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● The sound goes straight to your headphones and no one else will hear it.
● The sound signal is so strong that it can go through walls and doors!
● There’s a sound control on the headset itself.
● Enjoy it in your garden. Listen to your favourite CD without troubling the neighbours.
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1. Which of the following is True about the headphones?
A.The headset doesn’t weigh very much.
B.You have to take the sender wherever you go.
C.You can’t use the headphone in a room away from where you are.
D.If you want to turn the music up, you need to go back where the CD or TV is.
2. What does the underlined word “cordless” most probably mean in Chinese?
A. 相连的 B. 无线的 C. 时尚的 D. 灵敏的
3.. When can you ring the hotline if you want to buy one?
A. At weekends. B. Right at the moment.
C. During weekdays. D. At any time of the day and night.
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（本大题共10分，每小题1分）
One day a father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the country with in order to show his son how poor people 16 be. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of 17 would be considered a very poor family.
On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek（小溪）that has no 18 . We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the 19 at night. Our patio（院子）reaches to the front yard and they have the 20 horizon（地平线）. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go 21 our sight. We buy our food, but they grow 22 ."
With this the boy's father was speechless (无语的) .
Then his son added , "Thank dad for showing me how 23 we are."
Too many times we forget what we have and concentrate on（集中注意力）what we don't have. What is one person's worthless object is another's prize possession (财富). It is all 24
on one's opinion. Make you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for all the bounty（恩赐）we have, 25 worrying about wanting more . Take joy in all you have.
1. A. must B. can C. should D. need
2.A. how B. which C. what D. that
3.A. beginning B. way C. end D. water
4. A. dark B. darkness C. stars D. day
5. A. beautiful B. full C. longer D. whole
6.A. beyond B.in C. out D. straight
7.A. ours B. them C. theirs D. themselves
8. A. poor B. rich C. lucky D. happy
9. A. basing B. to base C. bases D. based
10. A. instead B. instead of C. more than D. less than
— I hear that Mr King was robbed of his new mobile phone on his way home last night.
— _________! He shouldn’t go home so late.
A. Oh, never mind B. What a pity
C. You’re welcome D. Glad to hear that
_____ the fans are waiting for the popular singer outside the concert hall.
A. Two thousand B. Thousands of C. Two thousands of D. Two thousand of
_____ exciting news report we had in the meeting room yesterday afternoon!
A. What B. What an C. How D. How an
I didn’t know __________.
A how they called these birds B what they called these birds
C what his decision is D how to do with the bad milk
