| A．At a swimming pool. | B．In a clothing shop. | C．At a school lab. |
2 . Money Matters
Parents should help their children understand money.
● The basic function of money
Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It is important to show your child how money is traded for the things he wants to have.If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier(收银员).
● Money lessons
Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.
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Begin at the grocery store. Pick out two similar brands of a product—a kind of name-brand butter and a generic (无商标消费品),for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money.
| A．Wise decisions |
| B．The value of money |
| C．Permit the child to choose between them |
| D．Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things |
| E．Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you |
| F．Talk about how the money bought the thing after you leave the toy store |
| G．The best time to teach a child something about money is when he shows an interest |
| A．It is easy. | B．It is secure. | C．It is comfortable. |
4 . Christmas Day is for eating，drinking，watching bad TV－and trying to cover up your embarrassment as you realize your husband’s aunt Maud has spent her pension on your present while you bought her a set of Christmas cards.
Presentbuying can be a minefield: from how much to spend，to whether to risk surprising receivers with a gift they don’t want, to knowing if you should buy your neighbor you only say hello to a little something.
Here, FEMAIL has asked experts for their top tips on how to select present to ensure the only thing that’s red this Christmas is Santa Claus’ nose.
“If you’ve just started seeing someone you don’t need to spend a fortune” says dating advisor James Preece.
“It’s much better to impress them with your imagination by choosing a gift that’s a little bit different.￡20 is about the right amount, with a maximum of ￡50 if you can afford it.”
“Or you don’t even need to go that far”, says relationship expert and founder of BeLoveCurious.com, Helen Rice.“Plan to spend a romantic evening together or have a fun day out.Feel free to give the person you’re dating something thoughtful, just don’t spend a lot of money.”
“If you’re in a longterm relationship then your budget really reflects on your personal situation,”adds James.“You don’t need to go craze, but it’s a great opportunity to show you love and appreciate them.”
“It’s also best to buy a few cheaper presents rather than big one.Part of the fun is the mystery and unwrapping,so it will last longer if you give them several to enjoy.”
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph in this article?| A．To arrest the attention of readers. | B．To criticize greed of mean couples. |
| C．To describe traditional customs of Christmas Day. | D．To express sympathies for embarrassed senior citizens. |
| A．To accumulate red symbols for Christmas atmosphere. |
| B．To calculate how much paint they need to decorate the house. |
| C．To surprise their friends with their delicate intention. |
| D．To avoid unnecessary embarrassment when sending gifts. |
| A．Only rare treasures can move a stone heart. | B．Diamonds are girls’ best friends. |
| C．Curiosity to gifts adds to fun. | D．True friends need nothing but trust. |
| A．Those who cannot afford expensive eating. |
| B．Those who want to fix their broken friendship. |
| C．Those who have trouble in picking proper gifts. |
| D．Those who have once quarreled with their neighbors. |
5 . Do you like to shop online?
One common shopper strategy is “showrooming.” This means that customers go into a store, look at the product, talk to a salesperson, and then use their smartphones or other mobile devices to find a better price. “Reverse showrooming” is another strategy.
The number of online shoppers is rising, but not as fast as retailers (零售商) first thought. People still like to go into stores. Teens especially prefer to shop at the shopping center.
In order to keep customers coming into stores, managers need to train salespeople well. In-store shoppers want salespeople to give them a lot of attention, be polite, and know a lot about the product.
However, online shopping doesn't work for every product. People prefer to shop for food in a store.
| A．What products do shoppers like to buy online? |
| B．With online shopping, you can't try before you buy. |
| C．Usually the products we find online have better prices. |
| D．Or do you prefer to go into a store and look at a product? |
| E．If you're buying a new car, you can research prices online. |
| F．Shopping for them is not about finding the best price; it's a social experience. |
| G．Customers first go online to do research and then go into a store to get the product. |
| A．＄8. | B．＄15. | C．＄30. |
Time to Upgrade Phone? You Bet!
“Is it high time to buy a 5G phone now or should I wait?” this question
First of all, China now has a wide 5G coverage, which makes
Moreover, telecom carriers have announced their plans to cover key counties and towns
At the same time, the prices of 5G data packages are also dropping
China’s big three telecom carriers are also working on a new 5G-enabled messaging service, which is designed to replace current short messages with a system
So, yes, it’s high time that I
8 . Just five one-hundredths of an inch thick, light golden in color and with a perfect “saddle curl,” the Lay’s potato chip seems an unlikely weapon for global domination. But its maker, Frito-Lay, thinks otherwise. “Potato chips are a snack food for the world,” said Salman Amin, the company’s head of global marketing. Amin believes there is no corner of the world that can resist the charms of a Frito-Lay potato chip.
Frito-Lay is the biggest snack maker in America, owned by PepsiCo. and accounts for over half of the parent company’s $3 billion annual profits. But the U.S. snack food market is largely saturated, and to grow, the company has to look overseas.
Its strategy rests on two beliefs: first a global product offers economies of scale with which local brands cannot compete. And second, consumers in the 21st century are drawn to “global” as a concept. “Global” does not mean products that are consciously identified as American, but ones that consumers-especially young people-see as part of a modern, innovative world in which people are linked across cultures by shared beliefs and tastes. Potato chips are an American invention, but most Chinese, for instance, do not know that Frito-Lay is an American company. Instead, Riskey, the company’s research and development head, would hope they associate the brand with the new world of global communications and business.
With brand perception a crucial factor, Riskey ordered a redesign of the Frito-Lay logo. The logo, along with the company’s long-held marketing image of the “irresistibility” of its chips, would help facilitate the company’s global expansion.
The executives acknowledge that they try to swing national eating habits to a food created in America, but they deny that amounts to economic imperialism. Rather, they see Frito-Lay as spreading the benefits of free enterprise across the world. “We’re making products in those countries, we’re adapting them to the tastes of those countries, building businesses and employing people and changing lives.” said Steve Reinemund, PepsiCo’s chief executive.
1. It is the belief of Frito-Lay’s head of global marking that ________.| A．potato chips can hardly be used as a weapon to dominate the world market |
| B．their company must find new ways to promote domestic sales |
| C．the light golden color enhances the charm of their company’s potato chips |
| D．people the world over enjoy eating their company’s potato chips |
| A．consumers worldwide today are attracted by global brands |
| B．local brands cannot compete successfully with American brands |
| C．products suiting Chinese consumers’ needs bring more profits |
| D．products identified as American will have promising market value |
| A．To suit changing tastes of young consumers. |
| B．To promote the company’s strategy of globalization. |
| C．To change the company’s long-held marketing image. |
| D．To compete with other American chip producers. |
| A．won’t affect the eating habits of the local people |
| B．will lead to economic imperialism |
| C．will be in the interest of the local people |
| D．won’t spoil the taste of their chips |
9 . When you place an order on Taobao, you know the money you pay doesn't go directly to the seller.Instead, it goes through Alipay, which keeps your money for a while.Then Alipay gives the money to the seller.
Most online sellers and shoppers like the third party online payment, but banks are not happy.
Whether Alipay or WeChat payment, they are both trying to attract more users and make online shopping easier. They have made the best of QR code technology.
| A．But WeChat payment is not the same |
| B．This is called the “third party online payment” |
| C．Among them, Alipay is the biggest in China |
| D．The reason is that these companies compete with them for money |
| E．Also, they promote sales through face recognitionpayment |
| F．Payment is one of the functions WeChat has |
| G．The bank doesn't allow the companies to do so |
10 . Between 30 and 40 percent of food produced for humans never gets eaten in the USA, ending up in landfills (垃圾填埋场), where it breaks down and produces greenhouse gases. Now, Elena Belavina, a professor from Cornell University, has an interesting solution. He says that opening more grocery (食品杂货) stores could reduce (减少) food waste greatly.
People of most US cities don’t have enough choices when it comes to grocery shopping, which means that people will overbuy when visiting a store. They buy more than what they can really eat, which means food goes to waste. However, when there are more stores in a neighborhood, people will shop daily or many times a week, buying just what they need, which means less food goes to waste.
For example, Belavina found that in Chicago, adding just three or four markets within a 10-square-kilometer area reduced food waste by 6 percent to 9 percent. Europe (and much of the rest of the world) is famously good at this, with stores meeting shoppers’ different needs, such as bread, cheese, meat and produce.
Belavina’s research did find that increasing the number of grocery stores would lead to more food waste by sellers, but this is less than food waste produced by customers. “We at home throw away 10 times more food than the grocery stores,” she said. This is why focusing on solutions to reducing life rubbish will have a greater help than focusing on sellers. Belavina suggests that when adding more stores isn’t workable, people should explore other shopping methods such as online orders. “Any service that makes it easier and allows you to shop more often is helpful. To reduce food waste, what people need to do is bring fewer groceries home.”
1. What will people do when there are more shops around?| A．They will eat more healthily. |
| B．They will shop more often. |
| C．They will eat more food. |
| D．They will buy too much. |
| A．To compare it with other US cities. |
| B．To show it has the similar problem. |
| C．To point out its importance in the US. |
| D．To prove Belavina’s solution is workable. |
| A．We should try to avoid shopping online. |
| B．We should shop at stores near our home. |
| C．We should shop in small shops more often. |
| D．We should increase the ways of shopping. |
| A．The reasons for food waste. |
| B．The change of shopping methods. |
| C．The advantage of more shops around. |
| D．The importance of self-control in shopping. |
