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(主人) 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 de
al(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 d
eals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
"Why are all these packages(包裹)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 littl
e 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 spe
nd that much money- online or off!
"How much did all of this coat?"
"Oh, only about $15 in all!" She said excitedly. "Everything on eBay is on sale! It"s way better than
going to the mall."
I felt as if 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.
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
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
B. loves the big store in her backyard
C. feels she is a true master of the Internet
D. never enjoyed shopping that much
B. To do business on the Internet.
C. To tell the readers how he begins online shopping.
D. To advise people not to do online shopping
Social Program: 22nd-26th August 2011
Monday Evening-Study Centre or Sports Park
Study Center: The school will be open from 7.45 pm to 9.35pm.
Sports Park: Aerobics, Swimming or Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card).
Tuesday Evening-Cinema
Cinema: To get your free ticket, you must write down which film you wou
ld like to watch. See the
leaflet on the board for this evening"s UCI Cinema program. For more information about the films, visit
the UCI website www.uci.co.uk or see the film section in this week"s Time Out magazine.
Wednesday Evening-Study Centre of Tennis Coaching
Study Center: The school will be open from 7.35 pm to 9.35 pm.
Tennis Coac
hing: With former Junior Wimbledon tennis player Stuart Silvester.
Thursday Evening-Chinese Party
Chinese Party: Come along and enjoy the hospitality of the Chinese students! You can try delicious
Chinese food and learn about Chinese traditions. Please note that you should eat your evening meal at
your home-stay, as the food is a taster and not a full meal. Non alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be
served.
Friday afternoon-Historical Walking Tour or Sports Parks
Historical Walking Tour: This afternoon you will have the opportunity to visit parts of Norwich you
may have otherwise missed, with a professional guide. In medieval times Norwich was the second most
important city in England and this afternoon you can learn some of the interesting history of our fine city.
Sports Park: Badminton, Basketball, Fitness Training (with a Fitness Card), Football, Squash,
Swimming or Volleyball.
Please sign early if you wish to play any of the sports listed above.
1. You can do all the following things during the weekday except ___________.
A. going to the cinema
B. going to the Chinese party
C. taking a historical walking tour
D. taking a mountain climbing tour
2. The passage may probably be found ___________.
A. in a school"s bulletin board
B. in a school"s text book
C. in a latest newspaper
D. in a fashion magazine
3. From the passage we know that ___________.
A. students have to pay for the film tickets
B. some of the students in the school are Chinese
C. Norwich is the second largest city in Britain
D. the school is closed during the daytime
4 From the passage we can infer that __________.
A. students in the school can have access to computers
B. students in the school only have morning classes
C. the school often serves Chinese food to students
D. every Friday afternoon the students will have a tour
ient lake on Mars recently, increasing hopes of discovering evidence that billions of years ago the Red planet hosted life.
The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80
square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep, said the team from the U
niversity of Colorado."This is the first clear evidence of shorelines on the surface of Mars,"said Boulder" s research
associate, Gaetano Di Achille, in a study published in the latest edition of Geophysical Research
Letters.
"The identification of the shorelines and accompanying geological evidence allows us to calculate
the size and volume of the lake, which appears to have formed about 3.4 billion years ago."
Analysi
s of the images has shown the water carved out the canyon (溪谷) in which it was found, which then opened out into a valley depositing (使淤积) sediment (沉积) which formed a delta
(三角洲).
"Finding shorelines is a great discovery to us," said assistant professor Brian Hynek, adding it
showed the lake existed at a time when Mars was thought to have been cold and dry.
Scientists believe the oldest surfaces on Mars formed during the wet and warm era known as the
Noachan epoch, about 4.1 billion to 3.7 billion years ago.
The newly discovered lake is believed to date from the Hesperian era and postdates the end of the
warm and wet period on Mars by 300 million years, according to the study.
Scientists believe deltas next to the lake may well hold secrets about past life on Mars as such places
on Earth have become the natural deposits of organic carbon and other markers of life.
1. The size of the lake found on Mars is ______.
A. 80 square miles
B. 1,500 square miles
C. 3.4 billion square miles
D. 300 million square miles
2. When the lake existed, the weather on Mars was ____.
A. hot and wet
B. wet and warm
C. cold and dry
D. cold and wet
3. Why do scientists think deltas near the lake may hold secrets about past life on Mars?
A. Because similar places on Earth have become natural deposits of marker
s of life. B. Because someone has put secrets about past life on Mars there.
C. Because past life has been found in other deltas on Mars.
D. Because some people are said to have already seen life marks there.
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The Noachan epoch was a wet and warm era.
B. The lake might have existed 3.4 billion years.
C. The discovery can" t fully prove that the Mars once hosted life.
D. The lake traces prove that there exists life on Mars now.
Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve
happiness? 1 . The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely
increase if you are going after something you value.
Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded
by people who think that way. 2 .
When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly
happy people don" t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they
can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
3 . These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and
will lead you to continuous happiness.
4 . Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra
minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that
would otherwise make you happy.
Keeping healthy is an
other way to achieve happiness. 5 .A. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.
B. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious.
C. Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood.
D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.
E. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
F. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
G. It" s also important to take some time ea
ch day to do something nice for yourself. BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours
of the country have pros and cons.
GOOD NEWS
Free museums. No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities.
Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival(与…匹敌)the US on this score.
Black cabs. London taxi drivers know where they ar
e going even if there are never enough of them
at weekends or night.
Choice of food. Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion. Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne
Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
BAD NEWS
Poor service. "It"s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have
experienced," says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University"s International Tourism Research Center.
Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the
over crowded London tube is inexplicably(难以理解的) popular.
Lack of languages. Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visito
rs very far, even in
the tourist traps(圈套).
Rain. Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning. So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours. Alcohol(酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in "24-hour cities".
1. What do tourists complain most?
A. Poor service.
B. Poor public transport.
C. Rain.
D. Overpriced hotels.
2. What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
A. Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.
B. Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.
C. Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.
D. Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.
3. When is alcohol not able to get?
A. At 9: 00 pm
B. At 10: 00 pm
C. At 11: 00 pm
D. At 12: 00 pm
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. You have to pay to visit the museums.
B. It"s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
C. You cannot find Chinese food there.
D. The public transport is poor there.
time and money! Best of all, it is free!
It"s "no".
What do you ask? We"ll say it again: "No".
Sweet and simple "no".
Say "no" at your office and see how quickly that pile of work on your desk disappears.
"Saying "no" to others means you are saying "yes" to yourself, " said Leslie Charles, a professional
speaker from East Lansing, Michigan.
"Time is precious. People are spending money buying ti
me. And yet we are willing to give up our time because we can"t say "no"."
Susie Watson, a famous writer, said people who always say "yes" need to say "no" without guilt(内
疚)or fear of punis
hment. "I would rather have someone give me a loving "no" than an obligated(强制的)"yes", " she said.
Susie Watson says she feels "no" obligation to give an explanation when she says "no" either socially
or professionally. Does she feel guilty about it? "Not at all," said Watson, who is director of advertising
and public relations at Timex Corp in Middlebury, Conneticut. "Most people are afraid of saying "no"…
My advice is to say "yes" only if you don"t mean "no"."
Watson said "no" is the most effective weapon against wasting time. "Every year there are more
demands on your time… Other people are happy to use up your time. " Watson said. Time saving
appears to be "no"s" greatest friend.
"No" can be your new friend, a powerful tool to take back your life. "No" may even tak
e you further in the business world than "yes".
"No" is power and strength. "No" now seems completely correct. "Saying "no" isn"t easy. But finally
it"s greatly liberating," Charles said. But, he adde
d, a "no" project needs to be worked on every day because it is hard to change long-term habit.
But, he also warns: "Don"t go to extremes. Don"t find yourself saying "no" to everything. In return you
should learn to hear "no"."
1. The sentence "Saying "yes" to yourself" means _______.
A. you can have more time to play with other
sB. you needn"t care about other"s feeling if you are
happyC. you are selfish and treat others rudely
D. you can deal with your business as you have planned
2. When you say "no" to others you should say it in a _______.
A. secret way
B. polite way
C. proud way
D. guilty way
3. In Watson"s opinion, peoplecan save much time on condition that _______.
A. they say "no" at a suitable time
B. they say "no" as much as possible
C. they are afraid of saying "no"
D. they make others angry at them
4. If a person says "no" to everything, the result he or she receives may be that he or she______.
A. enjoys a wo
nderful life B. makes a lot of money
C. faces difficulty in life
D. forgets to say "yes" in the end
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- 2方程x2=6x的根是（ ）A．x1=0，x2=-6B．x1=0，x2=6C．x=6D．x=0
- 3—Have you ever been to Hong Kong? —Yes, I _____ there last m
- 4已知：碱金属或碱土金属（Ⅱ族）与H2在隔绝空气加热时要以发生反应，生成离子型金属氢化物，如NaH、CaH2等，它们易与水
- 5你在粗盐的提纯实验中，三个主要实验操作步骤顺序为（ ）A．溶解、过滤、蒸发B．过滤、蒸发、溶解C．溶解、蒸发、过滤D．
- 6阅读《谦和是一种力量》，回答小题（12分）谦和是一种力量①在纷繁复杂的社会中，你总是要面对各种各样的问题。当冲突横亘在你
- 7下面是一则消息，请为它拟写一条标题。要求：运用对偶修辞，不超过20字。（4分）2月1日，音乐之乡维也纳飘起小雪，而音乐圣
- 8“不买最好的，只买最贵的”，这句话反映了一部分人的消费心理，经济学家称之为“炫耀性消费”。消费观在一定程度上反映了一个人
- 9把地球看成一个表面光滑的球体，假设沿地球赤道绕紧一圈钢丝，然后把钢丝加长，使钢丝圈沿赤道处处高出球面16cm，那么钢丝大
- 10计算题（1）（2×102）×（3×103）（2）-15+(12)2+(π-3)0．（3）（2x）3-y3÷（16xy2）
- 1各式各样的剪刀都可看作杠杆．如图所示，要剪开铁皮，应该用 最合适，剪纸或布时，应该用 最合适．
- 2若（m，n）在第二象限，则（2-m，n-1）在第 象限。
- 3如图，Rt△ABC中，∠C=90°，CD⊥AB于D，BC=3，AC=3，则BD=______．
- 4 如图是某赛季甲、乙两名篮球运动员每场比赛得分的茎叶图，则在这几场比赛中甲得分的中位数与乙得分的众数分别是（ ） A
- 525. Thirty years ago this month，China"s leaders launched an
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