Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for shoppers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! Second, never let “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of contents on the back. Third，compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands(品牌)and different sizes of the same brand.
Another suggestion for shoppers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. However, they are still of high quality. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.
Wise shoppers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials(商业广告)，but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, will-informed shoppers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, shoppers can make a wise choice.
【小题1】 The author gives ________ suggestions to the shoppers in the passage.

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题2】We can learn from the passage that ____________________.

A．ordinary items are not so attractive because of the lower prices .

B．we can’t buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”.

C．the advertisers are always showing misinformation in the commercial.

D．the quality of ordinary items can be as good as that of famous brands.

【小题3】The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to advise shoppers _________________.

A．to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands

B．how to buy ordinary things in supermarkets

C．how to make a proper decision while shopping

D．not to believe advertisements or commercials

Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you’ll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn’t enough for shoppers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don’t buy anything just because it’s cheaper than usual! Second, never let “New and Improved!” or “All Natural” on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of contents on the back. Third，compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands(品牌)and different sizes of the same brand.
Another suggestion for shoppers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don’t spend much money on packing or advertising. However, they are still of high quality. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren’t very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores.
Wise shoppers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials(商业广告)，but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, will-informed shoppers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, shoppers can make a wise choice.
【小题1】 The author gives ________ suggestions to the shoppers in the passage.

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

【小题2】We can learn from the passage that ____________________.

A．ordinary items are not so attractive because of the lower prices .

B．we can’t buy items with words like “New and Improved” or “All Natural”.

C．the advertisers are always showing misinformation in the commercial.

D．the quality of ordinary items can be as good as that of famous brands.

【小题3】The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to advise shoppers _________________.

A．to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands

B．how to buy ordinary things in supermarkets

C．how to make a proper decision while shopping

D．not to believe advertisements or commercials

YUXI, China — Many people of this city in southwester China spent Saturday night in tents, too scared to sleep in their homes after an earthquake which killed 188 people early that morning.
Countless homes were destroyed and lots of people became homeless after the earthquake which is believed to have a magnitude of 7.
The quake was not as serious as the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008 that left more than 70,000 people dead in the Wenchuan area. But villagers who work in Chengdu, about 100 miles away, hurried back home Sunday morning, many on foot, the lucky ones on motorbikes, to check on their homes.
Song Yuanqing, 43, a worker, arrived back after a 22-hour trip and found his house was still there but had already been very unstable(摇摇欲坠). “We would like to do something, but we can’t do anything,” Mr. Song said as he sat with neighbors around an outdoor fire built by the village leader in his backyard.
In all, the government sent about 7,000 soldiers and People’s Armed Police officers to the earthquake-hit area. By Saturday evening, there were so many rescue workers in the area that the government asked volunteers to stop coming.
Li Keqiang, China’s prime minister, flew to the area and slept in a tent on Saturday evening in Lushan County.
The earthquake shook Sichuan Province at 8 a.m., when people were getting up a little later than usual because schools and universities were closed.
“We were just getting up and getting dressed in our dormitory when the building shook, and I looked outside from our window and saw a row of houses had collapsed,” Xu Yan, 22, a student at the Agricultural University in Ya’an, said in a telephone interview. “I had never flew down the stairs faster.”
The Chinese government said early Sunday that the death toll was 174, and about 5,700 people had been injured.
The earthquake was also felt in Chengdu, one of China’s biggest cities and the capital of Sichuan Province. People described water getting out of home aquariums and things like balls falling to the floor.
In the town of Longmen, another hard-hit area near Ya’an, a local man, Zhang Yan, said 90 percent of the buildings had collapsed.
“About 100 people died around here,” Ms. Zhang said in a telephone interview. “Rescue teams have not yet arrived. There is no water or electricity.”
In the 2008 quake, many schools of poor quality collapsed and killed thousands of students. This time, many people also expressed their worries about students on their micro-blogs.
Sichuan Province is also one of China’s best-known hometowns for pandas, and at the Bifengxia reserve, about six miles north of Ya’an, workers said that 20 pandas in the park were safe. “We examined the panda area after the quake, and they were not affected,” said Chen Yong, an officer of the reserve.
【小题1】When did the quake take place in Ya’an? On_______________________.

A．Saturday morning	B．Sunday morning
C．Saturday night	D．Sunday night

【小题2】Why did many people hurriy home after the earthquake.

A．They wanted to provide rescue to the hit area and give other people a helping hand as volunteers.

B．They wanted to find out the situation of their home.

C．They felt it too dangerous to stay where they had been.

D．There weren’t enough soldiers in the hit-area.

【小题3】What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Xu Yan didn’t make it through the stairs.

B．Xu Yan get out of the dorm quickly.

C．Xu Yan felt the earthquake shaking the stair.

D．Xu Yan was scared that he wouldn’t be able to catch up with the stair.

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true.

A．Tens of thousands of students were killed in Ya’an.

B．The earthquake also influenced some other cities.

C．The government took very quick actions.

D．Most buildings has collapsed in Longmen.

【小题5】Where would you most probably read this passage?

A．Reader.

B．A History of China’s Earthquakes

C．How to Survive(求生) in an Earthquake

D．China Weekly

YUXI, China — Many people of this city in southwester China spent Saturday night in tents, too scared to sleep in their homes after an earthquake which killed 188 people early that morning.

Countless homes were destroyed and lots of people became homeless after the earthquake which is believed to have a magnitude of 7.

The quake was not as serious as the 7.9-magnitude earthquake in 2008 that left more than 70,000 people dead in the Wenchuan area. But villagers who work in Chengdu, about 100 miles away, hurried back home Sunday morning, many on foot, the lucky ones on motorbikes, to check on their homes.

Song Yuanqing, 43, a worker, arrived back after a 22-hour trip and found his house was still there but had already been very unstable(摇摇欲坠). “We would like to do something, but we can’t do anything,” Mr. Song said as he sat with neighbors around an outdoor fire built by the village leader in his backyard.

In all, the government sent about 7,000 soldiers and People’s Armed Police officers to the earthquake-hit area. By Saturday evening, there were so many rescue workers in the area that the government asked volunteers to stop coming.

Li Keqiang, China’s prime minister, flew to the area and slept in a tent on Saturday evening in Lushan County.

The earthquake shook Sichuan Province at 8 a.m., when people were getting up a little later than usual because schools and universities were closed.

“We were just getting up and getting dressed in our dormitory when the building shook, and I looked outside from our window and saw a row of houses had collapsed,” Xu Yan, 22, a student at the Agricultural University in Ya’an, said in a telephone interview. “I had never flew down the stairs faster.”

The Chinese government said early Sunday that the death toll was 174, and about 5,700 people had been injured.

The earthquake was also felt in Chengdu, one of China’s biggest cities and the capital of Sichuan Province. People described water getting out of home aquariums and things like balls falling to the floor.

In the town of Longmen, another hard-hit area near Ya’an, a local man, Zhang Yan, said 90 percent of the buildings had collapsed.

“About 100 people died around here,” Ms. Zhang said in a telephone interview. “Rescue teams have not yet arrived. There is no water or electricity.”

In the 2008 quake, many schools of poor quality collapsed and killed thousands of students. This time, many people also expressed their worries about students on their micro-blogs.

Sichuan Province is also one of China’s best-known hometowns for pandas, and at the Bifengxia reserve, about six miles north of Ya’an, workers said that 20 pandas in the park were safe. “We examined the panda area after the quake, and they were not affected,” said Chen Yong, an officer of the reserve.

1.When did the quake take place in Ya’an? On_______________________.

A．Saturday morning                       B．Sunday morning

C．Saturday night                          D．Sunday night

2.Why did many people hurriy home after the earthquake.

A．They wanted to provide rescue to the hit area and give other people a helping hand as volunteers.

B．They wanted to find out the situation of their home.

C．They felt it too dangerous to stay where they had been.

D．There weren’t enough soldiers in the hit-area.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Xu Yan didn’t make it through the stairs.

B．Xu Yan get out of the dorm quickly.

C．Xu Yan felt the earthquake shaking the stair.

D．Xu Yan was scared that he wouldn’t be able to catch up with the stair.

4.Which of the following is NOT true.

A．Tens of thousands of students were killed in Ya’an.

B．The earthquake also influenced some other cities.

C．The government took very quick actions.

D．Most buildings has collapsed in Longmen.

5.Where would you most probably read this passage?

A．Reader.

B．A History of China’s Earthquakes

C．How to Survive(求生) in an Earthquake

D．China Weekly