Children are keen Internet shoppers with more than half having bought something online, research has shown.

   Around 53 percent of children aged between 7 and 16 said they had bought something over the Internet, 10 percent more than in 2004, according to Halifax.

   Boys were more likely to be Internet shoppers than girls, with 60 percent of boys saying they had bought items online, compared with just 46 percent of girls.

   Unsurprisingly, older children were more likely to use the Internet to shop than younger ones, with nearly three quarters of 12-16-year olds shopping online, compared to just 29 percent of 7-to-11-year olds who said they had bought something.

  More than half of children preferred buying things over the Internet to buying them on the high street, while 61 percent of those who had bought things online said it was easier to buy certain items over the Internet than in shops.

   However, boys were more likely to always prefer buying things online, while girls were more likely to still like the actual high street shopping experience.

   The most common items for young people to buy over the Internet were CDs, tapes and computer games and equipment. Some children had bought DVDs and videos, while some had bought gifts.

Children spent most money on computer games and equipment, with 13 percent saying they spent more than $20 online on these items a year, followed by 12 percent who spent more than $20 a year on mobile phones and 11 percent who spent the same amounts on clothes.

Cheryl Millington, head of savings at Halifax, said, “ We are not only seeing the emergence of a generation of young consumers, but also keen cyber-consumers. While children often lead the way in Internet use within the family home, parents have an important role to play in ensuring they stay safe while online.”

73. From the passage, which of the following is NOT correct?

A. Children are keen on internet shopping              

B. Boys are more likely to buy things over the Internet than girls

C. Older children want to buy things in actual streets                   

D. Children like to buy some fashionable items over the Internet

74. We can infer from the last paragraph that ________

A. Cheryl Millington is against children’s online shopping         

B. parents should play an active role in ensuring their children’s safety

C. Cheryl Millington holds a conservative (保守的) view about children’s online shopping            

D. children will become the main composition of online shopping

75. Which of the following can best show the organization of the text?

a. the number of children’s online shopping      b. items bought over the Internet

c. money spent on online shopping             d. safety problems

A. a, b, c, d       B. a, d, c, b      C. a, c, d, b       D. d, a, c, b

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　　In 1980 a report was published about what the earth might be like 20 years from then. The report was the result of a three-year study.

　　According to the report, the 1 of the earth in the year 2000 is not a 2 one. The world will be more crowded because the 3 will continue to grow. The population 4 be as large as 6,300 million, almost 2,500 million more than that in 1975. 5 people would move into cities, especially cities in 6 countries. Cities like Cairo and Jakanta 7 would each have 15 million by then. Food production will increase, but not enough to feed all the people. Farmers will grow 90% more food than they did in 1975, but most of the increase would be in countries that 8 produce enough food for their people. 9 increase is grown in South Asia, Africa and European countries. Poor farming ways are 10 large areas of cropland, changing farms into 11 . More farmland is lost 12 cities become larger and houses are built. Air pollution will get worse as industrial countries 13 more coal and oil. Much of the world's 14 could disappear as more and more trees are cut down. Energy will continue to be a 15 problem. The experts hope their picture of the earth for the year 2000 may be 16 . Measures must be taken to change the situation that 17 today. By changing the situation, by settling the problems, the picture can be changed. There is 18 time for the nations of the world to work together on a plan of action. But they 19 that waiting too long to make decisions would greatly 20 the chances of success.

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I travel a lot in my work, and what I dislike about my job is eating alone. It always makes me feel lonely to see others laughing and talking. So, room service for several nights was a better choice for me.  

After having room service three nights at a hotel in Houston, however, I needed to get out of my room. Although the restaurant opened at 6:30, I arrived at 6:25. The waiter at the front desk made a comment(评论) about my “being there really early”. I explained my dislike of eating alone in restaurants. He then seated me at a lovely table and asked me whether I would mind if he sat down with me for a while.  

I was glad! He sat and talked with me about his career goals and the difficulty of being at work on nights, weekends and holidays. He said he hadn’t enough time to be with his family. After 15 minutes, he saw some customers at the front desk and excused himself. I noticed that before he went to the front desk, he stopped in the kitchen for a moment.  

Then another waiter came out of the kitchen and had a wonderful chat with me. Before I left that night, some other waiters, even the cook, had come out of the kitchen and sat with me!   When I asked for my bill about one hour later, all the people who had sat down with me came over in a big group to my table, and presented me with a red rose. And I cried! What had begun as a lonely night ended as a beautiful experience.

1.

 The author asked for room service because _______.

  A. a lot of money would be saved in this way

  B. he didn’t like to eat with other people around

  C. he didn’t wanted to be recognized by the waiters

  D. seeing people laughing and talking made him feel bad

2.

 How did the waiter feel when he saw the author come in at 6:25?  

  A. Dissatisfied.        B. Pleased.        C. Surprised.       D. Angry.

3.

 From the third paragraph, we can learn that the waiter at the front desk ______.  

  A. knew how to attract more customers to his restaurant  

  B. found it hard to balance his work and his family  

  C. was getting tired of his present job  

  D. had never had such a chance to talk about his worries

4.

 The author wants to tell us that ______.  

  A. people are actually all lonely in their own way   

  B. restaurants should put the need of customers first  

  C. the kindness of strangers can make you less lonely 

  D. restaurants are full of surprises for lonely people

—Where is my dictionary?I remember I put it here yesterday.

—You___it in the wrong place.

You_______that mistake；you were too careless．