【题目】Alibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商) with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.

If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.

Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying. Chinese retail(零售) buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items(物品) for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall.com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.

What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping big-box retailers especially —in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.

I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

【1】Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in .

A. its business-to-business service

B. its big size

C. its not charging small sellers

D. its low price

2What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?

A. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.

B. Alibaba will continue to develop.

C. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.

D. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

3What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail.

B. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.

C. TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.

D. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.

4What is the passage mainly about?

A. Shopping online in China is TaoBao.

B. Alibaba influences people’s daily purchase in China.

C. Shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.

D. How the author purchases online in China.

【题目】Mark Twain was a famous American writer. He wrote many stories and many of them were very funny. These stories are still read by many people all over the world. Besides writing, he also liked hunting and fishing very much, so one year he went to Maine(缅因州)for a holiday and spent three very pleasant weeks in the woods there.

When he had to go back home, he went to the station with his baggage. There he asked a porter(搬运工)to put it into the train. Then he got into the smoking car and sat down in one of the comfortable seats there. The car was empty when he got in, but a few minutes later, another man got in and sat down on the seat opposite his. Mark Twain looked at the man and thought that this man looked quite unpleasant. However, it would be impolite to say nothing in that situation, so he said good morning to the man, and they began to talk.

First they talked about the heavy snow and then they talked about Maine. The stranger said,"We have some beautiful woods in Maine. It would be a pity to come to Maine without spending some time there. I suppose you have been in our woods, haven't you?" "Yes, I have,"answered Mark Twain. "I've just spent three weeks there and I had a very good time, too. And let me tell you something. Although fishing isn't allowed in Maine during this season, I've got two hundred pounds of beautiful fish with my baggage in this train. I like to eat fish, so I packed it in ice to take it home with me. May I ask who you are, sir?"

The stranger looked at Mark Twain for several seconds and then answered,"I'm a police officer. My job is to catch people who hunt and fish during the wrong seasons. And who are you?"

Mark Twain was surprised and frightened when he heard this. He thought quickly and then answered,"Well, I'll tell you, sir. I'm the man who tells the biggest lies in America. "

【1】 What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Mark Twain and a porter.

B. The stranger and a police.

C. The porter and a police.

D. Mark Twain and the police.

【2】 We can infer that Mark Twain had been to the woods in Maine in __________.

A. summer

B. autumn

C. winter

D. spring

【3】 Which of the following statements about Mark Twain is NOT TRUE?

A. Writing, hunting and fishing were his favourites.

B. His fish was delivered home by train.

C. He felt pity for not spending some time in Maine.

D. in fact, he told lies to the police officer at last.

【4】 What can we learn from the passage?

A. Mark Twain was one of the biggest liars in America.

B. The stranger was impolite to Mark Twain in the smoking car.

C. Mark Twain went to the woods in Maine for writing stories.

D. The stranger was the one who caught people fishing in winter.

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