Women turn to online shopping
Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping, according to a study published last week in the US.
For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women, but during the 2004 holiday season, 58 percent of those making online purchases were women.
“It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming,” said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group, which carried out the study.
Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.
Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic increase in the online gift-buying population this time around.
However, three- quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004. They worried about credit card security, or just compared online prices with off-line prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.
“ But even if shoppers don’t buy online , websites are becoming promotion tools for stores,” said Dan Hess, vice president of ComScore Networks Inc. Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.
“ It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient, more reliable and more comfortable.” Hess said.
1.Which of the following statements is true?
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A．There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004 |
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B．Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women. |
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C．People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online. |
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D．More women shopped online than men in 2004 |
2.From the passage we can infer that______.
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A．Men usually decide how to spend money in the family |
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B．Women usually decide what to buy in the family |
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C．The Internet is used in all the shops |
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D．More and more shops will sell their goods online |
3.According to Dan Hess, shopping online_______.
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A．is unsafe |
B．is convenient |
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C．is a waste of money |
D．is cheaper |
4.What can we know from the passage?
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A．American people only gift in holidays |
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B．Shopping online is fun for women. |
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C．Shopping off-line provides better service. |
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D．Young people like to do gift-shopping online. |
It seems that the Great Wall is the place to rock(摇滚). There will be two parties held on the Great Wall this month.
Great Wall Ⅰ
The latest Great Wall party is sponsored(主办) by the Club and Elektrobeat and held at Jinshanling. Local DJ Mark, as well as guests Slab from Australia, Usami and Bobby from Hong Kong will sing at the party. All drinks are priced at 20 yuan($ 2.4).
Tickets: 200yuan($ 24), including bus ride there and back plus entrance fee to the Great Wall. T/D: 8p.m. to 2 a.m., Sept. 20.
Pre-sale tickets are to be booked at: Public Space: 6416－0759; Neo Lounge: 6416－1077.
Buses: Leave at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 from Neo Lounge, 99 Xinfuncun Zhonglu,
Sanlitun, Chaoyang District.
For more info: www. elektrobeat. com
Great wall Ⅱ
The other party at the end of this month at Jinshanling will be started with live performances by Askar, Brain Failure, Longkuan, Supermarket, Mr. Zhou, Beijing Talking and the Yi band.
Dance till dawn to the wonderful sounds of DJs Ben, Mickey Zhang, Will, Cheese, Gao Hu and Huang Weiwei.
T/D: 8 p.m. to 2 a.m., Sept. 27.
Tickets: 350 yuan ($ 42) or 300 yuan ($ 36) for groups of 10 or more, 500 yuan ($ 60) at the door and VIP tickets 800 yuan ($ 72), transportation included.
Buses: Depart from the north gate of Wbrkers’ Stadium at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., Sept. 27.
For more info: contact Li Zhenhua at lah@msgp. Org or call 133－2119－1731.
1.If you want to book tickets for Great Wall Ⅰ in advance, you can phone _________.
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A．6146－0759 |
B．6146－1077 |
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C．6416－0759 |
D．133－2119－1731 |
2.What day of the week is September 27?
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A．Saturday. |
B．Sunday. |
C．Weekday. |
D．It can’t be known. |
3.A dozen people want to attend Great Wall Ⅱ. They should pay at least _______ for the tickets.
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A．$ 504 |
B．$ 432 |
C．$ 720 |
D．$ 864 |
Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum (论坛) asking what "PK" meant.
"My family has been watching the 'Super Girl' singing competition TV programme. My little daughter asked me what 'PK' meant, but I had no idea," explained the puzzled father.
To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know this term. In such Internet games, "PK" is short for "Player Kill", in which two players fight until one ends the life of the other.
In the case of the "Super Girl" singing competition, "PK" was used to refer to the stage where two singers have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking.
Like this father, Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students' compositions using Internet jargons which are difficult to understand. A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write compositions with simple language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargons that she didn't understand.
"My 'GG' came back this summer from college. He told me I've grown up to be a 'PLMM'. I loved to 'FB' with him together; he always took me to the 'KPM'," went one composition.
"GG" means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother). "PLMM" refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful girl). "FB" means Fu Bai (corruption). "KPM" is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonald's.
Some specialists welcome Internet jargons as a new development in language.
If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to an ugly looking female) or a Qing Wa (frog, referring to an ugly looking male) is, you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!
1.By writing the article, the writer tries to ________ .
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A．explain some Internet language |
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B．suggest common Internet language |
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C．laugh at the Beijing father |
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D．draw our attention to Internet language |
2.What does the writer think about the term "PK"?
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A．Fathers can't possibly know it. |
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B．The daughter should understand it. |
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C．Online game players may know it. |
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D．"Super Girl" shouldn't have used it. |
3.The examples of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargons ________ .
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A．are used not only online |
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B．can be understood very well |
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C．are welcomed by all the people |
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D．cause trouble to our mother tongue |
4.The underlined word "jargons" means " ________ " in Chinese.
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A．行话 |
B．粗口 |
C．歌词 |
D．趋势 |
The thing was a hot one! A farmer had shot two wolves on purpose. He had seen the wolves on his farm and decided to get them before they caused trouble. He knew wolves were a kind of protected animals. However, he also knew most of his neighbors would shoot wolves, too. Shortly after the farmer skinned（剥皮）the wolves, problems began. It seemed that someone didn’t like the idea of killing wolves after all. The officials had arrived. Out-of-town reporters got hold of the story. And now the farmer was on trial（审判）for his killing of the wolves.
1.“The thing was a hot one!”means .
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A．“The thing makes people hot.” |
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B．“The thing draws much attention.” |
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C．“The thing was against the law.” |
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D．“The thing changes the weather.” |
2.The farmer did the thing because .
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A．he didn’t know about the law |
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B．his neighbor would do the same thing |
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C．he was afraid the wolves would cause trouble |
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D．the wolves entered his farm |
3.Wolves should according to this passage.
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A．be protected |
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B．not cause trouble |
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C．be killed if they cause trouble |
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D．not enter places where people live |
4.Which of the following is not true?
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A．The story was soon known in other places. |
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B．Someone didn’t want wolves to be killed so the farmer was on trial. |
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C．The farmer was guilty（有罪）of his killing. |
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D．The local government took measures for the thing. |
It was the last day of the final examination in a large eastern university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering students were talking about the exam that was going to begin in a few 36 . On their faces was confidence . This was their last exam — then on to 37 and jobs.
Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 38 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 39 of the world.
The coming exam, they knew, would be a(n) 40 task. The professor had said they could bring 41 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they did not 42 each other, during the test.
43 they entered the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 44 on the students’ faces as they noted(注意到) there were only five essay-type questions.
Three hours had passed 45 the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was a frightened expression. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.
He looked at the 46 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all five questions?” 47 a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no hands.
“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly （不安地,慌张地）in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 48 .”But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is exactly what I 49 ,” he said. “I just want to impress upon you that, 50 you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 51 you don’t know. These questions you couldn’t answer are relatively(相对地,相当地) 52 in everyday practice. ” Then smiling, he added, “You will all 53 this course, but remember — even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 54 .”
The years have 55 the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.
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