How the iron of tomorrow can change your lifestyle today.

(the first Self Cleaning Iron)

General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself. Inside where a iron gets dirty. Because it cleans itself each time you empty it. How? With a push of a magic blue button.

The magic blue button

The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked "Self Clean". Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.

Less chance of brown spots

Sure, Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (Those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.) Because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean each time you press that magic blue button.

Steams better longer

Common sense tells you that if you’ve an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long period of time. In other words, it steams better longer. That’s another joy of ow??ning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.

What does it mean to you

Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle. By giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better housekeeper, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from Gener??al Electric.

Lifestyle. We’ re with yours. GENERAL ELECTRIC

This passage is ________.

A. an introduction to General Electric

B. an operating instruction of Self Cleaning Iron

C. an advertisement of Self Cleaning Iron

D. a description of the change of lifestyle

This iron can clean itself by ________.

A. emptying itself                       B. washing out mineral deposits

C. blocking up mineral deposits                 D. giving off more steam

according to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?

A. It is made by General Electric.

B. The iron will not produce mineral deposits.

C. There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.

D. Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.

Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because________.

A. you can run your house better

B. you don’t have to run after the kids

C. you can use it while you are working

D. we want you to be a better housekeeper

How the Iron of Tomorrow Can Change Your Lifestyle Today.

(the first Self Cleaning Iron)

General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself inside where an iron gets dirty. Because it cleans itself each time you empty it. How? With a push of a magic blue button.

◆The magic blue button

The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked "Self Clean". Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits(沉淀物) that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.

◆Less chance of brown spots

Sure, Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (Those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.) Because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean each time you press that magic blue button.

◆Steams better longer

Common sense tells you that if you’ve an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long period of time. In other words, it steams better longer. That’s another joy of ow­ning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.

◆What does it mean to you

Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids. You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle by giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better housekeeper, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from Gener­al Electric.

Lifestyle .We are with yours. Gener­al Electric.

1.This passage is ________.

A．an introduction to General Electric

B．an operating instruction of Self Cleaning Iron

C．an advertisement of Self Cleaning Iron

D．a description of the change of lifestyle

2.This iron can clean itself by ________.

A．emptying itself                         B．washing out mineral deposits

C．blocking up mineral deposits               D．giving off more steam

3.According to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?

A．It is made by General Electric.

B．The iron will not produce mineral deposits.

C．There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.

D．Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.

4.Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because________.

A．you can run your house better

B．you don’t have to run after the kids

C．you can use it while you are working

D．we want you to be a better housekeeper

阅读理解

　　The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.

　　Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.

　　The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.

　　The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.

1．From this passage we know that malls _____.

[　　]

A．are where people go for entertainment

B．came into being in the early 1950s in America

C．are places for art displays and social activities

D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born

2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.

A．is likely to enjoy good business

B．looks peaceful and pleasant

C．costs more to be lighted

D．is likely to have poor business

3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?

[　　]

A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.

B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.

C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.

D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.

4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.

B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.

C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.

D．Without good service there will be no good business.

阅读理解

　　The shopping malls are designed for only one thing: encouraging people to buy，buy, buy. How do they do this? Well, it is something of an art, an art that has been brought to perfection in the 50 years since malls first started appearing in America.

　　Every aspect(方面) of mall design is carefully considered to appeal to(吸引) the customer's psychological(心理的) needs. This starts with the overall environment. Tests have shown that people feel most relaxed and comfortable at a temperature of 24-26 degrees. So, this is the air temperature of most malls. If it is any hotter, people may become too lazy to walk. Any cooler, they may rush around and leave before they've spent enough money.

　　The choice of colors is also very important. Dark colors like orange or purple can make people feel irritable or unhappy. With such feelings, they are not likely to do much shopping. Therefore, very dark colors are almost never used in malls. Instead, walls are usually painted in light colors, which make customers feel relaxed and give the mail a spacious feeling.

　　The arrangement of space in the mall is also done with great care. Research shows that most people are unwilling to walk more than two hundred meters to shop. In one of the new giant malls this could be a problem. The walkways in malls can be made curved(弯曲的) or angled to hide their true length. Or they can be broken up by fountains(喷泉), art displays or any of those other things that you thought were just there to entertain you.

1．From this passage we know that malls _____.

[　　]

A．are where people go for entertainment

B．came into being in the early 1950s in America

C．are places for art displays and social activities

D．have been perfect places for shopping since they were born

2．According to this passage, a mall with dark-coloured walls _____.

A．is likely to enjoy good business

B．looks peaceful and pleasant

C．costs more to be lighted

D．is likely to have poor business

3．What are the fountains and art displays for in a mall?

[　　]

A．To make the walkways seem shorter as well as entertain the customers.

B．Just to make the customers feel happy when they are taking a rest.

C．To cool the mall so that the customers will buy more.

D．To beautify the mall to attract more customers and children.

4．Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．Malls are the best places to do shopping in.

B．The choice of colors is very important in designing malls.

C．Malls are carefully designed to encourage people to buy more and more.

D．Without good service there will be no good business.

How the iron of tomorrow
(the first Self Clean Iron)
can change your lifestyle today?
General Electric introduces the iron of tomorrow. The iron can clean itself. Inside where irons get dirty. Because it cleans itself each and every time you empty it.
How?  With a push of a magic blue button.
The magic blue button
The first thing you’ll notice that’s different about this iron is the blue button on the side. It’s marked “Self Clean”. Push this blue button, and you can wash out loose mineral deposits that remain and block up inside. Push this button, and you’ve made life a lot easier.
Less chance of brown spots
Sure, Self Cleaning Iron is going to cut down on brown spots. (Those ugly spots that happen on nice, cleanly pressed clothes.) Because a Self Cleaning Iron becomes clean each time you press that magic blue button.
Steams much longer
Common sense tells you that if you’ve an iron that blocks less often it has to stay younger for a long period of time. In other words, it steams much longer. That’s another joy of owning General Electric’s Self Cleaning Iron.
What does it mean to you
Today you are doing so much more than just running a house and running after the kids.
You’re working. You’re going to school. It’s all part of your lifestyle. The iron can change that lifestyle. By giving you less trouble before you iron. If we can make it easier for you to be a better wife, a better mother, a better house maker, we want to. The new Self Cleaning Iron is another one of Home-Makers from General Electric.
Lifestyle.
We’re with yours.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
【小题1】This passage is ______.