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阅读理解。     Everyone"s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn"t done
an eBay deal. So, I decided to try my hand at online auction (网上拍卖). Buying for beginners: Sign up on
www.ebay.co.uk. Most items (e.g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture
and a short description; others may be marked with"Buy It Now" and have a fixed price. You can buy these
right away.
     If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids (出价) for
you.The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked
if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days, and when they finish you get an e-mail telling you
whether you have won the item.
     How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid
as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment
system that takes the money away form your credit card (信用卡).
     Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my
friends" advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday.
     The big things in life: It"s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be
collected or sent by deliverymen. Check the ways of delivery before you bid. 1. What is the passage mainly about?A. How to make payment online.
B. Ways of making delivery online.
C. Advantages of an online auction system.
D. How to use an online-auction system.2. After bidding for an item, a buyer ______. A. will get what he wants in ten days
B. should make payment immediately
C. has chances to make higher bids
D. must pay through PayPal 3. The easiest way of making payment mentioned in the passage is _______. A. through an online payment system
B. through a local banking system
C. by sending the money to the seller
D. by paying the deliveryman directly 4. Which of the following is Not right according to the passage? A. An eBay deal is popular with people.
B. You can see pictures, accounts and prices for most items ready for auction online.
C. Everything you want to buy can be sent by post.
D. Online auctions usually last up to 10 days.

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阅读理解。     One Saturday afternoon years ago I was working in the parsonage (牧师住宅) yard. It was cold and
windy. I welcomed it. Christmas was approaching. I noticed an unusual amount of traffic on our county
road. All of it was southbound.
     "Lois, much traffic is going south today, have you noticed that?"
     "It must be Christmas in the Country." she said.
     "What"s that?"
     "A lady turns her whole house into a Christmas open house for the weekend. Every room in the house
and the whole barn are filled with beautiful handcrafted (手工的) items. She serves wassail (酒宴) and
cookies and plays Christmas music. I hear it"s quite an event."
     "Why don"t you take me?" she asked.
     "Sure."
     We all got in the car to check it out. The Christmas in the Country open house was on a country road
back a bit of lane. When arriving, we saw a field turned into a parking lot full of cars. We had to wait in line
to get in. Everyone was in a festive mood, laughing and joking. They were all dressed warmly and wearing
Christmas things. It was so delightful that we went back year after year and always looked forward to it.
The next year Lois sold her own crafts in the show and did very well for a number of years in a row there.
It was early in the Christmas season and a good way to get in a Christmas mood.
     People will travel a long way for good things. If you can brighten their life they will usually find you
wherever you are. If you will help people in the hard struggle of life you will not be alone. That was true in
the beautiful countryside of Knox County Ohio and I believe it"s true in downtown Flint, Michigan and
wherever you live, too. 1. The underline word "southbound" in the first paragraph means______. A. moving forward the south
B. in the south
C. something that appears in the south
D. a heavy traffic2. According to the text, we know that Christmas in the country ______. A. is a place for travelers to spend the night
B. is a kind of hotels for travelers during Christmas
C. is an event for people to enjoy themselves
D. is an activity held all through the year3. Why did the author often go back to Christmas in the Country? A. To enjoy the Christmas mood there.
B. To improve their own skills in crafts.
C. To earn a lot of money for them.
D. To look after their own crafts there. 4. Which of the following is True according to the passage? A. A gentleman turned his house into a Christmas open house.
B. A field turned into a place where people could enjoy and buy beautiful crafts.
C. People usually went there in cars.
D. Only people nearby went to the Christmas open house. 5. What is the purpose for the author to write the text? A. To tell a funny story.
B. To offer readers a life lesson.
C. To ask readers to attend Christmas in the Country.
D. To show the author"s interest in Christmas.

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阅读理解。     Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they"re always coming in for criticism (批评). Their
critics (批评家) seem to hate them because they think this entirely unproductive industry should absorb
millions of pounds each year. Why don"t they stop advertising and reduce the price of their goods?
     The poor consumer (消费者)! He"d have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn"t create mass markets
for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get
the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function
is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods comes largely from the
advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones
we already know about.
      Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim (说法) may be seriously doubted.
It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a
railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or
reading railway bylaws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news
in your daily paper?
     We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers,
commercial radio and television companies could not exist without this source of revenue (税收). The fact
that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programmes is due entirely to the money
spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! 1. What is the main idea of this passage? A. The Advertising industry is an entirely unproductive industry.
B. Advertisements keep the consumers fully informed of the goods.
C. Advertisers perform a useful service to the public.
D. Advertisements make the goods more expensive. 2. The attitude of the author toward advertisers is ______. A. appreciative.
B. optimistic.
C. negative.
D. dissatisfactory 3. Why do the critics criticize (批评) advertisers? A. Because critics think advertisers make a lot of profit.
B. Because advertisement is a"waste of money".
C. Because customers are encouraged to buy more than necessary.
D. Because advertisements often misunderstand consumers.4. Which of the following is Not True?A. Advertisements can beautify the surroundings.
B. We can buy what we want thanks to advertisements.
C. Good quality products don"t need to be advertised.
D. In terms of money, we benefit a lot from the advertisements.

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阅读理解。     American magician David Blaine left the glass box in which he had lived for 44 days without food on
October 19, 2003. Hundreds of people came to watch the end of his starvation experiment, which has
become one of London"s main tourist attractions.
     Looking thinner and darker, 30 year-old Blaine was taken out of his box over the River Thames and
immediately went to hospital. He was then slowly reintroduced to food, a process doctors say could be
life threatening. He had been drinking only water since September 5.
     A native of Brooklyn, New York, Blaine first became known as a street magician in the early 1990s.
He soon found himself doing magic tricks in bars for the likes of American actor Leonardo DiCaprio and
his super model friends.
     Over the last decade Blaine has become famous with a combination of breathtaking magic and clever
tricks aimed at getting a lot of attentionIn 1999, he was buried in a coffin (棺材) for one week and, in 2000,
he spent 62 hours in a giant block of ice. Last year he stood on top of a 25-meter pillar (柱子) in the center
of New York for 35 hours before jumping into a pile of boxes.
     "I think a lot of people are unable to accept that they"re able to do what they can do," he said. "They
don"t realize we can survive. The human being is an amazing creation."
     But he seems to have suffered from spending so long in the glass box. He said that at times he was
unable to see, had serious back pains and lost his sense of taste. 1. It is ____ for David Blaine to eat food after such a long starvation. A. pleasant
B. delicious
C. dangerous
D. important 2. Having spent such a long time in the glass box, he suffered the following EXCEPT that _____. A. he had become blind
B. he had serious back pains
C. he lost his sense of taste
D. he was in weak health 3. Which of the following can best describe David Blaine? A. Serious
B. Adventurous
C. Smart
D. Crazy 4. Which of the following is NOT true of David Blaine? A. Blaine immediately went to hospital after he was taken out of his box.
B. Blaine was born and brought up in England.
C. In Blaine"s opinion, people can work a wonder.
D. Blaine didn"t have any food for 44 days.

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阅读理解。     After Jon Corzine suffered serious injuries in a car accident on April 12, many of the reports focused on his
failure to wear a seat belt. It"s reported that seatbelt use has gone up by 10 percent since 2000, hitting a record
81 percent nationwide in 2006. And the agency reports that safety belts saved about 15,434 lives in 2004. But
for some groups, particularly teens and young adults, usage still lags. Sixty-two percent of the 5,135 young
people ages 16 to 20 killed when riding in passenger vehicles (交通工具) in 2004 were not wearing safety belts.
So if you"re the parent of a teen, remind them to fasten up every time they get into a car. Yes, even it"s just for
a short ride and even if they"re in the back seat. And for kids under 13, be sure to follow these safety guidelines
(准则).
     ● Children from birth until age 1 or under 20 pounds should ride in the back seat in a rear-facing (向后)
child safety seat.
     ● Children over 1 year old and weighing more than 20 pounds can ride in a forward-facing child safety seat
in the back seat.
     ● All children who have outgrown child safety seats should be properly put in booster seats (幼儿加高座位)
until they are at least 8 years old or 4 feet, 9 inches tall.
     ● Once children outgrow their booster seats, they can use an adult seat belt in the back seat as long as it fits
properly.
     ● New rules require manufacturers(制造商 )to start using"smart" air bags for all 2007 cars. The new air
bags are constructed so that they don"t injure smaller passengers in the front seat. 1. In 2000 about ______ percent people use seat belts nationwide. A. 10
B. 71
C. 81
D. 91 2. The underlined word "lags" in Paragraph 1 means ___. A. develops slowly
B. moves very quickly
C. holds still
D. slows down 3. According to the safety guidelines, we can learn that ______. A. children can never use an adult seat belt in the back seat
B. when the children are in the back seat of the car, they needn"t wear a seat belt
C. a 2-year-old child can ride in a forward-facing child safety seat in the back seat
D. the smaller passengers in the cars with new air bags won"t have danger 4. What can we infer from the passage? A. Jon Corzine was putting the seat belt on when the accident happened.
B. You don"t have to wear a seat belt when you are just going for a short ride.
C. 62% of the young people were killed when riding in passenger vehicles in 2004.
D. Teens and young adults should always remember to wear seat belts.

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阅读理解。     It"s 2035. You have a job, a family and you"re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.
     Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror, "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from
sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronic are rearranged (重新设置) in your shirt to change its
color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 40. You look much younger. With
amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You"re not even
middle-aged.
     As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your cereal (谷类 )breakfast into a bowl, you hear: "To
lose weight, you shouldn"t eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code on the cereal box
to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?"
A list of possible foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.
     "Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter." In 2005 only specially trained astronauts
went into space.- and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your
best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said
you need these for space travel." Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots (疫苗注射) are a thing of the
past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front
door.
     It"s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. "My office.
Autopilot (自动驾驶)." you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic
on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer.
Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it. 1. What changes the color of your shirt?A. The mirror.
B. The shirt itself.
C. The counter.
D.The medicine. 2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn"t eat the breakfast cereal? A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B. By listening to the doctor"s advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By checking the nutrition details of the food. 3. The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. vaccines
D. nutrition 4. How is the text organized? A. In order of time.
B. In order of character.
C. In order of preference.
D. In order of importance.

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