In the mid 1990’s, people started doing business on the Internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies. They sold things in stores. Then there were Internet companies. They didn’t have a store, and they only sold things on the Net.
Traditional companies didn’t want to lose any business. Quickly they made their own websites and began selling things on the Net. These are the so-called “brick and click” companies. Many stores are made of brick. And you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That’s where the name “brick and click” comes from.
By the late 1990’s, e-business like amazon com , buy com. and etoys com. were in trouble. Their profits（利润） were not very high. Competition was great. Many of these businesses were losing lots of money. In 2000, many e-business went out of business.
Why are “brick and click” companies, like Barnes and Noble, Toys RVs and Walmart so successful? First, many customers know and trust their names. Their websites like walmart.com. are easy to remember. These companies also have lots of experience. They know how to run a successful business.
In the world of e-commerce, companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will “brick and click” companies win the war? Only time will tell.
1.What did many traditional companies do in the mid 1990’s? .
A. They went out of business.
B. They made their websites.
C. They bought Internet companies.
D. They sold their companies.
2.What gave Internet companies lots of trouble in the late 1990’s?
A. Heavy competition
B. They were short of money.
C. They didn’t know what to do.
D. people didn’t believe in them.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. All the “brick and click” companies run a successful business.
B. “Brick and click” companies are certain to win the business competition.
C. It is uncertain whether “brick and click” companies will win the competition.
D. Both “brick and click” companies and Internet companies will be successful in the future.
Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn’t matter where you live－ in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village the chances that you will be disturbed by jet planes , transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc, are almost everywhere. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.
Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very frightening experience for human beings. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums (耳鼓). The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.
One recent report about noise and concentration(专心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration , what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example ) may even help people to concentrate.
1.The best title for this passage is________.
A. Noisy Life
B. Background Noise
C. Disturbed Concentration
D. Changeable Noise
2.From this passage, the pollution of noise __________.
A. doesn’t matter much
B. has become better in big cities
C. has become better in villages
D. has become worse everywhere
3.Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating is _________.
A. any kind of noise
B. great changes in level of noise
C. background noise
D. various background music
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window.
The father asked his son, “What is that?”
The son replied, “That is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow.”
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?”
This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, “It’s a crow, a crow.”
After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?”
This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?”
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son.
If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the best way no matter how they behave.”
1.The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ______.
A. he forgot what had happened
B. he would like his son to read it
C. it could remind himself of the past
D. he wanted to find what a crow was
2.The underlined word “affection” (last but one Para.) probably means______.
A. puzzle B. hatred(恨) C. worry D. love
3.The writer mainly intends to ______ .
A. tell us the function (作用) of a diary
B. call on us to love our parents
C. teach us what a crow is
D. introduce a pair of son and father
When I was a boy, every holiday that I had seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the 26 . All day, I seem to remember, I played on the sands with strange 27 children. We made houses and gardens, and 28 the tide destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed over the rocks and looked down at the fish in the rock-pools.
In those days the sun seemed to shine always 29 and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country, 30 ruined houses and dark woods and climbing trees. There were sweets in one’s pockets or good places where one could 31 ice creams. Each day seemed a life-time.
32 I am now thirty-five years old, my idea of a good holiday is much the same as it was. I 33 like the sun and warm sand and the sound of 34 beating (拍打) the rocks. I no longer wish to 35 any sand house or sand garden, and I dislike sweets. 36 , I still love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.
Sometimes I 37 what my ideal(理想的) holiday will be like when I am old . 38 I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, reading books about 39 who make houses and gardens with sands, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves 40 on too many ices creams.
1.A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river
2.A. moved B. excited C. anxious D. nervous
3.A. made B. brought C. watched D. heard
4.A. gently B. hardly C. brightly D. carefully
5.A. in need of B. in search of C. in place of D. in praise of
6.A. sell B. make C. buy D. offer
7.A. When B. Although C. If D. But
8.A.almost B. perhaps C. still D. often
9.A.waves B. wind C. hands D. feet
10.A.destroy B. fix C. use D. build
11.A. But B. However C. Otherwise D. Besides
12.A.wonder B, feel C. understand D. believe
13.A. All B. Each C. Both D. Every
14.A. girls B. boys C. children D. grown-ups
15.A. happy B. tired C. sad D. sick
---- ______! There is a bus coming.
---- Thank you very much for telling me. You saved my life!
A. Good luck B. Watch out C. Cheer up D. Well done
To be honest, every season of the year I do ___________watching tulips in Ma’an chi park.
A. pay attention to B. play a trick on
C. do harm to D. look forward to
