My dad is often abroad on business.

A. travelling

B. on board

C. in a foreign country

The about something is all about its facts.

A. discovery B. appearance C. truth

It has been two years since my brother ________ the army.

A. joined in B. took part in C. joined

For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way.

"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "

But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.

Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.

Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.

New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

52. 1.Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

A．subjects B．holidays C．books D．clothes

2.By we can see that fashions change as time goes.

A．finding a job

B．looking at pictures

C．eating in a restaurant

D．wearing a fashionable coat

3.In the 5th paragraph , the writer mentions kinds of ways to send information.

A．three B．four C．five D．six

4."There is money in fashion" means .

A．people like fashion and money

B．fashionable things are expensive

C．one can make money through fashion

D．a fashionable man makes much money

5.The passage is mainly about .

A．the changes of fashions

B．the kinds of colours

C．the money in fashion

D．the differences between houses

He doesn’t know _________ to stay here or not.

A. if B. weather C. whether D. that

There used to be a few houses on side of the road, but now there are .

A. both, nothing B. either, nothing

C. both, none D. either, none

Most boy students _________ play basketball than badminton while girl students _________ badminton to basketball.

A. prefer; would rather B. would rather; prefer

C. would rather; would rather D. prefer; prefer

People _________ pale skin look good _________bright colors.

A. in, on B. with, in

C. on, in D. in, with

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Somebody mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序) and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23 +12+5+4+7+5=96, while love: 12+15+22+5=54, and luck: 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can’t, either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you. In the same way, if you take a positive (积极地) attitude towards failure(失败), you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1.In the writer’s opinion, what is the most important thing in a person’s life?

A. Hard-work. B. Knowledge.

C. Money. D. Attitude.

2.According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to _______.

A. ask for help from others

B. say your prayers to God

C. change your attitude

D. try maths-solving methods (方法)

3.From the passage we can learn that ______.

A. different attitudes come from different courses of life

B. mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

C. failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

D. none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

动词填空 (本大题共8分，每小题1分)

1.Mr. Smith was kind to the boy and did what he could ______________ (find) books for him.

2.When I was young, my mother told me that the Earth____________(travel) around the Sun.

3.As well as people, animals _______________(influence) by pollution in the future.

4.Tom suggested _____________ (get) up early in the morning to catch the first school bus.

5.--- You were out when I telephoned you yesterday afternoon.

--- Oh, I with my parents ______________(wait) for a friend from America at the airport.

6.The musical video you look forward to __________ (sell) out yesterday.

7.My dictionary is missing. Please find out who _____________ (take) it.

8.---Would you please ______________ (not talk ) in a loud voice in the library?

---Sorry, I won’t do it again.