I love charity(慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain because you find quite a few of them on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods, all at very good prices. You can get things you won’t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.

The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity’s appeal to aid postwar Greece had been so successful it had been flooded with donations(捐赠物). They decided to set up a shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops in the UK. My favourite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children’s books, all 10 or 20 pence each.

Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don’t encourage this, rather ask people to bring things in when the shop is open.

The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than ￡110 million a year, funding(资助) medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children, homeless and disabled people, and much more. What better place to spend your money? You get something special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on the environment.

1. The author loves the charity shop mainly because of _________.

  A. its convenient location               B. its great variety of goods

C. its spirit of goodwill                 D. its nice shopping environment

2. The first charity shop in the UK was set up to ________.

  A. sell cheap products              B. deal with unwanted things

C. raise money for patients          D. help a foreign country

3. Which of the following is TRUE about charity shops? _________.

  A. The operating costs are very low       B. The staff are usually well paid

C. 90% of the donations are second-hand   D. They are open twenty-four hours a day

4. Which of the following may be the best title for the passage? _________.

   A. What to Buy a Charity Shops      

B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development

C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate   

D. The Public’s Concern about Charity Shops

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Can the thought of loved ones help reduce pain? This may indicate the importance of social relationships and staying socially connected. A study was recently conducted by researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles.

     In the study, the researchers asked 25 women to participate who had boyfriends with whom they had been in a good relationship for more than six months. The women received painful heat stimuli(刺激)to their forearms while they went through a number of different conditions.

     In one set of conditions, they viewed photographs of their boyfriend, a stranger and a chair. “When the women were just looking at pictures of their partner, they actually reported less pain to the heat stimuli than when they were looking at pictures of an object or pictures of a stranger, ” said study co-author Naomi Eisenberger, director of UCLA’s Social and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, “Thus, the mere reminder of one’s partner through a simple photograph was capable of reducing pain.”

    In another set of conditions, each woman held the hand of her boyfriend, the hand of a male stranger and a squeeze ball. The study found that when women were holding their boyfriends’ hands, they reported less physical pain than when they were holding a stranger’s hand or a ball while receiving the same amount of heat stimulation.

   “This changes our idea of how social support influences people,” Eisenberger said.

   “This study proves how much of an impact our social ties can have on our experience and fits with other work emphasizing the importance of social support for physical and mental health,” Eisenberger added.

   The researchers advised that the next time people are going through a stressful or painful experience, if they cannot bring a loved one with them, a photo may do.

 It was easy for her to learn French because _______ of her parents spoke the language.

  A. none              B. neither            C. both              D. all

When people talk about the scenic spots in Anhui, the first _____ comes into mind is the Yellow mountain.

A. which  B. that  C. one  D. place

Lily’s TV set is broken．She is going to have it ______.

 A．repair  B．repairs C．repairing D．repaired

--- What does the model plane look like?

---Well, the length of its wings is _______ of its body.

A. more than twice the length        B. twice more than

C. more than twice that         D. twice the length

The murder was eventually caught _____ the help of Mr. Su who sent a report.

A. according to      B. thanks to         C. object to       D. in addition to