18．-Oh.we've missed the 6'clock film．- ．It'll be on again in two hours．( )A．Have funB．Don't ——青夏教育精英家教网——

18．-Oh，we've missed the 6'clock film．
-_________．It'll be on again in two hours．（　　）

17．-Would you mind my using your computer？
- （　　）

	A．	Yes．Here you are．		B．	You're welcome．
	C．	No，you can't．		D．	No，not at all．

16．-Would you like some juice or coffee？
-_ ．I like green tea instead．（　　）

15．-Have you got anything to do this afternoon，Lucy and Lily？
-Yes．______ of us are going to the home for the elderly．（　　）

14．-There is ________with my pen．May I use ？
-Certainly．Here you are．（　　）

	A．	something wrong； your		B．	wrong something； yours
	C．	something wrong； yours

In summer，it's common on the street to see many Chinese women holding parasols¹ to protect themselves from the sun．But when Amy，an exchange student in Beijing from the US，first saw this，she found it strange，even impossible to understand．She wrote on her blog，"Unlike Chinese women，American women like to put on their tank tops and sunglassed during summer．If you walk around an American college campus²，you will probably see girls out on the grassy fields reading，but they really hope to get a head start on their summer tan³．"
This may be caused by the different standards of beauty between the US and China．Many Americans don't want white skin．They would rather be tanned．Amy also wrote，"Having darker skin is so popular that many women and men will pay for fake⁴ tans so that they can keep their sun-kissed appearance during the winter months，too．"
Why do they like tanned skin？Michelle Louis reported in her research，"The process of tanning can help make people's skin smooth and hide marks．"She further explained，"Tans make people's skin appear healthier and make them appear thinner than when they have pale skin．"
Perhaps there is no real ideal standard of beauty．In different cultures and at different times of history，the standards change．On Amy's blog，she also gave two examples．Some women carried parasols around trying to keep their white skin in the US 150 years ago．During the Tang Dynasty in China，heavy women were thought attractive．But now，Chinese women prefer to be slim．
In a word，different standards of beauty should be respected．People may grow up with only one idea of what beauty is，but it doesn't mean that it's necessarily the correct or the best idea．
New words：
1．parasol n．umbrella used to protect people from the sun 阳伞
2．campus n．grounds of a school，college or university 校园
3．tan n．the brown colour of sun-kissed skin 晒成的棕褐色
v．become brown by the sun晒成棕褐色，晒黑
4．fake adj．not real 假的

29．What did Michelle Louis report in her research？C
A．Many Chinese prefer white skin to tanned skin．
B．Darker skin is popular among American women and men．
C．Tans make people's skin appear healthier and make them look thinner．
D．Some women would like to keep their skin white in the US 150 years ago．
30．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？A
A．People in the US like to have tanned skin only in hot summer．
B．American college girls read non the grass because they want to be tanned
C．Many Chinese women carry parasols to protect themselves from the sun
D．Amy thought trying to keep white skin with parasols seemed strange at first
31．The writer really wants to tell usA．
A．we should respect different standards of beauty
B．the standards of beauty change at different times
C．different countries have different standards of beauty
D．it's commen for people to have only one idea of beauty．

12．On May 1，a wildfire started in a forest near the Alberta town of Fort McMurray in Canada．Within two days，the fire grew larger and the people who lived in Fort McMurray had to leave their homes．While there have been very few people injured （伤害））by the large fire itself，it has been harmful to the community．
Canadians in other places have been helping by sending money and donations to the Red Cross．Many people in Alberta have taken in people from Fort McMurray，letting them stay in their homes for free until the fire is put out．Many firefighters are needed to fight the fire and some of them have come from other parts of Canada to help．The brave firefighters were able to save 25，000homes as well as the hospital and all of the town's schools，according to CBC news．
There have been thousands of other acts of kindness towards the people of Fort McMurray．Some musicians，such as Great Big Sea's Alan Doyle，are holding special concerts，with the money going to Fort McMurray people．And companies have been helping，as well．Beer-maker Labatt filled thousands of cans with water-instead of beer-and sent them to the people in Fort McMurray．
The fire is huge，spreading over more than 229，000hectares （公顷），but firefighters say they believe they are starting to get it under control-it is becoming smaller instead of spreading．

18．How many people have been injured by the large fire itself？B
A．25，000．
B．Very few．
C．229，000．
D．Many．
19．In this passage，the underlined word"donations"meansA．
A．捐赠物
B．礼物
C．吉祥物
D．农作物
20．What did beer-maker Labatt do for the people in Fort McMurray？D
A．He sent money to the people in Fort McMurray．
B．He held a concert and gave the money to the people in Fort McMurray．
C．He took in people from Fort McMurray and let them stay in his home for free．
D．He filled thousands of cans with water and sent them to the people in Fort McMurray．
21．What is the passage mainly about？A
A．A big fire in Fort McMurray of Canada．
B．The people in Fort McMurray of Canada．
C．The firefighters in Fort McMurray of Canada．
D．The musicians in Fort McMurray of Canada．

11．People choose colors they buy things．Because of this，factories want to know which people usually choose．For example．a car factory needs to know how many red cars or green ones they should make．Good businessmen know that young people's colors are different from old people's，and that men's are different from women's．
Children are most interested in colors when they buy things，They like warm colors-red，yellow and orange，Blue is the color loved by most people best．Red is the second and green the third．Women like brighter colors than men do．Almost everyone likes red，but women like yellow and green better than men do．
If two things are the same except in color，they will look different．A red thing always looks nearer than a blue one．Also，bright things look larger than dark ones．That's why large or fat people who want to look smaller or thinner wear dark clothes．

People do care which colors（66）to choosewhen they are buying things
Children	They are most（67）interested in warm colors
Most people	They（68）preferblue to red and green
Women	They like（69）brightercolors than men do
Large or fat people	A large or fat person usually wears（70）darkclothes because he or she wants to look smaller or thinner

10．"Reading makes a full man"（Bacon，1597）．Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen，Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history，culture and many other things．
Jane Austen was one of the most well-known women writers of the world．She was born in England in 1775．Jane loved reading and writing．She wrote a number of famous novels in her life．Among them，Pride and Prejudice written in 1779was the most popular．
Victor Hugo，born in 1802in France，was one of the best writers in the19th century．The talent in writing and hard work brought great success to Hugo at an early age．His most popular novel，the Hunchback of Notre-Dame，was written in 1831．The book was so successful that it was quickly translated into many other languages across Europe．
Ernest Hemingway，an outstanding American writer and reporter，was born in 1899．His life experience had a great influence on his writing style．Hemingway lived in France and Italy between the 1920s and 1950s．Most of his books such as The Sun Also Rises were written at that time．He won the Nobel Prize in 1954mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea．
26．When was Jane Austen born？A
A．In 1775    B．In 1799   C．In 1802   D．In 1899
27．Where was Victor Hugo from？D
A．England．B．America．C．Italy．D．France．
28．Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize mainly because ofC．
A．The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
B．Pride and Prejudice
C．The Old man and the Sea
D．The Sun Also Rises．

9．Every year lots of trees to make our country more beautiful．（　　）

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