Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to
attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper
handling or teller（出纳员）interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment .
Today , most large national banks , many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking , variously known as PC banking , home banking , electronic banking or Internet banking . Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks , both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking , as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever .
The challenge（挑战）for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it . Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe ,fully functional （功能的）online banking for free or for a small cost . As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites , fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).
Online banking has a lot of advantages . Unlike your corner bank , online banking sites never close; they’re at hand 24 hours a day , seven days a week , and they’re a mouse click away . If you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears , you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business . Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm （确认）deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds . Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively .
1.The word “eliminate” in the first paragraph probably means “ ”.
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A．keep |
B．remove |
C．reduce |
D．improve |
2.What is the challenge for the banking industry according to the text ?
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A．To make online banking attractive . |
B．To open new services all over the world . |
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C．To offer online banking for free . |
D．To take care of business 24 hours a day . |
3.From the text we can conclude that .
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A．“brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks |
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B．the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM |
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C．a “ brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one |
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D．customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click |
4.What would be the best title for this text ?
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A．Banking of Various Forms |
B．Improvement of Banking Industry |
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C．Development of Online Banking |
D．Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank |
A lot of
grown-ups worry that spending too much time playing video games isn’t good for
a kid’s health. Now some doctors have noticed that kids who bring their
hand-held game players to the hospital seem less worried about being there.
These patients also seem to experience less pain when they are concentrating on
a superhero adventure or a car race. At the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in
Maryland, young patients are finding hospital visits easier to deal with,
thanks to a test program called the Hospital-based On-line Pediatric
Environment (HOPE). Patients in HOPE have a life-threatening condition where
their kidneys(肾脏)no longer filter(过滤)wastes from their
blood. To get their blood cleaned, these kids must be hooked up to dialysis(透析) machines at the hospital three times a week, for at least three
hours each time. HOPE allows kids to play online sports, racing, and adventure
games with each other. Eventually they will be able to connect with kids in
other hospitals who are suffering from the same problem. "We want to use
the power of the Internet to bring together kids who feel that they are
separated by their illness, and let them know that they are not alone,"
said Arun Mathews, the doctor who heads the program. He loves video games
himself and got the idea to connect kids all over the country. Many researchers
elsewhere are testing video game programs that might help young patients. For
example, nine-year-old Ben Duskin of San Francisco, who was struggling with
cancer helped to design a video game where players get rid of cancer cells.
That’s all great news, because doctors already know that reducing pain and
worry helps patients heal faster.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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A．Playing video games too much is bad for kids’health. |
B．Playing video games seems to be beneficial to young patients’ recovery. |
C．Doctors find that reducing pain helps patients recover faster. |
D．Doctors invent a game to help kids in hospitals. |
2.How long
will it take a patient to get his blood cleaned in a week?
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A．About 3 hours. |
B．About 6 hours. |
C．About 9 hours. |
D．About 21 hours. |
3.According
to Arun Mathews, the main purpose of HOPE is to _________.
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A．encourage kids to play online games |
B．teach kids how to design video games |
C．help kids who are suffering from illness connect with each other |
D．make parents worry less about their kids playing video games too much |
4.Which of
the following plays the most important role in the HOPE project?
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A．Music. |
B．The Internet. |
C．Novels. |
D．Films. |
5.What can
we learn from the passage?
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A．Nine-year-old Ben Duskin, who has a cancer, is very brave and clever. |
B．Many parents want their children to play video games because it’s good for their health. |
C．Doctors are not sure whether reducing pain and worry can help the patients recover faster. |
D．HOPE allows kids to play online games only with the kids in the same hospital. |
Just because
you are in a wheelchair doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the competitiveness(竞争) —the all-around fun —that playing
sports offers you. More and more wheelchair users are playing sports every day
—some even on a professional level. The following are just a few examples of
the different choices you have.
Wheelchair basketball is a very common wheelchair sport. It was started over
forty years ago as part of a medical recovery(康复) program. Over the years it has
grown rapidly. Today wheelchair basketball is a professional sport that has
more than 180 teams across the United States. In order to play wheelchair
basketball, it is essential to have a lightweight wheelchair. Several different
kinds of sports wheelchairs are on the market today just for sports fans.
Another wheelchair sport, quad rugby(橄榄球), was specifically designed for
people who can’t move their arms or legs and are unable to play wheelchair
basketball. It is a mixture of wheelchair basketball and ice hockey. To play
the game you must have two teams of four players each.
Power soccer is another fun wheelchair sport that can be very fun and exciting.
Players in power soccer must have an electric wheelchair. Two teams have two
30-minute halves to push the soccer ball over the other team’s goal line. The
first team to reach the other team’s goal line most frequently wins.
Based on the sport you choose to take part in, there are several things you can
buy for your wheelchair, including belts, gloves, bags for carrying things,
drink holders and special back supports.
1.In which part of the newspaper will you read this
passage?
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A．Technology. |
B．Society. |
C．Culture. |
D．Health. |
2.In the
beginning, wheelchair basketball was started for the purpose of ______.
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A．holding professional games around the US |
B．spreading the sport all over the US |
C．helping patients return to a normal life |
D．making people want to play sports |
3.What is
the main idea of the passage?
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A．To introduce some possible sports to wheelchair users. |
B．To introduce some products to the wheelchair users. |
C．To encourage wheelchair users to compete with each other. |
D．To talk about the differences between these sports. |
Thanks to your help, ________ I would not have completed the task on time.
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A．however |
B．because |
C．so |
D．otherwise |
The conflict had developed into a stage ______ the two countries were gathering big troops on the border.
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A．where |
B．when |
C．which |
D．that |
The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs ______ they are being trained.
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A．in that |
B．for that |
C．in which |
D．for which |
