In a famous story, a young boy called Ali Baba says “Open Sesame” and a door to treasures is opened before him. Ma Yun drew inspiration from this and founded Alibaba.com.
Over 14 years, Alibaba.com has become China’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) website. E-commerce is the a of buying and selling goods and services and doing other business activities using a computer and the Internet. However, the founder chose to leave and to discover new areas of business. On May 28, Ma became chairman of Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.The company will set up China Smart Logistics (物流) Network. Its goal is to deliver packages (运送包裹) to people anywhere in the country w
24 hours.
The 48-year-old businessman, who is short and thin and often wears oversized suits, always had he courage to dream big and try new things.
Ma got the idea or starting a business career in 1995. He was then working for a US trading company as a translator, when he was introduced to the Internet. He s the word "beer" and saw that no data came up about Chinese products(产品).
Ma had an idea: why not build a large Internet market to connect(连接)consumers and companies from all over the world and do business o ?
That is how Alibaba began. His company grew quickly. But that doesn't mean e went well. Alibaba had a difficult time in 2000, when many Internet companies failed. Ma was successful because he m
to attract investment(投资)in his company.
But there is a deeper r for Ma's success: his attitude. "You deserve (值得) to live your dream," said. "Everyone thought I was daydreaming when I started. But the most important thing is that we believed in our dream from day one, to today and tomorrow Of course we made many mistakes, but we never gave up hope."
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One evening Tim is driving his car in the country and looking for a hotel.Then he sees an old man on the side of the road, so he stops his car and says to the old man, "Where is Sun Hotel? Will you please tell me how to get there?" "Yes," the old man answers."I'll show you the way." He gets into Tim's car, and they drive for about 12 kilometres.When they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here." Tim stops and looks at the house.And he says to the old man, "But this isn't a hotel." "No," the old man answers."This is my house.And now I'll show you the way to Sun Hotel.Turn back and go 9 kilometres.Then you'll see the hotel on your left."Tim wants to stay _______ for the night.（）
| A．in his car | B．in the old man's house |
| C．in the hotel | D．in the street |
Tim stops to_______.（）
| A．drive the old man home |
| B．ask the way |
| C．buy something |
| D．say "hello" to the old man |
The old man takes Tim to_______.（）
| A．a hospital | B．a policeman |
| C．a hotel | D．his home |
In fact（实际上）, it's only about_______ kilometres to get to Sun Hotel.（）
| A．three | B．six | C．nine | D．twelve |
At last, Tim drives_______ kilometres more to Sun Hotel.（）
| A．twelve | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty-one | D．twenty-four |
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People eat different things in different parts of the world.
In some countries, people eat rice every day.Sometimes they eat it two or three times a day for breakfast,lunch and supper.They eat rice with meat, fish and vegetables.Some people do not eat some kinds of meat.Muslims （穆斯林），for example, do not eat pork.Japanese eat lots of fish.They are near the sea.So it is easy for them to get fish.
In Western countries such as Britain, Australia and the USA, the most important food is bread and potatoes.People there can cook potatoes in many different ways.
Some people eat only fruit and vegetables.They do not eat meat or fish or anything from animals.They eat only food from plants （植物）.Some people say that food from plants is better than meat.These people are called Vegetarians.What does the underlined word “vegetarians” mean in Chinese?（）
| A．肉食主义者 | B．生食主义者 |
| C．果食主义者 | D．素食主义者 |
do not eat pork.（）
| A．Chinese | B．Japanese |
| C．Muslims | D．Americans |
Why do Japanese eat lots of fish?（）
| A．Because they like fish better than the other food. |
| B．Because it is easy for them to get fish. |
| C．Because fish can give them lots of calories. |
| D．Because they think eating fish can make them clever. |
What is the most important food in Australia?（）
| A．Fish. | B．Bread. | C．Vegetables. | D．Fruit. |
Which one of the following sentences is true?（）
| A．People in different countries eat different food. |
| B．If you only eat food from animals, you are a vegetarian. |
| C．Food from animals is better than food from plants. |
| D．People in some Western countries can only cook potatoes in one way. |
A
以下是Wendy对班上同学们课外活动喜欢程度的调查。请根据调查表选择最佳答案。
√=like × =" doesn’t" like
| Activities Names |
Play basketball |
Read comic books |
Fly kites |
Play Computer games |
| Millie |
× |
√√ |
√√ |
√ |
| Alice |
× |
× |
√√ |
√ |
| Peter |
√√ |
√√ |
× |
√ |
| Kate |
× |
√√ |
√√ |
√ |
| Tom |
√√ |
√ |
× |
√ |
All the boys and girls like .
| A．playing basketball | B．reading comic books |
| C．flying kites | D．playing computer games |
______ like flying kites.
| A．Alice and Peter | B．Kate and Alice |
| C．Kate and Millie | D．Millie, Alice and Kate |
_______doesn’t like reading comic books.
| A．Alice | B．Peter | C．Tom | D．Kate |
No girls like________________.
| A．playing basketball | B．reading comic strips |
| C．flying kites | D．playing computer games |
________ and________ have the same likes and dislikes.
| A．Alice； Kate | B．Peter； Millie |
| C．Millie； Kate | D．Peter； Tom |
Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it quickly swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
| A．are small animals |
| B．are easily found by birds |
| C．are dangerous to their enemies |
| D．change their colors to protect themselves |
| A．they have the colors much like the trees |
| B．they move quietly |
| C．they like brown and gray colors |
| D．they live in forests |
| A．Because it is very and strong. |
| B．Because it can change the colors. |
| C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies. |
| D．Because it swims faster than any other fish. |
| A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests |
| B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests |
| C．The Main Use of Colors |
| D．Some Animals and Pests |
Mr.King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak highly of him.
Mr.Baker, one of his friends, works in a factory outside the city. It's far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the traffic is crowded in the morning, sometimes he's late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car, but he hasn't enough money. He decides to buy an old one. He went to the flea (跳蚤) market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to have a trial (试验) drive, the seller agreed.
He called Mr. King and asked him to help him. Mr.King examined the car at first and then drove it away. It was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it worked well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing, the lights turned red. He tried to stop it, but he failed and nearly hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop, but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road. “Didn't you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily. “Yes, I did, sir.” said Mr.King, “Since it doesn't listen to me, can it listen to you？”
| A．manager | B．driver | C．doctor | D．policeman |
| A．buy a secondhand car | B．have a trial drive |
| C．choose a new car | D．sell his old car |
| A．he saw an old woman crossing the street |
| B．he saw a big tree |
| C．the traffic lights turned red |
| D．the policeman shouted angrily at him |
| A．Mr.King will be sent away if he keeps being late. |
| B．Mr.Baker can't afford to buy an old car. |
| C．Mr.King didn't hear the policeman. |
| D．Something was wrong with the car. |