A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百万富翁)at the age of 24.
“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲击)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!” 
According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.” 
【小题1】Dave Stiring started his business from______.

Bill, Frank and Dave were three brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday,. They liked to show her how rich they were.

The eldest brother. Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. “Wanted－the greatest gift for my mother.”

About a week before his mother’s birthday a man came to his office. He brought a big bird.

“This bird.” the man said, “can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs.”

“Really?  I’d like to listen to it,” Bill said.

The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Bill was very happy and paid nine thousand dollars for the bird. The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

The day after his mother’s birthday he called his mother. “Well, mother” he asked, “What do you think of the bird?”

“Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.

1.Who is the eldest brother?

A. Dave  B. Bill   C. Jack  D. Frank

2.What did Bill put in the newspaper?

A. A show  B. A magazine  C. An ad  D. A report

3.How many languages could the bird speak?

A. Five  B. Seven  C. Fight   D. Ten

4.How much did Bill pay for the bird?

A. Nine dollars  B. Ten dollars   C. Nine thousand dollars  D. Ten thousand dollars

5.What did Bill send to his mother for her birthday?

A. A bird with a card  B. Some money  C. A joke   D. A song

A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百万富翁)at the age of 24.

“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲击)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!” 

According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.” 

1.Dave Stiring started his business from______.

A. his home     B. his company      C. the office       D. the country

2.How has Stirling become so rich?

A. By making ice cream.         B. By making advertisements.

C. By selling ideas to others. D. By selling CDs over the Internet.

3.If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?

A.$15.      B.$12.      C.$7.5.         D.$30.

4.By shopping over the net, you won’t_____.

A. spend the time and the money     B. drive your car any more

C. click on your computer           D. get into the store by yourself

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A. More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net.

B. Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future.

C. Some people don’t like to go shopping over the Internet.

D. It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.

根据句意用适当的从属连词或关系代(副)词填空。
【小题1】--Dave, turn off the TV  _____ no one is watching it.
--But it has been turned off already!  The music is from the radio.
【小题2】--Why didn’t you go surfing last Sunday?
-- _____ I had a bad headache.
【小题3】Don’t get off it __ the bus stops. It’s dangerous.
【小题4】--Where is the comic book?
--I brought it to you __ you were in the reading room yesterday.
【小题5】Jack, there is someone in the office __ would like to speak to you.
【小题6】--What kind of music do you like?
--I like music __ I can sing along with.
【小题7】The old man wants to live in a house _____  door is broken.
【小题8】The film ____ we saw the day before yesterday is very interesting.
【小题9】Do you know the student __ was praised at the meeting?
【小题10】They work in a factory __ makes radio parts.

–Dave, can you go to the mall with us?

????????????? ????????????? --________. I have to help my mom.

A. Sure, I’d love to??? B. Sorry, I can’t??? ?? C. Great, I’d like to???? D. Yes