My name is Lisa.I have a bird.She is white.So I call her Xiaobai.Xiaobai is only two years old.She’s not big.But she is beautiful and clever.She can speak.

One day I go shopping with my sister Gina and Xiaobai.At Green Clothes Store Gina sees a red skirt and says, “Look! Lisa! That red skirt is very beautiful.” Xiaobai answers her instead of (代替) me, “No.I think you look nice in that green skirt.” Gina says, “OK.I listen to you.” Then she asks the shop assistant, “How much is the green one?” The shop assistant looks at Xiaobai, opens her mouth (嘴) but says nothing.At last she says to Gina, “I never see a bird that can speak these words.It’s great! You can take this green skirt.Oh, you don’t need to pay for（付钱） it.”

Gina is very happy.She asks me and my bird to have a big lunch in Leo’s Restaurant and then we go home.

1.Xiaobai is ______.

A．Lisa’s sister       B．Lisa’s cousin      C．a bird            D．a dog

2.Lisa is Gina’s ______.

A．aunt             B．friend            C．mother           D．sister

3.Gina likes the ______.

A．white T-shirt       B．red skirt           C．green skirt         D．red sweater

4.Gina and Lisa go shopping ______.

A．in the morning     B．in the afternoon    C．in the evening      D．all day

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Xiaobai is beautiful and clever.             B．The shop assistant is surprised at Xiaobai’s words.

C．Lisa pays for Gina’s clothes.              D．Gina and Lisa have lunch at a restaurant.

    My topic is fashion, and to make my talk more lively, I have brought along five objects. Fashion is important to all of us. Now we are all wearing school uniforms. When we go home, what do we do? We change into other clothes. If we are going out, we like to wear fashionable clothes. So my first object is this blouse. It looks beautiful, doesn't it? It is my most expensive piece of clothing, and I love it. It costs over $ 600. You may say that it is too expensive, but luckily I can pay for it. The more you spend, the better the quality is. So you see, fashion is quite important to me, I admit it.

    However, I'm not as fond of fashion as my elder brother. Last summer, my parents took us both to London. They wanted to show us some fashion sights. But my brother Gary did not enjoy the old buildings. He just wanted to spend all his time in the big shopping malls, searching for the coolest pair of trousers! For him, fashion was more important than culture. These are the trousers he bought. Were they worth the cost of a trip to London to buy these? I don't think so. I think it was a waste, of time and money.

    We must, however, remember that fashion is a very big business. Changes in fashion can create or lose jobs. As an example, I have brought this blonde wig (假发) to show you. Do you like it'? It belongs to one of my mother's friends. She told me that in the 1960s, it was fashionable for Western women to wear wigs. But a few years later fashions changed and women wore wigs much less often. Then the wig factories closed down and hundreds of workers lost their jobs.

57. What is the writer doing at the moment?

    A. He is selling some fashionable clothes.

    B. He is buying the coolest school uniforms.

    C. He is making a speech to the fellow students.

    D. He is travelling to London with his parents.

58. According to the passage, the author showed all these objects EXCEPT _______.

    A. the blonde wig                 B. the expensive blouse

    C. the cool trousers                D. the school uniform

59. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?

    A. Wigs were always popular in the past.

    B. People in the east once liked wearing blonde wigs.

    C. Fashion is actually a business.

    D. Business often depends on the production of wigs.

Hello, everyone! My name is Ken. I’m         years old. I was born(出生) in 2001. My birthday is        . That’s National Day(国庆节). I like music very much and I like sports,    __  _.
My birthday is coming. My mother          buy a beautiful shirt for me. On Sunday, she takes me to a big         store. There are some shirts and they are          blue, yellow and red. We buy a blue one. It looks cool.
My father gives me some CDs and a        . He knows what I like. He wants me to play sports more. I’m very        . And my sister, Monica, she is only two years old, so she can’t buy anything for me. But she sings a song for me. It’s         fun. And I like her so much.
My parents want to have a __     for me at home this year. My friends will come to it. We can play together. It’s very exciting to play with my friends in my house.

Hello, everyone! My name is Ken. I’m years old. I was born(出生) in 2001. My birthday is . That’s National Day(国庆节). I like music very much and I like sports, __ _.

My birthday is coming. My mother buy a beautiful shirt for me. On Sunday, she takes me to a big store. There are some shirts and they are blue, yellow and red. We buy a blue one. It looks cool.

My father gives me some CDs and a . He knows what I like. He wants me to play sports more. I’m very . And my sister, Monica, she is only two years old, so she can’t buy anything for me. But she sings a song for me. It’s fun. And I like her so much.

My parents want to have a __ for me at home this year. My friends will come to it. We can play together. It’s very exciting to play with my friends in my house.

1.A. eleven B. twelve C. thirteen D. fourteen

2.A. June 1st B. July 1st C. August 1st D. October 1st

3.A. only B. too C. don’t D. well

4.A. want B. wants C. need D. wants to

5.A. food B. clothes C. fruit D. book

6.A. in B. on C. to D. at

7.A. pen B. notebook C. basketball D. hamburger

8.A. happy B. boring C. interesting D. relaxing

9.A. only B. great C. not D. good

10.A. School Day B. birthday party C. Sports Day D. English Day