Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for shoppers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! Second, never let “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of contents on the back. Third，compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands(品牌)and different sizes of the same brand.
Another suggestion for shoppers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. However, they are still of high quality. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.
Wise shoppers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials(商业广告)，but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, will-informed shoppers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, shoppers can make a wise choice.
小题1: The author gives ________ suggestions to the shoppers in the passage. 小题2:We can learn from the passage that ____________________.| A．ordinary items are not so attractive because of the lower prices . | | B．we can’t buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”. | | C．the advertisers are always showing misinformation in the commercial. | | D．the quality of ordinary items can be as good as that of famous brands. |
小题3:The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to advise shoppers _________________.| A．to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands | | B．how to buy ordinary things in supermarkets | | C．how to make a proper decision while shopping | | D．not to believe advertisements or commercials |
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小题1:文章第二段给出了三个建议，第三段给出了两个建议，第四段给出了一个。共六个，选D
小题2:从第三段的句子：Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. However, they are still of high quality. 可知普通品牌的商品和名牌的商品一样的好。选D
小题3:主旨题：从第一段的句子：Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store.可知讲在购物的时候如何做出明智的选择。答案是 C |
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试题【Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go sh】；主要考察你对
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Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah. After Sarah left university, 36 began to live in New York City on her own. She 37 a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than $30，000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her _38 and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that 39 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing. So Sarah chose to 40__ a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 41 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. 42 she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 43_ the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 44 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐). But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 45 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She 46 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland.
“Don’t think of saving money as something 47 . It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah.
| 小题2: | | A．found | B．tried | C．asked for | D．looked for |
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| 小题3: | | A．salary | B．time | C．dream | D．idea |
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| 小题4: | | A．difficult | B．possible | C．useful | D．different |
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| 小题5: | | A．buy | B．sell | C．stay | D．share |
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| 小题6: | | A．food | B．rest | C．studying | D．playing |
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| 小题7: | | A．Soon | B．Finally | C．Once | D．Again |
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| 小题8: | | A．prepared | B．took | C．caught | D．picked |
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| 小题9: | | A．pay | B．lend | C．spend | D．save |
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| 小题10: | | A．along | B．up | C．down | D．around |
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| 小题11: | | A．even | B．seldom | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．hard | B．interesting | C．nice | D．great |
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Each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches along the highway I travel daily to work.
There are some particular blue flowers that have always caught my eye. I’ve noticed that they bloom only in the morning hours and the afternoon sun is too warm for them. Every day for about two weeks, I see those beautiful flowers.
This spring, I started a wildflower garden in our yard. I can look out of the kitchen window while doing the dishes and see the flowers. I’ve often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowers. Every day I drove past the flowers thinking, “I’ll stop on my way home and dig them.” “Gee, I don’t want to get my good clothes dirty…” Whatever the reason, I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a folding shovel（铲子）one year in my car to be used for that expressed purpose.
One day on my way home from work, I was shocked to see that the highway department had destroyed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I thought to myself, “Way to go, you waited too long. You should have done it when you first saw them blooming this spring.” A week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn that my oldest sister has a terminal brain tumor（肿瘤）. She is 20 years older than me and unfortunately, because of age and distance, we haven’t been as close as we all would have liked. I couldn’t help but see the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my sister and us. I do believe that God has given us some time left to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.
And yes, if I see the blue flowers again, you can bet I’ll stop and transplant them to my wildflower garden.
小题1: Why did those flowers the writer saw only bloom in the morning? | A．Because it was hot in the afternoon. | | B．Because someone picked them away. | | C．Because someone took them into houses. | | D．Because the writer passed them in the morning. |
小题2: Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? | A．The writer’s sister died of lung tumor. | | B．The writer was regretful when she heard her sister’s death. | | C．The writer planned to dig the flowers to give them to her husband. | | D．The writer’s husband planned to plant some flowers in the garden. |
小题3: The writer wrote the passage to tell us ________.| A．to enjoy what we have now | | B．to value now and not to lose chances | | C．to protect the beautiful flowers we see | | D．to love those who are your close relatives |
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A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 16 soon.
Twenty minutes 17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 18 to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 19 it.
In the following hours on the flight, 20 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile 21 he needed help or not. But the passenger never 22 her words.
When he was going to get off the 23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very 24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 25 the job. 26 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 27 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times 28 . How can I refuse 29 twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
30 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
| 小题1: | | A．milk | B．juice | C．coffee | D．water |
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| 小题2: | | A．late | B．later | C．ago | D．after |
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| 小题3: | | A．remembered | B．forgot | C．wanted | D．learned |
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| 小题4: | | A．accepted | B．took | C．refused | D．received |
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| 小题5: | | A．some | B．either | C．another | D．each |
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| 小题6: | | A．why | B．when | C．whether | D．how |
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| 小题7: | | A．paid attention to | B．thought of | C．heard of | D．worried about |
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| 小题8: | | A．coach | B．bus | C．train | D．plane |
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| 小题9: | | A．happy | B．cheerful | C．sad | D．excited |
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| 小题10: | | A．lose | B．loses | C．losing | D．lost |
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| 小题12: | | A．opened | B．closed | C．destroyed | D．hid |
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| 小题13: | | A．at all | B．in all | C．of all | D．all over |
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| 小题15: | | A．peacefully | B．comfortably | C．deeply | D．slowly |
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There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.
When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn’t able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished, Dad. Can we play now?”
The man was surprised, saying, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.”
小题1: Why couldn’t the man play with his son that night? | A．He had to read a magazine. | B．He had some extra work to do. | | C．He had to learn something about a map. | D．He had to stay at his office for extra work. |
小题2:What did the man ask his son to do?| A．To read the magazine to find the map. | | B．To tear the map of the world up into pieces. | | C．To put the pieces of the map of the world back together. | | D．To clean the dining room first, and then read the map of the world. |
小题3: How long did it take the boy to finish the work?| A．A few hours. | B．About an hour. | C．About half an hour. | D．The whole night. |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?| A．It’s a report about a father’s extra work. | | B．It’s a story between a father and his clever son. | | C．It’s an advertisement for the map of the world. | | D．It’s a poster about how to deal with parents’ problems. |
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When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:
Discover more about robots.
Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:
1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.
2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.
3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.
Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper:
1. What might robots be like in the future?
2. What other things can robots do for people?
3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?
Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you’ll probably discover some new questions.
For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.
The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.
小题1:What does the writer advise us to do when we’re curious about something? | A．To read more books about it. | | B．To look it up in the dictionary. | | C．To turn to the teacher for help. | | D．To raise questions and find the answers. |
小题2:What does the underlined part “Armed with your list of questions” mean?| A．Writing down your list of questions. | | B．Discussing your questions with others. | | C．Taking your list of questions with you. | | D．Putting your list of questions under your arm. |
小题3:What might be the correct order of the steps when you do research?
① List what you want to learn. ② Find new problems.
③ List what you’ve already known. ④ Choose a research subject.小题4: What might be the best title for this passage?| A．Doing Research onRobots | | B．Asking Good Questions While Doing Research | | C．Having Interesting Answers on Robots | | D．Finding Subjects before Doing Research |
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