The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health. There are plenty of “energy drinks” on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!

But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine(咖啡碱)in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much. Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee(IOC) has limited(限制) its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.

1.Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ______.

A. they have beautiful colors and cool names

B. they can keep them awake and better at sports

C. they have lots of caffeine

D. they are said to be helpful to health

2.The underlined word “discouraged” can be replaced(替换) with ______.

A. encouraged B. disliked

C. helped D. stopped

3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? ______

A. What’s the Use of Energy Drinks?

B. What’s That in Energy Drinks?

C. Who Can Drink Energy Drinks?

D. Why Can’t We Buy Energy Drinks?

Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to avoid costly paper handling or teller(出纳员)interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment.

Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual” banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.

The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe , fully functional online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become as common as automated teller machines (ATM).

Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites never close; they’re at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week and they’re a mouse click away. If you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.

1. Online banking is considered as a powerful tool for the following reasons except that .

A. It attracts new customers

B. It increases paper handling and teller interaction

C. It saves workforce and money

D. It is more convenient

2. What is the challenge for the online banking industry according to the text?

A. To make online banking attractive.

B. To open new services all over the world.

C. To offer online banking for free.

D. To take care of business 24 hours a day.

3.From the text we can conclude that _______.

A. “brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks

B. the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM

C. a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one

D. customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click

4.What would be the best title for this text?

A. Banking of Various Forms.

B. Improvement of Banking Industry.

C. Development of Online Banking.

D. Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank.

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