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You’re shopping for a high-priced product, but have limited money. How to make the best use of your money? Here are some steps you can take to become a smart shopper.

Step 1. Before buying a high-cost product, think about:

    ·why you are buying the product

    ·how often and when you will use the product

    ·what the main use of the product is

    ·why you need this product now, not later

Step 2. To choose the best product, you need to research and find out:

    ·what companies make the product

    ·the differences in each company’s product

    ·what others say about the product

     It can be very helpful to know what other people say about a product you want to buy. Product reviews often describe problems. Reviews also tell how people use the product. List product information so that you can refer to it before you decide to buy

Step 3. To find the best price for the product you want to buy, you need to compare:

    ·prices of the product

    ·brand(商标) names and store names

    ·places to buy your product (in stores, online, etc.)

    ·product labels(标签) and information

Step 4. As you get ready to buy, search your local newspaper and the Internet for special offers. Many sales are offered around holidays or at the end of a season. Wait to see if there will be a holiday or end-of-season sale before you buy. Check to see if you can get a lower price for the product you want to buy.

These steps will help you become a smart shopper. If you follow them, you should get the best deal. Remember, the more you know, the less someone can take advantage of you.

60. This is a piece of advice for those who want to buy________.

  A. advertised goods                         B. goods on sale

  B. online products                           D. expensive products

61. Why should you go through related product reviews before shopping?

  A. To decide where to buy the product.

  B. To find out why you need the product.

  C. To find shops offering best price for the product.

  D. To have a full knowledge of the product

62. Which of the following is the CORREST order of smart shopping?

  a. Watching for sales.

  b. Finding out your purpose of shopping.

  c. Researching your product.

  d. Making comparisons before shopping.

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

    No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon(外科医生) and part of it taken out. Today, however, we needn't worry about feeling pain during the operation. The sick person falls into a kind of sleep, and when he awakes, the operation is finished. But these happy conditions are fairly new. It is not many years since a man who had to have operation felt all its pain.

Long ago, operation had usually to be done while the sick man could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table by force while the doctors did their best for him. He could feel all the pain if his leg or arm was being cut off, and his fearful cries filled the room and the hearts of those who watched.

Soon after 1770, Josept Priestley discovered a gas which is now called “laughing gas”.Laughing gas became known in America.Young men and women went to parties to try it. Most of them spent their time laughing,but one man at a party,Horace Wells,noticed that people didn't seem to feel pain when they were using this gas.He decided to make an experiment on himself.He asked a friend to help him.

Wells took some of the gas,and his friend pulled out one of Well’s teeth.Wells felt no pain at all.

As he didn't know enough about laughing gas, he gave a man less gas than he should have. The man cried out with pain when his tooth was being pulled out.

Wells tried again,but this time he gave too much of the gas,and the man died.Wells never forgot this terrible event.

56.It is ___________since a man being operated felt all the pain.

A.a few more years      B.not long          C.few years          D.two thousand years

57. Long ago, when the sick man was operated on, he___________.

   A.could feel nothing                      B.could not want anything

C.could feel all the pain               D.could do anything

58.Using the laughing gas, the people did not seem to___________.

A.be afraid of anything        B.feel pain   C.want to go to the parties    D.be ill

59.If a man took less laughing gas than he should have when an operation went on he___________.

A.felt nothing        B.felt very comfortable      C.still felt pain           D.would die

D

Three Central Texas men were honored with the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Director’s Award in a Tuesday morning ceremony for their heroism in saving the victims of a fiery two-car accident.

The accident occurred on March 25 when a vehicle lost control while traveling on a rain-soaked State Highway 6 near Baylor Camp Road. It ran into an oncoming vehicle, leaving the passengers trapped inside as both vehicles burst into flames.

Bonge was the first on the scene and heard children screaming. He broke through a back window and pulled Mallory Smith, 10, and her sister, Megan Smith, 9, from the wreckage.

The girls’ mother, Beckie Smith, was not with them at the time of the wreck, as they were traveling with their baby sitter, Lisa Bowbin.

Beckie Smith still remembers the sickening feeling she had upon receiving the call informing her of the wreck and the despair as she drove to the scene.

Bozeman and Clemmons arrived shortly after Bonge and helped rescue the other victims and attempted to put out the fires.

“I was nervous,” Bozeman said. “I don’t feel like I’m a hero. I was just doing what anyone should do in that situation. I hope someone would do the same for me.”

Everyone at the accident made it out alive, with the victims suffering from nonlife-threatening injuries. Mallory Smith broke both femurs(股骨), and Megan had neck and back injuries. Bowbin is still recovering from a broken pelvis(骨盆), ankle and foot.

The rescuers also were taken to the hospital and treated for cuts and smoke breathing, Bonge said.

In addition, Bozeman got to meet accident victim Anthony Russo in the hospital after the accident, where Russo presented him with a glass frame inscribed(刻;雕 )with “Thank you,” Bozeman said. Those involved in that fateful encounter on Highway 6 credited God blessing for bringing them together.

“Whatever the circumstances, Tuesday’s ceremony provided a time to be grateful for those who put their lives on the line for the lives of complete strangers,” Beckie Smith said, “We’re calling it The Miracle on Highway 6.”

68. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Three persons were awarded for rescuing victims in a car accident.

B. Three ordinary people were regarded as great heroes.

C. Several victims were carried to safety from the burning cars.

D. A car accident occurred on a rain-soaked State Highway 6.

69. Who saved Megan Smith from the damaged car?

A. Clemmons.          B. Anthony Russo.           C. Bozeman.      D. Bonge.

70. Which of the following can be used to describe Bozeman?

A. Kind.                 B. Modest.                            C. Excited.       D. Smart.

71. It can be inferred from what Beckie Smith said that _______.

   A. she regarded the accident as a wonder

   B. she was frightened by the serious accident

   C. she thought highly of the rescuers

   D. she called on others to learn from the rescuers

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