It’s a goal for millions and millions of families every year to keep the Christmas spending within a certain amount of money, but you can still afford the gifts because your loved ones will enjoy them. This concern (忧虑) is becoming greater and greater theses days. Even so, there are several things that you can do to help.
Hit the sales. No one wants to get up at four o’clock in the morning and fight to get a good
deal (交易) on Black Friday
( the first Friday at Christmas time). It’s surely very difficult to pick up the
courage and get out there in the cold for a good deal. But sometimes it can be
well worth. Many retailers (零售商) offer specials all through the day. Some even offer online
Black Friday specials, so we may still be able to get a great deal on Black
Friday.
Read advertisements regularly. Once the Christmas shopping season is coming, retailers will be hungry for business. They will try their best to get us into the store. Please read the weekly advertisements of sales among the major retailers from time to time. We may be lucky enough to find different prices for the same thing in different shops.
Shop online. Some of us don’t like running from store to store to get the best price on the perfect gift. Some of us don’t like to go out in the cold at all, and then, we can do online shopping.
The world of online shopping makes it possible for us to visit all the major retailers and some
specialty stores on the Internet. We can find exactly what we are looking for at the best possible price without even having to leave the house. With traditional Christmas shopping, it will always take us a long time to wait if we want to get the perfect gift.
1. The underlined word “specials” in Paragraph 2 means______.
A. 赠品 B. 奢侈品 C. 特价商品 D. 圣诞礼品
2.We can have more choices to get a good deal ______.
A. on the Internet B. in specialty stores C. from salesmen D. from retailers
3.In this passage the writer wants to ______.
A. tell us to shop online
B. tell us the best way to do shopping
C. show us how hard it is to do Christmas shopping
D. give us advice on how to get a good deal at Christmas time
4. From the passage we can infer (推断) that ______.
A. people are surely able to get a good deal on Friday
B. it is possible for people to buy the perfect Christmas gifts with less money
C. retailers will be hungry because they are busy selling Christmas gifts
D. with traditional Christmas shopping, people can’t buy the perfect gifts
When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research.
Step 1 Write down the subject that you are interested in on a piece of paper. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write:
Discover more about robots.
Step 2 Stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below:
1. The first robot appeared in the USA in 1959.
2. A robot can do housework and act as a teacher.
3. Sometimes a robot catches viruses and causes a lot of problems.
Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? By asking questions, start writing down questions about the robots on the paper:
1. What might robots be like in the future?
2. What other things can robots do for people?
3. What kind of power will robots possibly use in five years?
Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you'll probably discover some new questions.
For example, you might discover that robots can help scientists explore dangerous places, like the sea and outer space. How? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.
The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.
1.What does the writer advise us to do when we’re curious about something?
A. To read more books about it. B. To look it up in the dictionary.
C. To turn to the teacher for help. D. To raise questions and find the answers.
2.What does the underlined part “Armed with your list of questions” mean?
A. Writing down your list of questions. B. Discussing your questions with others.
C. Taking your list of questions with you. D. Putting your list of questions under your arm.
3. What might be the correct order of the steps when you do research?
① List what you want to learn. ② Find new problems.
③ List what you’ve already known. ④ Choose a research subject.
A. ④③①② B. ④①③② C. ②③④① D. ③②①④
4. What might be the best title for this passage?
A. Doing Research on Robots B. Asking Good Questions While Doing Research
C. Having Interesting Answers on Robots D. Finding Subjects before Doing Research
There was a man who had a little son. He loved him very much. Every day after work the man would come home and play with the little boy.
When the man came home from work one night, he found that he had some extra work to do. And he wasn’t able to play with his little son. He wanted to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking around his study, he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an idea. He patiently tore the map up into pieces. Then he led his son into the dining room and spread the pieces on the table. He explained to the boy that it was a map of the world. He told the boy to put it back together and they could play together when he finished. Surely this could keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
After about thirty minutes, the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, it’s finished, Dad. Can we play now?”
The man was surprised, saying, “That’s amazing! How did you do that?” The boy said, “It was easy. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world appeared completely.”
1. Why couldn’t the man play with his son that night?
A. He had to read a magazine. B. He had some extra work to do.
C. He had to learn something about a map. D. He had to stay at his office for extra work.
2.What did the man ask his son to do?
A. To read the magazine to find the map.
B. To tear the map of the world up into pieces.
C. To put the pieces of the map of the world back together.
D. To clean the dining room first, and then read the map of the world.
3. How long did it take the boy to finish the work?
A. A few hours. B. About an hour. C. About half an hour. D. The whole night.
4.Which of the following is TRUE about the passage?
A. It’s a report about a father’s extra work.
B. It’s a story between a father and his clever son.
C. It’s an advertisement for the map of the world.
D. It’s a poster about how to deal with parents’ problems.
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There are four parts in IELTS: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Listening is very important. Are you confident? Have you made good preparation? The book IELTS Listening is helpful for your preparation for IELTS. |
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Once you own the book, you will become a good speaker. Susan Weinschenk’s excellent ideas on how to make a perfect speech are very helpful to you. With the help of the book, you will be confident to know how to give your speech. Also, you will learn how to attract your audience during the speech. |
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1.Which of the following will help to improve your speech?
A. IELTS Listening . B. Car and Driver.
C. Quick & Easy Meals. D. Designing Effective Speech Interfaces.
2. Who will probably be interested in Quick & Easy Meals?
A. Car fans. B. English speakers.
C. Housewives. D. Businessmen.
3.How many of the four short passages are introductions of magazines?
A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.
A passenger (乘客) told an air hostess (空姐) that he needed a cup of water to take medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would bring him the 16 soon.
Twenty minutes 17 , when the passenger’s ring for service sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so busy that she 18 to bring him the water. Therefore, the passenger was held up (延迟) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him with a cup of water, but he 19 it.
In the following hours on the flight, 20 time the air hostess passed the passenger, she would ask him with a smile 21 he needed help or not. But the passenger never 22 her words.
When he was going to get off the 23 , the passenger asked the air hostess to hand him the passengers’ booklet (意见簿). She was very 24 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, which might make her 25 the job. 26 with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 27 the booklet, and cracked a smile, for the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me if I needed help for twelve times 28 . How can I refuse 29 twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! It was the twelve smiles of the air hostess that touched (感动) the passenger
30 and of course she wouldn’t lose her job!
1. A. milk B. juice C. coffee D. water
2.A. late B. later C. ago D. after
3. A. remembered B. forgot C. wanted D. learned
4.A. accepted B. took C. refused D. received
5.A. some B. either C. another D. each
6. A. why B. when C. whether D. how
7. A. paid attention to B. thought of C. heard of D. worried about
8.A. coach B. bus C. train D. plane
9.A. happy B. cheerful C. sad D. excited
10. A. lose B. loses C. losing D. lost
11.A. And B. So C. Then D. But
12. A. opened B. closed C. destroyed D. hid
13. A. at all B. in all C. of all D. all over
14.A. her B. your C. their D. our
15. A. peacefully B. comfortably C. deeply D. slowly
1.What worries Christ most?
A. His grandchildren B. His death C. His diary notebooks D. His case
2.What does Christ probably hope to happen to his diary?
A. They can come out as an interesting book
B. They can be made into a TV play or a film.
C. His children will put them together with him after his death.
D. His grandchildren will continue to write following his habit.
3.What does Action think of Christ’s diary?
A. They supply good memories for others especially his grandchildren.
B. They will educate the young to remember the hard life
C. They can make his grandchildren make more money.
D. They may help others learn more about the war.
4. What do the comments about an ordinary soldier’s war diary want to tell us?
A. To remind Christ to write more about war.
B. To show others will get help from Christ’s notebooks
C. To encourage Christ to write diaries like the brave soldier
D. To tell Christ social historians are interested in the soldier’s diaries.
5.Which of the following is mentioned in the page?
A. Barrel doesn’t stop writing diaries.
B. Action wants to remain the diaries as a record.
C. Christ’s children don’t get along well with him.
D. Christ’s grandchildren may show interests in his diaries.
