Before 2002，nearly everybody knew that Wang Tao was the first Chinese to take part in a World Expo（博览会）．Wang Tao，a writer from Jiangsu Province，took part in the 1867 Paris World Expo and wrote an article about his experience．

    But at the end of 2002，some people in Shanghai were surprised to find that the first contact（接触）with World Expo actually happened 16 years earlier-in 1851，a man called Xu Rongcun took part in the first World Expo ever, the London World Expo．

    Xu Rongcun was a businessman who sold silk（丝绸）and tea in Shanghai．In 1851，when the United Kingdom announced that it would hold the first World Expo，Xu Rongcun thought it was a great chance to show his silk to the world．He sent 12 bags of “Huzhou Silk” to the United Kingdom．

At the beginning of the Expo，the people didn't pay much attention to Xu Rongcun's silk．However because of its excellent quality, the silk won gold and silver medals at the Expo in the end．

If there were no World Expo，Xu Rongcun might just be a successful businessman．But his experience at the first World Expo engraved his name on the history of World Expo．

    根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。

1．Now we all know that Wang Tao is the first Chinese to take part in a World Expo．

2．Wang Tao wrote an article about his experience of the Paris World Expo．

3．In 1867, the first World Expo was held in the United Kingdom．

4．A Chinese businessman called Xu Rongcun took part in the first World Expo．

5．Xu Rongcun's silk won gold and silver medals at the first Expo in the end．

 

Now lots of teenagers like smoking. It's a big problem. Some of them smoke, just for fun and some think smoking looks cool. Others smoke because there are many people around them that smoke.

As we all know, smoking is harmful, especially to students. Some teenagers even steal money so that they can buy cigarettes. Besides, smoking does harm to brains and it can influence studies. Finally, it is bad for health because it can cause diseases.

Therefore(因此), we should protect ourselves from smoking. First, we should learn more about the danger of smoking. Second, we should keep away from people who smoke.

1.Now some teenagers like smoking because_________.

A. smoking is good for them

B. their parents want them to do so

C. they think it is fun

2.From the passage, we know some teenagers steal money in order to _______.

A. buy cigarettes   B. buy books    C. play games

3.Smoking is harmful to_________    .

A. brains               B. legs        C. eyes

4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Smoking can cause diseases.

B. Smoking can influence studies.

C. We shouldn't keep away from people who smoke.

5.The writer of the passage wants teenagers________.

A. to smoke           B. not to smoke        C. not to keep away from smoking

 

Can you make animals work for us? Some scientists think that one day we can teach animals to do a lot of things for people. In a film shown on TV, you may see elephants, monkeys, tigers or some other animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something. Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some of the easy work if they know they will get something to eat. We all know elephants can carry large logs(圆木)，and dogs can look after houses. And we even teach animals to work in factories. In America, for example, people have used apes to help make cars and scientists think that those large monkeys may drive trains one day. Now people are trying to get them to do the same thing that man does.
【小题1】Scientists think animals can help people to do something _____ .

A．if they know they will get food after doing something.

B．because animals are so clever.

C．if they know the work is easy enough

D．because most animals are friendly to man

【小题2】_______ can do some heavy work because they are so strong.

A．Tigers

B．Elephants

C．Monkeys

D．Dogs

【小题3】What does the underlined word “apes”   mean in Chinese?

A．猎豹

B．猿猴

C．孔雀

D．狮子

【小题4】Scientists are planning to make big monkeys to________.

A．make trains

B．carry logs

C．drive trains

D．work at school

【小题5】If we teach animals carefully, ________.

A．some animals can do the same things as man does.

B．all the animals can work for us.

C．many animals can do all the work as we do.

D．we may get many animals to work without giving them food.

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1.You had better brush your t________ twice a day．

2.You can i_______`your English if you study hard．

3.The good news s________ very fast．We all know it now．

4.Walking is a good exercise and it is n__________ for your health．

5.The classroom is so noisy that we can't hear the teacher c______________．

 

I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇员)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
【小题1】From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

A．had no experience using computers

B．had no idea of what e-commerce is

C．only used the Internet to check e-mail

D．thought surfing the Internet was a waste of time

【小题2】The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until       

A．he stopped web-surfing

B．he visited a store in his backyard

C．his friends told him about the online deals they made

D．his sister explained the packages she got by mail

【小题3】We can infer from the last paragraph that the author       .

A．has begun to enjoy online shopping

B．loves the big store in her backyard

C．feels she is a true master of the Internet

D．never enjoyed shopping that much

【小题4】What’s the purpose of the article?

A．To make an online shopping ad.

B．To do business on the Internet.

C．To advise people to do online shopping

D．To suggest how he begins online shopping.

【小题5】What would be the best title of the article?

A．Online Business	B．Good deals
C．A master of the Internet	D．Everything on Sale