Fashion isn't very environmentally-friendly because it makes people buy things they don't need, just because they're new. We want to take care of the environment, we don't want to pol­lute the air and we don't want to waste energy and resources. But we also want to be fashiona­ble. How can we buy fashionable clothes and protect the environment?

Old styles are fashionable again, so one way is to buy second-hand clothes — recycled clothes. Another way is to buy' fair trade clothes. These clothes are either recycled or made in a ' way that protects the environment. They also protect the people who make the clothes.

Surprisingly, white cotton is one of the least environmentally-friendly crops of all. To pro­tect the cotton, the growers use chemicals that pollute water, make farm workers ill and kill wildlife. New materials, such as hemp and bamboo, grow quickly and are more environmental­ly-friendly. These materials are very soft, and look fantastic. The best materials are coloured using natural dyes, made from plants.

Environmentally-friendly clothes are practical but until now they were often dull. Now fashion-designers are working with these materials and the clothes are beautiful as well. So now we can buy fashionable clothes that are also environmentally-friendly.

1.Why do people often buy things they don't need? Because_.

A. new things can be more comfortable

B. everyone wants to be fashionable

C. people are richer than before now

D. people care about the environment

2.What's the topic for paragraph 2?

A. Recycled fashion. B. The problem with fashion.

C. Fashion doesn't have to pollute.       D. New materials.

3.Which of the following is more environmentally-friendly?

A. Materials soft and looking fantastic.

B. Any materials coloured using natural dyes.

C. Hemp and bamboo.

D. White cotton.

4.Why are environmentally -friendly clothes more fashionable now? Because______.

A. people pay more attention to our environment

B. environmentally-friendly clothes are practical

C. all old styles become fashionable again

D. fashion-designers are working to make them beautiful

5.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Cotton or Hemp and Bamboo?       

B. Environmentally-friendly Clothes

C. Old Style, New Fashion Again       

D. Fashion and the Environment

Clothing is a language. It tells us about individual people: their personality, their age, their place in society and so on. If we want to know more about society, we can look at traditional clothing.

??? The continent of Africa has a long history and a rich culture, and this is shown in traditional dress. You often find three colours — red, gold and green in the clothing. The first colour stands for the blood of millions of people who suffered as slaves(奴隶); the second is for the rich resources of the African earth; and the third represents the grasslands of home.

The patterns(图案) on the clothing also have a meaning. A common pattern is in the form of a cross “×”, which stands for “unity”. Another pattern is a rectangular box, which represents “strength”.

??? Because clothing has a strong social meaning, people are very careful in choosing what to wear. It would be a serious mistake to wear the wrong clothing, or to wear clothes in the wrong way. For instance, in Ghana, a woman should wear her waistband differently according to the importance of the social event.

Traditional dress also tells us about everyday life. African designs are famous for loose(宽松的) clothing. The climate, with the hot sun and wide temperature ranges(变化), requires that the clothes are comfortable for daily life.

??? Although many people wear western clothes, particularly in the big cities in Africa, traditional dress is very highly valued(评价). This is because it has deep cultural meanings.

1.According to the passage, red ________.

A. represents the setting sun???????

B. stands for African unity

C. is chosen because it is a bright colour??

D. is a reminder(暗示) of the sad history in Africa

2.Traditional dress should also be practical(实用) because ________.

A. it has deep cultural meanings???

B. people wear it in the big cities

C. it needs to protect people from the climate

D. it needs to keep people dry in the rainy season

3.According to the passage, which sentence is NOT RIGHT?

A. African dress has deep cultural meanings. 

B. Africa has a long history and a rich culture.

C. The rectangular box in the pattern represents “strength”.

D. People in the big cities in Africa prefer to wear western clothes.

4.The passage is mainly about ________ in Africa.??

A. the history of clothes  ?????????????

B. modern fashion styles

C. the meanings of traditional dress?????

D. the materials used in traditional dress

根据括号中的汉语提示或用括号内英语单词的适当形式填空。

1._____________, the boy rushed out his room.（突然）

2.Li Ping, do you have any good ____________? （主意）

3.These years, _____________ food is more and more popular in China.（西方的）

4.Beijing is the ____________ of our country.（首都）

5.It is my daughter’s ___________  birthday today.（九）

6.He likes __________ things with his friends. (share)

7.The clothes are the ______________. (robber)

8.Walk __________the street, you’ll find the post office.(cross)

9.How many __________ are there in Qianlong Grand Hotel? （wait）

10.My father laughs __________________ when he sees his friends.  (happy)

短文填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。（请在答题卡上写出完整单词）

Why do people wear clothes? The answer will probably be “To m 1.  me warm and to cover my body ”. That’s why people wear clothes, but people a 2.  want to look beautiful.

If people only wear clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothes will be simple and c 3. . But in many countries, clothes sometimes c 4.  a lot of money. The clothes are expensive because of fashion.

Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. So they pay t 5.  of dollars for a suit and a tie. It’s still(仍然) just a suit and a tie but they pay these prices because of the f 6. designer.

Fashion is always c 7. . It means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, though(虽然) they only wear last month’s clothes a few t 8. . Some people have too m___9.___ clothes, but they seldom wear some of these clothes. These clothes are not in fashion any m 10. though they are still new.

Let's go to Dongfang Clothing Store. It's that time of year again!  The store is great sale! There are lots of things at a very good price in the store. They have T-shirts in all colors for 30yuan each. They have bags for both sports and school. They sell them for only 15 yuan. They have black sweaters for only 20 yuan. They have long white socks for only 5 yuan. And that's not all. You can go to the store and see for yourself.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)、误(F)。

1.At that time of year, the clothes are very cheap in Dongfang Clothing Store.

2.There are only sweaters, socks and hats in the store.

3.You can buy food and vegetables here, too.

4.They have sweaters in all colors in the store.

5.They have black socks for only 5 yuan.