. In an Aboriginal group        decided things.

   A. the older men        B. the leader      

   C. the English          D. the Europeans

5.The number of the Aborigines is small today       .

   A. because their living condition was very bad

   B. because the English killed a lot of them in the wars

   C. because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them

   D. because of the wars and the new illnesses

During my second year of middle school, our teacher gave us a test. I studied hard and   __46  well in all the subjects, so the questions were not difficult for me.  47  I stopped when I read the last one：“What is the   48  of the woman that cleans the school?”
Of course this was a joke. I saw the cleaning woman every day. She was short and about 60 years old. She had dark hair. But   49  would I know her name? I had never talked    __50 her before. In fact, I had never even thought about talking to her. I started to feel rather guilty(惭愧的).Finally, I   51  my paper, without finishing the last question.
Before the class ended, one student asked, “Will be last question count(计入) toward   __52  grade?” “Of course,” the teacher said, “In your life, you will meet many people. All are important. They deserve(值得) your attention and care, even if you just   53  and say hello to them.”
I’ve never forgotten that   54 _. I should get to know all of the people who work and live around me. That was, perhaps, the most   55  lesson of my life. Later, I learned that the cleaning woman’s name was Dorothy.

Britain Today
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month . Fast food is also very popular— 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day — two hours more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday, and have 56 holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren't in the UK—27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France , 15% are in China. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn't very good!
【小题1】 Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?