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My husband is a born shopper(天生的购物者). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(产品) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I’m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded(心不在焉). This was his story.
One day I said to him, “I hope you won’t forget what I have told you to buy.” “No,” said Jimmy, “I won’t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. “ Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.”
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, “ I’ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I’ve dropped three of them.”
The husband loves shopping because _______

A．he has much money	B．he likes the shops
C．he likes to compare the prices between the same items	D．he has nothing to do but shopping

The wife doesn’t like shopping because ______

A．she has no money	B．she has no time
C．she doesn’t love her husband	D．she feels it boring to go shopping

They never go shopping together because _______

A．their ways of shopping are quite different	B．they hate each other
C．they needn’t buy anything for the family	D．they don’t have time for it

Jimmy cannot do the shopping well because ______

A．he is young	B．he is absent-minded
C．he often loses his money	D．he doesn’t like shopping

According to the passage, how many eggs did Jimmy take home at last?

A．six

B．three

C．two

D．one

Barcelona December 22,2007.
Spain’s “El Gordo,” the word’s biggest lottery (彩票), gave out 2.2 billion euros (欧元) (1.6 billion pounds) in Christmas prizes on Saturday.
El Gordo, Spanish for "The Fat One", is designed so that as many people as possible across Spain get a festive windfall. The top prize this year was 3 million euros -- going to the series of tickets with the magic number 06381.
Because the tickets are sold in a series of 10, only those who paid 200 euros for the whole strip get the full prize.
The biggest share of winning tickets was bought by people in the town of Nava, in the north-western Asturias region.
The draw lasts three-and-a-half hours and is carried live on national television with children from the San Ildefonso school, a former orphanage in Madrid, in turn chanting the winning numbers and the amount won.
Lotteries have two centuries of history in Spain. The country spent 2.87 billion euros on the lottery -- 5.7 percent more than last year. Seventy percent is paid out in prizes. Most of the rest goes in costs. Eight out of ten Spaniards bought tickets for the lottery, spending on average 64 euros. Spaniards often choose lottery numbers matching significant dates although there was no particular favourite in 2007. In 2006, one of the most sought-after series was 22105, the date on which Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion for the second year running.
The underlined word “windfall” in paragraph two probably means .

A．fat gift	B．unexpected fortune
C．big feast	D．wind and snow

Who is likely to win the full prize in El Gordo?

A．People who paid 200 euros for the wole group of series.

B．People who bough tickets with the magic number 06381.

C．People who lived in a town in the northwestern Asturias.

D．People who chose lottery numbers matching Alonso’s date.

According to the text, children from the San Ildefonso School in Madrid will .

A．host the draw of lottery live on TV

B．offer a show of three – and – a – half hours

C．perform with the lottery draw as Christmas celebration

D．help make some declarations for the draw as invited guests

What can we learn about the history of lotteries in Spain?

A．Most of the money people spent on lot

teries goes in the cost.

B．The majority of Spaniards have the experience of buying lotteries.

C．Lottery numbers matching significant dates help people win every year.

D．As the biggest in the world, Spanish lotteries have a history of two centuries.

Perhaps you do not know your school principal (校长) well. But you might be wise to take him or her seriously. Beijing University will enroll (招收) students recommended by high school principals this year. If the students recommended pass a round of interviews by Peking University, they will have an extra 30 extra points added to their national college entrance exam scores if they apply to the university.
Beijing University said the reason behind the move was a desire to give students with comprehensive (综合的) or special abilities a chance to stand out.
However, a survey, showed 10,046 out of 14,227 people are against the measure. Some experts agree with the criticism. Liu Daoyu, former president of Wuhan University is one strong opponent(反对者). “There are so many high schools across the country. But only 39 schools are qualified to recommend students. Is it fair to the rest of the schools? Besides, most of the 39 schools are located in big cities, which is unfair to other regions,”
The reform is also unfair to other students, some say. According to Liu, in the competitive exam, one extra point can put a student ahead of a large numbers of others – never mind 30.
“Principals do not know students well. How can they guarantee the recommendation will be fair?” asked Wang Xuming, former spokesman of the Ministry of Education.
The Ministry of Education said the move is a good experiment in college admission reforms and the public should support it even if it is not yet mature (成熟的). It said Beijing University promised a series of supervision (监督) measures to avoid cheating. For example, the information of schools and principals that recommend students, and the recommended students will be put online for a week for public supervision.
The best title of the passage could be .

A．Beijing University Will Enroll More Students

B．Beijing University’s Reform Causes a Debate

C．People Are Against Beij

ing University’s Reform

D．The Government Supports Peking University’s Reform

The following are the reasons why Liu Daoyu is against Beijing University’s reform except that .

A．there will be a lot of cheating

B．it is unfair to the other regions

C．it is unfair to other schools

D．30 points cause a huge gap among students

We can learn from the passage that .

A．the Ministry of Education supports the reform

B．the reform has started to work in college admissions

C．all the recommended students will be accepted

D．no more than 70% of the people are against the reform

If a student passes the interview by Beijing University, he or she .

A．can also apply to other universities

B．will be admitted into Beijing University

C．will have comprehensive and special abilities

D．needn’t accept the public supervision

Once in a television interview, I was chatting with the host about stay – at – home athers. I made the point that one reason why we’re seeing more stay – at – homw dads may be hat it’s no longer definite that a man makes more money than his wife. Many families now ake earning power into account when deciding which parent will stay home.
At that point, one of the male crew members pointed out, almost to himself but loud nough for my benefit, “It should be the better parent who stays home.” A lot of guys say hings like that. Usually it’s a code for “My wife, or any woman is the better parent.”
I was a stay – at – home father for 8 years, so his words made me excited. It implied that our family’s choice could only have been correct if I was a “better” parent than my wife.
I suppose an argument could have been made that when I began staying home my wife was the “better” parent if she spent more time with Jack. She would be able to read him wetter and calm him more quickly. But as the more employable one, my wife went out to work and I looked after our son.
Because of the increased time I spent with Jack. I soon knew him well, understood that he needed and could look after him more or less as well as my wife could. Actually, he experience helped me unlock one of the world’s great secrets; Women are good at booking after children because they do it. It is not because of any innate (先天的) female talent. It is because they put in the time and attention required to become good at the job.
Woman obviously get a biological head starting from giving birth and nursing, but ever the long term experience is more important. When I got the experience myself. I was people are able to look after them as well besides their moms.
The first paragraph implies .

A．more and more men like staying at home

B．the author works at a TV station as a host

C．more women are earning money than before

D．dad is the better parent in a family

The author stayed at home to look after their son for 8 years because .

A．he thought he was the better parent

B．he was afraid of working outside now

C．their son liked him better than his Mom

D．he was less likely to find a job than his wife

Women are good at taking care of children because .

A．they devote their time and attention to children

B．they would rather stay at home than work outside

C．they are born with the ability to look after children

D．they’ve learn to take care of children from their parents

What does the author conclude?

A．A man can take better care of children than his wife.

B．A man with experience can take good care of children.

C．A child prefers to stay with his or her mother.

D．A child prefers

to stay with his or her father.

Calvin Coolidge (1872 – 1933) was the thirtieth president of the United States. He looked down on a person as being unworthy of respect who was too fond of talking about the details of others people’s actions and private lives because he had no time for small talks. The following two incidents clearly show how Collidge treasured silence.
When he was vice president, Coolidge had plenty of opportunities to participate (参加) in Washington’s social life, especially the many dinner parties. As be ignored the art of conversation, he couldn’t exactly make himself dear to his hostesses. One lady felt she could solve this problem. She placed him next to Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of the former President Roosevelt. Mrs. Longworth, a very brilliant conversationalist (谈话者), began to talk in her usual charming manner, but all attempts to a wake the interest on the part of the vice president were unproductive. Finally, being shamed into anger, she said, “I’m sure that going to as many dinners as you do, you must get terribly bored.”
Without lifting his eyes from his plate, Coolidge said not very clearly, “Well, a man has to eat somewhere.”
Later, when he was president and once again at a dinner party, Collidge was seated next to an outstanding society woman, one of those busybodies, who seemed to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they met. “Oh, Mr. President,” she spoke with too much enthusiasm, “you are always so quiet. I made a bet (打赌) today that I could get more than two words out of you.”
President Collidge considered those people as being unworthy of respect .