Online shopping started not so long ago. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The first online bank opened in 1994. In 1995,Amazon started operating and is now one of the largest online shopping malls. Then in 1996,eBay started its online shopping site.

  By sitting at home you can now buy anything from knives to cars. The worry you may have about travelling and parking can be avoided (避免) while you shop online. With online shopping,you need not worry about the weather. Online shops have no holidays,closing time or any other problems. You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Some online shops also keep customers' opinions about each product,so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it.

  When you go for real-world shopping,you can actually touch and feel it,but in online shopping you can only see the pictures. Also if you are shopping online,you have to be careful with your credit cards.

  The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy. Once you find the required product,put it in a "shopping cart" and continue shopping. After you have got enough in your " shopping cart", check out the products. You can add or take out the products in your " shopping cart". The next step is to log ( S >ji) using a username and a password. Enter the address where you want the products to be sent to. Some sites even ask for your e-mail,phone number,etc. Then wait for the confirmation (确认) of your or?der. You can also cancel(取消) the order if needed. Online shopping is a differ?ent experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it.

1. When shopping online,you can ________.

   A. park your car where you want to

   B. buy anything wherever you go

   C. touch anything you want to buy

   D. know what others think of the product

2. The second paragraph mainly tells us _______.

   A. people can do online shopping at their own homes

   B. the things people can buy in online shops

   C. the advantages people can have through online shopping

   D. people can know different opinions of customers

3. From the text,we can know that _______.

   A. once customers put the products in their" shopping carts", they can't change them

   B. customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online

   C. customers must give their e-mails as well as their phone numbers

   D. people can know different opinions of all customers

4. If you want to buy a cup online,what is the right order of the following things you can do?

a.Put the cup into your "shopping cart".

b.Wait for the confirmation of the order.

c.Search for a right cup.

d. Enter the address.

   A. b-c-d-a   B. c-a-db   C. a-b-c-d   D. c-d-a-b

  We bet that on cold days,many of you love to stay in your warm homes and,every now and then,come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately,plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!Winter is the time when bugs (虫子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold,the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.

  Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapause. There are different kinds of diapauses,but all are similar to hibernation,a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period,too,but they often don' t when the temperature drops.

  They rely on more dependable signals in the envi?ronment. For example,many insects can tell how much sunlight there is each day. They use that to tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded,meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can't move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.

  They're looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 million years,so they don't really know they're coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behav?iour. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unno?ticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food,but they don't care about humans. 

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

   A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.

   B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.

   C. To mean that bugs will invade humans' houses for their winter.

   D. To put forward the idea that bugs are not wel?come in winter.

2. According to the text,what does the word "dia?pause" mean?

   A. It is the same as the animals' hibernation.

   B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.

   C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.

   D. It means insects go into a deep sleep

3. What often decides bugs' diapause?

   A. The lower local temperature.

   B. The amount of sunlight.

   C. Kinds of environmental signals.

   D. The insects' inside temperature.

4. According to the text,bugs invade humans' home" to      .

   A. attack humans

   B. look for enough food

   C. seek for protection

   D. show their evolutionary results

5. What would be the best title for the text?

   A. Bugs' life on cold days

   B. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?

   C. Good relations between humans and bugs

   D. What does diapause mean?

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