Going to Disneyland is a dream vacation for kids. You may have been to the Disney-land in Hong Kong Or in other places. Soon you will be able to enjoy a Disney Park in Shanghai. Shanghai Disneyland started building on April 8, 2011. There will be many Chinese characters in Shanghai Disneyland, It is different from the Others. There is a 10-kilometer-long river. It goes around the whole park. Shanghai Disneyland will cost 24. 4 billion yuan to build. It will open in five years. |
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How do you pay for things? Do you usually use cash (现金), or do you like to pay by credit card (信用卡)? If you are like a lot of people, you probably have at least one credit card. Also, you might use it more often than you probably should. Credit cards first became popular in the 1920s, At that time, businesses, such as hotels and companies, gave credit cards to their best customers (顾客). Unlike today"s credit cards, customers could only use these cards at the Store or business that gave out the card. Customers had to pay for things in full. They couldn"t pay for something a little at a time. In 1950, a businessman named McNamara started a credit card company - Diners Club. Unlike earlier credit cards, this card could be used by customers at many restaurants. Customers liked the card because they didn"t have to carry a lot of cash with them. Restaurant owners liked the card, too. Why? They found out that customers usually spent more money when they could pay by credit card. In its first year of business, Diners Club issued 200 cards, The customers who got the cards from the Diners Club could use them at 27 different restaurants. Today, Diners Club has about 8 million customers, and they can use their cards in over 7. 6 million businesses in more than 200 countries. |
1. What can we know about the earlier credit cards from the passage? |
A. They could be used everywhere. B. Customers had to pay for things in full. C. They were very popular before the 1920s. D. Everyone could get this kind of credit card. |
2. The underlined word "issued" here probably means "______". |
A. showed B. took C. borrowed D. provided |
3. This passage is mainly about ______. |
A. part of the development of credit cards B. how to use cash C. the number of people who use credit cards in the world D. how credit cards help businessmen |
根据短文内容,判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示,不正确的用“B”表示。 |
Jia Meng used to keep a diary (日记) in Chinese. But one year ago, the 14-year-old girl from Hei Longjiang began to write her diary in English, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can"t read English."It"s like killing two birds with one stone." said Jia, "My privacy (隐私) became safe and my English improves a lot." Jia"s mother is not the only mom who reads her child"s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2, 3000 parents. The results show that 40% of parents read their children"s secrets. That"s why, like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect (保护) their privacy. Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary, too. But he doesn"t write in on paper. He writes online which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents "know nothing about the Internet." Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this problem, Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone. "Parents want to know what is going on in their children"s lives," said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. "But sometimes they go about it the wrong way." Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, talking to parents is a better solution. "If your parents know that you are safe, they"ll let you keep your secrets." |
( )1. Jia Meng writes her diary in English in order to improve her English. ( )2. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey, and the results show that 40% of parents read their children"s secrets. ( )3. Keeping a diary online is the best way to protect the privacy according to the article. ( )4. Lu Huan asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone in order to protect her privacy. ( )5. Shao Xiazhen thinks parents will let children keep their secrets if they talk to parents and parents know they are safe. |
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You don"t have much time for you diary, but you really want to remember your best or worst moments in life. Nine Square Diary (九宫格日记) is coming to help you. This new type of diary has nine squares which represent nine different areas in life, such as plans, feelings and health. Writing this diary is just like filling blanks. It is so convenient that you can finish it in only a few minutes. Here is a page of Nine Square Diary from Sun Ning. a middle school student. |
1. Sun Ning went to ________ birthday party on Sunday. |
A. his dad"s B. his cousin"s C. his friend"s |
2. Sun Ning felt ________ when his parents talked with him about their jobs. |
A. busy B. glad C. tired |
3. Sun Ning ________ on June 12, 2011. |
A. had a conversation with the headmaster B. gave advice about building a space station C. helped his cousin to get ready for the singing competition |
4. The underlined word "select" probably means "________". |
A. 挑选 B. 清洗 C. 烹饪 |
5. According to the passage, the Nine Square Diary is convenient because _________. |
A. it is a new type of diary B. it includes nine different areas in life C. it can be finished only in a few minutes |