Many a online shopper stayed up until 2 am on Sunday, looking through the Internet to buy products being sold at half price before they could be snapped up （be bought）by other shoppers. Tens of millions of the Internet users were crazy to take advantage of the halfprice promotion, started by the ecommerce(电子商务) giant Alibaba Group on Sunday, Nov. 11, which is known as Singles’ Day in China, and is the Chinese answer to Cyber Monday in the United States.
By 7 pm on Sunday, 14.1 billion yuan’s worth of sales was made on tmall. com and taobao. com. That could make Singles’ Day the biggest ecommerce sales day on record. The research company comScore said US online retailers (零售商) saw $ 1.25 billion of sales during last year’s Cyber Monday, the day after Thanksgiving weekend and the busiest day for online retailers as US shoppers start to prepare for Christmas.
Singles’ Day originated with university students, and was later adopted by ecommerce companies as a promotional opportunity. Ecommerce companies, including Jingdong Mall and Amazon China, also took part in the promotion.“ In the past, people only shopped online occasionally, but now, online shopping is a lifestyle accepted by many，” said Zhang Yong, Tmall president.
Alibaba began to hold Singles’ Day promotions in 2009, and last year, its sales totaled 5.2 billion yuan.“I don’t know whether we would lose money, but I don’t think we could earn much on this day by selling goods at half price，” said Hao Hongfeng, chairman of Beijing Jiuxian ECommerce, a liquor retailer in Beijing who took part in the event. He said it is a good opportunity for online retailers to get their names known.
1.Who first introduced Singles’ Day to the public?
A．Some college students.
B．The online shoppers.
C．Researchers in comScore.
D．The online retailers.
2.Why were the online retailers so active in the promotion?
A．To make their names known to more people.
B．To make a lot more money.
C．To make more business friends through the event.
D．To sell more products.
3.What’s the secret behind the success of this promotion?
A．The quality of the products.
B．The fame of the retailers.
C．The favorable price.
D．The aftersales service.
4.Which title do you think is more suitable for this article?
A．Chinese Shopping Style
B．The Origin of Singles’ Day
C．Online Purchasing Power
D．A Craze for Online Promotion
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汉译英（每小题3分，共8小题，满分24分）
1.在农场每天都有很多工作要做。
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2.犯错越多，学的越多。
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3.我期待早日收到你的来信。
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4.我觉得等待考试结果让我压力很大。
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5.他喜欢集邮，但不喜欢电子游戏。
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6.他们起得很早，为了赶上第一班公交车。
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7.下午茶聚会继续在富人的社交生活中发挥着重要作用。
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8.快乐是幸福生活的关键。
每句中只有一处错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：把缺词处叫个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
1.I think study French will help me in my job.
2.We were going out while it began to rain.
3.This book is even interesting.
4.He made such many mistakes in his composition.
5.The workforce has been reduced to 30%.
6.He as well as his friends have come.
7.I always the first to get to the office.
8.He prefers going out to stay at home.
9.Doing eye exercise is good for you.
10.He likes to go walking which there are no shops.
11.Can you give me some advices on how to lose weight.
My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time 1. I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and he had opened2. black law firm to advise poor black people on their problems.
I began school at six . The 3. where I studied only two years was three kilometres away. I had to leave , 4. my family could not continue to 5. the shool fees and the bus fare . I could not read 6. write. After trying hard , I got a job in a gold mine . This was a time when one had got to have a passsbook to live in Johanneburg. 7. (sad) I did not have this passbook because I was not born there and I was worried8. whether I would be out of work.
The day when Nelson Mandela told me what to do and helped me was one of the 9. (happy) days of my life . He told me how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johanneburg. I never forgot 10. kind he was and when he organized the ANC Youth League , I joined it as soon as I could .
If failure is like a day without the sunshine, I’ll still smile at it, as clouds may be dancing in the sky. Success does not every person, just like the sun doesn’t shine every day.
Do you give up your plan to go hiking because the weather isn’t as good as you had hoped? No, of course not. I would rather go on trying no matter what I and enjoy on the way to my destination (目的地). , failure is like a naughty boy who plays with us on the way to our goals. Not only does he want to us, but he wants to help us become braver. The more we , the braver we’ll be.
If failure is the without the moon, I’ll still smile at it, as stars may twinkle on us still. , we all like the moon, but should we ignore the stars? There is always something more important than . In other words, we shouldn’t only on whether we succeed or fail. In fact, we learn a lot from failure. It is really helpful. The more we learn from failure, the we’ll be.
If failure is a bird without , I’ll still smile at it. Flying isn’t the only thing a bird can do. If we can’t be by the wide blue sky, why don’t we adapting ourselves to the forest through our beautiful singing? Failure us that we should believe in ourselves. We may fail in one area, but we may in another. Maybe we’ll find that we have a talent for something we never knew about before. Who ?
Life is like a box of chocolates, and you know what you’re going to get. Just keep on trying. The process of trying is much more valuable than the .
Smile at and smile at life.
1.A. meet B. know C. favour D. see
2.A. even B. still C. too D. just
3.A. suffer B. hate C. dislike D. fear
4.A. Generally B. Unluckily C. Actually D. Naturally
5.A. beat B. change C. test D. frighten
6.A. laugh B. cry C. play D. smile
7.A. day B. night C. sky D. place
8.A. In fact B. Of course C. In deed D. In turn
9.A. aim B. joy C. success D. work
10.A. live B. focus C. depend D. base
11.A. nicer B. healthier C. wiser D. younger
12.A. legs B. feet C. teeth D. wings
13.A. received B. accepted C. noticed D. covered
14.A. try B. begin C. appreciate D. enjoy
15.A. suggests B. insists C. reminds D. orders
16.A. forget B. start C. stand D. achieve
17.A. sees B. knows C. believes D. does
18.A. never B. already C. usually D. always
19.A. methods B. success C. victories D. results
20.A. defeat B. sorrow C. failure D. loss
