It's a quarter to nine . The students are sitting in class . They are listening to the teacher's explanation and writing their lessons . Their teacher is strict but very kind man . He always explains the lesson carefully , and is ready to answer all the questions from his students . The students enjoy studying with him . They love their teacher very much .

1. Are the students sitting in class at eight forty-five?

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2.What are they listening to ?

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3.How does their teacher explain the lesson ?

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4.Do they love their teacher very much ?

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            Jeans are considered to be the most popular kind of clothing in the world. They are popular almost everywhere and with everybody because they are not just practical but very fashionable as well. But what do you know about the history of jeans? Who made the first jeans?

            In 1850 Levi Strauss, a young immigrant from Germany, arrived in San Francisco. He came to sell canvas, a heavy fabric used for tents, to gold miners. One day Strauss saw that the miners needed strong clothes for work. He quickly took some of his canvas and made it into pants. These pants were very strong and lasted a long time. The pants became very popular immediately. Later Strauss wanted to make his pants even better, so he started making his pants from cotton cloth that was softer than canvas but just as strong. This fabric came from Nimes, a city in France, and was called ‘denim’ (from de Nimes). Denim was popular in the fifteenth century. Christopher Columbus used denim for the sails of his ships. Sailors in Genoa, Italy, wore denim pants. The word ‘jeans’ comes from the word ‘Genoa’. Mr. Strauss made the first jeans in the United States, but their name and their kind of cloth came from Italy and France.

1. Why do jeans become popular?

2. According to the reading, what did the gold miners buy?

3. Does the word "jeans" come from "de Nimes"?

4. Where were the first jeans made?

Read the passage and answer the questions.

    John Brown is a lecturer. He went to university in 1982, and was one of the best students at that time. In 1990, he became a professor. He has been a senior lecturer since then. He is a very well known in his teaching career. He has written five books about education, including a book “How to teach deaf children” in 1995. He is married to his assistant, Linda. They have two children.

Is he a very well-known in his teaching career?

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Watching TV is a very popular pastime in the UK. But what kind of programmes do British people like to watch? Well, the most-watched TV programmes every week are very popular dramas that are usually on at least four times every week. They are dramas based in one neighborhood that try to depict ordinary life in the UK - we call these dramas 'soap operas' or 'soaps'.

 In the early days of TV, there were often dramas on during the day. Back in those days, it was traditional for the husband to go out to work and for the wife to stay at home and look after the house and the children. Most of these daytime dramas were aimed at entertaining the housewives who would traditionally be at home, probably doing the washing. Companies selling washing powder would advertise their products at times when these dramas were on, and sometimes those companies would even sponsor the drama. Hence the word 'soap'.

So what about the word opera? Well, that's because these dramas are often an exaggeration of real life. They are supposed to represent ordinary lives but, to make them entertaining, lots of dramatic events, like murders, divorces, affairs etc., all happen probably much more regularly than they would in a normal neighbourhood.

Most soap operas these days are shown in the evening. Each show will have several different storylines happening at once that continue over several shows. The same cast members will appear in every show, too.

Question 1: : What type of programmes do British people prefer to watch?

                 A. drama series         B. soap opera            C. comedy                D. musical

Question 2: Why did sponsors advertise soap on TV during the mornings?

                 A. Because most women were at home doing their housework and watching TV.

                 B. Because it was cheaper to advertise during the day.

                 C. Because there were only television programmes during the day.

                 D. Because advertisements were aimed at entertaining the housewives.

Question 3: The word “soap” in “soap opera” refers to ______.

                 A. the classical singing you hear in the drammas                          

                 B. products sold on television

                 C. washing powder used by housewives to do the washing                     

                 D. a musical play in which all of the words are sung

Question 4: According to the passage, soap operas ______.

                 A. are mostly shown in daytime                  

                 B. offer accurate depictions of ordinary life

                 C. have lots of continuing storylines happening over a few shows.

                 D. tend to focus on female characters

Question 5: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

                 A. British people don’t really like watching TV.                                                

                 B. In the early days, dramas were often shown in daytime.

                 C. Soap operas are usually more exaggerated than normal life.      

                 D. Each cast member will appear in some episodes.

Rewrite the following sentences, using BECAUSE OF

21. These people live unhappily because they are very poor.
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22. All the students love the principal because he is very kind.
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23. Because the husbands were absent, women went to work in factories after WWII.
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24. I need a change because I’m tired of doing the same thing day after day.
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25. Karen works on Sundays because she gets extra pay.

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