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In 1987, a small company named Huawei was started in Shenzhen.

HUAWEI After more than 30 years’ development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world’s second-largest maker of smartphones behind Korea’s Samsung. It has also become the world’s largest supplier （供应商）of 5G.

But recently, Huawei faced some difficulties. The U. S. government ordered a ban（禁令）on its sales in America. American officials said Huawei gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the U. S. government planned to stop selling parts and services to Huawei, which was believed that Huawei’s business would be hurt.

“We have never received such a request （要求）from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information.” Ren Zhengfei, Huawei’s founder and president said. “This ban from the U. S. would do little to our company. Huawei has enough ability to deal with the problems.” Ren added.

In an interview several years ago, Ren Zhengfei said, “ I started Huawei with only £4, 000 at the beginning, but now it has become a $100 billion company. The experience was not as romantic as you think.”

Facing the ban of the U. S., Huawei is growing. Huawei’s smartphone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared to a year earlier. At the same time, sales from both Samsung and Apple fell. So far, Huawei has grown into the world’s largest telecommunications equipment （电信设备）supplier, selling in 170 countries! It may beat Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in the near future.

1. Why did the U. S. order a ban on Huawei recently?

A．Huawei’s sales in America were growing faster than Apple.

B．Huawei refused to supply services to the U. S. government.

C．They didn’t want Apple to sell parts and services to Huawei.

D．They thought Huawei collected information for the Chinese government.

2. According to Ren Zhengfei, Huawei ________.

A．is deeply beaten by the ban	B．has got into the system of the U. S.
C．can solve the problems they are facing	D．was asked to supply information to China

3. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A．Huawei is full of hope.	B．Huawei will grow slowly.
C．Huawei’s sales will be doubled.	D．Huawei is the largest smartphone maker

4. Which is TRUE according to die passage?

A．Korea’s Samsung is die world’s largest supplier of 5G.

B．The experience of founding Huawei was very romantic.

C．Huawei is the world’s largest telecommunications equipment supplier.

D．Huawei is the largest smart phone maker in the world now.

5. The writer wrote this passage to ________.

A．say “thank you” to Ren Zhengfei

B．fell the growing steps of Huawei and its recent difficulties

C．face the ban of the U. S. with some suggestions to Huawei

D．give his best wishes to Huawei for its bright future

5 . When your great-grandparents (曾祖父母) were young, the world was very different. People did not have the kind of technology (技术) that we have to communicate with each other today. Things such as mobile phones and computers were not yet invented (被发明). It took longer for people to get news about each other. Today’s technology makes it easier and faster to stay close to people.

Long ago, people wrote letters to keep in touch. From 1860 to 1861, letters were carried by horses. The horse riders were paid to carry letters across the country. Then trains began to carry letters from city to city. By the early 1902, planes were a faster way to carry letters across the country and around the world.

As time goes by, new inventions have made it easy to contact (联系) friends and family in seconds! People began to use telephones in the late 1800s. Modern phones can do many things. Mobile phones can be carried with us wherever we travel. Some phones can even let you take pictures. These images can be sent to other mobile phones.

Computers have made some of the biggest changes in communication. The Internet sends e-mail messages around the world in seconds!

Although new technology helps us stay in touch with each other, many people still enjoy sending and receiving letters. With so many ways to communicate, it’s easy to find your favorite way to stay in touch.

1. When your great-grandparents were young, ________.

A．the world was the same	B．people didn’t communicate
C．it was slower to communicate	D．mobile phones were invented

2. From the passage, we know that ________ carried letters fastest.

A．horses

B．buses

C．trains

D．planes

3. When did people begin to use telephones?

A．In the early 1900s.	B．In the 18th century.
C．In the 21st century.	D．in the late 1800s.

4. What does the underlines word “images” mean?

A．pictures

B．messages

C．telephones

D．letters

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The best way to communicate	B．How we keep in touch
C．Please communicate	D．No letters any more

6 . 阅读理解。

Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail (快递) is a fast way to send your letters, there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business—future mail.

“The letter should be sent next Mother’s Day and not a day earlier!” Lin Xiaofan, a college student in Shanghai, tells one of the companies offering the service.

Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother nearly a year earlier to express her love to her mother for next Mother’s Day.

“Offering this service makes people slow down and lets them understand the meaning of ‘time’ in another way,” said Zheng Zhimin, manager at a “future mail” company. Zheng thinks “future mail” letters help remind us of care, friendship and love.

While “future mail” is becoming more and more popular, some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive.

Zheng said customers are glad to sign a contract (签订合同) to make sure that they can be compensated if their letters are lost or damaged.

Most of the customers are college students and young white-collar (白领) workers. Psychologists (心理学家) said that young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service. Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so that they can experience the connection (联系) between the past and the present when they receive the letter.

1. “Future mail” is a/an ______ way to send your letter.

A．fast	B．old
C．new	D．cheap

2. The underlined word “compensate” means ______ in Chinese.

A．赔偿	B．完成
C．送达	D．抛弃

3. The “future mail” service is popular among ______.

A．junior students	B．college students
C．young children	D．blue-collar workers

4. The “future mail” service can help us ______.

A．sign a contract

B．express our love and care

C．forget friendship

D．understand the meaning of “time” in a wrong way

5. You’d better use “future mail” if you want to ______.

A．save money from sending express mail

B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly

C．talk with your friends about your life freely

D．send a your best wishes to yourself on January 1, 2020

7 .        The Chinese tradition of giving gifts of money in red envelopes at Lunar New Year has turned into big business for Web giants Alibaba and Tencent, which now both offer electronic “hong bao”.
       At the end of each lunar year, it is common in China to give children hong bao—some money in envelopes that are red, the colour of success. But now the old also take part in this activity.
       It is now possible to exchange “red envelopes” with smartphone, which is popular in China and has caused a battle(战争) for the lucrative market between the two companies providing the service, Tencent and Alibaba.
       “You don’t have to pay the same cost or wait as long as you would for a traditional bank transfer(转账). It’s more convenient, simple and fun,” Wang Le, a 28-year-old Beijinger, told AFP. “With electronic red envelopes, you’re not limited by your identity(身份) or the time of year. It’s a new, fresh way of playing the game.”
       The idea was introduced in 2014 by WeChat, a mobile messaging system with over 400 million users and run by Tencent, China’s largest Internet service system. It was successful at once.
       This year, Alipay Wallet(阿里支付宝), the payment system run by Alibaba, is ready to take on the competition. It is allowing its 190 million users to send digital gifts, especially on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
       For the past few weeks, a digital battle has been terrible, with Tencent banning(禁止) Alipay from sending red envelopes on WeChat, saying they were at a risk. Recently, WeChat also blocked(封锁) Alibaba’s music app Xiami.
       To attract the public’s attention, the two companies have launched lotteries through which they award red envelopes to users in an online game.
       It’s easy to send and receive hong bao or take part in the lotteries: you simply need to register(登记) your bank details.
       According to market research group iResearch, Alipay controls 82.6 percent of the Chinese mobile phone payment market, compared to 10 percent for Tencent’s Tenpay.
1. Which Web giants now offer electronic “hong bao”?

A．Alibaba	B．Tencent
C．Alibaba and Tencent	D．Sina Weibo

2. According to the passage, what’s the popular trend for people to send “red envelopes” ?

A．Sending “red envelopes” through short messages.

B．Sending “red envelopes” through a vedios.

C．Sending “red envelopes” through smartphones.

D．Sending “red envelopes” through Express.

3. What does the underlined word “lucrative” mean?

A．利润丰厚的	B．富有想象力的
C．平滑的	D．好奇的

4. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Tencent allows Alipay to send red envelopes via Wechat.

B．The idea of electronic red envelope was introduced by Wechat in 2014.

C．It’s complicated(麻烦的) to send and receive hongbao or participate in the lotteries.

D．Alipay controls a smaller payment market of the Chinese microphone than Tencent’s Tenpay.

5. What’s the main business purpose for Tencent and Alibaba launch lotteries?

A．To catch the new fashion on the website.

B．To raise money from netizens.

C．To obtain a better reputation.

D．To gain many more new App users.