A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百万富翁)at the age of 24.

“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲击)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!”

According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.”

1.Dave Stirling started his business from _____

A. his home   B. His company   C. the office 

2.How has Stirling become so rich ?

A. By making ice cream.

B. By making advertisements.

C. By selling CDs over the Internet.

3.If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?

A. $15      B. $12        C. $7.5 

4.By shopping over the net, you won’t _______________.

A. spend the time and the money

B. click on your computer

C. get into the store by yourself

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net.

B. Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future.

C. It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.

One night I was sitting in my room half-listening as my 15-year-old brother Tommy fought with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. I didn’t pay attention when Kevin rushed up the stairs with the hurt on his face.
About 20 minutes later, as I was walking upstairs I heard Kevin crying inside the bathroom. I knocked on the door and asked, “Hey Kevin, do you want to talk?”
No answer.
I tried again, “Why don’t you come out of there?”
Again, no answer.
So, joking around, I grabbed a stack of （一摞）cards and a pencil and wrote, “If you don’t want to talk, we can write notes to each other.”
An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside the bathroom with two stacks of cards in front of me. One was blank and one was cards from Kevin on which he had translated all his yucky feelings into words for me. As I read one of Kevin’s notes, tears came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family cares about me. I’m not the youngest, and I’m not the oldest. Tommy thinks I’m silly and Dad wishes he had the other Kevin as a kid because he’s better at basketball. And you’re never around to even notice me.”
Tears came to my eyes as I wrote back to him. “You know Kevin, I really do love you and I’m sorry I don’t always show it. I am here for you and you are loved in this family.”
There was no answer for a while, but then I heard a tearing sound coming from inside the bathroom. Kevin, who had run out of cards wrote on a torn paper cup. “Thanks.”
I wrote back “For what?” it returned to me with “Loving me” on it.
Since then, I try my best to never only half-notice my family members any more. Kevin and I have a closer relationship now. And sometimes when one of us notices that the other is upset, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a paper cup.”
【小题1】The underlined word “yucky” most probably means ____.

"Here's the advance payment(预期款) of 10,000 dollars. You will get the other half when we get those papers," the agent told Mike. "But sir, Mr. Smith has been very suspicious (怀疑) since last week," Mike replied.

    "In that case, be careful and don't worry. You are very clever," the agent said." Take 5,000 dollars more," Mike looked around uneasily but took the money.

    Mike was a clerk in a large company. A few years ago he started to get very worried because it was very hard for him to support his family. He wanted to give his child an excellent education and a bright future, but the future looked rather hopeless.

    One day some agents called him. They were his company's competitors. At first he refused their offers. But when he thought his dream could come true, he agreed to their offers and began giving them information.

   However, his spy work started to get more and more difficult because his owner had become suspicious, since a lot of important information was leaking out.

   One night when Mike was on one of his spying tasks, he met Alim, the night watchman." What are you doing here, Mike?" shouted Alim.

  "Oh, I had just forgotten some documents here, Alim, "Mike replied, trying to look comfortable." I just came to get them."

    "Is that true?" Alim said." We’ll see what Mr. Smith says."

    Alim called Mr. Smith and told him to come right away. Mr. Smith looked at Mike and said. "So you are the thief! I believed in you, Mike."

   "Call the police, Alim. We have finally caught the spy," Mr. Smith said. "And by the way, Mike ,no man can serve two masters. You should have left if you did not work with us any longer."   

1.Why did Mike take the job as a spy? Because ______________.

A、he didn't want to work for his company any longer.

B、some agents forced him to do so.

C、he wanted to give his child an excellent education and bright future.

D、Mr. Smith did not give treat him very well.

2.What did the agents ask Mike to do?  

A、To give them some important information of his company.

B、To follow his boss secretly.

C、To serve his master very honestly.

D、To leave his company and join them.

3.Mr. Smith thought Mike was______ before he knew that Mike was a spy.

A、kind          B、clever        C、honest          D、dishonest

4.What's the meaning of the phrase "leak out" in the passage?___________.

A、land on        B、cross out     C、become known     D、come out

5.What can you learn from the passage?______________.

A、We should be careful at work.       B、We should be honest at work.

C、We should work hard.             D、We should serve the masters.

配对阅读 阅读左栏五位学生的信息，然后与右栏的广告配对。

1. Hector is often weak and tired. And he wants to know some ways to become healthy.

2.Vince has a toothache. He is going to see a doctor.

3. Julia wants to take her summer holidays in Australia.

4.Mary hears many poor children can’t go to school. She is glad to go to the concert to raise(筹集) money for these children.

5.Diana is going to buy a camera. She wants to take some photos in her hometown and show them to her classmates.????????????? A．Sunshine Hotel

It’s in the north of Guangzhou. And it has 60 bedrooms. You can have three meals a day in it. Open all year round.

B．A concert in the Blue Theater

??? Some famous singers will show up at the concert next month. They plan to give all the ticket money to poor children.

C．East Camera Shop

??? Here you can find different kinds of digital cameras. A Canon digital camera with 16 million pixels(像素) is on sale for only 2,000 yuan. Our address is No. 15, Heping Road.

D．John’s Clinic(诊所)

??? A famous dentist is here. He will give you some advice on your teeth. Come here at 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

E．Spring Travel Agency

??? If you tell us when you want to travel, we’ll give you a perfect trip. Our telephone number is 3289-9523.

F．A documentary about health

??? You can watch a documentary about health in the school hall at 6:00 pm on Wednesday. It tells us how to keep healthy and become healthy.

G．Big Screen Cinema

??? Next Sunday you can watch The Lorax in our cinema. It’s a great 3D cartoon movie from America.