Online shopping started not so long ago. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The first online bank opened in 1994. In 1995, Amazon started operating and is now one of the largest online shopping malls. Then in 1996, eBay started its online shopping site.

By sitting at home you can now buy anything from knives to cars. The worry you may have about traveling and parking can be avoided while you shop online. With online shopping, you need not worry about the weather. Online shops have no holidays, closing times or any other problems. You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Some online shops also keep customers’ opinions about each product, so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it.

When you go for real-world shopping, you can actually touch and feel it, but in online shopping you can only see the pictures. Also if you are shopping online, you have to be careful with your credit cards.

The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy. Once you find the required product, put it in a “shopping cart” and continue shopping. After you have got enough in your “shopping cart”, check out the product. You can add or take out the products in your shopping cart. The next step is to login(登录) using a username and a password. Enter the address where you want the product to be sent. Some sites even ask for your email, phone numbers, etc. Then wait for the confirmation(确认)of your order. You can also cancel the order if needed. Online shopping is a different experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it.

51. When shopping online, you can _______.

A. buy anything wherever you go      B. park your cars where you want to   

C. touch anything you want to buy     D. know what others think of the product

52. The second paragraph mainly tells us ______.

A. the things people can buy in online shops

B. people can know different opinions of customers

C. people can do online shopping at their own homes

D. the advantages people can have through online shopping

53. From the text we can know that ______.

A. customers needn’t have a username to buy something online

B. customers must give their emails as well as their phone numbers

C. customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online

D. once customers put the products in their “shopping carts”, they can’t change them

54. If you want to buy a cup online, what is the right order of the following things you can do?

a. Enter the address

b. Search for a right cup

c. Wait for the confirmation of the order

d. Put the cup into your “shopping cart”

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

The Florida Sea Base Programs

Diving Adventure

If you are a diver, this is your program. During the program you will be making as many as nine dives (weather permitting), including a night dive. We have open dates in June, July and August for the summer months and for fall we have opening in September, October, November and December. Check out the dates today. Click here!

Sea Exploring!

The name brings back the memory of pirates(海盗) sailing the high seas of the past. This adventure is for larger teams of 18 to 20 teammates. Sailing on a tall ship with your team, you will be making memories that you will share for the rest of your life with anyone who will listen. Be sure and check out the dates we have open. Click here! We can fit your timetable to meet your needs with these great dates.

Live Aboard Diving

The Florida Sea Base has the sailing and diving programs joined for one wonderful adventure! On this adventure, you will spend your days not only in diving, but also in sailing around the Florida Keys. There are openings this fall and winter. Check now for open dates to spend your winter holidays in the keys. Click here! Fall dates are open now. Check them out today!

Just around the corner: the Christmas season in the keys! We have an opening for the Live Aboard program on December 26. Book today---it won’t last long!

Diving Certification(证书)

The Diving Certification program is designed for teammates who want to get a certification--- all who complete the week successfully will be offered PADI certification! Come and learn how to dive in the beautiful waters of the Florida Keys.

We have the following dates open: August 5, August 12, August 19, August 22 and August 26. We also have programs we offer in the fall: September 30, October 7, October 14, October 21, and many more dates. Check out the rest of the dates. Click here!

55. The text is most probably found _________.

A. in a newspaper            B. on the Internet

C. in a science magazine       D. in a book about Florida Sea

56. Colin wants to join in the Diving Adventure. He is supposed to have ______.

A. 9 dives                 B. 10 dives       

C. 19 dives                D. as many dives as he likes

57. According to this text, Live-Aboard Diving is special in that ____.

A. diving goes on during the sailing   

B. it is an adventure at sea

C. there are diving programs in it     

D. it is held in the Christmas season

58. The purpose of the text is mainly to ________.

A. teach        B. introduce       C. report       D. advertise

    The sandstorm has a bad effect on human beings, but it also brings some good results. There wouldn’t have been our Chinese nation if there had been no sandstorms. Sandstorms have existed for millions of years, while the written history of human beings has lasted only 5,000 years. The Loess Plateau(黄土高原) was formed by sandstorms over millions of years. The Yellow River, while moving through the Loess Plateau, carries a great deal of sand and has formed the North China Plain. The Loess Plateau is regarded as the place where Chinese civilization(文明) began. If there had been no Loess Plateau, the North China Plain wouldn’t have existed, nor would have the Chinese civilization.

Sandstorms don’t bring only loess to human beings. When sandstorms move from central Asia to the Pacific regions, they carry some minerals into the air, which will later fall into the ocean in the form of rain. The minerals will help some planktons(浮游生物) to survive. The planktons are eaten by small shellfish, and fish live on these small shellfish, and fish are eaten by humans. This forms a biological chain which shows a relation between humans and nature.

So it is unrealistic to say we should stop sandstorms. What we can possibly do is to reduce their bad influence as much as we can.

59. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph probably means _________.

A. there are many sandstorms in China

B. the land of China was made by sandstorms

C. sandstorms helped to form Chinese civilization

D. the history of sandstorms was longer than that of Chinese nation

60. How does the sandstorm help to form the biological chain?

A. The sandstorm carries lots of rain into the ocean.

B. The sandstorm helps some minerals fall into the ocean.

C. Some minerals directly fall into the ocean in the form of rain.

D. The sandstorm moves from central Asia to the Pacific regions.

61. The writer thinks that _______.

A. the sandstorm only has a bad effect on human beings

B. sandstorms bring about lots of trouble, but we can still make use of them

C. without sandstorms, there would be no Chinese civilization and human beings

D. sandstorms play an active role in the Chinese civilization, so we should protect them

62. The text mainly talks about _______.

A. the history of sandstorms        B. what the biological chain is

C. how the Loess Plateau formed    D. the good effects of sandstorms

单词拼写 (共7分，每小题1分)

63. The children find it hard to a______ to the new surroundings when moving to the new school,

64. When he was very young, the boy was very i____________, doing a lot of things all by himself.

65. All my classmates agreed to the plan but I was o_________ to it.

66. The menu in the restaurant usually v_______ from season to season.

67. Charles Dickens was one of the greatest n___________ of the 19th century.

68. During my a_________, he will be in charge of this department.

69. All he had done was i_________ , so he was put in prison.

Her voice _______ with anger when they mentioned the unsuccessful programme.

-------- They’ve given us lots of bamboo shoots.

-------- How do you _________ them and what should I _______ them?

Great changes _________ in my hometown and a lot of factories ___________.

It is high time for us to take measures to protect these old traditions and customs before they _____.

The boss has given everyone a special holiday, so we _____ go to work tomorrow.

Finding a job as a singer was the reason ______ she moved..