In every little girl's toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(設(shè)計(jì))in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易會(huì)）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie's birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
【小題1】Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

A．Mattel.

B．Elliott.

C．Barbara.

D．Ruth Handler.

【小題2】A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.

A．3

B．50

C．90

D．27,000

【小題3】What does the underlined word “l(fā)egend” mean in the passage?

A．傳播

B．傳奇

C．傳承

D．傳達(dá)

【小題4】The writer doesn't tell us _______.

A．Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls	B．Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C．what the first Barbie Doll was based on	D．the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

【小題5】What's the best title of the passage? ______.

A．Barbie's birthday	B．Barbie Dolls
C．A lovely girl named Barbie	D．Why are Barbies popular

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam，most of you will go to   36   in a senior high school.  37   are you expecting from senior high?   38   hear what plans some students have for the future.

1.Zhou Jie，15，from Shanghai，“I have heard that although Senior 3 is a   39   year，students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2.I hope there’ll be time to enjoy   40  ，especially tennis. The Tennis Masters（大師）Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer to help out and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”

2.Jin Li，16，from Harbin，“I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about   41   model planes，although I’m not good at   42  .I’ll learn more science in senior high. Anyway. sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

3.Wang Ya，15，from Xiamen，“I hope I can be   43 in senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm.  44    most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”

4.Li Fan，15，from Puyang，“I hope I can make more friends. In senior high. I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things   45   them.”

1.A.walk        B. study            C. play             D. write

2.A.When       B. How           C. What             D. Where

3.A.Let's        B. It's            C. What's       D. That's

4.A.hot         B. hard        C. light            D. kind

5.A.book        B. show        C. photo            D. sport

6.A.making      B. sitting          C. cooking     D. cleaning

7.A.us          B. him          C. it           D. her

8.A.shorter      B. stronger        C. thinner        D. taller

9.A.So          B. But          C. When        D. If

10.A.to          B. for            C. from             D. at

 

In every little girl’s toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(設(shè)計(jì))in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易會(huì)）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.
Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.
When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.
【小題1】Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

A．Mattel.

B．Elliott.

C．Barbara.

D．Ruth Handler.

【小題2】A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.

A．3

B．50

C．90

D．27,000

【小題3】What does the underlined word “l(fā)egend” mean in the passage?

A．傳播

B．傳奇

C．傳承

D．傳達(dá)

【小題4】The writer doesn’t tell us _______.

A．Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls	B．Barbie Dolls sell well around the world
C．what the first Barbie Doll was based on	D．the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

【小題5】What’s the best title of the passage? ______.

A．Barbie’s birthday	B．Barbie Dolls
C．A lovely girl named Barbie	D．Why are Barbies popular

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam，most of you will go to   36  in a senior high school.  37  are you expecting from senior high?   38  hear what plans some students have for the future.
1.Zhou Jie，15，from Shanghai，“I have heard that although Senior 3 is a   39  year，students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2.I hope there’ll be time to enjoy   40 ，especially tennis. The Tennis Masters（大師）Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer to help out and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”
2.Jin Li，16，from Harbin，“I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about   41  model planes，although I’m not good at   42 .I’ll learn more science in senior high. Anyway. sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”
3.Wang Ya，15，from Xiamen，“I hope I can be   43 in senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm.  44   most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”
4.Li Fan，15，from Puyang，“I hope I can make more friends. In senior high. I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things   45  them.”

【小題1】

A．walk B．study C．play D．write

【小題2】

A．When B．How C．What D．Where

【小題3】

A．Let's B．It's C．What's D．That's

【小題4】

A．hot B．hard C．light D．kind

【小題5】

A．book B．show C．photo D．sport

【小題6】

A．making B．sitting C．cooking D．cleaning

【小題7】

A．us B．him C．it D．her

【小題8】

A．shorter B．stronger C．thinner D．taller

【小題9】

A．So B．But C．When D．If

【小題10】

A．to B．for C．from D．a(chǎn)t

I’m Very Sorry to Hear It

Mr Smith was old, so it was often difficult for him to remember(記) things.However(可是), he still liked travelling very much, so he and his wife(妻子) went to Spain(西班牙)every year. One summer when they were there, they went to visit their friends, the Tarners.They had two young daughters.

One afternoon Mr Smith was talking to one of the girls in the garden after lunch. “You and your sister were ill when my wife and I were here last year, weren’t you?” he said to her.

“Yes, we were,” answered the girl. “We were very ill.”

The old man said nothing for a moment, because he was thinking.Then at last he said, “Oh, I remember now! One of you died(死了).Which (哪一個(gè))one of you was it, you or your sister?”

The girl answered, “ It was me.”

“Oh?I’m very sorry to hear it,” said the old man.

閱讀以上短文,判斷正(T)誤(F)

1.The old man had a good memory(記憶力)

2.What the old man said was true.

3.The girl was very ill and died.

4.The girl didn’t die last year.

5.The girl and her sister were both very ill last year.