题目内容
217. Peter________come with us tonight, but he isn’t very sure yet.
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A．must |
B．may |
C．can |
D．Will |
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阅读快车系列答案What is Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, At high school, be became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade（升级） and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill. and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. . Even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s,abay has gone from strength to strength ,. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet
eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place. Of course for each item （商品）sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
【小题1】We learn from the text that eBay provides people with__
| A．a way of buying and selling goods |
| B．a website for them to upgrade |
| C．a place to exhibit their own photos |
| D．a chance to buy things at low prices |
| A．For fun |
| B．To make money |
| C．For gathering the engineers |
| D．To fulfill a task of his company |
| A．did not feel lonely |
| B．was always hopeful |
| C．did not think about the past |
| D．became more and more successful |
| A．By bringing callers together. |
| B．By charging for each sale |
| C．By listing items online |
| D．By making e-photos. |
What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a 
global trading platform where nearly anyone can
trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
eBay 
sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is your market place .Of course for each item (商品)sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sol
d.
【小题1】We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_______.
| A．a way of buying and selling goods |
| B．a website for them to upgrade |
| C．a place to exhibit their own photos |
| D．a chance to buy things at low prices |
| A．For fun. | B．To make money. |
| C．For gathering the engineers. | D．To fulfill a task of his company. |
| A．did not feel lonely | B．was always hopeful |
| C．did not think about the past | D．became more and more successful |
| A．By bringing sellers together. | B．By charging for each sale. |
| C．By listing items online. | D．By making e-photos. |
One day last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning light and headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River. Tom, a 32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going for his morning bath.
As he approached(走近) the river, the head of a tiger(老虎) suddenly appeared over the edge of the river bank. Before he could turn to run, the tiger was upon him. It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, its huge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite.
Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. The tiger lifted its head and roared(吼叫) at him. Peter ran.
From the window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see it attacking a man. He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting as the tiger dropped its victim(牺牲品) and ran off. When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead.
For the villagers, the horror of the incident intensified(加剧) by the tales of man-eating tigers that has once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds.
【小题1】How many people saw the tiger before it was driven off?
A One person. B. Two persons. C. Three persons. D. Four persons.
【小题2】The reason why the tiger attacked the man was .
| A．it was hungry | B．it was angry[来源:Z_xx_k.Com] |
| C．it was frightened by the man | D．not mentioned in the passage[来源:Z*xx*k.Com] |
| A．Early in the morning | B．At noon |
| C．Late in the afternoon | D．At five before dark |
| A．gave a sharp cry because of fear. | B．shouted out for help. |
| C．made some loud noise. | D．cried out in pain. |
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A．The ABC 2011 Challenge. B．Advance.
C．The Volunteer Centre Westminster. D．The Kingston Advocacy.
2.We learn from the ads that Advance wants volunteers who ______.
A．are over 18 years old B．have relevant experience
C．can come to help every week D．need only one day of training
3.What kind of person might apply to Kingston Advocacy?
A．One who hoped to be paid.
B．One interested in doing interviews.
C．One curious about police life.
D．One who can work late into the night.