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My father was German, but he Worked in England. He married my mother, who was English. Her family name was Robinson, so when I was born in632, in England, they called me Robinson, after her.
My father did well in his business and I went to a good school. He wanted me to get a good job, and live a quiet, pleasant life. But I wanted adventure and an exciting life.
“I want to be a sailor and go to sea", I told my mother and father. They were very unhappy about this.
“Please don’t go. "my father said, "You won't be happy you know. Sailors have a difficult and dangerous life. "and because I love him, and he was unhappy, I tried to forget about the sea.
But I couldn't forget, and about a year later, I saw a friend in town. His father had a Ship and my friend said to me,” we are sailing to London tomorrow. Why don’t you come with us.”
On September 1", 1651, I went to Hull and the next day we sailed for London.
But, a few days later, there was a strong wind. The sea was rough and dangerous, and the ship went up and down up and down. I was very ill, and was very afraid.
“Oh, I don't want to die!” I cried,“ I want to live! If I live, I will go home and never go to sea again!”
The next day the wind stopped, and the sea was quiet and beautiful again.
Well, Robinson, my friend laughed," How do you feel now? The wind wasn't to bad.”
“What!" I cried. "It was a terrible storm.”
“Oh, that wasn't a storm, "my friend answered, "just a little wind. Forget it, come and have a drink.”
After a few drinks with my friend, I felt better. I forgot about the danger, and decided not to go home. I didn’t want my friend and family to laugh at me!
I stayed in London for some time, but I still, wanted to go to the sea. So, when the captain(船长)of a ship ask me to go with him to Guinea in Africa, I agreed, And so I went to the sea for the second time.
It was a good ship, and everything went well at first, but I was very ill again. Then when we were near the Canary Islands, a Turkish pirate(海盗)ship came after us. They were famous thieves of the sea at that time. There was a long, hard fight, but when it finished, we and the ship were prisoners. The Turkish captain and his men took us to Sallee in Morocco. They wanted to sell us as slaves(奴隶)in the market. But in the end, the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself, and took me home with him. This was a sudden and terrible change in my life. This Turkish captain was now my master.
1.Why did Robinson forget about the sea at the beginning?
A. Because he had no money to own a ship
B. Because he hasted to live a dangerous life
C. Because he wanted to make his parents happy
D. Because he looked forward to getting a good job
2.Which is the right time order of what happened in the story?
a. One of Robinson’s friends invited him to sail to London
b. The Turkish captain took Robinson home
c. A captain asked Robinson to go with him to Guinea
d. Robinson drank with his friend
e. A long and hard fight happened
A. a-d-c-e-b B. d-a-c-e-b C. a-c-b-e-d D. d-c-a-b-e
3.What did Robinson think of his sea journey?
A. Everything was fine B. The sea was quiet all the time
C. The wind was weak D. Sea life was dangerous at times
4.Who took Robinson to Sallee in Morocco?
A. the Turkish Captain B. his friend
C. the captain of a ship D. his father
5.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. Robinson wanted to serve the Turkish
B. Robinson lived happily with the Turkish captain
C. Robinson became a slave to the Turkish captain
D. Robinson made friends with the Turkish captain
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Do you shop online with websites like Taobao? The money you pay doesn't go directly to the seller. Instead, it goes through Alipay, which keeps your money for a while. After you receive your goods and click the "confirm receipt" button, Alipay then gives the money to the seller.
The process is called "third party online payment". There is a transfer station, or a third account, between sellers and buyers to make online shopping safe. Buyers don't need to worry about paying for goods and then receiving nothing. Sellers also get rid of the risk of receiving no money after sending out goods.
These transfer stations are usually set up by payment service companies such as Alipay, Tenpay and Yeepay. Among them, Alipay is the biggest in China. It has more than 270 million active users, according to Xinhua.
While most online sellers and shoppers like the third party online payment system, banks are not very happy. That is because companies like Alipay are fighting over money with the banks. Users can invest in financial products through Alipay and make money. Thus lots of people choose to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.
But WeChat payment is not the same. WeChat doesn't have its own account. When paying through WeChat, the buyers money goes directly to the sellers. That's why so many people are excited about receiving and handing out "red envelopes" or gift money to their friends on WeChat,
Whether Alipay or WeChat payment, they are all trying to attract more users and make online shopping easier. These two companies are also promoting payments through fingerprints. New payment methods such as quick response codes have become popular too.
1.How many ways to pay are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
2.Para land 2 mainly want to introduce how _________.
A. to run a Taobao shop B. to make your money safe
C. Alipay works D. to make money by using Alipay
3.According to the passage, we can imagine_________ in the future.
A. real money will not be used
B. payment through fingerprints will be popular
C. third party online payment is sure to avoid all the risks in trade
D. Alipay will take the place of banks
4.According to the passage, which of the following is not referred to?
A. New payment methods make our life easier
B. Putting money in Alipay is a good way to make money
C. Banks are angry about losing some customers.
D. Quick response codes are more popular than any other methods.
5.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Using new technologies to do online shopping
B. Some ways to pay in our daily life
C. The advantage of third party online payment
D. It is convenient to do shopping online using Alipay and WeChat
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Just 28years ago，Berlin was a city divided into two by the Berlin Wall．How excited people were as the Berlin Wall came down．Since then，Berlin has become one of the coolest cities in Europe．Here are the main reasons why I think Berlin is cool．
First，Berlin has cheap hotels and everyday objects （物品）．You needn't worry about spending too much money when visiting Berlin．
Second，Berlin knows how to give parties，and there is a festival here every month of the year．Perhaps the most famous is the Berlin International Film Festival （the BIFF）．
Third，Berlin has beautiful buildings of its own．The Brandenburg Gate is one of the city's most famous buildings．It's the symbol （象征） of more than 200years of history．The TV Tower is as good as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the London Eye．
Lastly，Berlin is a city of living art．Artists can create works of art on the sides of buildings．
If you want to visit a European city with culture，cheap objects and lots of colours，Berlin is the place to be．What are you waiting for？Get to Europe's coolest city before anyone else discovers it
1.The Berlin Wall came down in ．
A. 1 969． B. 1979 C. 1989 D. 1999．
2.The writer does NOT tell us that in Berlin．
A. everyday objects are cheap
B. how often a festival is held
C. people know how to give parties
D. in which month the BIFF is held
3.According to the 4th paragraph（段落 ）， great buildings of Berlin are mentioned．
A. two B. three． C. four D. five
4.The writer suggests that we ．
A. create works of art
B. choose Berlin as the city to visit
C. build some towers like the Eiffel Tower
D. discover a cooler city than Berlin to visit
5.Which is the best title （题目）for the passage？
A. Berlin's festivals
B. Berlin﹣a really cool city
C. Berlin's beautiful buildings
D. Berlin﹣a city of living art．
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Every year on my birthday since I was 11, a white gardenia(栀子花)was sent to my house. No card ever came with it. Calls to the flower shop were not helpful at all. After some time I stopped trying to find out the sender’s name and was just pleased with the beautiful white flower, in soft pink paper.
I couldn’t stop imagining(想像)who the giver might be, though. Some of my happiest moments were spent day dreaming about the sender. My mother encouraged these daydreams. She, d ask me if I had been especially kind to someone. Perhaps it was one of my classmates. Perhaps it was the old man. He lived across from the street. I’d sent him his mail during the winter. As a girl, though, I had more fun imagining that it might be a boy that I had met.
A month before my high school graduation(毕业), my father died. I was so sad that I became uninterested in my upcoming graduation dance, and I didn’t care whether I had a new dress or not. My mother, in her won sadness, however, would not let me miss any of those things. She wanted her children to feel loved. In fact, my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia: lovely, strong and perfect, with perhaps a bit of mystery(神秘).
When I was 22, I got married. My mother died ten years after I was married. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.
1.The writer was very when she was imagining who sent the flower.
A. happy B. sad C. worried D. nervous
2.The real sender of the white gardenia is______.
A. a boy the writer had met
B. the writer’s classmate
C. the old man living across the street
D. the writer’s mother
3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Special Birthday
B. A Graduation Party
C. A mother’s Love
D. A Childhood Dream
4.It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that___________.
A. the writer didn’t get a new dress for the dance.
B. the writer probably joined in the graduation dance.
C. the writer’s father died ten years earlier then her mother.
D. the writer’s father received a gardenia on each of his birthday.
5.The writer received on her birthday since she was 11.
A. a white gardenia B. a card
C. a card and soft pink paper D. a gardenia and a card
In Australia there is a famous island called Fraser Island. A great many visitors come here for holidays every year. Why? The reason is that it is special. (56) 1.. In fact, it is the largest sand island in the world. It’s about 200 kilometers long and 240 kilometers wide.