阅读理解。 Most American students have said goodbye to expensive fruits these d
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like apples and oranges have taken their place. "People are afraid to spend now and they don"t know
what the future will bring," said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store. In many interviews
with the Associated Press across the country, Americans talked about their concerns, from worrying
about small businesses to being anxious about simply making ends meet (维持生计). Samira Marino,
arestaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are
sharing meals.
During the financial crisis (金融危机), several of the country"s biggest banks have been forced to sell
or close. This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods. The US government agreed on
a ＄700 billion plan to try to save the financial market. But no one is sure whether it will help or not.
The crisis began years ago. Experts (专家) think it was because US banks lend money too easily.
Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it
back. This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money. Since
the banks borrowed money between themselves and even other countries, the whole world was in
trouble.
B. Because they don"t have the habit of spending money.
C. Because they worry about their future.
D. Because they don"t have enough money.
B. situations
C. hobbies
D. experiences
B. why there is a crisis
C. the danger of the crisis
D. people can"t borrow money from banks
B. Linda has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice.
C. Experts think it was easy to borrow money from the banks in US in the past.
D. People are sure that the US plan to save the market will be helpful soon.
B. The money problem facing the world
C. Healthy expensive fruits
D. The art of borrowing
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| 阅读理解。 |
| In London, there has always been a main problem. In order to solve this problem, the government has decided to have a bike revolution (革命). It has decided to provide 6,000 bikes for the people to rent. The government encourages local people to ride bikes in order to solve the traffic problem. More than 12,000 people have agreed to the idea. Some of them ask for more than one key. Although there are not enough bikes, an official (官员) from the government said that they would find some ways to deal with such a shortage. Local people can get these bikes at special docking stations (停靠站). There are about 315 docking stations across the city. About 12,450 keys have already been handed out to the local people, but only 6,000 keys can be used now. Let"s see the cost you need to pay. One key costs ￡3, and the cost of using the bike is ￡1 for an hour. The cost per hour increases as the hours increase, so it will cost ￡50 if you rent the bike for 24 hours. The official from the government said they also needed to face a lot of problems, for example, some bikes may be lost. But they said they would try their best to solve all the problems to make sure the success of the program. |
| 1. In London, the government has decided to provide bikes for local people to rent in order to solve _____. |
| A. the traffic problem B. the health problem C. the family problem |
| 2. About _____ keys have already been handed out to the local people. |
| A. 315 B. 6.000 C. 12.450 |
3. In the passage, the underlined wo rd "shortage" means "_____" in Chinese. |
| A. 挑战 B. 缺点 C. 短缺 |
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? |
| A. The government provides a bike for each family. B. Local people can get these bikes at special docking stations. C. If you want a key, you need to pay ￡5. |
| 5. What"s the best title for the passage? |
| A. The bike revolution in London. B. The transportation in London. C. The traffic problem in London. |
| Reading comprehensionReading comprehension |
| In the mid 1990"s, people started doing business on the Internet. There were two kinds of companies then. First, there were traditional companies. They sold things in stores. Then, there were Internet companies. They didn"t have a s  tore, and they only sold things on the Net.Traditional companies didn"t want to lose any business. Quickly, they made their own websites and began selling things on the Net. These are the so-called"brick and click"companies (砖块点击公司). Many stores are made of brick. And you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That"s where the name"brick and click"comes from. By the late 1990"s, competition among Internet companies was great. So e-business like amazon. com, buy.com, and etoys.com were in trouble. Their profits (利润) were not very high. Many of these businesses were losing much money. In 2000, many e-businesses went out of business. Why are brick and click companies, like Barnes and Walmart so successful? First, many customers know and trust (相信) their names. Their websites are easy to remember. These companies also have a lot of experience. In a word, they know how to run a successful business. In the world of e-commerce (商业), companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will brick and click companies win the war? Only time will tell. |
| Answer the following questions according to what you read. |
| 1. How many kinds of companies were there in the mid 1990"s? |
| 2. Did Internet companies sell things in stores or on the Net? |
| 3. What did the traditional companies do to keep their business? |
| 4. What gave Internet companies a lot of trouble by the late 1990"s? |
| 5. What can you learn from Barnes and Walmart if you have an Internet company? |
阅读 理解。In 1995, Walt Disney (迪斯尼) himself opened the first Disn  ey Park in Los Angeles , the USA . Later Disney world was opened in Florida in 1971 . It cost between $500 and $600 million to build . Tokyo Disney Park opened in Japan in 1983, and Europe (欧洲) Disney opened in France in 1992. Now Hong Kong is going to build a Disney park and it will be open in 2005. More than 80% of Hong Kong"s population would like to visit the Disney park when it is opened. But about half of them thought the adult admission fee (成人参观费), of between HK $ 250 to HK $ 300 (US $32 to US $ 38), was too high. The children"s admission fee is not known yet. But children may not mind paying any entrance fee. "If I start saving money now, I"ll have enough money to pay the entrance fee in five year"s time, " said Chan Posang, a 12 years old girl. "I can"t take my son to the Disney park in the USA, " said Mrs Yu, mother of a small boy, "that"s why I agree with the government"s plan (政府计 划 ) to build one here. There I"ll be able to take my son there.  The admission fee of several hundred dollars is nothing compared with (与……相比 ) the price (价格) of an air ticket to the USA. " 1. The first Disney Park was built in _____. A. France B. Tokyo C. America D. Hong Kong 2. How many Disney parks will there be in Asia ( 亚洲) by the year 2005? A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 3. What do the Hong Kong people think about the plan? A. Most of them agree with it  B. Half of them don"t agree with it C. Few of them agree with it D. Only children like it 4. Do all the Hong Kong people care (关心) much about the entrance fee? A. Yes, they all think that the fee is too high. B. No, the children may not mind how much the fee will be. C. Yes, most of them feel that the fee is not high. D. The writer doesn"t tell us. 5. According to the passage,  which of the following is TRUE?A. The adult admission fee is lower than the children admission fee. B. Disney Parks are getting more and more popular among children and adul  ts. C. The children"s admission fee is about HK $ 250 to HK $ 300. D. Since the fee is too high, few Hong Kong people want to visit the park. |
| 阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。 |
| The world is divided into(被分为) two important parts. One half of the world is rich and the other half is poor. In the poor part, a lot of people never get enough to eat. In the rich part, a lot of people eat too much. In one part, children are hungry and in the other, a lot of people are fatter and fatter and have to go on diets or do some exercise to lose weight. For example, a dog or a cat in North America eats better than a child in the poorer countries. The poor countries have some difficult problems. Sometimes the land is too poor to grow anything on. The land can get better, but people have to do a lot of things first. More experts (专家) should go there to teach people how to enrich their land and how to find water. But rich countries have problems, too. They are not always pleasant places to live in. Sometimes the air is too dirty to breathe (呼吸) and the rivers are too dirty to swim in or to take water. The roads and the streets are full of people and buses. Cars usually move very slowly. Noise is terrible. A lot of people do not have houses to live in. People must do something about these problems. We should do something to make the air and the rivers clean and build more houses. But it will take a long time. |