Millions of people all over the world use the word“OK”. In fact, some people say the word“OK”means all right or acceptable; it expresses agreement or approval.
1. Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw. The Choctaw word “oken”means the same as the American word“okay”. Experts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the 19th century.
But many people doubt this. Language expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word“OK”in reports published in the 1960s. He said the word began being used in the 1830s. 2. Some foreignborn people wrote“all correct”as“oll korrect”， and used the letters OK. Other people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long ago. They said he put the first letters of his names—O and K—on each object people gave him to send on the train.
3. The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840. They called their group the OK Club. The letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin Van Buren was born－Old Kinderhook, New York.
Then there is the expression AOK. It is a spaceage expression. It was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan Shepard. He was the first American to be launched into space. His flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as planned. Shepard reported，“Everything is AOK.”4. One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been received.
There are also funny ways to say okay. 5. These expressions were first used in the 1930s. Today, a character on the American television series, “The Simpsons”， says it another way. He says okelydokely.
A．Some people say okeydokey or okeydoke.
B．Still others say a political organization invented the word.
C．Therefore, it has become popular in that area from then on.
D．But many experts don't agree on what the expression means.
E．Language experts do not agree about where the word came from.
F．It was a short way of writing a different spelling of the words“all correct”．
G．However, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age.
Shopping in the United States changes a lot. About ninety years ago most people shopped in small stores that were owned by one person or a family. Women went from the bakery to the butcher's to the grocer and on to the fruit and vegetable seller in order to get their food for the week.
Then about sixty years ago, supermarkets were born. In a supermarket, people could get all the different kinds of food they needed without going to different stores.
The next big change in shopping in the United States was the shopping mall. A shopping mall is a group of stores under one roof. Because malls allowed people to shop without worrying about the weather, they soon became very popular. The mall became a place for people to socialize in addition to shopping. If you walk through a mall, you will see older people sitting, chatting and drinking coffee. Malls are places for teenagers to hang out. Many teens will often just“go to the mall”and spend time with their friends.
The recent change in American shopping was the superstore. Large chain stores such as WalMart, Office Depot and Toys“R”Us have been built all across the United States. Because they are so large, they can buy goods at a great discount and sell them much cheaper than smaller stores.
Sometimes, when they are built near small towns, many of the small town stores have to close. They just cannot compete with their giant neighbors.
And now, online shopping is becoming more and more popular all over the States. People are too busy to go to the physical stores, so they go shopping over the Internet. Online shopping has lots of advantages. For instance, online stores are usually available 24 hours a day. Searching or browsing online shops can be faster than browsing the physical stores. While, online shopping also has its disadvantages. People are at higher risk of being cheated on the part of the merchant than in a physical store. And privacy of personal information may be let out.
1.Which of the following shows the right order of shopping development in the United States?
①small stores
②superstores
③shopping malls
④shopping online
⑤supermarkets
A. ①②③④⑤ B. ①⑤②③④
C. ①⑤③②④ D. ②③④①⑤
2.Which is the place for people to spend time with others according to the passage?
A. Shopping malls. B. Small stores.
C. Supermarkets. D. Superstores.
3.Why can the superstores sell products at much lower prices?
A. Because they are built near small towns.
B. Because they are across the United States.
C. Because they sell all kinds of products people need.
D. Because they can buy goods at a reduction in the prices.
4.What's the disadvantage of online shopping according to the passage?
A. Wasting time.
B. Leaking personal information.
C. Fixed prices.
D. No chance to do physical activities.
1.The police ________ (搜捕)him everywhere. He was caught at last and now the police are ________(搜身)him.
2.I can't ________ the twins ________ (区别；分开)．
3.__________________________________________(毫无疑问)we will be successful.
4.He ________ (会被认为是)a weak leader.
5.The old couple __________________________(从战争中幸存下来)．
The house was sold for $60000，which was far more than its real__________.
A. cost B. value
C. price D. money
The time is not far away ________ the news will be made known ________ will represent our company to attend the coming medical conference to be held in Beijing.
A. until；who B. when; who
C. before; which D. when; whenever
I'd like the red silk dress__________that black one if you let me choose.
A. other than B. rather than
C. more or less D. more than
