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practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and
DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was
still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating
from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time
he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there
was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members.
Joined by a friend, Peter Skill,and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked
back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is
now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have
to do is make an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is
your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money.
Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are
sold.
B. a website for them to upgrade
C. a place to exhibit their own photos
D. a chance to buy things at low prices
B. To make money.
C. For gathering the engineers.
D. To fulfill a task of his company.
B. was always hopeful
C. did not think about the past
D. became more and more successful
B. By charging for each sale.
C. By listing items online.
D. By making e-photos.
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paragraph of the passage. There is one extra heading.
| A. Don"t get too close B. Know your boss C. Don"t stay late D. Make your boss look good AB. Solve your own problems AC. Listen attentively | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| A golf tournament (锦标赛) isn"t held every day and thus, as an organizer, you have to put on a great show for those who wait for it. Preparations before the Tournament An important thing you need to note down at this stage here is that once you start advertising an event, the event has actually begun for the audience. At this stage, you need to decide what you are going to call this event. You should make the name and the advertisement special, so that people will give them a second look. Depending on your economic situation, you need to decide whether you want to hold this event for amateurs or for experts. The next thing is to choose a proper place to hold the tournament. Plan of Action during the Event While the players are on court, you have to make sure that everything they might need is made available to them. Since golf is a sport that is played in the open, guests should be given drinks from time to time, preferably a drink of their choice. There should also be enough dustbins to keep the court clean. The things the guests need, from extra equipment to drinks, should not be put off for any reason. Announcement of some contests, lucky draws (抽奖) and prizes during the event will add to the entertainment of the tournament. Another one of the successful golf tournament ideas is an auction (拍卖) of some particular things during the game. You can get some equipment signed from the players. Post Tournament Necessities Now that the tournament is over, you need to keep a small after-party in the form of a dinner. During this party, the guests can actually communicate with the players and congratulate those who won. | |||
| 1. What can we learn from the second paragraph? | |||
| A. The event means more to the audience than to the players. B. Only professional players can attend the golf tournament. C. The most important thing for the tournament is advertising. D. It"s important for the organizer to draw the audience"s attention. | |||
| 2. The following are done before the tournament EXCEPT________. | |||
| A. choosing a playing field B. organizing an auction C. naming the tournament D. advertising the tournament | |||
| 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
| A. The guests" need should be met as soon as possible. B. All the players and audience can attend lucky draws. C. The auction can only sell the equipment of the players. D. Only the players can attend the party after the tournament. | |||
| 4. Why does the organizer announce the lucky draws and other activities? | |||
| A. To have fun himself. B. To earn more money. C. To please the audience. D. To attract more players. | |||
| 5. The passage is mainly written to ________. | |||
| A. introduce what a golf tournament is B. call on people to join in golf tournaments C. introduce how to organize a golf tournament D. share the experience of attending golf tournaments with readers | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| I love charity (慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods,all at very good prices. You can get things you won"t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods. The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity"s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations (捐赠物). They decided do set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children"s books, all 10 or 20 pence each. Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don"t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open. The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡100 million a year, funding (帮助) medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment. | |||
| 1.The first charity shop in the UK was set up to . | |||
| A. raise money for patients B. help a foreign country C. sell cheap products D. deal with unwanted things | |||
| 2. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops? | |||
| A. 90% of the donations are second-hand. B. They are open twenty-four hours a day. C. The operating costs are very low. D. The staff are usually well paid. | |||
| 3. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate. B. The Public"s Concem about Charity Shops. C. What to Buy at Charity Shops. D. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development. | |||
| 完形填空。 | |||
| My dad has been driving a truck for almost his entire life. He"s usually 1 all the weekdays and comes home only at weekends. Sometimes he stays 2 for two weeks at a time. 3 I don"t get to see him as often as I wish, we remain very 4 . My dad is the type of person who doesn"t let you 5 up anything that you start. When I was eleven, my father bought me a piano. At first I was so 6 about it that I would spend hours and hours learning how to play. Then it got 7 .I was so tired of it that I asked if I could stop. Much as I tried, he 8 me to go on. Now I have been playing for almost five years. I love it and I"m glad I 9 my dad"s advice. My dad is 10 talented,for he has been playing the guitar for over 20 years. Under his influence, I also like 11 now. Sometimes my dad can be my biggest 12 . He makes me smile even when I lose in a talent show 13 sometimes he can be my biggest critic (批评家). He 14 ignore the small mistakes I make. He encourages me never to lose 15 because he thinks that all my efforts will 16 one day. My dad is generous. Every Thursday night, he 17 to read to the children at a children"s club. When he reads, their 19 light up with curiosity about what will happen next. I feel 18 of having a person in my family who cares enough to volunteer to 20 . I love dad with all my heart. He"s a hero in my heart and the most wonderful person in the world. | |||
| ( )1. A. on ( )2. A. away ( )3. A. In case ( )4. A. polite ( )5. A. give ( )6. A. nervous ( )7. A. rough ( )8. A. promised ( )9. A. received ( )10. A. physically ( )11. A. composing ( )12. A. director ( )13. A. however ( )14. A. ever ( )15. A. aim ( )16. A. come true ( )17. A. agrees ( )18. A. bodies ( )19. A. jealous ( )20. A. help | B. with B. home B. Even though B. kind B. put B. anxious B. difficult B. persuaded B. challenged B. typically B. dancing B. supporter B. so B. often B. dream B. take risks B. likes B. arms B. optimistic B. read | C. out C. inside C. If only C. different C. take C. crazy C. disappointing C. reminded C. took C. musically C. writing C. scholar C. and C. never C. strength C. pay off C. intends C. hands C. proud C. work | D. in D. alone D. As if D. close D. speed D. familiar D. boring D. suggested D. listened D. exactly D. drawing D. sponsor D. still D. even D. heart D. let out D. offers D. faces D. happy D. drive |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| When you were looking for a reliable, honest auto mechanic, how did you find him?Before you went into that restaurant you recently tried, how did you know that it served great food?If you are like most people on the planet, you want to lower your risk of a big ugly surprise so you asked people you trust to refer to a business they trust. Marketers call this friendtofriend recognition of a business "wordofmouth" advertising. When you do a great job for your customer or a bad job, people are going to talk about your business. Unfortunately, because we humans seem to feel negative emotions more intensively than positive ones, we"re more likely to tell more of our friends about bad experiences with a business than positive ones. Understand this:Customers believe their own experience. You can"t make them believe that your company is wonderful when they felt they were treated badly. So, to get positive wordofmouth going for your business in this servicebased economy, you"ve got to do a really outstanding job for everyone, exactly. And when you do, you build a great reputation. That takes time. But it forms a close link with your customers in a way that no advertising and no promotional coupon (优惠券) ever could. The good news is that because there are so many different businesses chasing after your customers" money, people want to know whom they can trust. So people are going to be talking about you. Create a free sales force for your business-an army of delighted customers who tell everyone that they know how good your company is to do business with. That"s a great antidote (解毒剂) to defectionitis. | |||
| 1. What is the main topic of this passage? | |||
| A. A good name will bring you money. B. A person should rely on his friends for business. C. Advertising can make customers believe it"s wonderful. D. A company can rely on its associates to survive. | |||
| 2. According to the passage, whether we go to a place or not depends on________. | |||
| A. business fame B. media assistance C. particular recognition D. associates"recommendation | |||
| 3. When you do an outstanding job in service, you will surely________. | |||
| A. make more money than you expect B. have a mutual understanding with your customers C. build a great reputation immediately D. earn your fame as well as advertise for your company | |||
| 4. The underlined word "defectionitis" probably means________. | |||
| A. service imperfection B. customers" distrust C. customers"protection D. service advertisement | |||