Shoppers throughout the West, wary(警惕的) of a double-dip recession（经济衰退）, are sti
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Shoppers throughout the West, wary(警惕的) of a double-dip recession（经济衰退）, are still pinching their pennies. However, Chinese consumers are opening their wallets—big time. According to McKinsey, shop sales in China have grown by 25 percent annually from 2007 to 2009. Consumer confidence is now at its highest point since 2007 and female shoppers are leading the way.
Chinese women saved just 24 percent of their income, compared with 55 percent in 2006, according to a recent study in Women of China Magazine. What’s more, three quarters of Chinese women say that they’re the ones who control the family purse strings .That means the nation’s 650 million women are an “emerging powerhouse within the powerhouse” of China.
In the 1950s women contributed just 20 percent of household income. That rose to about 40 percent in the 1990s and then reached 50 percent last year.
In a recent study of Chinese consumer behavior, McKinsey found that women tend to shop more frequently than men, and spend more on personal-care products and food. Men, by contrast, tend to spend more of their income on gadgets(小玩意) , drinks and alcohol, dining out, and socializing. They also tend to save for the bigger-ticket items, like cars and houses.
Chinese women make up an ever-growing small part of the market—up from 20 percent a decade ago to 50 percent last year. It’s estimated that in the next five years women will account for 55 percent of the $9 billion market. “The future is female,” concludes a January HSBC(汇丰银行) report on luxury goods(奢侈品) in China.
The Chinese Market Research Group recently found that women younger than 35 are the most optimistic segment(群体) in China. A very large 80 percent of the 3,500 women surveyed saying they’ll spend more in the second half of 2010 than they did in the first half. With trends like these, Chinese women may bring new meaning to the term “the power of the purse.”
小题1:According to the passage, Chinese women _________.| A．save more of their income than before | | B．save less of their income than before | | C．make as much money as men in the 1990s | | D．spend half of their income on luxury goods |
小题2:The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that _________. | A．women go shopping more frequently than men | | B．women spent more on personal care products than men | | C．men tend to save for the bigger-ticket items than women | | D．Chinese women and men have different consuming behavior |
小题3:The underlined phrase in the first paragraph probably means_________.| A．making more money in a careful way | | B．wasting their money without hesitation | | C．spending their money in a careful way | | D．recovering the economy at a fast speed |
小题4:Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?| A．Chinese Men Go Socializing | B．Chinese Women Go shopping | | C．The Future Is Female | D．The Purse Is Powerful |
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小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：文章大意：对在经济衰退时期中西方妇女的消费数据进行原因分析和说明。
小题1:B 细节理解题根据第二段第一句：中国妇女，2006年储蓄收入的55%，现在只储蓄收入的24%。所以B正确。
小题2:D 主旨大意题第四段分别陈述了中国男人和女人在消费方面的不同。所以应是中国男人和女人有不同的消费行为。
小题3:C 词义猜测题根据第一段第一句和后一句，然而，中国消费者打开钱包，愉快购物相对比，说明西方的购物者由于警惕经济衰退而谨慎开支。
小题4:B 主旨大意题本文主要陈述了中国妇女与以前相比，花费更多收入比例购物及其原因的说明。 |
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A reader from Brazil recently wrote to us asking for some advice. He’s planning a trip to the United States, and wanted to know about the best places to travel in America. Today, we are going to give you some information which may help you when choosing your destination.
Each of the 50 states in America has interesting things to offer visitors, but some are more popular than others. Washington, D.C. is famous for its historical places, like the White House and the Lincoln Memorial. Visitors to Los Angeles, California can see the Hollywood Walk of Fame or shop the stores on Rodeo Drive where they may see a star or two. The Grand Canyon in Arizona appeals to hikers, climbers and nature lovers, as does Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
TripAdvisor is a website where people can write reviews about their travel experiences. Every year, TripAdvisor makes a list of the top 25 cities to visit in the United States. The results are based on the opinions of visitors to the website.
Brooke Ferencsik of TripAdvisor said the top picks on the list were not surprising. And it’s no secret why New York City was named the number one destination.
New York City is sometimes called “the city that never sleeps” because it can be very busy. It is an exciting place for many people because there is so much to do. But the city might be too busy for travelers looking for rest and calm. They might want something more like Myrtle Beach, in the state of South Carolina, which made it to number 21 on Trip Advisor’s list.
“A lot of people come to Myrtle Beach for great weather, it’s a wonderful family vacation spot, the beaches - got the wonderful Atlantic beaches there - there’s a lot of family-friendly parks and water parks.”
Many people take time off from their jobs in the summer to travel. Because there are many tourists visiting other places, June until August is known as “high season.” Traveling during the high season can be crowded. Hotels, restaurants, and transportation might also be very expensive.
If you want to save money on a trip, it is a good idea to plan to leave before or after the summer months. These times are known as “shoulder seasons” for travel.
“If you’re looking for value, try and think about traveling through the shoulder season if it’s possible - the shoulder season being the fall or the spring. The weather is still very good in some of these destinations, and you can get better prices.”
America’s major cities are still the most popular destinations for visitors. Ferencsik says this is because of the good quality of services they provide tourists.
“They do a great job of giving travelers what they want when they’re on vacation. I think they kind of cater to every type of traveler need. So whether you’re traveling alone, you’re traveling for business, you’re traveling with your family - whatever it is, those destinations are really tuned in to delivering amazing experiences and just a lot of different opportunities when you’re there.”
小题1:Lily has great interest in nature and American history. She can visit___________.
A. The Grand Canyon and Rodeo Drive
B. California and Los Angeles
C. White House and Arizona
D. Washington, D.C and The Grand Canyon
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true about Myrtle Beach?| A．People can enjoy a wonderful holiday with their family there. | | B．It’s a place where people can have rest and calm. | | C．It’s on the list of the top 25 cities to visit in the United States. | | D．It’s in North Carolina with great weather that attracts tourists. |
小题3:Why does the author suggest traveling through the shoulder seasons?| A．To enjoy good weather in spring and fall. | | B．To have good quality of services. | | C．To have better value of traveling . | | D．To save money and energy. |
小题4:The author write this passage to ___.
A. give some information about the top 25 cities to visit in USA.
B. talk about some American popular places and advice on traveling
C. advise tourists to visit big cities for their good service and opportunities.
D. give advice on saving money and time when traveling in America.
小题5:This passage may probably be taken from ____.| A．a travel journal | B．a magazine | | C．News Weekly | D．a website |
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Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let’s see if I can name a few proverbs “off the cuff” since I haven’t prepared for it.
English expressions with “pants”
| People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies. We sometimes say that people who are restless or nervous have “ants in their pants.” They might also “fly by the seat of their pants” -- they use their natural sense to do something instead of their learned knowledge. Sometimes, people may “get caught with their pants down” -- they are found doing something they should not be doing. And, in every family, one person takes control. Sometimes a wife tells her husband what to do. Then we say “she wears the pants in the family.”
| When people what to say something about money
| Pants usually have pockets to hold things. Money that is likely to be spent quickly can “burn a hole in your pocket.” Sometimes you need a belt to hold up your pants. If you have less money than usual, you may have to “tighten your belt” -- you may have to live on less money and spend your money carefully. But once you have succeeded in budgeting your money, you will have that skill “under your belt.”
I always praise people who can save their money and not spend too much. I really “take my hat off to them.” Yet, when it comes to my own money, I spend it “at the drop of a hat” -- immediately, without waiting. And sadly, you cannot “pull money out of a hat” -- you cannot get money by inventing or imagining it.
| English expressions with “shoes”
| Boots are a heavy or strong kind of shoes. People who are “too big for their boots” think they are more important than they really are. I dislike such people. I really do. You can bet your boots on that!
Yet, truly important people are hard to replace. Rarely can you “fill their shoes” -- or replace them with someone equally effective.
| English expressions with “shirt”
| My father is an important person. He runs a big company. He wears a suit and tie and a shirt with sleeves that cover his arms. Some people who do not know him well think he is too firm and severe. They think he is a real “stuffed shirt.” But I know that my father “wears his heart on his sleeve” -- he shows his feelings openly. And, he knows how to “keep his shirt on” -- he stays calm and never gets angry or too excited.
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小题1:What is this passage mainly about?| A．How to say English correctly and properly. | | B．Why English expressions include words about clothes. | | C．Which words can be used to describe my father. | | D．What people mean when they use some proverbs. |
小题2:Which of the following proverbs are not related to money?| A．tighten one’s belt | B．burn a hole in one’s pocket | | C．get caught with their pants down | D．take one’s hat off to them |
小题3:Tim often considers himself the most important person in the world , which is far from the truth .We may say ____.| A．he is “too big for their boots”. | | B．he “bet his boots on that ”. | | C．he “ fill their shoes”. | | D．he “wears his heart on his sleeve ”. |
小题4:If you want to praise somebody for his calmness when facing danger , you may say ___.| A．“You really fill your shoes” | | B．“Awesome ! You wear your heart on your sleeve!” | | C．“Amazing !How can you keep your shirt on at that time!” | | D．“Cool! You are truly a stuffed shirt”. |
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An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public 36 for knowledge about how the financial system 37 .
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, 38 UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were 39 up.
Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a 40 lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were 41 crowds of 400, rather than the 42 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics 43 who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to 44 my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t 45 done.” He added.
University applications 46 7% last year. But there were rises 47 average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed 48 in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A 49 study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial 50 and almost half said their children had asked them what was 51 , although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the 52 will be a generation that’s financially 53 and better equipped to 54 their money through times of economic 55 .”
| 小题1: | | A．concern | B．thirst | C．sense | D．taste |
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| 小题2: | | A．works | B．performs | C．serves | D．affects |
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| 小题3: | | A．in terms of | B．according to | C．on account of | D．in spite of |
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| 小题4: | | A．yet | B．once | C．also | D．still |
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| 小题5: | | A．outstanding | B．inspiring | C．convincing | D．leading |
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| 小题6: | | A．catching | B．appealing | C．drawing | D．covering |
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| 小题7: | | A．usual | B．regular | C． average | D．common |
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| 小题8: | | A．majors | B．interests | C．preferences | D．standards |
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| 小题9: | | A．attach | B．adapt | C．approach | D．relate |
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| 小题10: | | A．generally | B．frequently | C．traditionally | D．originally |
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| 小题11: | | A．raised | B．rose | C．fell | D．struck |
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| 小题13: | | A．effect | B．focus | C．interest | D．benefit |
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| 小题14: | | A．recent | B．late | C．present | D．unique |
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| 小题15: | | A．matters | B．affairs | C． events | D．issues |
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| 小题16: | | A．taking up | B．going on | C．calling up | D．keeping on |
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| 小题17: | | A．overturn | B．downturn | C．breakthrough | D．breakout |
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| 小题18: | | A．cleverer | B．smarter | C．brighter | D．wiser |
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| 小题19: | | A．strugglt | B．measure | C．manage | D．earn |
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| 小题20: | | A．stability | B．puzzle | C．uncertainty | D．recovery |
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★Boryeong Mud Festival--Boryeong, South Korea
For two weeks in July, millions gather in Boryeong to experience the grey pools and slides. What began as a way of promoting the region’s mineral-rich mud has turned into a festive party , complete with music and fireworks. While the mud is usually only available in cosmetic products, here you can cake yourself in grey as you want.
★Holi--lndia
Holi, the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu celebration full of joy and one of India’s most important holidays. During the day of the last full moon of the lunar month, usually late February or early March, the air is full of bright colored powder. The festival is celebrated differently throughout the country, but the cheerful spirit is common throughout Hindu communities around the world.
★Koninginnedag--The Netherlands
Although their current Queen’s birthday is really during the winter, the Queen still celebrates it on April 30th,the country’s official “Queen’s Day” since 1949. Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of feather boas（长围巾）and body paint as crowds gather in the plazas（广场）. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, with many live music acts, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.
★National Elephant Day in Thailand
In Thailand, March 13 is regarded as National Elephant Day to show that the Thai elephant plays an important role in the Thai history. Thai Elephant Day has been held on an annual basis since the idea was first approved by the Thai government in 1998. Special events are held at a number of venues in northern Thailand. At the Mae Sa Elephant Camp, it has become a tradition on March 13 for the dozens of elephants there to be treated to a huge feast of fruits and sugarcane.
小题1:What we can learn from the passage is that ________.| A．Boryeong Mud Festival was originally held to advertise for their mineral resources | | B．people around the world celebrate Holi differently to promote their religions | | C．Koninginnedag--The Netherlands was celebrated on their current Queen’s birthday | | D．it is an international custom for the Thai elephant to eat all kinds of fruits and sugarcane |
小题2:What is the purpose of the festival held on March 13 in Thailand?| A．To call on people to protect these endangered elephants. | | B．To give the Thai elephant a chance to eat fruits and sugarcane. | | C．To stress the importance of the elephant in the Thai history. | | D．To help people relax themselves by feeding the Thai elephant. |
小题3:You can experience the Festival of Colors in _______.| A．South Korea | B．Thailand | C．the Netherlands | D．India |
小题4:What is the main purpose of the text?| A．To tell people how to enjoy and relax themselves. | | B．To introduce some unique festivals around the world. | | C．To get people to celebrate different kinds of customs. | | D．To show the importance of celebrating different festivals. |
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The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard(1850~1928). After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871. In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City”，almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns. Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.
The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit---Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, they would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
小题1:What could be the best title for the passage?| A．City and Countryside | | B．A New City in Chicago | | C．The Invention of the Garden City | | D．A Famous Garden City in England |
小题2:How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities?| A．Through his observation of the country life. | | B．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago. | | C．By taking other people’s advice. | | D．Through the combination of different ideas. |
小题3:According to Howard, garden cities should be built _______.| A．as far as possible from existing cities | | B．near cities where employment opportunities already existed | | C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed | | D．in the countryside where the land was cheap |
小题4:The underlined phrase“drawing on ”in Paragraph 1 probably means______.| A．making use of | | B．making comments on | | C．giving an explanation of | | D．giving a description of |
小题5:What can we learn about garden cities from the last paragraph?| A．People would live and work in the same place. | | B．Each one would continue to become larger. | | C．Their number would continue to rise. | | D．Each one would contain a certain type of business. |
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