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on every high street. The charity shop is a British institution, selling everything from clothes to electric goods,
all at very good prices. You can get things you won"t find in the shops anymore. The thing I like best about
them is that your money is going to a good cause and not into the pockets of profit-driven companies, and you
are not damaging the planet, but finding a new home for unwanted goods.
The first charity shop was opened in 1947 by Oxfam. The famous charity"s appeal (呼吁) to aid postwar
Greece had been so successful that it had been flooded with donations (捐赠物). They decided to set up a
shop to sell some of these donations to raise money for that appeal. Now there are over 7,000 charity shops
in the UK. My favorite charity shop in my hometown is the Red Cross shop, where I always find children"s
books, all 10 or 20 pence each.
Most of the people working in the charity shops are volunteers, although there is often a manager who
gets paid. Over 90% of the goods in the charity shops are donated by the public. Every morning you see bags
of unwanted items outside the front of shops, although they don"t encourage this, rather ask people to bring
things in when the shop is open.
The shops have very low running costs: all profits go to charity work. Charity shops raise more than
￡110 million a year, funding (资助) medical research, overseas aid, supporting sick and poor children,
homeless and disabled people, and much more. What a better place to spend your money? You get something
special for a very good price and a good moral sense. You provide funds to a good cause and tread lightly on
the environment.
B. its great variety of goods
C. its spirit of goodwill
D. its nice shopping environment
B. deal with unwanted things
C. raise money for patients
D. help a foreign country
B. The staff are usually well paid.
C. 90% of the donations are second-hand.
D. They are open twenty-four hours a day.
B. Charity Shop: Its Origin & Development.
C. Charity Shop: Where You Buy to Donate.
D. The Public"s Concern about Charity Shops.
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试题【阅读理解。 I love charity (慈善) shops and so do lots of other people in Britain be】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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stand much closer to nature 1______ in the choice of materials or shapes of buildings. There are many
such architects and their 2______ come from nature. Antonio Gaudi was a 3______ architect, 4______
he used traditional materials such as earth and brick. You can see most of his works constructed in and
around Barcelona, including one 5_____ roof looks like the back of a dragon.
of a province that is also named Valencia. The city is a market centre for what is produced by the land around
the city. Most of the city"s money is made from farming. It is also a busy business city, with ships, railways,
clothes and machine factories. Valencia has an old part with white buildings, coloured roofs, and narrow streets.
The modern part has long, wide streets and new buildings. Valencia is well known for its parks and gardens.
It has many old churches and museums. The university in the centre of the city was built in the 13th century.
The city of Valencia has been known since the 2nd century. In the 8th century it was the capital of Spain.
There is also an important city in Venezuela (委内瑞拉) named Valencia.
B. two
C. three
D. four
B. The length of the streets
C. The age of the buildings
D. The colour of the roofs
B. Its university
C. Its churches and museums
D. Its parks and gardens
B. business
C. factories
D. farming
still remains a question for many people. Karaoke is a sort of acoustic equipment which was invented in Japan
around the middle of the 1970"s. It means "a band without people" in Japanese. In fact, it is just a music tape
without words. This equipment first appeared in some public houses and snack bars, and mainly for the
customers to enjoy themselves. Most of the music in Karaoke was popular music. Therefore, at times, when
anyone felt like it, he might sing songs to the accompaniment of the music that came from the equipment.
Shortly after its invention, Karaoke was spread to the whole world. It was introduced to China and was
welcomed by many people. Although you are not a good singer, or even sometimes you may sing out of tune,
you can always enjoy yourself by singing Karaoke.
B. who play music together
C. living in the same neighborhood
D. doing things together under a leader and with a common purpose
B. cassette tape recorder
C. band from Japan
D. voice recording equipment
B. long before
C. not long after it was invented
D. before long
B. to introduce Karaoke to the people
C. Karaoke is a wonderful equipment
D. Karaoke is used everywhere including snack bars
People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is
one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th
century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty.
But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes "poison apples." President
Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to
Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The
President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the
President"s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would
serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.
B. Americans didn"t eat tomatoes before 19th century.
C. Even now Americans don"t eat tomatoes.
D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.
B. when he was a little boy
C. because his parents told him so
D. from books
B. a French cook
C. the President"s cook
D. the President"s wife
B. from France
C. people of his own country
D. men only
B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President"s cook was nice.
C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.
D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.
about mountains.
It was only in the eighteenth century 1 people in Europe began to 2 that mountains were beautiful.
3 that time, mountains were feared by the people 4 on the plain (平原), especially by the city people,
5 the mountains were wild and 6 places 7 one was easily 8 or killed by terrible animals.
Slowly, 9 , many people who were living 10 in the towns began to grow 11 city life. They began
to feel 12 looking for wild excitement, as their attention turned from the man-made town to the untouched
13 , and to places 14 dangerous and wild. So high mountains became 15 for a holiday.
Then mountain-climbing started to grow 16 . To some people, there is something 17 about getting to
the 18 of a high mountain: a struggle against nature is finer than a battle 19 other human beings. And after
a difficult climb, what a reward it is to 20 everything within sight!