Is Mary ______ to join us?A.supposedB.exposedC.supportedD.indicated
Is Mary ______ to join us?
A.supposed
B.exposed
C.supported
D.indicated
Is Mary ______ to join us?
A.supposed
B.exposed
C.supported
D.indicated
Girls’ attraction to pink may seem unavoidable, somehow encoded in their DNA, but according to Jo Paoletti, an associate professor of American Studies, it is not. Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them. What’s more, both boys and girls wore what were thought of as gender-neutral dresses.When nursery colours were introduced, pink was actually considered the more masculine colour, a pastel version of red, which was associated with strength. Blue, with its intimations of the Virgin Mary, constancy and faithfulness, symbolised femininity. It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children’s marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem inherently attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least for the first few critical years.
I had not realised how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception of what is natural to kins, including our core beliefs about their psychological development. Take the toddler. I assumed that phase was something experts developed after years of research into children’s behaviour: wrong. Turns out, acdording to Daniel Cook, a historian of childhood consumerism, it was popularised as a marketing trick by clothing manufacrurers in the 1930s.
Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a “third stepping stone” between infant wear and older kids’ clothes. Tt was only after “toddler”became a common shoppers’ term that it evolved into a broadly accepted developmental stage. Splitting kids, or adults,into ever-tinier categories has proved a sure-fire way to boost profits. And one of the easiest ways to segment a market is to magnify gender differences – or invent them where they did not previously exist.
By saying "it is...the rainbow"(Line 3, Para.1),the author means pink______.
A.should not be the sole representation of girlhood
B.should not be associated with girls&39; innocence
C.cannot explain girls&39; lack of imagination
D.cannot influence girls&39; lives and interests
Mary:Hello.
Tom:Hello.May I speak to Mary?
Mary:__________.
A.Speaking
B.Yes,I am
C.Who are you,please
D.Wait a moment
你是李明。你家附近的一家工厂经常排放浓烟,使你感到身体不适。
请用英文写一封信给工厂老板 Mr. Johnson,表达你的不满,希望工厂能考虑周边居民的健康,并采取改进措施
【写作要求】正文约 40个英文单词,文中不可出现你自己的真实姓名、学校等信息。
Mary: I’m going shopping.
Oliver: Do you mind if I come with you ?
Mary:_________. You can carry my bag for me.
The teacher's name is Mary Joan Shut. Her students call her ______.
A.Hiss Mary
B.Miss Joan
C.Miss Mary Joan
D.Miss Shut
Mary:Hello. Tom:Hello.May I speak to Mary,please?Mary:Speaking. Tom:Hi,Mary.__________.
A.I"m Tom Johnson
B.This is Tom Johnson
C.I"m Tom Johnson here
D.It’S Tom Johnson
Not only I but also Tom and Mary ______fond of collecting stamps.
A.am
B.will
C.are
D.have
Cart: Hi,Mary, are you free tonight?
Mary: _________. Cart?
Cart: Shall we have a game of chess?
A. What about it
B. What of it
C. What for
D. What is it