“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products are the most popular online.
Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
You may question the security of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless you get the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”____________________ are the most popular online.
A.Candies and DVD players. | B.Treasure products |
C.Clothing and home-use products. | D.Clothes and books. |
In the last paragraph, the underlined word “them” refers to “_____________”.
A.the shop owners | B.products | C.sellers | D.online shops |
Which is the best title of the passage?
A.Wang Lin’s life | B.Online shopping in China |
C.China’s online shoppers | D.Shopping online is not safe |
Edison often said, “1 will discover what the world needs, then I will try to invent it.”It is true that he did more than any other man of his time in inventing things. He made more than one thousand inventions in his life and all these have changed our way of living. Edison was one of the greatest inventors in the world. When Edison died in 1931, someone said people should turn off all the lights in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honour of this great man. Of course it was impossible to do so. And this shows what Edison's inventions mean to people's life.All the things Edision invented were _________ people needed at that time.
A.what | B.that | C.then | D.which |
Edison _________in inventing new things.
A.took all his time | B.paid all his money |
C.spent his most time | D.spent his most money |
Edison had _________ inventions in all his life.
A.thousands of | B.over one thousand |
C.only one thousand | D.less than a thousand |
Edison was dead for nearly _______ years.
A.fifty | B.severity-six | C.s![]() |
D.eighty |
It was __________ to turn off all the lights in honour of the g
reatest inventor.
A.possible | B.not true | C.nice | D.important |
Today is fine. The sky is blue, Now it's nine o'clock in the morning. There's a sports meeting in the forest(森林)on the big mountain. Look,a horse, a panda and a cat are running. Over there a dog and two tigers are jumping. Two monkeys are climbing the trees. Four birds are flying around and singing. There are some other animals there, too. The elephants are standing. A monkey is sitting on an old elephant. The monkey has a flag(旗)in his hand. Polly is sitting in the tree. A fox, a baby panda and some small animals are sitting under the tree. They are all watching.—What colour is the sky today?—It’s____________.
A.white | B.yellow | C.black | D.blue |
How many animals are running and jumping?
A.Fourteen | B.Six | C.Eleven | D.Five |
Which animals are climbing the tress?
A. The monkeys.B. The pandas and the foxes
B. The elephants and the cats. D. The horses and the pandasThere’re __________ at the sports meeting.
A.not any birds | B.a lot of animals | C.many people | D.many monkeys |
Who’re all watching at the meeting?
A.A tiger, a baby horse and some cats | B.Polly, an elephant and some small fish |
C.A fox, a baby panda and some animals | D.A monkey, a baby cat and some birds |
Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.”“Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.”“Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “Thanks for the invitation.”
I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip. My wife and I and our two children are all going along. My elder brother will go with us, too. He has never been overseas and he is even more excited than the children. My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house.
We’re going by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe . When we arrive in Europe, we’re going to some countries for sightseeing (观光). We’ll go to places either by train or by bus. We’re going to fly home.
It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip. We’ll go to England, France and Italy. We also talked about how we would go to Europe. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time. But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too.
( ) 1. How many people will go to have a trip?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six
( ) 2. My father will not go on the trip because .
A . he doesn’t like travels B. he like staying at home
C. he is too old to travel D. nobody wants to take him along
( ) 3 . We’re coming back home by .
A. sea B. air C. bus D. train
( ) 4. In Europe we will .
A. go sight-seeing at the seaside B. to go to different countries by ship
C. buy a lot of presents D. go from place to place by train or by bus
( ) 5. My brother and my children would like to .
A. do some shopping in Europe B. study the Italian language in Italy
C. enjoy a trip by ship D. learn French in France
Mrs Brown's telephone number was 3464, and the number of the cinema in her town was 5463, so people often made a mistake and telephoned her when they wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone bell rang and Mrs Brown answered it. A tired man said, "At what time does your last film begin?"
"I'm sorry," said Mrs Brown, "but you have wrong number. That is not the cinema. "
"Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?" said the man. "I'm sorry about that. Goodbye! "
Mrs Brown was very surprised. So she told her husband. He laughed and said, "The man's wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn't hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy! "
根据短文判断正误:(T or F)
( ) l. Mrs Brown knew a lot about The films, so people often telephoned her.
( ) 2. The man made a mistake and telephoned her.
( ) 3. The man didn't want to see a film because his wife was feeling tired.
( ) 4. The man and his wife didn't go to the cinema because the film had already
begun.
( ) 5. The man telephoned just to cheat (骗) his wife.