--- I think you’d better type this letter again before Mr. Smith see it.

--- Oh, dear! _____.

A. Who cares?       B. No problem     C. I don’t mind at all          D. Is it as bad as that?

He pretended to be a doctor，but ____ he is a cheat．

A．in a word              B．in practice               C．in particular            D．in all

—John and Lucia got married last week. Did you go to their wedding?

—No, I _____ a lecture in another city.

A. gave   B. have given    C. had given     D. was giving

My topic today is the Internet. It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!

Dear David,

I’m a middle school student. Now I am preparing for a writing competition. Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and

Give me some advice?                           No name                                                                               David writes: I’m very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition--- unfair to the other competitors!

But I’ll say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck.

Dear David,

     I’m now learning English by myself. Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me.

Moonlight

David writes: Well, dear moonlight, I think you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies. Two very good websites I’d suggest to you are:

www.britishcouncil.org.cn and www.britishcouncil.org.cn/learn.

     By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L (English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List).

     And also, a healthy warning to all my readers: If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT—A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!

David is probably a ________.

   A. language expert        B. computer expert    

C. college student         D. club chairman

 What is the reason why the first letter is unable to be fully answered?

A. David is unable to think out good advice.

B. David thinks it is expected to play fair in the competition.

C. David is going to talk on another topic-Internet.

D. David finds no mistakes in that article.

“www.britishcouncil.org.cn” is a (an)________.

A. English newspaper for students and language teachers.

B. website where one can join a discussion group.

C. newspaper column for answering readers’ questions .

D. website where one can make foreign friends.

Her friends required that the invitation_________ in no time.

  A. could accept          B. not be accepted

C. be not accepted        D. would be accepted

從2007年郭德綱代言“藏秘排油茶” 涉嫌虛假宣傳到2010年成龍代言的“霸王洗發(fā)水”被曝含有致癌物質(zhì)的二惡烷，明星代言廣告不時(shí)出現(xiàn)問題，請你以“名人與廣告”(Celebrities and Advertisements)為題寫一篇120詞左右的短文：

1 簡單分析明星代言對企業(yè)、明星個人和消費(fèi)者可能產(chǎn)生的影響。

2 提出1-2條合理化建議，以避免虛假廣告給消費(fèi)者帶來的傷害。

3 標(biāo)題與開頭已給，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)，注意字跡工整與卷面整潔。

Celebrities and Advertisements

As we know, a lot of companies like to invite celebrities to be their mouthpieces.

–How can I operate this machine?

—Well, just refer to the _______.

A. explanations             B. expressions C. introductions     D. instructions

—Your sister nearly _____ all her spare time to her study during the three years.

   —That's right, or she _____ the first place in her school in the College Entrance Examination.

   A. spent; wouldn't have taken           B. devoted; wouldn't have taken

   C. hadn't devoted; hadn't taken           D. hadn't spent; couldn't

Women turn to online shopping

    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 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women.

    “It shows how mainstream 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 of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic（顯著的）increases in the online gift-buying population this time around.

    However，three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004．They worried about credit card security，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 tools for stores，”said Dan Hess，vice president of Comscore Networks 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，more reliable and more comfortable，” Hess said.

Which of the following statements is true?

    A．There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004．

    B．Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.

    C．People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

    D．More women shopped online than men in 2004.

From the passage we can infer that________.

    A．men usually decide how to spend money in the family

    B．women usually decide what to buy in the family

    C．the Internet is used in all the shops.

    D．more and more shops will sell their goods online.

According to Dan Hess，shopping online___________.

A．is unsafe   B．is convenient      C．is a waste of time   D．is cheaper

What can we know from the passage?

    A．American people only buy gifts in holidays.

    B．Shopping online is fun for women.

    C．Shopping off-line provides better service.

D．Young people like to do gift-shopping online.

       How do you get a man to do his share of the housework? If you are like most women, you’ve faced this question the hard way.

       A man will enjoy a clean, orderly house, but he usually won’t make the effort to clean or organise it. This doesn't mean that a woman has to do all the housework:; she may have to manage many of the household duties, and request her partner’s participation（參與）. A woman can often say that men and women should take equal responsibility（責(zé)任） for housework.

       Very few men are raised to be fully responsible for housework, and many men look on housework as women’s work. On the other hand, most men will readily work around the yard, make repairs and complete projects on weekends or evenings, and it’s important that you give your man appreciation for those things, too. Most men will take on a little additional housework around the house if asked politely. They are even more likely to do housework if they can choose what they want to do, and do it without being monitored.

       Here’s the key: men want to feel that they are doing housework either because they want to do a task, or because they simply want to please their women. Men are much less likely to take on household tasks they consider uninteresting and unimportant. In other words, men are likely to do a household task just for the good of the house.

The passage is mainly about how to _____.

       A. get men to take on some housework

       B. get men to serve their families

       C. praise men’ housework

       D. make men do all the housework

According to the passage, a man_____.

       A. is willing to do housework

   B. likes to be told to do housework

       C. is taught to be responsible for housework from childhood

       D. likes a clean house but doesn’t make efforts to clean it

In order to get men to do some housework, women should often_____.

       A. order them to do their share

       B. ask them to do some housework politely

       C. blame men’s laziness

       D. monitor men’s work

According to the passage, the underlined sentence in the last paragraph means that men won’t _____.

       A. work without any payment

       B. do unimportant household tasks

       C. do housework without women’s praise

       D. please their wives

According to the passage, which of the following would a husband most probably like to do?

       A. Cleaning the table.    B. Doing some sewing.

       C. Painting the fence.    D. Asking his wife to work on the yard.