【推荐1】If you are heading for Paris this year, be sure to include at least one of these shopping malls in your schedule.

Au Printemps

Tel: 01133014282

Located near the Paris Opera, this huge store is well-known for household goods as well as its fashion. The store also offers many services to overseas visitors, including shipping, translation and a personal shopping service. Au Printemps, whose name means springtime, hosts several free fashion shows each week. The store’s beauty department has one of the world’s largest selections of perfumes（香水）.

Galeries Lafayette

Tel: 01133014283

The Galeries Lafayette was built in 1906. It is as much fun to look at as it is to shop in this 10-storey shopping palace. In fact, the flagship store is the second most visited attraction in Paris, after the Louvre Museum. This shopping palace specializes in women’s clothing. Make sure to take in the view from the tea shop on the top floor; it’s well worth the visit.

Le Bon Marche

Tel: 01133014439

This stylish Left Bank department store was Paris’ first such store. Designed by Gustave Eiffel, Le Bon Marche is particularly known for its food hall, its wedding shops and its selection of modern clothes.

La Forum des Halles

Tel: 01133014476

This modern, underground shopping center was built in 1979. La Forum des Halles, the three-storey-tall shopping center offers everything from souvenirs to haute couture（高级女子时装）to entertainment, such as first-run movies and street performers. The shopping center is attached to the busy La Halle-Chatelet metro station and can be easily reached from all over Paris.

1. Which of the following places attracts the most visitors according to the passage?

A．The Louvre Museum.	B．Galeries Lafayette
C．La Forum des Halles.	D．Au Printemps.

2. Which of the stores pays its special attention to women’s dressing?

A．Le Bon Marche.	B．Au Printemps.
C．La Forum des Halles.	D．Galeries Lafayette.

3. We can learn from the passage that ___________________.

A．Au Printemps is famous for its food hall

B．La Forum des Halles is next to the metro station

C．the clothes in Le Bon Marche are usually very cheap

D．the tea shop that is worth visiting is on the ninth floor of Galeries Lafayette

【推荐3】The Best and Worst Things to Buy in March

Frozen food

Grocery store ads aren’t the only places to find deals on freezer-section treats. To take advantage of the deepest discounts, combine coupons (优惠券) from sponsoring brands, such as Dole, Green Giant and Tyson Foods, with grocery store sales. Plus, look for printable savings on Coupons. com and EasyHomeMeals.com. Brands participating in National Frozen Food Month will offer more than 180, 000 coupons that make frozen food among the best things to buy in March.

Boxed chocolates

If you desire to give a gift to a friend in March, consider chocolate. Two minor holidays in March provide the perfect excuse: National Chocolate Caramel Day on March 19 and National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day on March 24. You can discover chocolate deals online as well as in stores. Head to sites like RetailMeNot.com to find discount coupons for boxed chocolate savings of 10 percent or more.

New cars

With the latest car models filling dealers’ lots, you’ll have a hard time finding discounted models from the year before. Car dealerships are less motivated to offer steep discounts from March through May. Instead, plan to buy your car during the fall or winter. You should also research the auto you want at TrueCar before heading for the dealership. The site offers information on what people in your area paid for vehicles equipped with the options you want.

Spring clothing

When warm weather makes you want to head outdoors, resist the urge to do so wearing the latest fashions. You won’t find March deals on swimsuits, Easter dresses or other spring items. To find discounts on clothes of this spring, hold off until Memorial Day weekend. You can also look for online and in- store savings at Amazon, Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and other retailers.

1. Which things offer discounts in March according to the text?

A．Frozen food and new cars.

B．Boxed chocolates and new cars.

C．Frozen food and boxed chocolates.

D．Boxed chocolates and spring clothing.

2. What does the author advise us to do?

A．Register on a site.

B．Attend a holiday event.

C．Consult people in our areas,

D．Look for discount information online.

3. Which of the following festivals is celebrated after March?

A．Memorial Day.

B．National Frozen Food Month.

C．National Chocolate Caramel Day.

D．National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day.

【推荐1】Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and self-conscious; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions.

Worrisome thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: what kind of impression am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing unattractive clothes? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must negatively affect people. A person’s conception of himself or herself is reflected in the way he or she behaves, and the way a person behaves affects other people’s reactions. In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all areas of their lives.

Shy people, having low self-esteem, are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing “the right thing.” Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their feelings of inferiority. They also find it difficult to be pleased by compliment with a statement like this one, “You’re just saying that to make me feel good. I know it’s not true.” It is clear that while self-awareness is a healthy quality, overdoing it is harmful.

Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? Fortunately, people can overcome shyness with determined and patient efforts in building self-confidence. Since shyness goes hand in hand with a lack of self-esteem, it is important for people to accept their weaknesses as well as their strengths. Each one of us is a unique, worthwhile individual, interested in our own personal ways. The better we understand ourselves, the easier it becomes to live up to our full potential. Let’s not allow shyness to block our chances for a rich and fulfilling life.

1. The first paragraph is mainly about _______.

A．the cause of shyness	B．the feeling of shy people
C．the effect of shyness on people	D．the question in the minds of shy people

2. According to the writer, self-awareness is__________.

A．armful to people	B．a healthy quality
C．the cause of unhappiness	D．a weak point of shy people

3. What is the shy people’s reaction to praise?

A．They are pleased by it.	B．They feel they are worthy of it.
C．They are very sensitive to it.	D．They feel it is not true.

4. What we can learn from the passage is that shyness can _______.

A．be overcome with determination

B．help us to live up to our full development

C．enable us to understand ourselves better

D．have nothing to do with lack of self- respect

【推荐3】London used to be “foggy”（有雾的） for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are “foggy” today. The “fog” was in fact smog（烟雾）, a mixture of smoke and fog．In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal（煤）that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London’s smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more “pea-soupers”.
Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel（燃料）, like gas, is quite expensive.
However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be.
1. What was the main reason for air pollution in London?

A．There was too much smoke in the sky．

B．There were too many factories in the city．

C．People burnt too much coal in the houses．

2. How did the air in London become much cleaner?

A．There was not so much fog in the winter later．

B．A law was made to keep people from burning coal in their houses．

C．Many factories in the city were closed．

3. What does the underlined work “pea-soupers” refer to?

A．Smog.

B．Smoke.

C．Gas.

4. The problem of air pollution is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve because of _____reasons

A．one

B．two

C．three

5. Which sentence is Not true?

A．Using coal is much more expensive than using gas.

B．Factories made much more pollution in China.

C．The reasons of air pollution in London and Beijing are different.