For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping—watching TV and buying things by phone.Now teleshopping is starting in Europe (欧洲).In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things. Teleshopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example.The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made $100 million.In France there are two teleshopping channels, and the French spend about $20 million a year to buy things through these channels. In Germany, until last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day.Then the government allowed (允许) more telepshopping.Other channels can open for telebusiness, including (包括) the largest American teleshopping company and a 24hour teleshopping company.German businessmen are hoping this new teleshopping will help them sell more things. Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without leaving their homes.With all the problems of traffic in the cities, this is an important reason.But at the same time, other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping.They call teleshopping “junk (垃圾) on the air”.Many Europeans usually worry about the quality (质量) of the things for sale on TV.Good quality is important to them, and they believe they cannot be sure about the quality of the things on TV. The need for high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be different from the American companies.They will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell.They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers cannot touch or see in person
1.
Teleshopping is ____ in Europe
A.
not popular
B.
growing
C.
not possible
D.
cheap
2.
People like teleshopping because it is ____
A.
American
B.
cheaper
C.
easier
D.
more popular
3.
Some Europeans don’t like teleshopping because they ____
Hearst Castle is in California, America. A person called William Randolph Hearst built it between 1922 and 1939, at a cost of more than $30 million. Last year, I had a trip to that castle. I spent the whole day looking around. But there was much to see, and a day wasn’t enough. Hearst Castle has four houses. The main house, “Casa Grande”, is the biggest one. Visitors can live in the other three ones. Many of them are Hollywood film stars, and they often come to the parties there. At Hearst Castle, there are also beautiful gardens and two swimming pools, one inside and a larger one outside. I loved the one outside, the “Neptune Pool”. It was a pity that we couldn’t go swimming there! The guide told us that Mr. Hearst travelled around Europe with his mother at the age of ten and looked at paintings and castles. He never forgot that tour and wanted his house to look like a castle. When Mr Hearst died in 1951, his family gave Hearst Castle to the people of California. Now it’s a museum.
1.
The underlined word “Castle” in the first paragraph means _____.
A.
城堡
B.
胜地
C.
城垛
D.
楼阁
2.
“Casa Grande” is _____ the other three ones at Hearst Castle.
A.
younger than
B.
bigger than
C.
older than
D.
smaller than
3.
There are _____ at Hearst Castle.
A.
beautiful gardens
B.
one swimming pool inside
C.
one swimming pool outside
D.
all the above
4.
_____ made Mr. Hearst build this wonderful castle.
A.
A tour around Europe
B.
The paintings and castles in Europe
C.
His mother
D.
His dream
5.
Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.
Hearst Castle in California was cheap to build.
B.
Hearst Castle is on a mountain near the sea.
C.
Many Hollywood film stars come to Hearst’s parties.
D.
After Mr. Hearst died, his family lived at Hearst Castle.