– She’s getting better than last week.

A.How is your mother today?B.Are you worried about something?

C.Would you come and pick me up?D.What are the rules at this theatre?

–________

A.Thank you. I won’t.B.That’s a good idea.

C.Don’t give up.You can make it.D.I will take your advice.

Dan has brought the printer home _______________ to continue his work.

Yang Xiuying, 74, sits at wooden loom (織布機(jī)). As her fingers pass the shuttle (梭子) back and forth through the cotton threads, the old machine comes to life.

Ever since she was a young girl, Yang has been making indigo cloth. “This type of handmade cloth is extremely rare. You h【1】 buy it at the market,” she said.

For the Dong people in Guizhou, making indigo cloth has a long tradition. The s【2】 has been passed down from mother to daughter over generations. Nearly every family makes its own cloth.

This traditional way of making indigo cloth, unfortunately, is now in danger. It will disappear slowly in the modern industry society. Young people show little interest in it. Some of them have m【3】 to big cities to find better jobs.

Local officials want to save the tradition. They are trying to change young people’s a【4】 towards it. One program has set up several cloth-making factories in Guizhou. After learning how to make indigo cloth, young Dong people can find jobs easily. They can also work closer to home.

The Dong people consider indigo cloth as i【5】 as rice. Many Dong women spend countless hours making the cloth. They rise and start working very early in the morning. To make the cloth shiny, it must be rubbed (搓) and beaten hard. The noise of cloth being beaten often w【6】 the whole village up.

Almost every Dong women over 40 has a tub for indigo dye (染料). The cloth has to be put in the dye for many rounds to gain the rich color. The p【7】 of coloring usually takes two weeks.

Yang holds out her purple and wrinkled (有皺紋的) hands. “They say she who has the darkest hands makes the best cloth,” she says proudly.

A. experiments B. harmful C. value D. designed E. finally

Scientists have invented a font (字體) called Sans Forgetica. It is back-slanted (反斜的) and there are openings in each letter. So what’s the 【1】 of this reader --unfriendly font?

In fact, Sans Forgetica is the first font which is 【2】 to help people remember things. Its designer Steven Brian said, “The unexpected obstacles (障礙) slow your reading speed down. They make your brain work harder. It should be easier for you to remember what you are doing” Scientists have tested Sans Forgetica on 4,400 students in online 【3】.They said they were satisfied with the result.

However. scientists say that teachers should not print all reading materials in the font. If students read everything in this font, their brains will get too comfortable again. They will 【4】 ignore the key points.

—Come on! You can do a good job as long as you don’t give up.

A.I want to find a job in the company.

B.I’ m sorry I’ve made a mistake.

C.I don’ t think I can finish the work

D.Can you tell me how to find a job?

—She praised him for his honesty. He found 500 yuan in the garden and handed it in.

A.HowB.WhatC.WhereD.Why

A.soB.orC.butD.for

A.loudlyB.terribleC.gentlyD.wonderful

A.Peter met Mr. Bennet just now.

B.Peter is telling a lie to Mrs. White.

C.Mr. Bennet is making a phone call now.

D.Mrs. White doesn’t know Mr. Bennet.