Jasmine Meyers had the last laugh when the ocean swallowed her SUV Monday morning and brought it up an hour later, damaged, on the beach. Meyers was staying in Campbell River’s Eagles Nest Motel（汽車旅館）during the wild storm that attacked the east coast of Vancouver Island early this week.

“We woke up to my mom screaming ‘Your car! Your car! Your car’s about to go in the water,’”she said Wednesday.

She’d parked her car in the hotel’s parking lot that she described as a sort of a sea wall.

The storm that swept throughout coastal areas hit extra hard in the Campbell River area.

At about 8:30 am the bank below the parking lot gave way. Huge waves caught hold of the Toyota and took it into the water.

Her mother took pictures while the terrible waves pulled the car out to sea. Then Meyers and her family members could only watch helplessly as the car was struck and pushed around in front of the hotel.

“It floated around out there for about an hour.”

Then the ocean spit the car back up on the beach. Meyers said it sat there until Wednesday, when a tow truck finally recovered the destroyed car.

That’s the crazy part of the story. The fun part is what happened next.

“I went mad,” said Meyers. “I didn’t cry because I knew that I had insurance, but I went mad and I didn’t know what to do.”

Yeah, insurance: not just insurance, but replacement insurance.

“Replacement insurance only ever lasts for three years,”said Meyers. “Mine ends on Nov.22 I would have been crying if it had been 10 days later.”

1.Who witnessed the disaster first according to the passage?

A. Jasmine Meyers.

B. Jasmine Meyers’ husband

C. Jasmine Meyers’ mom

D. The hotel manager

2.What can we learn about the motel from the passage?

A. It has a large car park.

B. It is not far away from the coast.

C. It sells cars and insurance.

D. It can stand a storm.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Jasmine is very brave.

B. The car is very expensive

C. The mother enjoys taking pictures

D. The insurance company will pay for Jasmine’s loss

Everybody in this world is different from one another. But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?

As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs. These are influenced by society, our family, the education we receive and so on. Once this value system is set up, it’s not easy to change later in life.

Financial experts say that everyone also has their own belief of how to manage their finances. This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.

According to our different values, experts put us in three categories. They are the ant, the cricket and the snail.

◆ The ant— works first

Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don’t care about enjoying the moment. They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk.

◆ The cricket— fun first

The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn’t think too much about the future. They even borrow money when they really want something. Many young people now belong to this group. These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.

◆ The snail— lives under pressure

The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves. They take big long-term loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure they can afford it. This can cause problems in the future. They should plan more carefully.

1.Our beliefs and values are affected by the following except ______.

A. society B. the family

C. the education D. money

2.People with the character of the snail would like to _______.

A. enjoy life at the moment without thinking much about the future

B. put work before everything else.

C. live a luxury life at all costs

D. take the risk of investing a large sum of money

3.Which of the following has the character that the author prefers?

A. the ants B. the cricket

C. the snail D. none of the above

4.This passage mainly talks about _______.

A. spending nature of people

B. the reaction between man and insects

C. the insects in nature

D. the problems with dealing with money

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Many people today are worried about the quality of the food they eat. This concern has led to an increasing number of organic products appearing on supermarket shelves. Many people refuse to buy products that contain artificial colorings or preservatives, or foods that come from genetically modified (GM) crops, fearing that these foods are unhealthy and can cause cancer and other diseases. Some advocates of genetically modified foods consider such attitudes unjustified. I am one of them, and in this essay I will try to justify why I think concerns about GM foods have little value.

First of all, GM foods have been around for almost 20 years. Contrary to the claims of those who oppose GM foods, there have not been any officially reported cases of such foods causing cancer or any other diseases. In fact, research into GM foods has been unable to confirm any harmful effects on human health whatsoever.

Secondly, not everyone can afford organic foods. Climate change and rising fuel costs have led to global increases in the price of food, and as a result, many poor people are spending more money on feeding themselves. Many can hardly afford to buy food. GM plants are generally more resistant to droughts, floods and pests, and have higher production per hectare（公頃）, which leads to more affordable food prices.

The world population keeps growing and is expected to reach eight billion by 2015. People in fast-developing countries such as India and China are consuming more energy and food. The only solution to the ever-increasing demand for food is to grow more GM crops. Unless scientists and governments come up with a better solution, GM foods are here to stay.

To conclude, people are free to eat the food of their choice, whether it is organic or not. However, I think that many people overlook major benefits of GM foods, and instead choose to focus on the unproven negative effects of such foods.

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____the cake didn’t look very beautiful when it was finished, I still liked it very much.

A. Though B. As C. Because D. For

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A. that B. which

C. where D. the one

When I attended the first meeting, I was ____to write a poem and I had to read it to the Club.

A. exchanged B. questioned

C. suggested D. required

The club members said it was one of the best compositions they____.

A. hear B. have heard

C. heard D. had heard

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A. in charge of B. in the charge of

C. take charge of D. take the charge of

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A. experience; experiences B. experiences; experiences

C. experienced; experiences D. experienced; experience