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you 1 do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks (网络) have become a 2 for many
people to shop without 3 having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are 4 of department stores and supermarkets- 5 the crowds, waiting in long lines,
and sometimes 6 of finding anything they want to buy. They"d rather sit quietly at home in front of the
TV set and 7 a friendly announcer describe a product 8 a model shows it. And they can 9 around
the clock, buying something 10 by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-under companies are 11 to join in the success of home shopping. Large
department stores are busy 12 their own TV channels (频道) to encourage TV shopping in the future. 13
can ask questions about products and place 14 , all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television 15 take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so.
16 many people find shopping at a 17 store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important
to 18 or try on dresses they want to buy. That"s 19 specialists say that in the future, home shopping will 20
together with store shopping but will never entirely replace (取代) it.
| ( )1. A. must ( )2. A. programme ( )3. A. ever ( )4. A. proud ( )5. A. fighting ( )6. A. sense ( )7. A. see ( )8. A. until ( )9. A. shop ( )10. A. suitably ( )11. A. nervous ( )12. A. putting up ( )13. A. Guests ( )14. A. orders ( )15. A. lastly ( )16. A. Then ( )17. A. general ( )18. A. design ( )19. A. how ( )20. A. exist | B. should B. way B. never B. fond B. striking B. doubt B. watch B. since B. wait B. cheaply B. lucky B. making up B. Assistants B. goods B. finally B. Yet B. popular B. make B. why B. practise | C. shall C. reason C. still C. tired C. treating C. hope C. let C. if C. turn C. simply C. equal C. setting up C. Managers C. books C. especially C. However C. real C. wear C. what D. follow | D. can D. purpose D. once D. careful D. stopping D. feeling D. notice D. while D. deliver D. hardly D. eager D. looking up D. Customers D. answers D. fortunately D. Therefore D. true D. touch D. when D. appear |
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| When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly ad possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk (冒…危险) being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up. "Storm chasing (追逐) " is becoming an increasingly popular hobby (喜好), especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and wits for it to develop. Although anyone can do it, storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season. Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement. "Storm chasing is 95% driving," says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. "Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers." However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. "When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life," says Jasper Morley."Every storm is an example of the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth." | |||
| 1. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to _____. | |||
| A. head straight for the center of the storm B. get into the car for safety C. wait patiently for the storm to develop D. collect information about a coming storm | |||
| 2. Beginners of storm chasing are advised _____. | |||
| A. not to drive in a heavy rain B. to do it in an organized way C. not to get too close to a storm D. to spend more time on it in summer | |||
| 3. By saying "it is all worth it" in the last paragraph, the author means that _____. | |||
| A. storm chasing costs a lot of money B. storm chasing is worth hours of waiting C. efforts in storm chasing are well paid D. a storm presents the greatest show on Earth | |||
| 4. What can we learn from the text? | |||
| A. Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappointment B. Many storm chasers get killed in the storms. C. Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world/ D. Storm chasing is only fit for young people. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Childhood was an illusion (错觉) and the illusion was this: everything was bigger. No, Imean everything, not just houses and shops and grown-ups, but colors and flowers and journeys, especially journeys which seemed endless."Are we there yet, Daddy?" Funfairs (游乐场) were huge things that spread for miles around you with noise and lights and exciting danger. Rainy days at home when you were ill seemed to last for ever. Being a grown-up yourself was an unthinkable distant possibility. Every sound was louder, every game was grander, every pain unbearable. As I"ve grown old, life has become smaller. Tastes have bulled. Surprises have lurned into shocks. Days go by unnoticed. How can I regain childhood when it was an illusion? I have only one repeatable and wonderful way and even in this way I can regain only part of that larger world. I can play upon the stage like a child and make the crowd laugh and laugh with them, sometimes helplessly like a child, and then, even though I"m a sixty-one-year-old man, I can almost catch the colors and sounds and stillness of those bigger years when I was little. | |||
| 1. How does the author feel about his childhood? | |||
| A. It was endless. B. It was unpleasant. C. He is glad that it is over. D. He misses it as a grown-up | |||
| 2. The author thinks that everything was bigger in childhood because _____. | |||
| A. children could not make proper judgments B. children were curious and eager about life C. things appeared really big in children"s eyes D. to grow up seemed so long for children | |||
| 3. The world seems to have become smaller to the author because _____. | |||
| A. life is disappointing B. time goes by too fast C. he has had too many surprises D. foods no longer taste delicious | |||
| 4. The author enjoys playing on the stage so as to _____. | |||
A. act like a child | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Have you ever received a gift that was so clearly not your taste that you wondered if perhaps it had been handed to you by mistake? Worse, have you ever given a present and watched your friend look as though she had opened the wrong box? Maybe she responded with a polite "Why, thank you," but you knew you had missed the mark. Why do presents sometimes go wrong? And what do your choices (good and had) reflect about your personal qualities? Choosing the right gift is an art, I believe. It calls for empathy－the ability to put yourself into someone else"s head and heart. We"re all able to do this; in fact, we"re born with a kind of natural empathy. After the earliest period of childhood, however, it needs to be reinforced (加强)－by our parents, teachers, friends. When it isn"t, we"re not able to understand other people"s feelings as sharply. This can show in the gifts we select, and so can many other emotional (情感的) qualities. Think back to the presents you"ve given over the past year, the time and effort you put into your selection, how much you spent, your thoughts while you were shopping,and your feelings when the receiver opened the package. Keep in mind that what you choose displays your inner world. Of course, you may express yourself differently with different friends, relatives, and other people you know. We live in a society where exchanging presents is an important part of communication. Ignoring the tradition won"t make it go away. If you really dislike such a tradition, tell your friends abead of time. | |||
| 1. The underlined expression "you had missed the mark"means "you had failed to _____". | |||
| A. make her feel better B. keep your friendship C. receive a present in return D. get the expected effect | |||
| 2. Which of the following is the main ideas of the second paragraph? | |||
| A. Natural empathy needs to be reinforced. B. Emotional changes influence one"s choice of gifts. C. Selecting the right gift is an ability people are born with. D. Choosing gifts requires one to understand the receivers. | |||
| 3. In the third garagraph, the author tells us that _____. | |||
| A. attention should be paid to the receiver"s responses B. one learns from what he did in the past C. the choice of girls reflects one"s emotional qualities D. one should spend more time choosing gifts | |||
| 4. The best possible title for this passage is"_____". | |||
| A. Ways of Choosing Gifts B. An Important Tradition C. Exchanging Presents D. Message in a Gift | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between be does all he can to make a noise in the world, and be fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and is number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards him-self as a failure,a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest- headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人).He knows that ninety nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像). The aim of conversation is not. For the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors. Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people"s ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening, during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time. They just prove themselves to be successful conservationists. | |||
| 1. According to the author, people make conversation to _____. | |||
| A. exchange ideas B. prove their value C. achieve success in life D. overcome their fear of silence | |||
| 2. By "the buzzing of a fly " (Para.1),the author means"_____ ". | |||
| A. the noise of an insect B. a low whispering sound C. meaningless talks D. the voice of a chatterbox | |||
| 3. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors _____. | |||
| A. about whatever they have prepared B. about whatever they want do C. in the hope of learning something new D. in the hope of getting on well | |||
| 4. What is the author"s purpose in writing the passage? | |||
| A. To discuss why people like talking about weather. B. To encourage people to join in conversations. C. To persuade people to stop making noises. D. To explain why people keep talking. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Department stores sell ready-to-wear clothing, which is also called ready-made-clothing Such clothing is made in fixed sizes. Those people who find that ready-made clothing fits them well can save money by buying it. Most often. People do not fit exactly into a producer"s size. Their clothing must be altered (改变) to make it fit better, However, most alterations are not very expensive. The small cost of most allerations means that ready-made clothing can meet the needs of most customer. Those who can afford it often get someone to design and make their clothing. Such clothing is called custom-made(定做的). The person who makes it measures the customer, and then sews it so that it fits perfectly. Alterations are not needed. Custom-made clothing is largely sewn by hand. Has better quality, better material, and is of the style you have chosen. Of course, it costs much more than ready-to-wear clothing. You need to pay the difference for the special fitting and better skill that you are receiving. This often means that you spend double or more than you would for a ready-made garment (衣服). Custom-made clothing is not always that much better than ready-made clothing. It costs more partly because only one garment has been made, just for you. Companies that produce ready-made products make thousands of garments at a time. This means they can buy large quantities of material. Workers cut each size by the hundreds. Companies work out ways to make the garments, quickly ly machine and pay workers according to their skill. Thus they can sell the finished products at a low price while still making money. Most of the clothing sold in the United States is made in this way. Customers gain from the lower prices which are made possible by mass production (批量生产).It may or may not give them high quality. | |||
| 1. According to the passage, people who buy ready-made clothing _____. | |||
| A. wish to make alterations B. can fit into the sizes C. want to make it better D. will spend less money | |||
| 2. We can learn from the passage that custom-made clothing is _____. | |||
| A. specially made B. fashionably designed C. chosen by few people D. made with difficulties | |||
| 3. Which of the following is true about ready-made clothing? | |||
| A. It is of poor quality. B. It suits all people. C. It takes more time to make it. D. It is labor-saving to make it. | |||
| 4. The purpose of the writer is _____. | |||
| A. to explain why custom-made clothing costs more B. to show the advantages of mass production C. to provide information about different kind-of clothing D. to tell readers how to make money from ready-made clothing |