Ten days is too short. I ________ more time to work it out.

A. will give    B. have given         C. Should be given        D.are given

Mary likes sports. Her school sports meet will be held on May 4th. She entered for the high jump and long jump, and the other girls in her class are sure she will win both. But ten days before the school sports meet, when Mary climbed a hill, she hurt her left leg.

She worried about the school sports meet. Would her leg be all right by May 4th? Four of her friends took her to the hospital. The doctor said it was not serious. Mary’s left leg would be much better by the end of April, and on May 4th she would be able to run and jump at the school sports meet.

1.Mary will enter _______.

A.the high jump         B.the long jump         C.the hill climbing      D.A and B

2.Mary hurt her left leg on _______.

A.May 4th          B.April 24th       C.April 3rd         D.May 14th

3.When Mary hurt her left leg, she worried about _______.

A.her walking             B.her going to hospital

C.her going to school                  D.the school sports meet

4. The doctor said she would be better soon, because _______.

A.Mary was not badly hurt

B.four friends took her to the hospital on time

C.Mary was strong enough

D.Mary had a lot of time before the school sports meet

5.Which is TRUE?

A.Mary won’t enter for the school sports meet.

B.Mary won the high jump and long jump at last.

C.Mary will enter for the school sports meet.

D.Mary couldn’t watch the school sports meet.

Online shopping has become something very common for young people, however, it's not easy for the old people to buy things on the internet. Therefore, offline Daigou stores, or buy-for-you stores, are becoming popular among the old.

64-year-old man Li Hui'an is searching for his favorite CD in an offline Daigou shop. He says, "It's very convenient to buy things online, however, I can't use the internet. After I happened to find this buy-for-you shop, I decided to try, as I wanted to buy an opera CD. Finally I got one I'd searched for several years. I was so happy. I have become crazy about offline shopping. "

The store owner Liu Min says in order to meet the need of people who want to buy things online but can't use the internet, she started the business of offline buy-for-you. In only about ten days since the start of the business, she has received more than 20 orders from customers (顾客). Liu Min is not the only one who finds the large need of offline buy-for-you business in the market. In Dalian city, northeast China, more than 300 such stores opened their doors only in April.

In order to attract more customers, they have opened their shops in residential communities (居民区). And they charge a suitable service fee. For example, when buying things that cost less than 200 Yuan for customers, they usually charge 5 Yuan as service fee.

Though the offline buy-for-you service makes it easier for certain people to shop online, what if there is any problem with the ordered thing, let's say, like a quality problem? The shop owners say they will deal with any quality problems that may happen when using their Daigou service.

1.What is offline shopping?

2.Why do many old people like offline shopping?

3.What's the meaning of the underlined word "charge” in the fourth paragraph?

4.Which of the following is NOT true about the offline Daigou service?

5.We can know from the passage that________.

The scientists from the Lockheed Space Company (公司) work in Felton, California, with the help of a computer. But the computer is placed in Sunnyside, about 80 kilometers away. What the scientists input is sent by telephone lines to the computer, and after a time, copies of the designs are needed back in Felton as possible. Lockheed people have tried several ways of sending the prints (印刷品), but the most effective seems to be by pigeon (鸽子). Are pigeons really used to carry messages in these days? They are, and they send the prints faster and cheaper than any other way.

Human (人类的) messengers (persons carrying messages) are much more expensive and slower than the pigeons. The road to Felton goes through the mountains, and the driving is not easy. An electronic printout system(电子印刷系统) could do the work in Felton, but at a cost of 10 dollars a print. Pigeons carry the designs for about 1 dollar each.

Now Lockheed people have ten pigeon messengers. The pigeons do the work, and they have made Lockheed more famous. You can often read the news about the pigeons in the newspapers around the world.

1.The story is mainly about     .

2.This story is unusual because pigeons       .

3.Something that’s effective（有效的）      .

4.Which happened first?

5.Lockheed likes the pigeons because they      .