Mary Quant was born in 1934. When she was young, there were no teenage fashion. Young women were dressed like grown ups or little girls. At thirteen, she designed her own school uniform. She wore short dresses and long socks. After school, Mary went to Goldsmith’s College in London. She didn’t enter the college gate but she met her future husband, Alexander Plun Kett Green. Like Mary her wore unusual clothes, such as purple velvet trousers and pyjama jackets.

In 1955 mary left college and worked for a hat maker in London’s West End. But soon they opened their own shop. It was called Bazaar and it was the first small shop for women in the King’s Road in Chelsea. Many designed all the clothes and made them on her old sewing machine.

The 1960s are often called the “Swinging Sixties”. During these years Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her mini skirts and coloured tights. Thanks to Mary, London became the fashion capital of the world.

Mary’s fashion shows differed a lot from what they had been before. Mary’s models didn’t walk – they danced to pop music.

Soon Mary’s fashion clothes became popular in America, too.

At the age of 37, Mary had a son, Orlando. She says, “Becoming a mother was quite the most important thing that ever happened to me.”

In 1966, Mary was awarded the O.B.E. (a special medal given by the Queen). She went to Buckingham Palace in a mini skirt to collect the medal.

Later on Mary started her own cosmetics(化妆品) company.

She designed smart black, white and silver packaging for it, with the Quant daisy sybol that is still the same today.

Today, Mary’s business is worth 100 million pounds. She is still designing – not just clothes, but also a perfume called “Havoc” and some other things.

She has now opened the Mary Quant Colour Shop in London’s Carnaby Street.

1. When Mary was thirteen, _________.

A. she dressed like a little girl B. she designed her school uniform

C. she dressed like a grown-up D. she became a teacher

2. Mary went to London after school. There she ________.

A. entered Goldsmith College

B. wore unusual clothes, such as purple velvet trousers

C. met her future husband

D. was ill

3. In 1955 Mary _______.

A. worked for a hat maker B. opened her own shop

C. designed and made all her own clothes D. left London

4. In 1960s London became the fashion capital of the world because _______.

A. Mary’s designs became very popular. Everyone loved her clothes

B. Mary changed fashion shows greatly

C. of Mary’s business, which was worth 100 million pounds

D. of Mary’s husband

5. The Quant’s symbol is _______.

A. a daisy B. a mini skirt C. a sewing machine D. a hat

II. 完型填空

“I forget to 1 you Grandma is coming over tonight to stay 2 you,” Mom said to me in my bedroom sadly. “Where are you and Dad going?” “To meet with a marriage couselor(婚姻顾问).”

My heart 3 and I stood there silently. A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR! How could things be so 4 ? suddenly I threw my clothes about onto my bed.

I heard my parents’ voice come angrily. Now they often quarrelled. I turned on my 5 loudly to hear nothing. I felt terrible. After my parents were gone, my grandma 6 was very kind-hearted joined me in my bedroom. “Grandma, do you know where Mom and Dad are going?” “I believe they will 7 a marriage counselor.” “Does that mean they are going to say goodbye?” Grandma smiled a hopeful smile 8 gave me a big hug. “I think they are trying to 9 their problems so that they won’t do that. I’m sure they will make their 10 better.”

During the week after that day, Mom and Dad seemed to 11 better with each other. Then one Saturday morning, when I was reading in the living room and they were in the kitchen, I heard Dad shout, “You 12 talk on the phone too long!” And Mom shouted back, “You never pick up your dirty clothes!” I wanted to run out of the house. I covered my 13 so that I couldn’t hear more shouting. I felt 14 . Dad started to go upstairs. Was he going to pack his 15 and leave us? Dad stopped. He turned around and walked downstairs back to the 16 . “Let me start over. The counselor said we shouldn’t say the other always does something wrong. I apologize,” he said. Mom was quiet 17 a moment. “We shouldn’t say the other person never does something right, either. I apologize.” “I will try my best to do 18 than before. I want to make this work.” I heard Dad say. For a short 19 , my parents were silent. Then Dad said, “I love you.” It was silent again. This time, I didn’t worry. I 20 my parents were kissing.

01. A. tell B. ask C. speak to D. talk with

02. A. before B. after C. with D. on

03. A. fell B. sank C. blew D. shone

04. A. wide B. good C. waste D. bad

05. A. door B. radio C. slippers D. screen

06.A. / B. whose C. who D. with whom

07.A. run away from B. drop off C. hear of D. talk with

08.A. and B. but C. so D. or

09.A. grab B. serve C. solve D. beat

10.A. children B. life C. house D. work

11.A. look over B. set off C. wake up D. get on

12.A. always B. happily C. brightly D. politely

13.A. eyes B. ears C. face D. hands

14.A. quiet B. confident C. active D. painful

15.A. trousers B. shirts C. clothes D. diagrams

16.A. bed-room B. kitchen C. living-room D. garden

17.A. for B. in C. on D. after

18.A. successfully B. faster C. better D. more slowly

19.A. time B. show C. part D. accident

20.A. encourage B. heard C. complained D. supposed

III. 阅读填词

Many people do not like to s 1 at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something d 2 or do something exciting. Some people from the c 3 come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very b 4 . it is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for t 5 .

Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too m 6 traffic on the road, so we had to drive very s 7 . It took us about an hour to g 8 out of the town. After some time, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic, so we took food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong w 9 blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and have our picnic in the car. Then we d 10 back home.

1. s 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. t

6. m 7. s 8. g 9. w 10. d