What is Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nea
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What is Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, At high school, be became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级） and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill. and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. . Even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s,abay has gone from strength to strength ,. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet
eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place. Of course for each item （商品）sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
小题1:We learn from the text that eBay provides people with__ | A．a way of buying and selling goods | | B．a website for them to upgrade | | C．a place to exhibit their own photos | | D．a chance to buy things at low prices |
小题2:Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? | A．For fun | | B．To make money | | C．For gathering the engineers | | D．To fulfill a task of his company |
小题3:From “he has never looked back “in Paragraph 2 we learn that peter_ | A．did not feel lonely | | B．was always hopeful | | C．did not think about the past | | D．became more and more successful |
小题4:How does eBay make money from its website7? | A．By bringing callers together. | | B．By charging for each sale | | C．By listing items online | | D．By making e-photos. |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B |
解析
小题1:细节理解题。由第一段第二行People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods.可知人们借助于bay来交易，选A符合。
小题2:细节理解题。由第二段的第四行In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby,可知他是为了娱乐，hobby爱好，故选A.
小题3:句子理解题。借助于上下文，尤其是下句Even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s,abay has gone from strength to strength ,可知他已经节节胜利，C项和下文意思不吻合，选D符合下文意思。
小题4:细节理解题。由最后一段的第三行Of course for each item （商品）sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money.可知它是通过提取每件交易的商品1%来赚钱。 |
举一反三
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1 Home can be a great place for children to study. It’s important to provide a workspace of their own where they can read books or just write a letter to their friends.
● Location （位置）
2 Kitchen and dining room are not so well suite for regular study. since books and pens get in the way of the day-to-day uses of those areas. Set up a place where a child can settle in and leave papers and pens at band without having to clear everything away each night. For a child that likes being alone, set aside a corner of his bedroom, but keep it separate from things like games, music and other hobbies not related to studying.
● Keeping Things in Order
Parents should encourage their child to spread out, but to leave it neat and orderly when he isn’t using his workspace. Ownership is very important for self-respect
3 The workplace should be personal, but not another part of the playroom.
● 4 Encourage the whole family to help build a supportive environment that children need for success in school. Give them a good example of how to deal with problems, how to manage time and get things done in the right way. 5 Study will be more enjoyable and effective when supported by the whole family| A．Attitude Is Everything. | | B．Bring Organization into Your Home. | | C．Here are several ways to choose a location. | | D．Building a Good Home Learning Environment. |
E. Hold a can-do attitude and your child will follow your example.
F. Setting up a space in a common area of your home can be a good idea for children.
G. A child who learns to organize his spare will carry organization into every corner of his life. |
The Book of Life
So far,scientists have named about 1.8 million living species(物种)，and that’s just a small number of what probably exists on Earth.With so many plants,animals,and other living things covering the planet,it can be tough to figure out what type of grass is growing by the roadside or what kind of bird just flew by.
A soon-to-be-started Web site might help.An international team of researchers has announced the creation of Web-based Encyclopedia(百科全书) of Life(EoL).The project aims to list every species on Earth in a single,easy-to-use reference guide.
To get the encyclopedia started,the creators will use information from scientific databases(数据库) that already exist.And eventually,in special sections of the site,non-scientists with specialized knowledge will come to help.Bird-watchers,for example,will be able to input what birds they’ve seen and where.To make sure the encyclopedia is accurate,scientists will review much of the information added to it.
As the EoL develops,you might find it useful for school projects.The site will feature(以……为特色)_____special pages for kids who are studying ecosystems in their neighborhoods.Another convenient feature of the EoL is that you’ll be able to pick the level of detail you want to see to match your interests,age,and knowledge.
It now takes years for scientists to collect all the data they need to describe and analyze species.The creators of the Encyclopedia of Life hope that their new fool will speed up that process.
小题1:The Web based EoL aims to _______.| A．find out what covers the earth | | B．list all living things on Earth | | C．work out the number of birds | | D．save the existing plants |
小题2:One characteristic of the EoL is that _______.| A．it is run by school students | | B．it focuses on different types of grass | | C．it provides different levels of information | | D．it allows non-scientists to review its data |
小题3:In the last paragraph,“that process”means _______.| A．analyzing species | B．creating a new tool | | C．collecting data | D．describing species |
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Many animals recognize their food because they see it. So do humans. When you see an apple or a piece of chocolate you know that these are things you can eat. You can also use other senses when you choose your food. You may like it because it smells good or because it tastes good. You may dislike some types of food because they do not look, smell or taste very nice. Different animals use different senses to find and choose their food. A few animals depend on only one of their senses, while most animals use more than one sense.
Although there are many different types of food, some animals spend their lives eating only one type. The giant panda（大熊猫）eats only one particular type of bamboo（竹子）. Other animals eat only one type of food even when given the choice. A kind of white butterfly（蝴蝶）will stay on the leaves of a cabbage, even though there are plenty of other vegetables in the garden. However, most animals have a more varied diet（多样化饮食）. The bear eats fruits and fish. The fox eats small animals, birds and fruits. The diet of these animals will be different depending on the season.
Humans have a very varied diet. We often eat food because we like it and not because it is good for us. In countries such as France and Britain, people eat foods with too much sugar. This makes them overweight, which is bad for their health. Eating too much red meat and animal products, such as butter, can also be bad for the health. Choosing the right food, therefore, has become an area of study in modern life.
小题1:We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.| A．depend on one sense in choosing food | B． are not satisfied with their food | | C．choose food in similar ways | D．eat entirely different food |
小题2:Which of the following eats only one type of food?| A．The white butterfly. | B．The small bird. | | C．The bear. | D．The fox. |
小题3: Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.| A．the season changes | B．the food color changes | | C．they move to different places | D．they are attracted by different smells |
小题4:We can learn from the last paragraph that __________. | A．food is chosen for a good reason | B．French and British food is good | | C．some people have few choices of food | D．some people care little about healthy diet |
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It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.At some point in every speech,every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned.Fortunately,such moments are usually not obvious(明显的) to the listeners.Why?Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say.They hear only what the speaker does say.If you lose your place for a moment,wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences,or forget to pause at a certain point,no one will be any the wiser.When such moments occur,don’t worry about them.Just continue as if nothing happened.
Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech,that doesn’t really matter.If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a Dream”,you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech.Most likely,however,you don’t remember.Why?Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.
People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流).They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition.But,in fact,the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance.They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly.Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.
As you work on your speech,don’t worry about being perfect.Once you free your mind of this,you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.
小题1:The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _______.| A．be smarter than you | B．notice your mistakes | | C．do better than you | D．know what you are talking about |
小题2:You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _______.| A．your attention is on the content | | B．you don’t fully understand the speech | | C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say | | D．you find the way of speech-making more important |
小题3:It can be inferred from the passage that _______.| A．giving a speech is like giving a performance | | B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad | | C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made | | D．the more mistakes a speaker makes,the more attractive he will be |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker | | B．How to Make a Perfect Speech | | C．Don’t Expect a Perfect Speech | | D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech |
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When people want to know about the weather,they usually go to their radios,TVs, newspapers,or to the Internet.However,you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses.Drops in air pressure(压力) produce an effect on small animals in many ways.Mice and deer are good weather indicators.People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that,before a storm,field mice come out of their holes and run around.Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains.
Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many ways.For example,some birds become irritable(急躁的) and quarrelsome and will fight over a piece of bread.Other birds chirp(叽叽喳喳) and sing just before a storm.It seems they know they won’t get another chance for an hour or two.Birds also seek safe places before a storm.You will sometimes see birds settling in trees or gathering together on a wire close to a building.Pre-storm low pressure makes the air so thin that birds have difficulty flying.
It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime,rather than during the periods in the spring or autumn.Watch for other weather signs if you see this.If they fly in the wrong direction,they may be flying ahead of a storm.
By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature,we can become better prepared for any kind of weather.
小题1:The word “indicators” in Paragraph 1 probably means______.| A．maps | B．services | | C．signs | D．stations |
小题2:There will be a storm if birds______.| A．make more noise than usual | | B．fly in different directions | | C．come down from tall trees | | D．share a piece of bread |
小题3:How can birds sense the coming of a storm?| A．By feeling a drop in air temperature. | | B．By noticing the change of wind directions. | | C．By feeling a drop in air pressure. | | D．By noticing the movements of other animals. |
小题4:The best title for the text would be______.| A．Signs of a Storm | | B．Drops in Air Pressure | | C．Animals’ Sharp Senses | | D．Nature’s Weather Signs |
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