It’s Tuesday afternoon, and I’m in Rheinburg, Germany, visiting the Extra Future Store. The “store of the future” is attracting a lot of attention these days– but not for it’s prices. Instead, people are coming from all over to experience a new way to shop.

   The experience is less like shopping in a supermarket and more like playing some kind of high–tech game. It starts as I enter the store and choose a shopping cart(购物车). First, I swipe my store ID card through a computer on the cart. The computer’s screen comes on, a map of the store shows, and the journey begins.

   As I shop, antennas(天线) around the store send information about different specials to the computer on my cart. Attracted by one of the ads, I choose a box of cheese. I hold up the box to the computer. It displays the price and also suggests that a certain type of bread would be good with it. The map on my chart shows me where to find the bread. It’s like the store is helping me to shop.

   How does the store make this kind of shopping experience possible? The answer is radio frequency identification chip (or RFID射频识别). Each chip has a special number. Using an RFID reader on the computer, we can get information from a chip about the product(产品). RFID will help shoppers find the things in a store more quickly– products that are just right for them. In addition, people won’t have to wait in long lines to pay. The things in your cart will be read by the computer and the money will be paid by your store ID card automatically(自动地). So you can simply walk out of the store with your shopping bags.

  Sounds good, right? Maybe you will experience the new shopping soon in your city.

1.Why are so many people coming to the Extra Future Store?

A. They hope to buy a new kind of computers.

B. They want to play some new high– tech games.

C. They expect to experience a new way of shopping.

D. They plan to learn how to use the FRID readers.

2.What is the right order to shop in this store?

①Look for the things you want to buy and find them.

②Swipe your store ID card through the computer.

③Walk out of the store without waiting in lines.

④The computer shows you a map and some ads.

⑤Hold up the things to the computer to be charged.

A.②①④③⑤   B.①②⑤③④   C.②①⑤③④   D.②④①⑤③ 

3.What are Not so necessary for this kind of new stores?

A. Carts with computers.  B. RFID readers.  

C. Many shop assistants.  D. Good products.

4. Which of the following is the advantage of this new store?

A. The things in the shop are much cheaper.

B. It costs more time to find the things you need.

C. You will buy more things than you really need.

D. It’s more convenient to find the products and to pay.

In the modern world, advertising   1    everywhere! Some people think that ads are great. Others hate ads,     2    that they make our cities and countryside 3    ugly.

Many ads are aimed  specifically    4    teenagers, and some young people   5      more than 100 advertisements a day. It’s true that some ads can be very useful. For instance, they can help you to  compare  two different products    6      you can buy the one you really need. They can also help you    7         money. When prices   8      , you can go to the store with the     9           price. Ads also tell you when stores   10    sales.     11      , some advertising  can be  confusing or misleading.    12      the words sound    13         but don’t   really  tell you anything about the quality of the product. At other times, the picture in an ad  looks  a  lot   14       than the real thing.  At times an ad can lead you  15      something  you  don’t  need  at all.

2.A,  say            B. saying       C. to say         D. said

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In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution（污染）．They join “environment（环境）club”．In an environment club，people work together to make our environment clean．
Here are some things students often do．
No - garbage（垃圾）lunches．How much do you throw away after lunch？Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again．Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school．
No - car day．On a no-car day，nobody comes to school in a car not the students and not the teachers．Cars give pollution to our air，so remember：walk，jump，bike，or run! Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
Turn off the water! Did you know that toilets（抽水马桶）can waste twenty to forty tons（吨）of water an hour？In a year，that would fill in a small river! In the environment clubs，students mend those broken toilets．
We love our environment．Let’s work together to make it clean．
【小题1】Environment clubs ask students ________
A．to run to school every day．                    B．to take exercise every day．
C．not to throw away lunch bags．
【小题2】From the passage we know the students usually have lunch ________．
A．at school             B．in shops              C．in clubs
【小题3】On a no-car day，________ will take a car to school．
A．both students and teachers                       B．only students
C．neither students nor teachers
【小题4】After students mend toilets，they save ________．
A．a small river       B．a club                 C．a lot of water
【小题5】The writer wrote the passage to ask students to ________．
A．clean school        B．make less pollution        C．join clubs

Every day，it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us．Look at your own bags and clothes，and at the bags and clothes of your classmates．How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?
Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form．A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used．Logos appear on many different products(产品)．They are popular because when you see a logo，it is hard to forget that product or company．
It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio．Most advertisements are very short．Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember． Nike，for example，has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world：“Just do it．”Advertisements often use funny situations as well．It is simple to remember it．
All advertisements are designed(设计)to make people buy a product．An advertisement for a soft drink，for example，might show a group of young people who are having fun．The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink．Advertisers are saying to you，“Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”
You might think that advertisements are not after you，but the next time you buy a soft drink，ask yourself this question：Why am I buying this particular(特别的)product?
【小题1】From the passage，we know that           ．