“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” said Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang Lin have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products (產(chǎn)品)are the most popular online.
It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.
Taobao means “l(fā)ooking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
You may question the security(安全)of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless(除非) you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”
【小題1】What products are the most popular online?

A．Candies and DVD players.

B．Treasure products.

C．Clothing and home-use products.

D．Clothes and books.

【小題2】Taobao is______.

A．a(chǎn) shopping mall

B．a(chǎn)n online shopping site

C．a(chǎn)n online shopper

D．the China’s largest website

【小題3】In the last paragraph, the underlined word “them” refers to “______”.

A．shop owners	B．products
C．sellers	D．online shops

【小題4】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Wang Lin’s life

B．Shopping online is not safe

C．China’s online shoppers

D．Online shopping in China

“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” said Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.

Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang Lin have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products (產(chǎn)品)are the most popular online.

It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.

Taobao means “l(fā)ooking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.

You may question the security(安全)of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless(除非) you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”

1.What products are the most popular online?

A．Candies and DVD players.

B．Treasure products.

C．Clothing and home-use products.

D．Clothes and books.

2.Taobao is______.

A．a(chǎn) shopping mall

B．a(chǎn)n online shopping site

C．a(chǎn)n online shopper

D．the China’s largest website

3.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “them” refers to “______”.

A．shop owners                           B．products

C．sellers                                D．online shops

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Wang Lin’s life

B．Shopping online is not safe

C．China’s online shoppers

D．Online shopping in China

 

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” said Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang Lin have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products (產(chǎn)品)are the most popular online.
It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.
Taobao means “l(fā)ooking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
You may question the security(安全)of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless(除非) you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”
【小題1】What products are the most popular online?

A．Candies and DVD players.	B．Treasure products.
C．Clothing and home-use products.	D．Clothes and books.

【小題2】Taobao is______.

A．a(chǎn) shopping mall	B．a(chǎn)n online shopping site
C．a(chǎn)n online shopper	D．the China’s largest website

【小題3】In the last paragraph, the underlined word “them” refers to “______”.

A．shop owners

B．products

C．sellers

D．online shops

【小題4】Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Wang Lin’s life

B．Shopping online is not safe

C．China’s online shoppers

D．Online shopping in China

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)

“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” said Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.

Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.

A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang Lin have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young people. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products (產(chǎn)品)are the most popular online.

It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao.

Taobao means “l(fā)ooking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.

You may question the security(安全)of online shopping, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and convenient. Unless(除非) you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”

1.What products are the most popular online?

A．Candies and DVD players.                 B．Treasure products.

C．Clothing and home-use products.           D．Clothes and books.

2.Taobao is______.

A．a(chǎn) shopping mall                         B．a(chǎn)n online shopping site

C．a(chǎn)n online shopper                       D．the China’s largest website

3.In the last paragraph, the underlined word “them” refers to “______”.

A．shop owners       B．products          C．sellers            D．online shops

4.Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Wang Lin’s life

B．Shopping online is not safe

C．China’s online shoppers

D．Online shopping in China

 

In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

1.Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________.

A．want to be as rich as their neighbours

B．want others to know or to think that they are rich

C．don’t want others to know they are rich

D．want to be happy

2.It can be inferred (推斷) from the story that rich people like to ________.

A．live outside New York City                 B．live in New York City

C．live in apartments                       D．have many neighbours

3.Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________.

A．a(chǎn)n important name                      B．a(chǎn) popular name in the United States

C．his neighbour’s name                   D．not a good name

4.If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.

A．do as the poor persons around him do

B．do everything he likes to do

C．do as his neighbours do

D．do as the rich people around him do