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that were owned by one person or a family. Women went from the bakery to the butcher"s to the grocer and
on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week.
Then about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born. In a supermarket, people could get all the different
kinds of food they needed without going to different stores.
The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall. A shopping mall is a group of
stores under one roof. Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon
became very popular. The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping. If you walk
through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee. Malls are places for teenagers to
hang out. Many teens will often just "go to the mall" and spend time with their friends.
The recent change in American shopping was the superstore. Large chain stores such as Wal-Mart, Office
Depot and Toys "R" Us have been built all across the United States. Because they are so large, they can buy
goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores.
Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close. They just
cannot compete with their giant neighbors.
And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States. People are too busy to
go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet. Online shopping has lots of advantages. For
instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day. Searching or browsing online shops can bde faster
than browsing the physical stores. While, online shopping also has its disadvantages. People are at higher risk
of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store. And privacy of personal information may
be let out.
①small stores ②superstores ③shopping malls ④shopping online ⑤supermarkets
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C. ①⑤③②④
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B. Small stores.
C. Supermarkets.
D. Superstores.
B. Because they are across the United States.
C. Because they sell all kinds of products people need.
D. Because they can buy goods at a reduction in the prices.
B. Leaking personal information.
C. Fixed prices.
D. No chance to do physical activities.
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy-games, CDs and clothing-are easily sold on the Web. But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parent"s card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money. That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber (网络的) space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products could stimulate online sales. In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn (billion) in the US last year and￡20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school-88 percent in the US,69 percent in the UK. According to Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online- mainly CDs and books. In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They"re more likely to ask "Why?" if you ask to spend some money online. One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as Internet Cash in the US and Smart Cards in the UK. Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as￡20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account. | |||
| 1. What does the word "They" in paragraph 1 refer to? | |||
| A. Sellers. B. Buyers. C. Teenagers. D. Parents. | |||
| 2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? | |||
| A. More than half of the teenagers in the US and the UK have Internet access. B. Teenagers pay for goods online with their own credit cards. C. Most teenagers in the US and the UK have bought something online. D. Teenagers found it easier to persuade parents to buy online than in a shop. | |||
| 3. A new way to help teenagers shop online is to use ____. | |||
| A. a new machine B. special notes and coins C. prepaid cards D. pay-as-you-go mobile phones | |||
| 4. What is the passage mainly about? | |||
| A. Online shopping traps. B. Internet users in the US and the UK. C. New credit cards for parents. D. The arrival of cyber pocket money. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| By creating a distinctive username-and reusing it on multiple websites-you may be giving online marketers and scammers a simple way to track you. Four researchers from the French National Institute of Computer Science ( INRIA) studied over 10 million usernames-collected from public Google profiles, eBay accounts, and several other sources. They found that about half of the usernames used on one site could be linked to another online profile, potentially allowing marketers and scammers to build a more complex picture of the users. "These results show that some users can be profiled (勾勒轮廓) just from their usernames," says Claude Castelluccia, research director of the security and privacy research group at INRIA, and one of the authors of a paper on the work. "More specifically, a profiler could use usernames to identify all the profiles that belong to the same user, and then use all the information contained in these sites to profile the victim." Those who have more unique usernames are more likely to be attacked. The INRIA researchers have created a tool that can check how unique a username is, and thus how easily an attacker could use it to build a profile of a person. Researchers are exploring ways that the traces of data that people leave on different websites could be combined and used to track them. A 2010 paper showed that the online groups to which people belonged could be used to infer their real identity in 42 percent of cases. Building profiles of consumers using online information has already become a major industry for marketers as well as online criminals. | |||
| 1. What, would be the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. Look out for online criminals B. Your username may betray you C. Don"t ]eave your traces online D. A unique username is more attractive | |||
| 2. Online marketers may use your username to ____. | |||
| A. get a picture of yours B. steal from your online account C. get useful information about you D. find out your interest or hobbies | |||
| 3. The main purpose of the passage is probably to ____. | |||
| A. warn us of the possible dangers of a unique username B. tell us how to manage our online information C. advise us on how to choose a proper username D. tell us the importance of a username | |||
| 4. We can infer from the passage that ____. | |||
| A. it"s hard to build a profile of a person from a username online B. it"s better to use a more complex username online C. a username online has little to do with the real person D. we"d better not use the same username on different sites | |||
| 5. The underlined word "scammers" in Paragraph l most probably means ____. | |||
| A. friends B. criminals C. victims D. salesmen | |||
| 任务型阅读。 | |||
| A busy life can be personally satisfying, but it may make you feel too tired to achieve the inner peace that will connect you with your true happiness. Begin with simplifying your life and working towards a more peaceful state of mind. Recognize the differences between the things you need and the things you want. Our culture provides us with the message that materials will make our lives better. The reality is that most of these things will complicate our lives without bringing true happiness. Free yourself-learn to be satisfied with fewer materials and greater simplicity. If you let someone else define your life, you"re missing the chance to follow your own desires. Your inner life is weakened when you are limited by conformity. Why do you give up your freedom and allow all of your decisions to be defined by what others think you "should" do? Think for yourself. Let your passions be your guide. Life is full of opportunities to earn money, give services. Learn new skills and make new friends. Some of us want them all and fill up our timetable with all kind of activities. Rushing from one activity to another leaves you with no time to slow down. No matter how worthy you think your activities are, rethink them. Keep the ones that are most important and leave out the ones that are adding to the pace of your life with little return. Life is forever changing, and you will never reach a point of simplicity and endless happiness. But each moment you spend on the path to simplicity does have the possibility to bring happiness to your life. | |||
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