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（一）

What is your favourite colour？ ask famous persons like cate blanchett， scarlett johansson and bono， and maybe they will say “green.” thats not because these artists particularly like the colour green. instead， they are interested in green fashion.

Green fashion is about making （and wearing） clothes that are good for humans， animals， and the earth. in the past， green fashion made people think of hippies[嬉皮士] and ugly clothes. but today， green fashion is different. it is about looking good and caring about the earth and other people. you can have interesting clothes and be green.

Around the world， green fashion is becoming popular. for example， the u. k. company people tree sells mens and womens clothing and accessories[飾品]. they are made from natural fabrics[織物] like cotton and wool. workers who make the clothes are from countries like nepal， kenya， and bangladesh. people tree pays the men and women good money for the clothes they create.

Singer bono and his wife also started a clothing company called edun. when the clothes sell， edun uses most of the money to help people around the world.

1. According to the passage， what is “green fashion”？

A. Wearing the colour green all the time.

B. Making clothes from green trees.

C. Putting green make-up on your face.

D. Wearing clothes that are good for the earth.

2. In the past， what did people often think of when they heard “green fashion”？

A. Dangerous animals.

B. Beautiful women.

C. Colourful accessories.

D. Ugly clothes.

3. Which sentence about green clothing companies is true？

A. Most use natural fabrics to make clothes.

B. Many do not pay their workers well.

C. They make clothes mostly for women.

D. Most of the companies are in africa.

4. According to the passage，what does edun do？

A. It teaches children to make clothes.

B. It sells clothes and uses the money to help people.

C. It gives clothes to poor people.

D. It makes expensive clothes for teenagers.

（二）

In most languages， people often start small talk after a greeting. Small talk means the little things we talk about at the start of a conversation. In English-speaking countries people often make small talk about the weather： “Nice day， isnt it？” “Terrible weather， isnt it？” But there is something special about small talk. It must be about something that both people have the same opinion about. The purpose [目的] of small talk is to let both people agree on something. This makes meeting people easier and more comfortable. People usually agree about the weather， so it is a safe topic for small talk. But people often disagree about religion[宗教] or politics[政治]， so these are not suitable topics for small talk. The topics for small talk also depend on where the conversation is taking place. At football matches， people make small talk about the game they are watching： “Great game， isnt it？” At bus stops， people may comment about the transport system： “The bus service is terrible， isnt it？” Small talk is an important part of conversation in any language. People in different countries start small talk in different ways. This shows that when we learn a language， we should learn the vocabulary and the grammar as well as the social behavior of the people who speak it.

1. Small talk __________.

A. is a kind of conversation with short words

B. is a greeting when people meet each other

C. is to let people disagree about something

D. is a polite friendly conversation on unimportant topics

2. The favorite topic of small talk is about __________.

A. the weather

B. politics

C. games

D. languages

3. The passage suggests that when we learn a language， __________.

A. we should learn about the transport system of the country

B. we should only learn the grammar and the vocabulary

C. we should know the culture about the country

D. we should know the importance of the language

4. When we say “Great game， isnt it？”， we in fact __________.

A. ask a question

B. agree with the other

C. greet each other

D. start small talk

5. What we learn from the passage is that __________.

A. different languages have different grammars

B. small talk is an important part in a language

C. small talk depends on the purpose of the conversation

D. we can talk about religion and politics in small talk

（三）

On February 3rd， 1949， New York Harbor[港] was an exciting place. Many people were there to greet a ship from France. On the ship were 49 French railroad boxcars [火車(chē)車(chē)廂] filled with gifts from the people of France to the people of America. These boxcars were from the famous Merci Train （Merci： a French word meaning “thank you”）.

After World War II[二戰(zhàn)]， a lot of factories，roads and farms in France had been destroyed. Many French people had no jobs or money and had little to wear and little to eat. In the winter of 1947， a train was sent across the United States， stopping in cities and towns along the way. At every stop， people gave whatever they could. Factories gave clothing and medicine. Farmers gave food. Families gave money. Even school children gave away their pocket money[零用錢(qián)]. All the things were then taken to France by ship.

By 1949， the French had begun to recover[恢復(fù)] from the war. The Merci Train was their way of saying “thank you” to America. French people had filled the boxcars with gifts. Most of them were personal， like hand-made toys， childrens drawings，or postcards. But the boxcars themselves were perhaps the most meaningful of the gifts. On each car， the French people had painted the pictures of all their 40 provinces with an American eagle on the front. The boxcars were taken to each state of America， where they were warmly greeted.

Now many of the states still keep their boxcars. Gifts sent by the French people can still be seen in some museums. The Merci Train came out of the war， but it now reminds the world that countries can also work together in peace[和平].

1.Many people crowded at New York Harbor on February 3rd， 1949 to __________.

A.welcome the Merci Train

B.meet their families

C.have a big party

D.start a trip by ship

2.In 1947，a train stopped in cities across America in order to __________.

A.give away clothing and food

B.get more soldiers for the war

C.collect things to help French people

D.show exhibitions from the museums

3.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 3 refors to[指] __________.

A.the American people

B.the French people

C.the boxcars

D.the gifts

4.The French people painted their 40 provinces and an American eagle on each boxcar because __________.

A.they thought France was stronger than America

B.it could show the friendship between the two countries

C.the boxcars would be more beautiful

D.they were very good at painting pictures

5.The passage is mainly about__________.

A.the story of the Merci Train

B.American museums where the boxcars kept

C.gifts that American people liked

D.World War II