Currently, people from all over the world prefer to shop online. Experts predict our spending online over the next five years will grow by 129%. But how can you protect yourselves when shopping online?
1. It should be protected by up-to-date anti-virus software, and you should also install a personal firewall, which will stop hackers attacking your system. Check that your firewall is open before you start shopping, and when you finish, be sure to log out.
Take a minute to look at the website before you buy anything. Check that the company has a geographical address as well as a telephone number. 2.
Sellers should have a list of all your rights somewhere on their website, and you need to read this before you decide to shop there. 3. As a general rule, online companies usually give their customers seven days to cancel their order if they change their minds about their purchase.
4. It is a lock-shaped symbol and you can find it on the browser bar (浏览器栏) at the bottom of the screen. Another indication of a safe website is its address. The address should not begin with “http” but “https” — the letter “s” stands for secure.
The final stage of online shopping is the order confirmation. This is proof that you’ve bought a product from this company, and it contains the special reference number for your order. 5. You might need it if there’s a problem.
A.You should always print this information and keep it somewhere.
B.If this happens, your credit card will offer you the best protection.
C.A special icon (图标) will tell you if the website you are using is safe.
D.Make sure that your device, for example your laptop or tablet, is safe to use at all times.
E.When you buy things on the Internet, there’s no chance that something may go wrong.
F.If you can’t find the list, you should probably choose a different website.
G.It’s generally better to use sellers that you know about or ones that have been recommended to you.
＂BANG!＂ the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with father standing on one side, and me on the other side.
We were both in great anger. ＂Never set foot in this house again!＂ stormed father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad feelings. I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now … I don’t know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.
I thought to myself: ＂Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me？＂
In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps.
All the lights were off except father’s.
Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret.
This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on. ＂Am I wrong＂ I whispered, maybe… With the key in my hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love—it’s second to none.
1.According to the author, why did his father often shout at him ?
A. Perhaps the father was getting older and older.
B. Perhaps they never agreed with each other.
C. Perhaps the son had already grown up.
D. Perhaps the father had been used to doing that.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?
A. The author fully understood why he and his father had different thinking.
B. The author and his father lacked communication.
C. The author’s father didn’t approve of his stamp collecting.
D. The author’s father opened the door for him when he came back.
3.What was the author’s attitude towards his father at the end of the story?
A. He was frustrated with his father.
B. He loved his father.
C. He was afraid of his father.
D. He was dissatisfied with his father.
It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions（情感） and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to(和……相符) the ＂boy code＂ of hiding their emotions to be a ＂real man＂.
Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.
George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with ＂boy-focused＂ approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute eye, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given ＂hands-on＂ lessons where they are allowed to walk around. ＂Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes,＂ James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be ＂masterful and in charge＂ in relationships. ＂In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means,＂ the study reported.
1.Traditionally, in a mixed school ,boys __________.
A. behave more responsibly B. perform relatively better
C. grow up more healthily D. receive a better education
2.The writer argues that a single-sex school would __________.
A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
B. help boys to be more competitive in schools
C. force boys to be their emotions to be ＂real men＂
D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man
3.In Abigail James’ opinion, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ______.
A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted
C. teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics of boys
D. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit
4.The underlined word ＂acute＂ in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______ .
A. lovely B. serious
C. sharp D. dull
Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27th, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania. She grew up on a farm where she learnt about nature and animals. Rachel loved reading and writing stories when she was young. She even had a story published when she was only ten years old. One of Rachel’s favorite subjects was oceanology(海洋生物学).
Rachel attended college at the Pennsylvania College for Women where she majored in biology. She later got her master’s（硕士） degree in zoology from John’s Hopkins University. After graduation, Rachel taught for a while and then got a job at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. At first, she wrote for a weekly radio program that educated people on marine（海洋的） biology. Later, she became a marine biologist and chief editor of publications for the Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition to her work at the Fish and Wildlife Service, Rachel wrote articles for magazines about the ocean. In 1941, she published her first book called Under the Sea Wind. However, her second book, The Sea Around Us, made her famous. The Sea Around Us was published in 1951 and was on the New York Times bestseller list for 39 weeks. With the success of the book, Rachel quit her job at the Fish and Wildlife Service and concentrated on writing full-time.
After Worl
d WarⅡ, farmers began to use pesticides (农药) such as DDT on their crops. Rachel was concerned about the effects that large-scale spraying of DDT may have on the health of people as well as the environment. Rachel began to gather research material on pesticides and write a book about the subject.
Rachel spent four years gathering research material and writing the book. She named it Silent Spring referring to bird death due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their songs. Published in 1962, the book became very popular and brought the environmental issues of pesticides to the general public.
On April 14th, 1964, she died of breast cancer in her home in Maryland.
1.What did Rachel Louise Carson major in for her bachelor’s（学士） degree?
A. Oceanology. B. Zoology.
C. Biology. D. Engineering.
2.What is the right order of the following events about Rachel’s life?
a. She collected material for Silent Spring.
b. She taught for a while after graduation.
c. She gave up her job at the Service.
d.
She had her first book published.
e. She became a marine biologist.
A. d-a-c-b-e B. b-e-d-c-a
C. d-c-a-b-e D. b-d-c-e-a
3.It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. Rachel showed a talent for writing at a young age
B. it took little effort for Rachel to write Silent Spring
C. it was Silent Spring that brought Rachel instant fame
D. Rachel is believed to be more a biologist than a writer
4.What type of writing is the article likely to be?
A. A short story. B. A book review.
C. A biography. D. A news report.
假定你是李华，5月1日在某外国网站购买了一部手机（cell phone）。使用一段时间之后，你发现它存在缺陷（如电池不耐用等）。请你给网站的客服写一封投诉信反映问题并提出解决方案。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加﹑删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词的下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计。
A young man called LowCarbon Brother become a hit on the Internet in 2011. He is still active in protecting the environment. He suggests living a lowcarbon life, which means using less energy in our daily life so that we can help reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, she always picks up some waste paper on the street or uses the blank side to write something. While he is watching TV, he always turns up the screen brightness to the minimum and turns off the light. Therefore, he goes to work by bike instead of driving. Some people think what he is doing is just a show. No one can live such a simply life with so many modern invention around us. As far as I am concerned, I am strongly in support his idea and his behavior. Although what he is doing has no huge effect on global warming, but he at least can enjoy a healthy life.
