For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some ____ countries, people can turn on their ____ and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and ____ things.
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden. ____, the biggest Swedish company sellsdifferent kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10million. In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French ____ about $ 20 milliona year in buying things through those channels. In Germany, ____ last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can ____ for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German ____ are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without ____.
With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans ____ like this new way of buying things. They call ___ “junk on the air.”
Many Europeans usually worry about the quality（质量） of the things ____ on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things ____.
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be ____ the American companies. They will have to be more careful about ____ of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.
A．European B．Asian C．American D．African
A．lights B．switches C．radios D．TVs
A．some else B．another many C．the other D．many other
A．Such as B．For example C．For teleshopping D．It is like
A．takes B．cost C．spends D．spend
A．to B．Until C．unless D．by
A．begin B．leave C．open D．turn on
A．people B．women C．businessmen D．officials
A．to go out B．going out C．to buy things D．buying things
A．still B．Don’t C．even D．wont
A．teleshopping B．TV C．radio D．telephone
A．appearing B．coming out C．for sale D．to buy
A．in the shop B．on TV C．they bought D．by this way
A．the same with B．different from C．as big as D．larger than
A．the number B．the quality C．the places D．the buyers
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch(牧马场).He has let me use his to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he told me his story.when he was young, his family is too to have a house to live in.As a , when he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about he wanted to be and do when he grew up.That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of a horse ranch.He also drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a beautiful farm.The next day he handed it in to his .Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F.Roberts asked, “Why did I receive an F?” He teacher said, “This is a(an) dream for a young boy like you.Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.” Then the teacher added, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your .”
The boy went home and thought about it for a and hard time.He asked his father what he should do.His father said, “Look, son, you have to your own mind on this.Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no at all.He told his teacher “you could keep the F and I keep my dream.
Monty tell me this because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. He said a lot of kids’s can be stole. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. he had enough gumption(毅力) not to give up my dream.
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Mosquitoes(蚊子)can be seen everywhere all over the world, especially in summer. And there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
__ _likes the mosquito, but the mosquito may like you. She thinks your blood is delicious. She? Yes, she. It’s true that the male(雄性)mosquito doesn’t bite(咬)and only the female mosquito bites because she blood(血液)to lay eggs. She is always things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she will bite. But if she doesn’t like your blood, she to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you’re different from others.
If the mosquito likes you, she will land on your body letting you know. She bites you quickly and quietly that you may feel nothing. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒)on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itch begins, she has .
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious ,it’s dark. The mosquito feels . She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, eggs.A.Everyone B. No one C. Someone
A.needs B. need C. want
A.finding B. wants C. looking for
A.will turn B. turns to C. turn
A.with B. without C. after
A.so B. such C. very
A.flies away B. flew away C. flown away
A.breakfast B. dinner C. lunch
A.tiring B. tired C. relaxing
A.3 hundreds B. hundred of C. hundreds of
Once, a circle lost a piece of its own.The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around, looking for its piece.But because it was not complete, it could only roll (滚) very slowly.It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine the way.It talked with worms.It found lots of different pieces, but of them fit.So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on for the lost piece.Then one day the circle found a piece that fit .The circle put the piece into .It could be whole with nothing lost.It was so happy and began to roll.As it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms.It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly.It felt so sad it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled very slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something.A man who everything is poor in some ways.He will never have hopes, dreams or something .He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect.But we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always have a wonderful time in our life.
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Will you put other’s needs before your own?What will you get if you do?Here is an experience of mine.
It was a wet day and I had a time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood. What’s more，I went out without breakfast and I left my at home. So I couldn’t get lunch and was terribly hungry.
When I finshed my work，I to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy .Then I quickly made my way home in hope of eating my meal of the day at 5：00 p.m.
As I was halfway home，my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in and needed a lift（搭便车）home. My mind said，“I will get him I get the meal.”But my mouth said，“All right,I’ll give him a .”
He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the stopped him from making that journey.
Traffic was a . A drive to him normally took 10 minutes but that day it took 30 minutes.
Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a friend of mine. But，in fact，he is a friend of a friend.
I wonder if I will ever see this person again but I feel glad I was there when he
me.
So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you more about others.
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Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障碍) for her there. It was very for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from of her own country.
One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sat a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the , another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They many smiles together.
From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela’s on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: “See, I don’t have any language barriers here. We speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: we’re all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.
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