For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by phone．Now teleshopping is starting in Europe．In some 1 countries, people can turn on their 2 and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and 3 things．
Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden． 4 , the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes ＄10 million．In France, there are two teleshopping channels, and the French 5 about ＄20 million a year in buying things through those channels．
In Germany, 6 last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day．Then the government allowed more teleshopping．Other channels can 7 for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company．German 8 are hoping these will help them sell more things．
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without 9 ．With all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing．But at the same time, other Europeans 10 like this new way of buying things．They call 11 “junk(垃圾)on the air”．Many Europeans usually worry about the quality(质量)of the things 12 on TV．They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don't believe they can be sure about the quality of the things 13 ．
The need of high quality of the things they sell means that European teleshopping companies will have to be 14 the American companies．They will have to be more careful about 15 ．They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves．
It was Sunday afternoon．My brother and I were alone at home．My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother．I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV．Suddenly the doorbell rang．Ding-Dong!My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 1 quickly．
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside．He said that he came to sell books and asked politely 2 our parents were at home．
Without thinking, my brother said,“No．”Then the man asked if we would like to 3 some story books．I refused him．When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 4 and came into our house．He took out a 5 and ordered me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope．I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie 6 easily．The man then tied my hands up and locked 7 of us in the kitchen．Soon, he went upstairs to 8 money．I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9 He then untied me．I rushed to the telephone to call the police, 10 the line was dead．The doors were all locked from the outside．It was lucky that the man 11 to lock the kitchen window．We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the 12 pay phone to call the police．
Soon 13 came to our house and the man was caught．By that time, my parents had come home．We told them the whole story．My parents were 14 that we were, lot hurt．They told me that I should stop my brother from 15 the door to strangers．I learnt a lesson on safety．
(1)
[ ]
A．
window
B．
door
C．
book
D．
fridge
(2)
[ ]
A．
if
B．
why
C．
when
D．
how
(3)
[ ]
A．
lend
B．
borrow
C．
sell
D．
buy
(4)
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A．
politely
B．
slowly
C．
hard
D．
quietly
(5)
[ ]
A．
book
B．
knife
C．
gift
D．
pen
(6)
[ ]
A．
himself
B．
myself
C．
herself
D．
themselves
(7)
[ ]
A．
none
B．
neither
C．
both
D．
all
(8)
[ ]
A．
look at
B．
look after
C．
look like
D．
look for
(9)
[ ]
A．
feet
B．
hands
C．
neck
D．
legs
(10)
[ ]
A．
and
B．
so
C．
or
D．
but
(11)
[ ]
A．
wanted
B．
remembered
C．
forgot
D．
tried
(12)
[ ]
A．
farthest
B．
nearest
C．
largest
D．
smallest
(13)
[ ]
A．
my friends
B．
the police
C．
the neighbors
D．
my parents
(14)
[ ]
A．
glad
B．
angry
C．
sad
D．
sorry
(15)
[ ]
A．
cleaning
B．
closing
C．
locking
D．
opening
完形填空
Kate is 1 American girl．She 2 her mother．She lives in Dafeng 3 her father and mother, Mr and Mrs King．Mr King works in a factory．Mrs King is a teacher in our school．She teaches 4 English． 5 are friendly to her and she loves us, too．Kate 6 a lot of friends．She often plays with them．Kate likes 7 Chinese food very much． 8 Sunday morning she often goes 9 with her mother．They often buy a lot of things．Mrs King says the things in Dafeng 10 very cheap．
The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets．And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy 1 them．All 2 us are birds, animals, trees and flowers．The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be．
Do you know that one of the great presidents(总统)of the U．S．A．
spent hours and hours studying birds? A business man who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫)that he began to 3 them．He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes．
Come then 4 me, and I will help you find some of Nature' s secrets．Let' s go quietly 5 the woods and fields．Here we shall find how a rabbit(兔子) 6 the other rabbits that there is danger．We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter 7 ．We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees know where they can find food．I will show you 8 interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9 when you go 10 doors．Nature 11 her secrets only to people who look and listen 12 ．
