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Don't you know TRENDY ZONE- THE IN ZONE? There are 5 FLOORS OF NON-STOP TRENDS! Welcome to 580 A Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Kowloon.
OUR BOUTIQUES
Occupying five floors, the shopping center has more than 150 boutiques（礼品店）.These boutiques sell all the latest trendy products, including Japanese fashion, cool sports shoes and unique baseball caps, just to name a few. Trendy Zone is also an ideal place to shop for gifts. From its twenty or so gift shops, you will easily find an unusual gift for a loved one.
OUR TOP PICKS
If you are looking for a unique gift, come to this shop on the first floor. Here, you can find personal photo frames, key chains, bracelets and much more. This is the shop to visit if you're a follower of Japanese culture. It sells hundreds of Japanese magazines on fashion, sports, games... you name it!
SPECIAL OFFERS
If you're looking for the best bargains, come around Christmas and take home some pieces of our special gifts. That is when the shops are selling many items on special offer——from 30 percent off to half price.
OUR LOCATION
Conveniently located in the heart of Mong Kok, Trendy Zone is the place to shop for the young and the young at heart.
Transportation:
MRT （地铁）：Yau Ma Tei Station
1.The underlined word "that" in Column 3 refers to________.
A.offer B.gift C.New Year D.Christmas
2.Who will probably like shopping in TRENDY ZONE?
A.Girls who love Japanese culture. B.Boys who want to find delicious food to eat.
C.Men who are expecting to get a good job. D.Women who like to buy vegetables every day.
3.Which of the following statements is true?
A.You can have special offers on weekends. B.You can get to TRENDY ZONE by subway.
C.You can find key chains on the fifth floor. D.You can see almost 120 gift shops here.
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Coincidences （巧合）happen all the time, but last week something happened that really blew my mind.
I'm from Chicago, but I do business in Baltimore. That started on the night before an important business lunch. I usually sleep like a dog, but that night, I didn't fall asleep until at around 2 o'clock because the last time I looked, it was 1:45. The following morning, I woke up very late, as I rushed out, I noticed the number. Room 145. "That's odd," I thought.
The hotel waiter told me any bus that says "downtown" would take me there. As soon as I got to the bus stop, I saw a bus coming and I found it was 145; however. It didn't say "downtown". It came to a stop right in front of me and the doors opened. I don’t know what came over me, but I just got on.
The bus was empty. “What am I doing?' I thought to myself. I was just about to get off when I saw an envelope on a seat and picked it up. It wasn't sealed （封口）so I looked inside and my jaw（下巴） dropped. It was full of money. I started counting--140 dollars. "Almost" I thought. "That would have been strange, Then, I noticed something on the floor. A five-dollar bill had fallen out. Things were starting to get spooky（诡异）.
There was an address on the envelope: Bellmore Street and you can guess which number. I had to go there. So, I waited for the bus driver to stop and asked him how to get to Bellmore Street. “Is this a joke?" he asked as he pointed at a street sign. We were on Bellmore Street. So I got off and searched for the number. My heart was in my mouth when an old lady answered. She looked at me, and then at the envelope and simply said "Oh, thanks,” and closed the door. And that was it.
I stood there for a while. Then I remembered my business lunch. "What time is it?" I thought. I saw it was 12:45. But as I was walking towards the bus stop, I realized something. My watch was still set to Chicago time, which is an hour behind! The actual time was...
1.Which bus did the writer take?
A.Bus 145 that was going downtown. B.A bus that wasn't going downtown.
C.The first bus stopped that was going downtown. D.A bus that the waitress showed him to downtown.
2.Why did the bus driver stop at Bellmore Street?
A.Because that's where the next stop was.
B.Because the writer asked him to stop there.
C.Because that was the address on the envelope.
D.Because the driver wanted to play a joke on the writer.
3.How did the old lady feel when she saw the writer?
A.She was afraid to get her money back. B.She felt nervous when she saw the writer.
C.She didn't show any feelings on her face. D.She was angry that the writer had her money,
4.What is the correct order in which these events happened?
①The writer searched for the number on Bellmore Street.
②The bus came to a stop right in front of the writer.
③The writer realized that the actual time in Baltimore was 1:45.
④The writer was surprised to find so much money on the bus.
⑤The hotel waiter told the writer about the way to "downtown".
A.③⑤②①④ B.⑤③①②④ C.③④②①⑤ D.⑤②④①③
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A feral child is a child who, from a young age, has lived with animals in the wild. What makes wild animals adopt these children and raise them as their own is a mystery. Since feral children have often had no contact with humans for a long time, they may be more like wild animals than people. Their stories, although often upsetting can teach us how people learn and use language — and perhaps even what it means to be human.
In Uganda in 1991, a tribeswoman saw a naked boy living with a troop of wild monkeys in the jungle. The woman was shocked and quickly told the people in her village about the boy. When they tried to take him away from the monkeys, the frightened boy threw sticks at them and climbed up a tree to hide. The monkeys fought fiercely, trying to stop the tribesmen from taking him away, but they did not succeed.
After his "rescue", the boy was taken to Kamuzinda Chritan Orphanage, outside Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. He was identified as John Ssabunnya, a boy who had disappeared three years earlier after his mother was murdered and his father went missing. John was only two years old when he disappeared.
John couldn't speak when he arrived at the orphanage. It was obvious that he did not know how to act in a human way-- he knew only how to behave like a monkey. However, he soon began to talk and was found to have a beautiful singing voice.
John shot to fame at the age of fourteen, when he toured the UK with a children's choir（合唱队）. "His is a remarkable story. One day it could even be made into a film.” said tour organizer Hillary Cook.
1.The underlined word "had no contact with" in paragraph 1 is closest to________.
A.had no patience with B.had no communication with
C.had no quarrel with D.had no choice but stay with
2.What can we learn from Hillary Cook's words in the last paragraph?
A.John could not act like a human. B.John's experience is quite unusual.
C.John is like other boys in the choir. D.People saved John and protected him.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A.feral children are born with the talent to talk with animals
B.feral children are sure to be back to the human community
C.all feral children can be successful after living with humans
D.the study of feral children may help the research on language
4.The writer organizes the passage by_________.
A.using numbers B.showing opinions C.telling a story D.listing reasons
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We like to believe that before we make a decision, most of the time, we take time to consider all the facts carefully. However, Experts believe that only 5% of our decisions are based on a rational （理性的）thought process. So, what influences our decision-making process?
We often leave decision-making to our instincts（本能）.Scientists have found out that if we had the choice, we like to avoid pain rather than get something. In fact, we're twice as happy when we try to avoid a bad situation than when we experience a good one. This is why when companies send ads, they use phrases like "How to avoid...", "Don't miss out!", etc.
There are also physical reasons that affect our decision-making. Psychologist （心理学家）John Bargh carried on an experiment where people were asked what they thought of a fictional person, while holding a cold or a hot cup of coffee. Those holding the hot cup believed the person to be warmer and more sociable than those holding the cold cup. So, when temperatures rise, the more likely we are to believe in strangers.
Stress is another thing which affects our decisions. Different situations are more or less stressful for different people. Researchers have found, though, that women are more conservative （保守的）about decisions when stressed, while men are to make riskier choices.
It may come as a surprise but every day from the minute we get up, we have to make countless decisions, like what to wear, what coffee to have and so on. Each choice makes our brain a little bit more tired, and this affects our decision-making. That's why important people, like presidents wearing the same three suits all the time, want to limit the small choices and spend more brain power （力量）on the bigger ones.
1.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.Every day we have to make lots of big decisions.
B.People sometimes judge a person by what he wears.
C.What people wear influences their decision making.
D.Making fewer decisions helps to save brain power.
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.We make most of the decisions after our careful thinking.
B.People are likely to be happier to avoid something bad.
C.As the temperature is low, we are likely to believe others
D.People usually have risky decisions under heavy pressure.
4.The purpose of the passage is to__________.
A.tell us what influences decision-making B.advise people to make rational decisions
C.warn people not to make risky decisions D.show disadvantages of rational decisions
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