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Look in the bedrooms of young people around the world. You will probably find a pair of blue jeans in
each room. Jeans are very popular all over the world.
Jeans give you the feeling of comfort, youth and energy. They have long been liked by every person.
Levi Strauss is an American company. It first made blue jeans. The company was founded in 1853 by
24-year-old Levi Strauss. Twenty years later, he made the first blue jeans in the world. The jeans were used
as working trousers for the cowboys of the American West. During the Second World War, American soldiers
brought blue jeans to Europe and Asia. People there began to wear jeans. Little by little, they become cool.
People from different countries like different styles of jeans. Americans like to wear simple and single-
colored jeans, but many Chinese like to wear jeans with lots of different colors.
Jeans now can be seen everywhere. However, in many places, it"s not always good to wear jeans. No
matter how good they may look, or what color they are, it"s often not right to wear jeans in formal places. But,
when you are out, relaxing and having fun, jeans are the best choice.
B. young people
C. cool
D. jeans
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History: Potatoes came from South America. We know that the people of Peru were eating potatoes
as long as 2,000 years ago.
Potatoes were not widely grown in Europe (欧洲) until the early 19th century.
Production: The first chip factory in Britain was opened in the early 1900s by Frank Smith. For about
50 years, Smith"s Chips were the only ones that you could buy. Potatoes are cut, cooked in vegetable oil
(油), dried and packed. It takes only 12 minutes to turn a potato into a bag of chips.
Chips are the most popular snack (零食) in the UK. Around 8,500 million bags are sold every year.
Each person eats 3.5 kg every year.
Making potato chips in South America
Potatoes are grown in the mountains of South America. This is how the village people make their own
potato chips.
A. At harvest (收获) time, the villagers dig up the potatoes and bring them into the village. The potatoes are
put on the ground in the middle of the village.
B. The villagers walk all over the potatoes and flatten (弄平) them. They do this every day and keep on doing
so for five days.
C. While they are out in the open, the potatoes are dried in the sun and in the cold night air, the potatoes are
left on the ground.
D. After five days, the chips are ready and are put into strong bags. The potato chips are kept in the food
store until winter.
After reading the steps above in making potato chips, please match them to the pictures below.
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some cold, some are very dry or very wet. There are different kinds of people. Just as in the United
States, the oldest inhabitants are Indians. There are also Europeans (欧洲人), especially (特别) Spanish,
and mixtures (混和) of these groups. The people do not all speak the same language. Spanish is spoken
by most Mexicans, but there are also many Indian languages. Some people can also speak English. Great
differences are found between the modern cities and the countryside. New ideas and ways of living are
popular in the cities while the old ways of farming and village life are still common in the countryside.
More and more people come to live and work in the cities every year.
B. Modern Cities and the Countryside in Mexico.
C. Variety in Mexico.
D. Different Kinds of People and Many Languages in Mexico.
B. Different Kinds of People, Modern Cities and the Countryside, Different Climates, Many Languages.
C. Variety in Mexico, Many Languages, Different Kinds of People, Modern Cities and the Countryside and
Different Climates.
D. Variety in Mexico, Different Climates, Different Kinds of People, Many Languages, and Modern Cities
and the Countryside.
B. very colorful life
C. quality (质量、特性) of not being the same
D. of rich of everyday life
B. people working in a place
C. people having good habits (习惯)
D. men and women living and working in a place
B. to the south of the USA
C. in Africa
D. in Europe
| June 11 Q: When was the movie "ET" released? A: "ET", the story of a space alien who was friendly to a lovely earthling boy, was shown on this day in 1982. "ET" is one of the highest grossing movies of all time. |
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| Can a star basketball player also be a star hip-hop singer? If you ask Shaquille O"Neal and some of his NBA fellows, they"ll say "Sure". In the NBA, hip-hop music is as common as the jump shot. Hip-hop is similar (相似的) to rap (说唱) music and is especially popular with young African Americans. This music is played before basketball games or during halftime. Many of the players, like Shaquille O"Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap rhymes when they travel on airplanes from one city to another. The NBA has a closer connection to hip-hop than any other sports league. This is partly because of the large number of African-American players, but also because the basketball league just loves hip-hop. Every February, the NBA invites popular rap singers to perform (表演) at its All-Star weekend. When they play basketball, some of the younger stars even try to look like hip-hop singers. Like rap stars, they don"t smile in photographs and videos. They try to trouble the players on the other team by looking tough(凶). "Hip-hop is just part of many players"culture (文化) ," says Kerry Kittles, a player on the New Jersey Neis team. "All of us grew up listening to rap and playing basketball, and the rappers grew up doing the same thing. A lot of players want to be rappers, and a lot of rappers would like to be players." Master P. is a famous rap star who wants to be a basketball player. The Charlotte Homets and the Toronto Raptors have invited him to their training camps. They enjoy listening to his music, but many people think that he is not good enough at basketball to be on an NBA team. Shaquille O"Neal, whose nickname is Shaq, is the greatest example of an NBA player who became a rapper. He has made four successful rap albums. One of his rap songs, "It Was All a Dream," tells how he felt when he became successful. |
| 1. Why don"t some younger players try to smile or look friendly in photos? |
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| A. They try to trouble the players on the other team. B. They try to look like hip-hop singers. C. They try to be successful in their playing. D. They try to pretend (假装) to be famous. |
| 2. The song "It Was All a Dream" expresses ___________. |
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| About 1,000 students and teachers from six universities (大学) across Beijing have been given the chance to see the world famous New York Philharmonic perform (演出) on its first visit to the city in 156 years. In early June, students from Beijing University, China Institute (学院) of Music and other four universities were invited by Citibank (花旗银行) to take part in an educational test to win tickets-given by the US banking company - to see one of the world"s oldest and greatest orchestras (管弦乐队). The first 1,000 students who had correct answers to the five test questions won an entrance ticket to the Beijing performance. "Citibank has a strong heritage (传统) in the educational course," said William, the bank"s Beijing manager. "We have made these tickets able to be used as part of our support (支持) of the New York Philharmonic"s tour to Beijing, so that students may have the chance to experience the music of this most important and successful orchestra." The New York Philharmonic is going to give two performances in Beijing on June 23 at the 21st Century Theatre and on June 24 at the Great Hall of the People. Questions: 1. Is New York philharmonic well-known on the earth? ______________________________________. 2. For the first 1,000 students who passed the test, what could they get? ______________________________________. 3. How can the students pass the test? ______________________________________. 4. How many performances will New York Philharmonic give in Beijing? ______________________________________. 5. How long has New York Philharmonic been founded? ______________________________________. |