Online shopping has become more and more popular these years. Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping, according to a study published last week in the US.
For years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women, but during the 2013 holiday season 58 percent of those shopping online were women.
“It shows how popular the Internet is becoming,” said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group, which carried out the study. Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.
Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the surprising increase in the online gift-buying population this time around.
However, three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2013. They worried about credit card security(信用卡安全), or just compared online prices with off-line prices, then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.
“But even if shoppers don’t buy online, websites are becoming promotion(促销) tools for stores,” said Dan Hess’ vice president of Com Score Network Inc. Hess said that actually most stores, websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.
“It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient(效率高的), more reliable and more comfortable.” Hess said.
1.Which of the following statements is true?
A. There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2013
B. More women shopped online than men in 2013
C. Most of the Internet users between the ages 18 and 29 were women
D. People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online
2.What does the underlined part “dashed off” probably mean?
A. 关闭 B. 推迟
C. 匆忙 D. 起飞
3.According to Dan Hess, shopping online is .
A. unsafe B. convenient
C. a waste of money D. cheaper
Friendships can be difficult-because often people aren’t as honest and open as they should be. Sometimes, people end up getting hurt.
Most problems with friendships come up because people are just too selfish to care about the things that their friends need. They care about their own needs much more, which makes it hard for friendships to work. However, being selfish is part of human nature. A person is put together in order to take care of himself and their own needs, not necessarily those needs of other people. Even though being selfish is something that all humans are born with, it is something that everyone should be against.
The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friends the same way as you'd like to be treated. This is wonderful advice for a friendship because it is really the only way to make sure that you are giving your friends everything you would want to be given in a friendship. Whenever you have a question about how you should treat a friend, it is easy to find an answer simply by asking yourself what you would like your friend to do for you, if he or she is in your shoes.
Even if you're always thinking about how you'd like to be treated, and your friends are too, there are issuer(问题，忧虑) that come up from time to time in each friendship, and it is important to understand how to deal with these issues so that you can build stronger and healthier friendships. Issues like friends getting boyfriends or girlfriends and not spending enough time with their friends, or even friends finding new friends and leaving old friends behind are issues that will probably come up with one or more of your friendships. It is important to know how to deal with these issues so that you can keep your friends and make new ones. No one wants to have a broken friendship.
1.This passage mainly deals with .
A. the importance of friendships
B. the advantages of friendships
C. the problems with friendships
D. the meaning of friendships
2.According to the author, problems with friendships may appear when .
A. one is honest B. one is selfish
C. one is open D. one is too busy
3.According to the passage, the first and most important thing to be other people's friend is .
A. to treat your friend as fairly as possible
B. to give your friends whatever you have
C. not to hurt your friends' feelings
D. not to think of your own need any more
4.The paragraphs following the passage may be about how to .
A. make friends B. treat friends correctly
C. keep friends D. deal with friendship issues
I was never very neat, while my roommate Kate was extremely organized. Each of her objects had its place, but mine always hid somewhere. She even labeled(贴标签) everything. I always looked for everything. Over time, Kate got neater and I got messier. She would push my dirty clothing over, and I would lay my books on her tidy desk. We both got tired of each other.
War broke out one evening. Kate came into the room. Soon, I heard her screaming. “Take your shoes away! Why under my bed!” Deafened, I saw my shoes flying at me. I jumped to my feet and started yelling. She yelled back louder.
The room was filled with anger. We could not have stayed together for a single minute but for a phone call. Kate answered it. From her end of the conversation, I could tell right away her grandma was seriously ill. When she hung up, she quickly crawled(爬under her covers, sobbing. Obviously, that was something she should not go through alone. All of a sudden, a warm feeling of sympathy rose up in my heart.
Slowly, I collected the pencils, took back the books, made my bed, cleaned the socks and swept the floor, even on her side. I got so into my work that I even didn’t notice Kate had sat up. She was watching, her tears dried and her expression one of disbelief. Then, she reached out her hands to grasp mine. I looked up into her eyes. She smiled at me, “Thanks.”
Kate and I stayed roommates for the rest of the year. We didn’t always agree, but we learned the key to living together: giving in, cleaning up and holding on.
1.What made Kate so angry one evening?
A. She couldn’t find her books
B. She heard the author shouting loud
C. She got the news that her grandma was ill
D. She saw the author’s shoes beneath her bed
2.The author tidied up the room most probably because .
A. she was scared by Kate’s anger
B. she hated herself for being so messy
C. she wanted to show her care
D. she was asked by Kate to do so
3.How is Paragraph 1 mainly developed?
A. By analyzing causes B. By showing differences
C. By describing a process D. By following time order
今年11月23日为感恩节，我校要举办一次以“Be Grateful”为主题的演讲比赛，请根据以下提示写一篇演讲稿参赛。
主要内容包括：1：为什么要学会感恩？ 2：要对谁感恩？ 3：感恩的实际行动（例如给父母泡杯茶或者洗洗脚，给老师做感恩卡谢谢他们的教导，对同学朋友的帮助表示感谢等等） 4：可以适当增加细节使行文连贯流畅 5：词数：100词左右。
Be grateful
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文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I am interesting in spiders (蜘蛛), so this summer I watched them for quite long lime. Spiders don’t look beautifully, but they have their own way of killing flying insects. They often build “bridges” between branch. They climb up a branch slowly, pulling some silk. Then they pull the silk towards another branch. When they built many “bridges”, they begin to form webs. As long as insects happen to touch the webs, no matter what hard they try, they can’t escape. One day, there was a stronger wind, and the webs were broken, but the spiders still went on to building their “bridges”. They are not afraid with difficulties. As students, we should learn from it.
Driving to the airport in the early morning. I felt 1. (excite) because I would spend the summer in Paris. While looking for more interesting things 2. (do) besides sleeping and eating on the plane, I jumped at the chance to study French in this city 3. (know) for its art, food, and culture.
My connecting flight (转机) was in Frandfurt, Germany, 14 hours from Denver. But when I arrived there, a feeling of 4. (anxious) began to set in. Being in a big, busy building in a country 5. I could not speak the language made me nervous, 6. as I found my way, I gained confidence. When I boarded the second plane and discovered that the flight was less than an hour, I was filled with excitement.
When I stepped on foreign ground for the first time, I was 7. (extreme) happy. I gathered my bags and joined the crowd of people 8. (wait) for friends and family. I quickly had my first experience trying to communicate9. a language that I had only practiced in school. As I left 10. airport, with one sharp turn, the Eiffel Tower came into view. I was finally in Paris.
