Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you, then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free(安全可靠的)shopping, Or is it?
Online shopping brings its own challenges．Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing(浏览)various websites．The claim(主张)made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases．The evidence challenges this．In any case, you only have to be the victim of fraud(诈骗)once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing．Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation．
Another problem is the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen．This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green．Also, product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items where design and color are not essential to customer satisfaction．
Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming．Yes, your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large van porting out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems．You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated(使烦恼)by the fact that the delivery is late and you have wasted the leave from work you have taken to receive it!
Without question, online shopping is here to stay and it has its benefits．However, perhaps it is not as wonderful as some of its supporters claim it to be．
(1)
The author lists several questions in Para．1 to _______．
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A．
support online shopping
B．
collect answers from readers
C．
introduce the topic of the passage
D．
show his dislike of going shopping
(2)
By what can online shoppers avoid fraud?
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A．
Choosing big websites．
B．
Using only trusted websites．
C．
Collecting shopping evidence．
D．
Seeking advice from the police．
(3)
What can we learn about online shopping from Para．3?
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A．
We shouldn't believe product descriptions easily．
B．
It’s normal for a blue dress to change into green．
C．
It’s usually wise for us to buy colorful products．
D．
Product appearances are sometimes not good．
(4)
The author agrees with the fact that ________．
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A．
customers are never satisfied with products
B．
online shopping is a safe way to make purchases
C．
delivery delay often makes online shoppers unhappy
D．
online shopping has nothing to do with global warming
(5)
What is the author’s attitude towards online shopping?
Some fish spend all their lives in the place where they were born．Salmon do not．Born in the fresh water of rivers, they migrate(迁徙)to the ocean when young, then go back to the rivers as adults．
When fall comes, it is time for salmon to spawn(产卵)．They leave the ocean and travel to the beginning of the river where they were hatched(孵化)．Sometimes these trips are more than 2,000 miles．On the long journey they have to fight against the current of the stream．Sometimes they even jump up waterfalls．When they reach the beginning of the river, they are often very tired from their long and difficult journey．
But they cannot rest．The mother fish makes a nest in the sand on the bottom of the river by slapping the sand with her tail．In this nest the mother lays her eggs and the father leaves his sperm．Then the mother covers the nest with sand leaves the baby fish to hatch．
The young fish hatch in the winter．Some species(种类)of salmon start the journey down the river to the ocean when they are a few inches long．They seem to be swimming backwards, but they are really carried downstream by the current．Others live in the river for two or three years before going to the ocean．All of these salmon, however, will make the trip back to where they first lived．
(1)
What’s the passage mainly about?
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A．
how the mother salmon makes her nest．
B．
Salmon’s jumping up waterfalls．
C．
Salmon’s swimming back for spawning．
D．
How salmon go to the ocean．
(2)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Salmon stay in one place all the time．
B．
the father fish makes the nest．
C．
the current helps salmon in their journey up the river．
D．
Salmon always go back to the place they were hatched to lay their eggs．
(3)
Which of the following is the right order in which they appear in the passage?
a．They leave the ocean and travel far up river．
b．Some salmon, when a few inches long, swim down the river．
c．They jump up waterfalls．
d．The mother fish makes a nest．
e．Salmon migrate．
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A．
a; e; c; d; b
B．
e; a; c; d; b
C．
c; d; a; e; b
D．
c; d; e; a; b
(4)
How does the author tell us about salmon?
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A．
She describes what salmon look like．
B．
She imagines what salmon like to eat．
C．
She compares salmon with other fish．
D．
She explains how salmon have their young．
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Once there was an 11-year-old boy who went fishing with his father in the middle of a New Hampshire lake．On the day before bass(巴斯鱼)season opened, they were fishing early in the evening, catching other fish with worms．Then the boy tied on a small silver lure(鱼饵)and put it into the lake．Suddenly he felt that something very big pulling on the lure．His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully brought the fish beside the bank．Finally he lifted the tired fish from the water．It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass．
The boy and his father looked at the big fish．The father lit a match and looked at his watch．It was 10 p.m.－two hours before the season opened．He looked at the fish, then at the boy．“You’ll have to put it back, son,”he said．
“Dad!”cried the boy．“There will be other fish,”said his father．“Not as big as this one,”cried the boy．He looked around the lake．No other fishermen or boats were in sight in the moonlight．He looked again at his father．
Even though no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he had caught the fish, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed．He threw the huge bass into the black water．The big fish disappeared．The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish．
That was 34 years ago．Today the boy is a successful architect in New York City．He often takes his own son and daughters to fish at the same place．
And he was right．He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago．But he does see that same fish…again and again…every time he has an ethical(道德的)decision to make．For, as his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong．It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult．
(1)
What happened when the big fish turned out to be a bass?
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A．
The boy and his father discussed what to do with the big fish．
B．
The boy threw the bass back into the water willingly．
C．
The father lit a match in order to check the time．
D．
They worried other fishermen may discover what they had done．
(2)
From the text we know that the father ________．
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A．
didn’t love his son
B．
always disagreed with his son
C．
disliked the huge fish
D．
was firm and stubborn
(3)
The successful architect went fishing with his children at the same place because ________．
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