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In today’s world of mobile phones, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? According to some people, yes. A teenager says it’s unnecessary to wear a watch. Many young people agree-and use their mobile phones to tell time. Louis Galie, apresident, said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.

However, watchmakers say that watches get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a nice time-telling tool which doesn’t just keep a good time. For this reason, the watch industry has become an accessory business (配件业) in recent years.

Today’s ______ offer a lot of uses that meet the need of almost any personality (个性). They can be used as compasses (指南针), calendars, and even USB drivers…

People are always trying their best to creat new kinds of watches. A certain watchmaker business watches that don’t even look like watches. Their popular model uses different color lights to tell the time. Amother watchmaker business, make a “handless” watch, using a ring of circles to keep time. This watch makes people talk a lot about modern watches.

Whether a watch express fashion sense, creative ability of a love of sports, people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical. All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.

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1. Many young people agree that it’s unnecessary to __________________.

2. When do watches get popular again according to watchmakers?

______________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________

4. ___________________________________________________________

5. ___________________________________________________________


Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why

Once, Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples have already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price. They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

“I can’t understand why we have losses in business while others always profit(盈利)” Uncle Li asked one day.

“The tractor was too small” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!” “I agree!” said Uncle Li.

“How foolish they were!”

1. Uncle  Li an d Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because _______.

A. they hope to save money

B. they’re both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they’re not far from their farms

2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ______.

A. make a journey  B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends D. make a profit

3. The tow farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because _______.

A. theirs weren’t as good as the others’

B. theirs were much less than the others’

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ______.

A. they had sustained losses in business

B. they had lost some money in the city

C. something was wrong with the tractor

D. other people profited in the city

5. Which of the following is true?

A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B. The two farmers will soon get rich.

C. Neither of the farmers is clever. xkb1.com

D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

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