英语周考四

高一英语周考三

2018 年9 月23

一. 阅读理解

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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 his 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 guard against.

The best thing to remember when you are a friend to anyone is that you need to treat your friend 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 friend 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 issues 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. Is-sues 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 alone

D. one is too busy

(3) According to the passage, the first and most important thing to be other people’s

A. to treat your friends 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 needs 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

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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(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, 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 ________.