Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping，according to a study published last week in the US．
For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women，but during the 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women．
“It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”，said Lee Rainie，a director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group，which carried out the study．
Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men．This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending．
Users were more likely to shop online to save time．Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic(显著的)increases in the online gift-buying population this time around．
However，three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004．They worried about credit card security，or just compared online prices with off-line prices，then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals．
“But even if shoppers don't buy online，websites are becoming promotion tools for stores，”said Dan Hess，vice president of Comscore Networks Inc．Hess said that actually most stores' websites can make shoppers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers．And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time．
“It's all about making the shopping experience more efficient，more reliable and more comfortable，” Hess said．
(1)
Which of the following statements is true?
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A．
There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004．
B．
Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women．
C．
People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online．
D．
More women shopped online than men in 2004．
(2)
From the passage we can infer that ________．
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A．
men usually decide how to spend money in the family
Sociologists, working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men．The number is said to be as high as 6％ in Germany．
“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men's world,”said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists who did the study．
Many men say that they have more duties than women．A man has to make money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more．Some are even against their wives working at all．When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children cannot be taken good care of．If women take full--time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best doing：making a nice home and bringing up the children．
Some women disagree．They say they want to get out of their homes and to have freedom to choose between work and home life．Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances．
Anne Harper has a very good job．She also believes in“Women’s Liberation”,“I don’t wish I were a man,”she says,“and I don’t think many women do．But I do wish people would stop treating us like second－class people．At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less．There are still a lot of jobs only to men-usually they are the best ones．If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life．How many women scientists are there…or engineers?”
(1)
Many men think ________．
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A．
women can’t do what men can
B．
men have to work much harder than women
C．
men can make money more easily than women
D．
women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home
(2)
Some women have different ideas．They say that ________．
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A．
women need chances to go out of the home more often
B．
women want more freedom in deciding the kind of life they want
C．
if women are given equal pay, they can do everything instead of men
D．
women are no longer interested in taking care of their homes
(3)
Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man ________．
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A．
because she believed in “Women’s Liberation”
B．
but she wished to get the same job as men
C．
because she had got a good job
D．
but she wished to be treated the same as a man
(4)
Which of the following is not true according to the passage?
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A．
There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones．
B．
Women are second－class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life．
C．
Women do the same jobs as men, but get paid less than men．
D．
There are some best jobs that women have few chances to take．
Previous winners have included Adolf Hitler, Bill Gates and Ayatollah Khomeini．This year it is you．
Time magazine has named”You”as its”Person of the Year”in recognition of the way that ordinary internet users have revolutionized the media through blogs, file-sharing and websites such as Wikipedia, YouTube and MySpace．The magazine designed special cover——a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection——for the issue, reflecting the importance of user-generated(使用者自创)Internet content as a driving force in the modern world．
User-generated content on websites such as You Tube has proved the latest twist(转折)in the Internet revolution．You Tube has attracted millions of users and earned its founders ＄1.65 billion when it was bought by Google earlier this year．
Normally, the magazine describes its person of the year not necessarily as an honor, but as”the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and represented what was important about the year”．Mr．Stengel said in an interview that to select the”Person of the Year”is to look for someone who’s a symbol．
The magazine did cite(提名)26”People Who Mattered”, from North Korean leader Kim Jong II to Pope Benedict XVI(教皇本笃十六世)to the troika(三人组合)of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the past．And in 2005, the winners were Bill and Melinda Gates and rock star Bono, who were cited for their charitable(慈善的)work aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health．It was not the first time that the magazine went away from naming an actual person for its”Person of the Year”．In 1966, the 25-and-under generation was cited; in 1975, American women were named; and in 1982, the computer was chosen．
(1)
“You”, the Time magazine“Person of the Year”of the year, refers to anyone ________．
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A．
who reads this updated magazine
B．
who surfs the Internet
C．
who knows the result of the selection
D．
who holds an important position
(2)
The fashionable character of the Internet revolution is ________．
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A．
to search information on the Internet
B．
to use the Internet to make money
C．
to be cited for“Person of the Year”
D．
to create content onto the Internet
(3)
The usual qualification of“Person of the Year”is that a person or persons must ________．
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A．
do the most good to the world in the year
B．
live up to the expectation of the world
C．
really affect the world the most in the year
D．
help the world move ahead in the year
(4)
Which of the following is true?
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A．
U．S．newly-elected President Obama is cited for“Person of the Year”．
B．
The couple of Gates were cited not for their contributions to the Internet．
C．
“Person of the Year”must be a prize of a person or a group．
D．
A pop star is unlikely to be cited for the“Person of the Year”．
阅读理解
阅读理解。
Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight．No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China．Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift－the book“Who Moved My Cheese?”
The book－a bestseller in the US－is being used by men and women to deal with
changes in their lives and work．Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes．
Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood－our jobs, the Industries we
work in, relationships and love as well．
With China’s official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face more changes and challenges．So what should we do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?
“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,”Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book．
Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees．“We should change ourway of thinking．The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us withgreat chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive．”
“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese．”Zhang smiled confidently．
(1)
The whole passage is about ________．
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A．
people’s opinions about a bestseller of the US
B．
what people think about China’s entry into the WTO
C．
the change in people’s attitude towards changes and challenges
D．
how a book influences the Chinese
(2)
The company in Beijing gave each of the 400 fired workers a copy of“Who Moved My Cheese”in order to ________．
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A．
be more competitive with foreign firms
B．
find an excuse for their job cuts
C．
let the workers make a living on their own
D．
encourage the fired workers
(3)
The word“cheese”in the passage can refer to ________．
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A．
something we depend on for a living
B．
a most important kind of food
C．
change or challenge
D．
way of life
(4)
From what Hengwei and Professor Zhang Yang said, we can know that ________．
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A．
they have different opinions on changes and challenges
B．
people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies
C．
the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges
D．
they are both greatly encouraged by the book
阅读理解
Glynis
I piled on the pounds and I couldn't lose them．Then I joined a slimming club．My target weight was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months．I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked．But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits．I told myself I'd lose the weight at slimming classes in the next year, but it didn't happen．Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on．I'd lost will power and tried to believe the saying that fish and chips(薯条)didn't make any difference but the scales don't lie．
Roz
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more．I've learnt to be happy with myself．It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips．My idea is simple．You should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super-thin body．This is obviously the size I'm meant to be and, most of all, I'm happy with it．
Lesley
I was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year．I'd look in the mirror, unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem －perhaps from then on I didn't pay any attention to myself．Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you．I feel a complete failure because I've put on weight again．
Rosa
Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I'd always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant environment went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year．Every so often I try to go on a diet．I always do well in the first few days, then end up having the children's leftovers(剩菜)or eating chocolate happily －my weakness．I'd like to be slim．I decided to take more exercise when my kids are older．
(1)
What are the four women talking about?
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A．
Their figure．
B．
Their future life．
C．
Their eating habits．
D．
Their work as a housewife．
(2)
The underlined word “scales” refers to ________．
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A．
slimming classes
B．
others' suggestions
C．
tools to measure weight
D．
coaches in the slimming club
(3)
Who doesn't seem to care about her weight?
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A．
Glynis．
B．
Roz．
C．
Lesley．
D．
Rosa．
(4)
According to the passage, we can learn that ________．
