“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin,28,a writer in Beijing.

Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site(网上购物网站), has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping .Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home-use products（产品）are the most popular on line.

It was reported that more than 250 billion（十亿）yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.

Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books ,from candies to DVD players .

You may question the security of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money .You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”

1.Taobao is ____________.

A. a shopping mall                                   B. home-use products    

C. an online shopping site                   D. the name of a young girl

2.__________is shopping more on line?

A. Workers                                   B. Parents                           C. Men            D. Women

3._________ was occupied(占据) by Taobao on online shopping last year?

A. 80%                B. 70%                           C. 60%            D.25%

4.The underlined word “security” means _________.

A.质量                                           B.安全                           C. 信誉          D.用途

5.Which is the best title（标题）of the passage?

A. Online shoppers.                          B. Online shopping in China.

C. Joys of online shopping.                     D. Let’s shop online.

 “Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin,28,a writer in Beijing.

Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site(网上购物网站), has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping .Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home-use products（产品）are the most popular on line.

It was reported that more than 250 billion（十亿）yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.

Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books ,from candies to DVD players .

You may question the security of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money .You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”

1.Taobao is ____________.

A. a shopping mall                                   B. home-use products    

C. an online shopping site                   D. the name of a young girl

2.__________is shopping more on line?

A. Workers                                   B. Parents                           C. Men            D. Women

3._________ was occupied(占据) by Taobao on online shopping last year?

A. 80%                B. 70%                           C. 60%            D.25%

4.The underlined word “security” means _________.

A.质量                                           B.安全                           C. 信誉          D.用途

5.Which is the best title（标题）of the passage?

A. Online shoppers.                          B. Online shopping in China.

C. Joys of online shopping.                     D. Let’s shop online.

Mr. White lives on the 20th floor in a tall building in Beijing. His office is about ten kilometers from home. His wife and his children are now in America for holidays.

Today Mr. White leaves his home at eight in the moming. He takes the lift down to the first floor, gets out of the lift and walks to his car. Oh, dear! His car is broken. He waits for a taxi but there's not any empty one. So he has to go by bus.

Mr. White gets to his office at nine twenty. He is very late. Today he has a lot of work to do. He does it quickly and he has only one hamburger and a cup oforange juice for his lunch. Mr. White leaves his office at half past six. When he gets to his building, he quickly gets into the lift. Oh, dear! The lift doesn't work! He has to walk up to the 20th floor. But when he gets there, he finds he forgets to take the key with him.

What can he do now? Poor Mr. White!

1.Mr. White goes to work by bus because _

A. he doesn't have a car

B. he doesn't like to take a taxi

C. there's something wrong with his car

D. his key is in the office

2.Today Mr. White _ .

A. must be very tired B. doesn't work hard in the office

C. isn't late for work D. eats lunch outside the office

3.The word " poor" in the last paragraph means _" in Chinese.

A.穷苦的 B.可怜的 C.愤怒的 D.忙碌

4. From the passage we can see Mr. White _.

A. is not healthy B. is now in China

C. can't drive a car D. likes Chinese food

5. Which is wrong?

A. Mr. White's home is far from his work place.

B. Mr. White works very hard.

C. Mr. White works in China.

D. The lift is broken early in the morning.

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Thursday, April 24th

We got to the clean, lovely city of Yangzhou early in the morning. This is our first trip to China. All the different smells attract our attention to the local food. We are going to try something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is not expensive but very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to the Great Wall in the north.  

Sunday, April 27th

We visited the famous Slender West Lake (瘦西湖) which was crowded with visitors from all over the world, and bought a lot of toys for our friends outside the gate of the park. Everything is so colourful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will do the famous foot massage (按摩) and then leave for the Great Wall. We will take the night train north, stay in Beijing for two days, and then catch a bus to the Great Wall.

Wednesday, April 30th

Our trip to the Great Wall was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. People in the village love the quiet life. They are the kindest people I had ever met. They always smile and say “Hello”. Ralph and I can speak only a few words in Chinese, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness.

1.From the passage we can see that the writer had a ____ stay in Yangzhou.

2.The writer didn’t ____ in Yangzhou.

3.The writer left Beijing for the Great Wall _______.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

5.What is the best title for the passage?

On October 31st, 2009, Chinese famous scientist Qian Xuesen, died in Beijing when he was 98 years old. He is famous as “the country’s father of space technology and king of rocketry”.
Qian was born in 1911 in Hangzhou. He left for the United States after winning a schol­arship to graduate school in 1936. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute{学院) of Technology and later at the California Institute of Technology.
Qian began his career in the US and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics{航空学) before returning to China in 1955.
After he returned, Qian set up the first missile (导弹) and rocket research institute of China. The institute later helped start Chinese space program. He led the development of China’s first nuclear-armed ballistic missile and worked on its first satellite.
He retired in the year before Chinese manned space program was launched in 1992. But his research formed the basis for the Long March CZ -2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003.
In August, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Qian and praised him for devoting his life to Chinese defense technologies. Qian told him, “I’m trying to live to be 100 years old”
【小题1】 Qian was regarded as __________ before returning to China.