A short Chinese man is one of the biggest men in the world right now. He is Jack Ma ( Ma Yun), the Chairman (董事局主席) of Alibaba Group. On Sept. 19, 2014, Alibaba went public(上市) and raised $25 billion. Ma, a former English teacher, has become the richest man in China.
Born in 1964 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Ma grew up as a happy kid. When he was a teenager, he wanted to learn English. Every morning, he got up at 5 a.m., rode his bike for 40 minutes to a hotel near the West Lake and talked with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years, rain or shine.
The experience made him an excellent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the outside world. In 1994, Ma Yun heard about the Internet for the first time. And on a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown the Internet for the first time. He searched the word “beer” on Yahoo, and found that there was nothing there about China. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers.
Four years later, Ma, his wife and his friends set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. He believed in the Internet business potential(潜力) when few other Chinese did. 15 years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce company (电子商务公司), owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall.
The underline word “ it” in the second paragraph refers to _____.
| A．riding a bike |
| B．teaching English |
| C．playing on computers |
| D．practicing English with foreigners |
In 1995, Ma Yun was shown ____ for the first time in the US.
| A．beer on Yahoo | B．Chinese pages |
| C．the Internet | D．e-commerce |
Alibaba was set up in the year______.
| A．1994 | B．1995 | C．1999 | D．2004 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．The first website Ma Yun set up was Taobao. |
| B．Alibaba raised a lot of money after it went public. |
| C．Ma Yun began to learn English when he was a teenager. |
| D．Ma Yun believed the Internet business would have a bright future. |
What does this passage mainly tell us?
| A．How Ma Yun made history. |
| B．The history of Alibaba Group |
| C．How Ma Yun learned English. |
| D．The development of e-commerce in china. |
Do you often travel? Do you often stay in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with disposable (一次性的)things, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. __________. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables.
______.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. _______.It is a waste of natural resources(资源) and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 2,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year!
___________. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. ________: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining-room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.
| A．Try to do these things in your daily life |
| B．People throw them away after only using them once. |
| C．They want to ask people to use less disposable things. |
| D．Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. |
E. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own.
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① 人民教育出版社 ②材料 ③目的地 ④离开 ⑤到达When does the plane reach Milan?
| A．At 11:30 | B．At 14:35 | C．At 10:00 | D．At 18:00 |
Where can you have fun and watch displays?
| A．In Flight No. BA564 | B．In people’s Education Press |
| C．At Zhonglu Hotel | D．In Deeside Animal Park |
If you want to buy English books, you’d better call the number_______.
| A．(8610) 64622288 | B．(010) 67661423 |
| C．(8610) 64612502 | D．(024)46364148 |
If you travel to Beijing, you’d better live in ________.
| A．Milan | B．PEP Teaching Materials Center |
| C．Zhonglu Hotel | D．Southdene |
From the information, we can guess Yang Kai is ________.
| A．a bookseller | B．a student |
| C．a waiter | D．a teacher |
Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he went to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his Car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.
That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station.
On Friday people read an advertisement(广告) in the newspaper.
BOOKS WANTED
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.
Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock.
Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Smith?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” Henry said, “Can I help you?”
“I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table.
“Come in now, ” Henry called out, “And bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles(书名) on the books and those on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, Sir,” the policeman said to the man.How did the man get the books? _____________
| A．He bought them from Henry. |
| B．He bought them at a bookstore. |
| C．He found them lying in a quiet street. |
| D．He stole them from the car. |
Henry got his books back ___________.
| A．by fooling the man into bringing the books to his house |
| B．by buying them from the first visitor |
| C．with the help of the bookstore |
| D．with the help of the City School |
The man who stole the books found Henry’s address ___________
| A．in the car | B．in the newspaper |
| C．at the book store | D．at the police station |
What happened to the man?
| A．He ran away. |
| B．He was very happy to sell the books. |
| C．He was caught by the policeman. |
| D．He was very clever. |
What is the best title for this reading?
| A．A Book Advertisement | B．Mr Henry Smith |
| C．How Mr Smith Lost His Books | D．A clever man |
A city in South Korea has added a new attraction to its cultural landscape(景观)—the world’s first “Toilet Theme Park”. The Restroom Cultural Park in the city of Suwon is proving a huge hit with locals and tourists alike.
The park was built to memorize the former city mayor Sim Jae-duck, known as “Mr Toilet”. He believed the toilet is a very important place and full of culture. Visitors to the park can enjoy its toilet- bowl- shaped exhibition hall as well as lots of bronze statues(铜像) in all kinds of toilet positions. They can even sit on Mr Kim’s original toilet, which includes a full-length glass door that mists(蒙上薄雾) up when it is being used.
Suwon has become well known because of the promotion(宣传) of toilet culture. The city attracts toilet- related artwork from around the world to its galleries. It famously hosts the Golden Poop Art Festival- a celebration of one of the calls of nature. The city also lists lots of its own public toilets as tourist attractions on its website. Sim Jae-duck’s toilet-shaped house, now a museum, should be the must-see for enthusiasts. It’s said that Mr Sim was born in the loo of his mother’s house, so he loved toilets very much. He said in 2007, “The toilet can save humankind from diseases and is a place for introspection(反省). The toilet is also a central living place that has culture.” What’s the theme park’s name?
| A．Restroom Park |
| B．Toilet World |
| C．The Restroom Cultural Park |
| D．The Park of World Toilets. |
What was the nickname(绰号) of Sim Jae-duck?
| A．Captain Lavatory | B．Mr Toilet |
| C．Bathroom Bill | D．Number Two |
What happens to Sim Jae-duck’s toilet when someone uses it?
| A．The toilet slowly moves around. |
| B．“The Toilet Song ” starts playing. |
| C．The water comes out. |
| D．Its glass door fogs up. |
Where do reports say Sim Jae-duck was born?
| A．In a toilet- shaped bed. |
| B．In the WC of his mother’s house. |
| C．In a public toilet in Suwon. |
| D．In a hospital toilet. |
The underlined word “enthusiasts” means ______ in Chinese in the passage.
| A．思想者 | B．智障者 |
| C．残疾人 | D．爱好者 |
It is said that all dreams serve a purpose. While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream, there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have.
One common kind of dream is the repeating dream, in which the same story is repeated again and again, often for many months or even years. Some believe these are a sign people have a problem in their life and once that problem is gone then the dream will stop. Others think they are a way to help people remember something very important.
Another well-known kind of dream is the nightmare. The pictures and stories in such dreams make people very afraid and dreamers usually remember them far more clearly than normal dreams. The cause of such dreams may be seeing something terrifying such as a car accident or some deadly snakes. Others think such dreams may be trying to make a person pay attention to something that is dangerous in their life.
Daydreams happen during wake-time when we forget where we are or what we are doing and find ourselves in a made-up story or unreal world. We often daydream when we are doing something that is not interesting or exciting. They help us think about our future.
Lucid (神志清醒的) dreams are the most fun. These happen when dreamers suddenly understand that they are dreaming. Instead of waking up, they stay in the dream and are able to control what happens in the dream as if they are making a movie.
| A．dreams | B．problems |
| C．dreamers | D．scientists |
| A．frightening | B．interesting |
| C．disappointing | D．amazing |
| A．During a very interesting movie. |
| B．While playing at a fun park． |
| C．While listening to an uninteresting talk. |
| D．When making a movie． |
| A．We can remember the dream very clearly. |
| B．We can control what happens in the dream. |
| C．We think that the dream is like a movie. |
| D．We feel very nervous after we wake up. |
| A．Daydreaming of You | B．Enjoy Your Dream |
| C．What Dreams Mean | D．Where Dreams Go |