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It"s a goal for millions and millions of families every year to keep the Christmas spending within a certain
amount of money, but you can still afford the gifts because your loved ones will enjoy them. This concern
(忧虑) is becoming greater and greater theses days. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.
Hit the sales. No one wants to get up at four o"clock in the morning and fight to get a good deal (交易)
on Black Friday (the first Friday at Christmas time). It"s surely very difficult to pick up the courage and get
out there in the cold for a good deal. But sometimes it can be well worth. Many retailers (零售商) offer
specials all through the day. Some even offer online Black Friday specials, so we may still be able to get a
great deal on Black Friday.
Read advertisements regularly. Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers will be hungry
for business. They will try their best to get us into the store. Please read the weekly advertisements of sales
among the major retailers from time to time. We may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same
thing in different shops.
Shop online. Some of us don"t like running from store to store to get the best price on the perfect gift.
Some of us don"t like to go out in the cold at all, and then, we can do online shopping.
The world of online shopping makes it possible for us to visit all the major retailers and some specialty
stores on the Internet. We can find exactly what we are looking for at the best possible price without even
having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping, it will always take us a long time to wait if
we want to get the perfect gift.
B. 奢侈品
C. 特价商品
D. 圣诞礼品
B. in specialty stores
C. from salesmen
D. from retailers
B. tell us the best way to do shopping
C. show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping
D. give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time
B. it is possible for people to buy the perfect Christmas gifts with less money
C. retailers will be hungry because they are busy selling Christmas gifts
D. with traditional Christmas shopping, people can"t buy the perfect gifts
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signs beside the highway and it will take you where you wish to go. But to a London taxi driver, driving is
not an easy job. A taxi driver needs to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city
of London, from the loneliest street to the popular restaurant around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of
passengers (乘客) at all times.
A London taxi driver said the following about his job. During the night it is usual for him to stop two or
three times for some food. He said, "I never drink when I"m working, otherwise I"d lose my license (驾驶执照)."
He normally goes home between two and three o"clock in the morning. There are times he has to stay
longer and try to make more runs. He said,"That"s the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don"t
make money, no one is going to give it to you." London taxi drivers not only "take" but also "give". Every
summer hundreds of poor children from London go for a day at the sea ― by taxi! There rides are paid by
the taxi drivers. At the sea, they are met by the mayor (市长), and a lunch party is also held for the taxi drivers
and the children. After a happy day"s running around the beaches and visiting the market there, the children go
home again by taxi, free of charge of course!
B. they prefer to work for themselves
C. they want to help more passengers
D. they are used to working deep into the night
B. They give poor children the chance to meet the maor.
C. They pay for some poor children"s rides for a day"s tour each summer.
D. They play with some poor children at the sea for a day each summer.
B. Rich and generous
C. Modest and easy-going
D. Hard-working and kind.
B. an online travel guide
C. a website about the taxi drivers in London
D. a report about living conditions in London
p__________ (2) transport such as buses and trains. However, some people live in parts of the world where
it is i__________ (3) to build roads. In these places, animals or other f__________ (4) of transport have to be
used.
It is difficult to w__________ (5) in snow but easy to ski over it. So in places like Alaska, people use skis.
If they want to go faster, they get dogs to p__________ (6) them on sleds (雪橇). Riding a snowmobile (雪地
摩托) is a more m__________ (7), but expensive way of getting around on snow.
In desert (沙漠) like the Sahara in North Africa, people s__________ (8) get around on camels. Camels
survive w__________ (9) in the desert, not because they can s__________ (10) water in their bodies though!
They can survive without water for two weeks and without f__________ (11) for up to a month.
H__________ (12) can only go without water for about three to five days.
B. language clubs
C. dance clubs
B. 13.6%
C. 16.9%
At our school, we have to wear uniforms every (1)d______. The problem is that all my classmates think
the uniforms are (2)丑的______. We think young people should (3)l______ smart and so we would like to
wear our own clothes. Our teachers believe that if we did that, we would concentrate more on our clothes
than our studies. We don"t (4) 同意______. We would feel more comfortable and that is (5)g______ for
studying. If we can"t do that, we should be (6)允许______ to design our own uniforms. That would be a
good way to keep both teachers and (7)学生______ happy.
Besides, vacations should be longer. At present they"re too (8)s______. Longer vacations would give us
time to do things like volunteering. Last summer I had a(n) (9)机会______ to volunteer at the local hospital,
(10)b______ I couldn"t because I had to go back to school.
but I think he can be "foolish" 1 .
Once we moved into a new house and had to go shopping to buy new chairs and lights. In the supermarket, I"m interested 2 some of the beautiful lights with good qualities and made my father buy them.
When we got home, my father began to work out how much money we had 3 that day. Suddenly, he
stopped."Something"s wrong." he said."I"ve got 30 yuan 4 than I should!""That"s great," I said."You can buy
me that 5 book I want."
Father said nothing. Instead, he counted (数) how much money he had again and again.
"The salesgirl must have made a mistake. We 6 go back to the shop," he said.
"Do you have to go back?" I asked. "Nobody will know we 7 too much change (找零). It would be
foolish to go back."
"It wouldn"t be "foolish"." my father said angrily. "It"s called being 8 ." At that moment, I looked into his
eyes and knew he was right.
The salesgirl was surprised to see us in the shop again. But 9 we gave her the money, she thanked us a
lot.
On my way home, my father stopped me 10 smiled."Do you still want that cartoon book?" he asked. I
looked at my "foolish" father and answered loudly, "Father, you are the greatest!"