It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year to keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount of money, but you can still afford the gifts because your loved ones will enjoy them. This concern (忧虑) is becoming greater and greater theses days. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.

Hit the sales. No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get a good deal (交易) on Black Friday ( the first Friday at Christmas time). It’s surely very difficult to pick up the courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal. But sometimes it can be well worth. Many retailers (零售商) offer specials all through the day. Some even offer online Black Friday specials, so we may still be able to get a great deal on Black Friday.
Read advertisements regularly. Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers will be hungry for business. They will try their best to get us into the store. Please read the weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers from time to time. We may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.
Shop online. Some of us don’t like running from store to store to get the best price on the perfect gift. Some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all, and then, we can do online shopping.
The world of online shopping makes it possible for us to visit all the major retailers and some
specialty stores on the Internet. We can find exactly what we are looking for at the best possible price without even having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping, it will always take us a long time to wait if we want to get the perfect gift.
【小题1】 The underlined word “specials” in Paragraph 2 means______.
A.赠品B.奢侈品C.特价商品D.圣诞礼品
【小题2】We can have more choices to get a good deal ______.
A.on the Internet B.in specialty stores C.from salesmenD.from retailers
【小题3】In this passage the writer wants to ______.
A.tell us to shop online
B.tell us the best way to do shopping
C.show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping
D.give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time
【小题4】 From the passage we can infer (推断) that ______.
A.people are surely able to get a good deal on Friday
B.it is possible for people to buy the perfect Christmas gifts with less money
C.retailers will be hungry because they are busy selling Christmas gifts
D.with traditional Christmas shopping, people can’t buy the perfect gifts

When Kyle walked into Paul’s Pet World, he looked very anxious. He walked quickly to the store owner, Paul. Paul jumped out of his seat to greet Kyle. He was the store’s first customer of the day.
“Good morning, sir!” Paul said. “What can I help you with?”
“Well, I…,” Kyle started to say.
“Wait, don’t tell me,” Paul stopped him. “You are looking for a…a new dog… for your daughter’s birthday. Right?”
“Not really, I just…”
Paul didn’t let him finish. “Ah, I’ve got it. You just opened a new business, and you want some fish for your office. I have some very nice goldfish over here.”
“Actually, I…” Kyle was starting to look very anxious. His face had a strange look on it.
“No fish? Ah, a cat! You look like a cat person. At Paul’s Pet World, we have the best cats. Take a look at this cat---- long, white hair. She is looking at you. She is thinking, “Take me home. Take me home.” Would you like some cat food and toys as well?”
“No, thank you,” Kyle said. By this time, he had a pained look on his face. “Really, I’m no interested in cats or fish or dogs.”
“What do you want, then?” Paul asked.
Kyle looked like he was going to cry. “I just want to know if I can use your restroom!” he finally said.

【小题1】Paul didn’t advise Kyle to buy ____________.

A.catB.dogC.fishD.bird
【小题2】The word “pained” means ____________.
A.高兴的B.可爱的C.美丽的D.痛苦的
【小题3】Actually, Kyle went into the pet store to ___________.
A.buy some petsB.chat with PaulC.use the restroomD.see a friend
【小题4】The writer wants to tell us ___________.
A.a funny storyB.a wonderful petC.a strange pet shopD.a good pet seller

Madison Stump is a 13-year-old entrepreneur (企业家) in the USA. To save our planet, she has  1  a green business, PaperAgain.

Madison lives in a “green” family. She is   2  trying to be 100% earth friendly. One day, Mandison was thinking over what else she could do to help the environment.  3 , she thought, “Why not  4  those used boxes and paper to create beautiful notebooks? And I can sell them to help people in need.” That night, Mandison made her first notebook with scrap paper (废纸), and she used an empty gum box for a. It was the  6  of her green business.

Mandison’s first customer was her sister. She, of course, never   7  it! However, Mandison didn’t mind because she got to see her use it. Before you know it, all Mandison’s school friends were asking to buy the amazing notebooks. Then, Mandison’s dad came up with the   8  idea of starting a website, PaperAgain.com, so that these notebooks could be bought online.

Now Mandison is the   9  of a real business! Her notebooks are selling at the store in her hometown. And she is often  10  on the local television news!

1.                A.set out         B.set off          C.set up    D.set at

 

2.                A.always         B.already         C.never    D.nearly

 

3.                A.Happily         B.Luckily         C.Finally    D.Suddenly

 

4.                A.return         B.recycle         C.repair    D.replace

 

5.                A.cover          B.paper          C.face D.book

 

6.                A.end           B.change         C.start D.entrance

 

7.                A.paid for        B.made for        C.sent for   D.waited for

 

8.                A.familiar         B.silly            C.dull  D.wonderful

 

9.                A.worker         B.winner         C.owner    D.master

 

10.               A.explained       B.reported       C.replied    D.spread

 

 

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