COUPONS

Supermarkets and large drugstores often run ads in newspapers.

Many supermarkets also have product coupons printed in the newspaper.A coupon is a promise to take money off the price of a certain product.Coupons are often printed on small pieces of paper.

Coupons have product names on them.If you buy the product,you give the cashier your coupon along with everything you buy.The cashier will subtract the amount printed on the coupon from the full price of the product.

Coupons are small and have lots of information printed on them.You should read them carefully.

One thing you will find on the coupon is an expiration date.An expiration date is the date that tells when something can not be used any more.

You may also find conditions for using the coupon.Conditions tell you the rules of the coupon.They tell you how the coupon may be used.For example,a coupon may be good for only the smallest size of an item.

We can find all of the following on coupons EXCEPT _________.

A.product names                                              B.expiration dates

C.full prices of the products                              D.conditions for using them

According to the passage,a coupon holder can _________.

A.save some money                                          B.get products for free

C.pay less for everything                                   D.use them at any time

How much will you pay for two Yogurts and four Tastees with the coupons?

A.$8.00.                       B.$9.00.                       C.$13.00.                            D.$15.00.

“In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”
“Two full inches in the first three days!”
These are the kinds of statements used in magazine，newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to add to beauty or desirability.
Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.
To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration)can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure(查封)of the product.
One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.
Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律诉讼)，and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.
【小题1】It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are            .        .

1.If you are interested in western education, you might call _________.

A.010- 100125        B. 800 819 0260      C. 021-5158 1658         D. 6465 7788

2.If you would like to organize a large meeting or conference, you should contact __________.

A．Office General                         B．Apollo Business Center

C．Canadian International School              D．None of the above

3.You may _________ to get more information about any of the three ads（广告）.

A．send an email                          B．use a fax(传真) machine

C．go by yourself                          D．visit some websites

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world. But   36  a few of them are very   37  .English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U.S.A., but in other parts of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a  38  language. Many millions are   39   to do so. Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different   40   Have you ever   41  ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines? "Learn English in six weeks, or your   42  back..." "Easy and funny! Our records and tapes   43  you master your English in a month.   44   the first day your   45  will be excellent. Just send …"Of course, it never    46  quite like this.
The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should   47  that we all learned our own language well when we were    48  . If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult.   49   what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it,   50  in it all the time. Just imagine how much   51  that gets!
So it is  52  to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English   53  upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and   54  much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will   55  . But they cannot do the student's work for him.（词数278）

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