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Apple Seeds

Circulation: 1 Year,9 Issues

Cover Price: MYM44.55

Price For You: MYM 33.95

Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability(耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you—it’s being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.

Better Life

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: MYM44.55

Price For You: MYM 15.00

Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America’s complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.

Humor Times

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: MYM36.00

Price For You: MYM 11.95

Product Description: Humor Times Magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today’s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let’s find it in Humor Times.

News China

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: MYM 47.88

Price For You: MYM 19.99

Product Description: News China Magazine is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.

1.What is the purpose of the text ?

A. To tell us why these magazines are popular.

B. To help us make right decisions.

C. To advise us to subscribe to the magazines.

D. To encourage us to contribute articles to the magazines.

2.Better Life can probably help you in　　　　 .

A. making your house beautiful

B. ordering food from restaurants.

C. finding interesting stories for your kids

D. learning about sports and travels

3.Which magazine may best help relieve your work stress?

A. Apple Seeds.　　 B. Better Life.

C. Humor Times.　　 D. News China.

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Apple Seeds

Circulation(发行量) : 1 Year, 9 Issues

Cover Price: $44.55

Price For You: $33.95

Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability（耐用性） that allows each issue to be enjoyed for many years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you --- it’s being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.

Better Life

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $44.55

Price For You: $15.00

Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America’s complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.

Humor Times

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $36.00

Price For You: $11.95

Product Description: Humor Times Magazine is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today’s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let’s find it in Humor Times.

News China

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $47.88

Price For You: $19.99

Product Description: News China Magazine is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.

1.What do we know about Apple Seeds?

2.Tom wants to beautify his house, so he may choose _________ .

3.What kind of people may buy News China ?

4.Which magazine provides the biggest discount if you buy it for the whole year?

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

News China

Circulation (发行量): 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $47.88　 Price For You: $19.99

Product Description: News China is the English edition of China Newsweek. The magazine covers the latest Chinese domestic news in politics, business, society, environment, culture, sports and travels, etc. It is the first comprehensive news magazine for readers interested in China.

Better Life

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $44.55　 Price For You: $15.00

Product Description: Designed for those who have a strong interest in personal lifestyle, Better Life is America’s complete home and family service magazine. It offers help with food, recipes, decorating, building, gardening, family health, money management, and education.

Apple Seeds

Circulation: 1 Year, 9 Issues

Cover Price: $44.55　 Price For You: $33.95

Product Description: Apple Seeds is an award winning magazine filled with stories for kids aged from 7 to 9. The cover is very soft, providing durability (耐用性) that allows each issue to be enjoyed for may years to come. Besides, there is a big surprise for you—it’s being sold at a more favorable discount than usual.

Humor Times

Circulation: 1 Year, 12 Issues

Cover Price: $36.00　 Price For You: $11.95

Product Description: Humor Times is for those who love to laugh! Full of cartoons and humor columns, it shows up in your mailbox once a month and keeps you smiling all year round! In today’s world, you need a reason to laugh. So let’s find it in Humor Times.

1.What kind of people may buy News China?

A. People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese.

B. People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh.

C. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids.

D. People who are interested in China’s politics, business and culture.

2.Better Life can help you in _________.

A. ordering food from restaurants

B. finding interesting stories for your kids

C. beautifying your house

D. learning about sports and travels

3.What do we know about Apple Seeds?

A. The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long.

B. It can be purchased as an award for your children.

C. It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines.

D. The magazine is going to surprise you for many years.

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Apple’s well publicized iPhone X finally went on sale in pre-orders last week. With a starting price of $ 999, the iPhone X has the highest price of any iPhone ever offered. Yet Apple says its latest smartphone has so far been “off the charts.”

One of the most-talked about features of the iPhone X is the new Face ID recognition system, which replaces the Touch ID on other Apple devices that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone. It works by projecting more than 30, 000 dots on the face of users to create a kind of map- An infrared (红外线的) camera then reads these marks to create an image that can be confirmed as having the same appearance. Apple says the system is also designed to continually learn. Each time the face is used to unlock the phone, it is supposed to note any changes, such as facial hair or the person getting older. The system can then remember the changes to keep recognizing the person over time.

A face can unlock iPhone X, but can it be fooled?

One fairly common failure was that the Face ID sometimes did not unlock the iPhone X if the user wore a pair of sunglasses. Not surprisingly, wearing any kind of disguise (化妆) ---even one covering just part of the face—caused Face ID to fail. It was found to work correctly when the user was wearing headphones or a hat.

Several attempts were made to trick Face ID into unlocking the phone with a photo of a person instead of a real face. The iPhone X was able to pass these tests by knowing the difference between a photo and a face. Wall Street Journal reporter Joanna Stern tried something a little different. She went to a mask maker and asked for a recreation of her face to see if the iPhone X would be fooled. It was not.

Apple says its research shows there is only a one in a million chance of another person being able to unlock someone else’s iPhone X with Face ID. The company has promised the system will become “the new gold standard” for all facial recognition.

1.What does the underlined part “off the charts” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. far from satisfactory.　　 B. extremely successful.

C. surprisingly unpopular.　　 D. unbelievably disappointing.

2.Which of the following is true of iPhone X’s Face ID system?

A. It is a hot topic worth debating.

B. It works in the same way as Touch ID.

C. It is smart enough to continue learning.

D. It can function well without an infrared camera.

3.Under which situation can the owner unlock the iPhone X?

A. When he or she wears a hat.

B. When he or she wears a mask.

C. When he or she uses a photo.

D. When he or she wears glasses.

4.What’s Apple’s attitude toward Face ID system?

A. Doubtful.　　 B. Puzzled.

C. Positive.　　 D. Pessimistic.

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A teacher teaching Maths to seven-year-old Laiq asked him, “If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”

Within a few seconds, Laiq 　　 confidently, “Four!”

The confused teacher was expecting a(n) 　　 correct answer, three. She was disappointed. “Maybe the child did not listen 　　 .” she thought. She 　　 , “Laiq, listen carefully. If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple, how many apples will you have?”

Laiq had seen the 　　 on his teacher’s face. He 　 again on his fingers. But within him he was also 　　 the answer that would make the teacher happy. This time hesitatingly he replied, “Four.”

The disappointment stayed on the teacher’s face. Suddenly she 　　 that Laiq like strawberries. She thought maybe he didn’t like apples and that was why he couldn’t answer the question. This time with an excitement in her 　　 she asked, “If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, then how many you will have?”

Seeing the teacher 　　 , young Laiq calculate on his fingers again. There was no pressure on him, but a little on the teacher. She wanted her new 　　 to succeed. 　　 a hesitating smile young Laiq replied, “Three?”

The teacher now had a 　　 smile. Her approach had succeeded. She wanted to 　 herself. But one last thing remained. 　　 she asked him, “Now if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple how many will you have?”

Confidently Laiq answered, “Four!” The teacher was 　　 . “How Laiq, How?” she demanded in a little annoyed voice.

In a voice that was 　　 and hesitating young Laiq replied, “Because I already have one 　　 in my bag.”

The story tells us: 　　 someone gives you an answer that is 　　 from what you expect, don’t think they are wrong. There shall be an angle that you may not have thought about yet.

1.A. replied B. added C. told　 D. wrote

2.A. careless B. effortless C. worthless　 D. selfless

3.A. Possibly B. actively C. strictly D. properly

4.A. repeated B. ordered C. whispered D. complained

5.A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. punishment D. determination

6.A. recognized B. discovered C. calculated D. insisted

7.A. searching for B. waiting for C. arguing about D. talking about

8.A. decided B. noticed C. expressed D. remembered

9.A. mouth B. hands C. eyes D. nose

10.A. sad B. happy C. pitiful D. lovely

11.A. invention B. system C. reform D. approach

12.A. On B. In C. With D. By

13.A. victorious B. precious C. lasting D. appealing

14.A. thank B. congratulate C. help D. enjoy

15.A. Above all B. In vain C. On purpose D. Once again

16.A. astonished B. concerned C. amused D. relaxed

17.A. high B. clear　 C. easy D. low

18.A. strawberry B. apple C. coin D. box

19.A. Before B. After C. Until D. When

20.A. free B. absent　 C. different D. safe

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In November, 2010, the CPI ( consumer price index) went up by 5.1 percent year-on-year(同比). The price grew by 4.9 percent in cities and 5.6 percent in rural areas. The food price went up by 11.7 percent while the non-food price increased by 1.9 percent.

Grouped by commodity(商品) categories, in November, of the eight categories of commodities, six of them experienced prices rise and two witnessed prices decline. Of which, prices for food went up by 11.7 percent; prices for tobacco, liquor and articles rose by 1.6 percent; price for clothing went down by 0.7 percent; prices for household facilities, articles and maintenance services went up by 0.7 percent; health care and personal articles rose by 4.0 percent; transportation and communication went down by 0.7 percent; recreation, education, culture articles and services grew by 0.6 percent, and housing went up by 5.8 percent.

In November this year, the month-on-month(环比)change of consumer price was up by 1.1 percent. Of which, price in cities went up by 1.0 percent and that in rural areas went up by 1.3 percent.

The food price rose by 2.0 percent and the non-food price increased by 0.6 percent. The price of consumer goods grew by 1.5 percent, and the price of services went down by 0.2 percent.

Grouped by commodity categories, in November, prices for food rose by 2.0 percent month-on-month, of which the price for fresh vegetables decreased by 1.9 percent; prices for tobacco, liquor and articles increased by 0.2 percent, price for clothing went up by 1.6 percent, prices for household facilities, articles and maintenance services increased by 0.4 percent, health care and personal articles grew by 0.7 percent; transportation and communication maintained the same level, recreation, education, culture articles and services dropped by 1.0 percent, and housing went up by 1.8 percent.

1. We can infer from the text that the price of _______ has been rising faster than the other three.

A. eggs     B. KTV’s     C. houses    D. cigarettes

2.According to the passage, a coat worth ￥500 in October may cost you ______ in November.

A. 505     B. 580      C. 503.5     D.451.5

3.What’s the best title for this passage ?

A. The Food Price Went Up by 11.7 Percent in November

B. The Reasons for the Price Increase of Various Commodities in November

C. The Price Grew by 4.9 Percent in Cities and 5.6 Percent in Rurall Areas in November

D. China Inflation(通货膨胀)Went Up by 5.1 Percent in November

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The price of coffee beans hits a 12 – year high today. I thought there might

be some kind of coffee – market story, like we saw with cocoa earlier this summer.

But the main driver of coffee prices right now is simpler: Colombia has had

a few years of weak coffee harvests because of too much rain, which has reduced

the global supply. And coffee drinkers keep buying coffee, even as prices rise, in

other words, demand is unchanged.

The higher price of beans – up about 40 percent since March – means higher prices for the coffee you buy by the pound. But it probably won’t affect the coffee you buy by the cup.

Smuckers, which sells Folgers and Millstone coffees, recently said it was raising its prices because of the higher cost of beans. Starbucks, however, said it would absorb the higher cost of beans without raising prices.

“You see it much more in the grocery store because the raw materials are a big factor of cost,” Jose Sette of the International Coffee Organization told me. “In a coffee shop, your big expenses are rent and labor.”

While real – world supply and demand is the big driver of the price of beans, there may be some speculative action in coffee business in the future.

But futures (期货) of the high – grade Arabica beans are traded in the US, where regulations prevent speculators (投机商) from controlling the market, hoping such things won’t happen just as in London summer market. That suggests that prices should fall when supply improves – which may happen next year.

Some experts say that farmers in third world countries won’t actually benefit from higher prices in this case. When the price difference is due to supply and demand, the profit of the seller usually doesn’t go up.

1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Why coffee is getting more expensive?

B．How farmer benefits from the high price?

C．Whether the US will control the coffee market?

D．What has caused the reduction of coffee?

2.From the second paragraph we can infer that _______________________.

A．Colombia is the coffee trading center of the world

B．Colombia coffee output contains a final share of the world

C．People need more and more coffee

D．Coffee sales will be getting less and less

3.In this summer’s coffee bean market, ____________________________.

A．the US made more rules about coffee prices

B．speculators once held the coffee bean market in London

C．coffee bean trading was seriously disorganized

D．coffee bean prices were very low in the US

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．The price difference determines the profit of the seller.

B．Smuckers is a famous coffee manufacturer.

C．Real – world supply and demand decides the prices.

D．Coffee prices will become much higher next year.

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China's oil price _____ very sharp increase during the year 2010 and it is continuing to rise further in 2011.

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The price of the flat now is ______ that last year.

A. as twice high as               B. twice more expensive than

C. as high as twice               D. twice the amount of

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________when Newton was sitting under an apple tree.

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