New Payment Methods for Online Shopping in China
Payment Ways | Alipay(支付宝) | Tenpay(财付通) | Yeepay(易宝支付) | WeChat pay(微信) |
Appearing time | Dec 12th, 2004 | Sept 9th, 2005 | Aug 8th, 2003 | Jan 21st, 2011 |
Companies | Taobao | Tencent | Yeepay | Tencent |
Description | A transfer (中转) station (a third account (账户) between sellers and buyers) | |||
Ways | Through computers or mobile phones | |||
The number of cooperative banks | 180 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
The number of users | 30,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 100,000 | 3,000,000 |
1.According to the form above, we can know something about _________.
A.online shopping B.new payment methods
C.online stores D.the uses of the Internet
2.Which are from the same payment service company?
A.Tenpay and WeChat pay. B.Yeepay and WeChat pay.
C.Alipay and Tenpay. D.Tenpay and Yeepay
3.When you buy something on Taobao, the money you pay first goes to________.
A.a bank B.the seller directly
C.the seller’s mobile phone D.a third account between sellers and buyers
Mr. Hawkins, the headmaster, stopped Anna one day at the school gate.
“Now,” he said, “I want you to tell me the ________, my dear.” Feeling something terrible had happened, Anna said slowly, “________.”
“I have had a most ________ accusation(投诉) made against you by Mrs. Bond.”
“Mrs. Bond?” said Anna, not understanding. Janet Bond was a quiet little ________ of a child. As far as Anna could remember she had never had ________ to speak an angry word to the girl.
“Mrs. Bond,” went on Mr. Hawkins, “told me that you scolded (责备) her daughter yesterday afternoon.”
“Scolded?” cried Anna. “I certainly didn’t do that. ________ Not in school.” She added honestly.
Mrs. Bond’s________was that Janet was a little late back to school in the afternoon. She said she set out from home a little late.
“Just a minute.” Said Anna, beginning to ________. “She did come late, very late. I had marked her ________, of course. Then she ________ slowly in, when we’d started our paper—cutting, and I believe I said she was a nuisance (讨厌). She didn’t appear to hear, and was certainly quite ________.”
“A nuisance!” Mr. Hawkins couldn’t ________ it and asked, “You are sure you said nuisance?”
“I may not even have said that.” Anna replied, “I was not angry at all at that moment—________ I certainly didn’t scold.”
“Mrs. Bond said that you called her child a ‘nuisance’. Is that true?”
“Indeed it isn’t.” said Anna. “The child or the other had ________ it up!”
After Anna’s explanation, Mr. Hawkins felt ________. “Just as I thought, my dear, but of course I had to make sure.”
1.A.result B.truth C.news D.secret
2.A.No way B.Exactly C.Certainly not D.Naturally(自然地)
3.A.mistaken B.correct C.serious D.careless
4.A.mouse B.pig C.rabbit D.bird
5.A.courage(勇气) B.chance C.time D.cause
6.A.At first B.At least C.In fact D.After all
7.A.explanation B.excuse C.story D.question
8.A.think B.imagine C.complain D.understand
9.A.absent B.present(出席的) C.sick D.early
10.A.rushed B.jumped C.walked D.pushed
11.A.sad B.tired C.cheerful D.proud
12.A.guess B.repeat C.follow D.believe
13.A.as B.and C.but D.or
14.A.put B.picked C.looked D.made
15.A.interested B.satisfied C.angry D.surprised
—You know what? Peter won the first prize in the writing competition. Nobody has ever expected that.
—Well, ________.
A.it never rains but it pours
B.every dog has its day
C.the grass is always greener on the other side
D.practice makes perfect
Australia is a beautiful country and it’s ________ its Opera House.
A.filled with B.full of C.famous for D.famous as
—________ will the conversation begin?
—________ six o’clock.
A.How long; Not until B.How long; Until
C.How soon; Not until D.How soon; Until
My uncle ________ my aunt in 2008.
A.married to B.married with
C.has married D.got married to
