---What do you want to do at the moment?

---I have       to tell you.

A．interesting anything        B．a(chǎn)nything interesting

C．interesting something       D．something interesting

    My topic is fashion, and to make my talk more lively, I have brought along five objects. Fashion is important to all of us. Now we are all wearing school uniforms. When we go home, what do we do? We change into other clothes. If we are going out, we like to wear fashionable clothes. So my first object is this blouse. It looks beautiful, doesn't it? It is my most expensive piece of clothing, and I love it. It costs over $ 600. You may say that it is too expensive, but luckily I can pay for it. The more you spend, the better the quality is. So you see, fashion is quite important to me, I admit it.

    However, I'm not as fond of fashion as my elder brother. Last summer, my parents took us both to London. They wanted to show us some fashion sights. But my brother Gary did not enjoy the old buildings. He just wanted to spend all his time in the big shopping malls, searching for the coolest pair of trousers! For him, fashion was more important than culture. These are the trousers he bought. Were they worth the cost of a trip to London to buy these? I don't think so. I think it was a waste, of time and money.

    We must, however, remember that fashion is a very big business. Changes in fashion can create or lose jobs. As an example, I have brought this blonde wig (假發(fā)) to show you. Do you like it'? It belongs to one of my mother's friends. She told me that in the 1960s, it was fashionable for Western women to wear wigs. But a few years later fashions changed and women wore wigs much less often. Then the wig factories closed down and hundreds of workers lost their jobs.

57. What is the writer doing at the moment?

    A. He is selling some fashionable clothes.

    B. He is buying the coolest school uniforms.

    C. He is making a speech to the fellow students.

    D. He is travelling to London with his parents.

58. According to the passage, the author showed all these objects EXCEPT _______.

    A. the blonde wig                 B. the expensive blouse

    C. the cool trousers                D. the school uniform

59. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?

    A. Wigs were always popular in the past.

    B. People in the east once liked wearing blonde wigs.

    C. Fashion is actually a business.

    D. Business often depends on the production of wigs.

Mr Smith was ill and he went to see a doctor. The doctor asked  him to put out his tongue（舌頭）， and then he said， “OK， You can put your tongue back now. There’s nothing wrong with you， but I’m afraid you have a problem. You hardly ever take exercise.”
“But， doctor，” Mr Smith said， “I don’t think so.”
“Don’t tell me what you think，” the doctor said， “I know    what you need. I see a lot of people like you. None of them goes  any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the        television in the evening. You must walk quickly for at least（至少）20 minutes a day.”
“I don’t want to hear any excuse（借口），” the doctor said. “You must find time for exercise. If you don’t， you will get fat and have health problems.”
“But I walk every day，” Mr Smith said.
“Oh， yes， and I know what kind of walking that is. You walk a few meters to the bus stop from your house， a few more meters from  the bus stop to your office， and a few more meters from your office  to your dining–room for lunch and back. That’s not a real walk.  I’m talking about a walk in the park or by the lake for twenty      minutes every day.”
“Would you please listen to me， doctor? Mr Smith said， getting a little angry with his doctor.
“I’m a postman，” Mr Smith went on， “and I walk for nearly（幾乎）seven hours every day.”
For a moment the doctor was silent（沉默的）， then he said      quietly， “Put out your tongue again， will you?”
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

1. 1.

   Where did Mr Smith work?
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2. 2.

   How did the doctor look over Mr Smith?
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3. 3.

   What did the doctor ask Mr Smith to do?
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4. 4.

   Did Mr Smith take enough exercise every day?
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5. 5.

   What do you think of the doctor?
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閱讀短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

    You want to know about my stay in America, fight? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really an eye-opening experience to study here. In China, I had English classes five times a week since Grade Five. However, I didn’t know how different textbook English could be from everyday English until I came to Hotchkiss School Connecticut. When I first studied English, I was told to say. “I’m fine. ”when people say “How are you?” but in the US, I found that people say, “I’m good. ”or “I’m tired. ”O(jiān)ne day, someone greeted me with “What’s up?” It made me confused（迷惑的）. I thought for a moment and then smiled because I didn’t know what to say. Since then, I have discovered more and more differences between Chinese and US cultures. To my surprise, US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun to get a tan（褐色）. However, in China, girls try every possible way to get their skin paler, or “whiter”. I was also surprised to know how hardworking US students are. In China, Schoolwork is almost everything, so we study and that’s it. But here, a “good” student gets good grades, does a lot for the public and plays sports or music. The kids here are so talented. I am starting to feel sorry that I gave up playing the piano at an early age and that I have never thought about sports.

1 Where is the writer at the moment?

2 Did the writer answer the question “What’s up?”

3 Why do US girls spend a lot of time in the burning sun?

4 What is a “good” student like in the US?

5 What does the writer mainly talk about?

My teenage son Karl became withdrawn after his father died. As a single parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this way he would never graduate. I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and asked God for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.” Before he could say another word, I choked up（哽咽）and all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. “I love my son, but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands. ” For a moment there was silence on the other and of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.
　　Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even on the list of the best students at school. In his fourth year, I attended a parent –– teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
【小題1】Which of the following has the similar meaning as the underlined word “withdrawn” in the  first paragraph?