题目内容
In the mid 1990s, people started doing business on the Internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies which sold things in stores. Then, there were Internet companies which didn’t have stores, they sold things only over the Net.
Traditional companies didn’t want to lose any business. Quickly, they created their own websites and began selling things over the Net. These are the so-called “brick and click” companies. Many stores are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That’s where the name “brick and click” comes from.
By the late 1990s, e-businesses like Amazon.com, Buy.com, and eToys.com were in trouble. Their profits(利润) were not very high, and there was a lot of competition. Many of these businesses lost a lot of money, and in 2000, many e-businesses were out of business.
In the world of e-commerce(电子商务), companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will brick and click companies win the war? Only time will tell.
1.Many traditional companies created their own websites in .
A.the early l990s |
B.the mid l990s |
C.the late l990s |
D.1990s |
2.Why were Internet companies in a lot of trouble in the late 1990s?
A.Competition was heavy. |
B.Their websites were bad. |
C.They didn’t know what to sell. |
D.Their profits were high. |
3.Which would be a brick and click company?
A.A clothing company with no website. |
B.A bookseller with five stores and an Internet site. |
C.A video seller with a big website but no stores. |
D.A restaurant. |
1.B
2.A
3.B
【解析】
1.根据文章内容In the mid 1990s, people started doing business on the Internet.可知答案为B
2.根据文章内容By the late 1990s, e-businesses like Amazon.com, Buy.com, and eToys.com were in trouble. Their profits(利润) were not very high, and there was a lot of competition.可知答案为A
3.根据文章内容In the world of e-commerce(电子商务), companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will brick and click companies win the war? Only time will tell. 可知答案为B
Do your parents ever say, “Act like a lady” or “Be a gentleman” to you? But in the eyes of today's teenagers, what qualities (品质) should a lady or a gentleman have? Let’s take a look.
What is a gentleman?
The girls have their say:
Huang Xiaoyu of Guizhou: A gentleman is not a strong, stupid guy. He doesn’t get angry. He cares about others’ feelings. He’s always ready to help. There is a boy in my class I think is a gentleman. I didn’t do well in the mid-term English exam. He comforted (安慰) me by saying I would do better next time. His words made me feel happier.
Chen Tingting of Henan: A gentleman always says, “ladies first”. When cleaning the classroom, he does the heavy work. He lets girls go into rooms first. There aren't any gentlemen in my class. When there are snacks, the boys in my class are always the first to grab them!
Boys tell us what they think a lady is:
Wu Yifan of Dalian, Liaoning: A ladylike girl is gentle and quiet. But she’s not shy; she’s not afraid of expressing herself. She is kind and beautiful. To me, actress Dong Jie is a lady. She is pretty and gentle. She also has a kind heart. She does a lot for charity.
Wang Lichao of Tianjin: A lady is not just pretty-looking but wise too. She never says rude words. She is not noisy. She is always calm and at ease. There aren’t any real ladies in my class, I think. Most of the girls are of a style I call “wild beauties”.
任务型阅读:根据短文内容,填写下列表格。每空不超过两个词。(10分)
People |
Qualities of gentlemen/ladies |
Examples |
HuangXiaoyu (A girl, Guizhou) |
He is not a strong, stupid guy. He doesn’t get 1 . He cares about others’ feelings and gets ready to help. |
A boy in her class |
Chen Tingting (A girl, Henan) |
He says “ 2 ” and lets girls go into rooms first. He does the heavy work when cleaning the classroom. |
3 gentlemen in her class. |
Wu Yifan (4 , Liaoning) |
She is gentle, quiet, kind and beautiful. She is not shy or afraid to 5 herself. |
Actress Dong Jie |
Wang Lichao (A boy, Tianjin) |
She is both pretty-looking and 6 . She is not noisy. She is calm and at ease. |
No real ladies in his class. |
?
K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer ?
Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar(乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important work collecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty. Littering the street is, he adds.?
Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese calligrapher (书法家), he lived in Huangshi, Hubei Province.?
Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.?
Rothey says he’ll continue collecting rubbish, as long as he is able to.?
Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder(创立者)and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.
She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile(胆汁)from moon bears for use in traditional medicine.?
She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in the mainland in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. That made her cry. She said she would be back to set them free.?
In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue(救援)Center was set up in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan.?
Now, bear farms have been stopped in the area of two-thirds of China. “As much as we rescue them, they rescue us. These bears rescue us every single day and they teach us to be better people,” Robinson says.?
任务:请阅读上面短文,根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。?
Name |
K.L.Rothey |
Jill Robinson |
Nationality |
77. |
British |
Age |
71 |
50 |
Events |
He first visited China in 1984 and became interested in Chinese culture.? He often 78. in the streets in Huangshi.? He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities. |
She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in the mid-1980s. ?79. in the mainland changed her life in 1993.? She set up the Animal Foundation in 1998. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue Center was set up in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan. |
The two passages are about two foreigners who have helped improve Chinese lives with their contributions(贡献).We should 80. them and do what we can to protect the environment. |
The word “cartoon” came form Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual(真实的)drawing on the wall. __1.__ Since the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing that is humorous, satirical(讽刺的)or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper and magazine, with or without a short test.
_2.___ People of all ages, especially young children enjoy all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, or television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life, but help form it. 3._They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words form cartoon series have also come into modern languages.
Many cartoonists (漫画家)draw with special pens._ 4.__Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.
______________________________________________________________________________
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
A .They have set the style for clothing, food, manner and many other things. |
B. In the mid-19th century, it came into English. |
C. Some use the computer. |
D. Today cartoons are a part of the daily lives of most people. |
5.Form the passage, we know that ______________.
A. few young children like cartoons
B. the word “cartoon” came form English.
C. all cartoonists use pencils to draw cartoons nowadays.
D. people like cartoons because they show and help form the life.