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	A Woman Endures Marilyn Hering www.iuniverse.com Paperback | E-book $10.95 | $3.99		The Diary of an Iraqi National Saad H Al Ajeel www.authorhouse.com Paperback | E-book $36.00 | $6.00
Following the loss of her baby and marriage, Eleanor decides to move to South Carolina to run an inherited tea plantation. There she will learn to grow tea, and possibly something more: romance.		In the almost one hundred years of the life of modern Iraq （from 1921 onwards）, Saad H Al Ajeel describes the different stages that Iraq has passed through.
	Hot Horse Harry Jerry Lee Miller www.xlibris.com Paperback | E-book $21.99 | $3.99		Cat Tales : Da Real Pussy Mick E. Jones www.authorhouse.com Hardback | Paperback | E-book $15.99 I $12.99 | $3.99
Hot Horse Harry lived up to his name, mad at the world. But when a series of unfortunate events came, the quick-tempered Harry changed. The book is designed for children under 12.		Cat Tales: Da Real Pussy reveals that the spirit of a supreme being exist in all things living. The book also supports the concept that cats are creatures of myth and mystery.

1. If you are a history lover, which book suits you best?

A．The Diary of an Iraqi National	B．Hot Horse Harry
C．Cat Tales: Da Real Pussy	D．A Woman Endures

2. If you want to buy a hardback edition, whose book will you choose?

A．Marilyn Hering’s	B．Saad H Al Ajeel’s
C．Jerry Lee Miller’s	D．Mick E. Jones’s

3. To buy a book for your kid aged 6, how much can you save if you choose its E-book?

A．$7

B．$12

C．$30

D．$18

2 . A smart speaker is a type of wireless speaker and voice command device. Some smart speakers can also act as a smart device that utilizes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other wireless equipment.

Tmall Genie Tmall Genie is a smart speaker developed by Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group. Introduced in July 2017, the device consists of 360-degree speakers and an LED light ring at the bottom. Like other smart speakers, the Genie can search the Internet, control home automation devices, and order products from Tmall.com. Voice interaction is currently only available in Mandarin.

Ding Dong Ding Dong is created by Chinese company LingLong. It was released in 2016 and has a height of 9.5 inches and has a square base. The device is capable of reading the news, weather updates, and online shopping. Versions are available that speak either Mandarin or Cantonese.

Mi AI The Mi AI Speaker, developed by Xiao Mi, will wake you up in the morning, read off your schedule, take notes and tell you about the weather. It can control other Mi Home devices such as the Mi Kettle, lights, and rice cooker. What’s more, you can even have it serve as a tutor for your kids, but it can only follow the command in Chinese.

Amazon Echo Amazon Echo is developed by Amazon, com. The device connects with the voice- controlled intelligent assistant service Alexa. The device is capable of voice interaction (in English, French, Chinese), music playback, setting alarms, and providing weather, traffic and other real-time information. It can also control several smart devices acting as a home automation system. The interesting function is that the latest version can order milk or other food materials on Amazon.com.

1. Who is most likely to buy a Ding Dong?

A．A young man who likes sports.

B．A student who likes learning English.

C．An old man who likes listening to the radio.

D．A kid who likes playing games online.

2. Which smart speaker can help a kid learn at home?

A．Tmall Genie	B．Mi AI
C．Ding Dong	D．Amazon Echo

3. What is an advantage of Amazon Echo over other smart speakers?

A．Its voice interaction is in different languages.

B．It has an easier access to the Internet.

C．It can be controlled by voice.

D．It controls home automation devices.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A．Husband and wife.

B．Shopkeeper and customer.

C．Mother and son.

2. How much will the woman pay for the lemons?

A．10 cents.

B．30 cents.

C．40 cents.

3. What did the man suggest buying?

A．Apples.

B．Lemons.

C．Watermelons.

4. How does the woman deal with her goods?

A．Take them home by herself.

B．Ask the man to send them to her home.

C．Ask her friend to send them to her home.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How much did the blue coat cost?

A．$80.

B．$100.

C．$120.

2. What prevented the woman from buying the red coat?

A．Its color.

B．Its size.

C．Its price.

6 . Shorts may feel nice and casual on your legs on a warm summer’s day, but they’re not so gentle on your wallet.     1     Usually the fact that one obviously uses less cloth than the other makes it hard to be accepted So what gives?

It turns out clothing sellers aren’t trying to cheat you by charging you too much money. They’re just pricing shorts according to what it costs to produce them.    2     Extra material does go into a full pair of pants but not as much as you may think. As experts explain, shorts that don’t fall past your knees may contain just a fifth less cloth than ankle-length trousers.    3    

Those same details that end up accounting for most of the material—pockets, belt loops, waist bands—also require the most human labor to make.    4     The physical cotton in blue jeans accounts for just a small part of its price Jag. Most of that money goes to pay the people stitching (缝合) it together, and they put in roughly the same amount of time whether they’re working on a pair of pants or some shorts.

    5     For another example, short-sleeved shirts cost roughly the same as long-sleeved shirts. There are also numerous invisible factors that make some shorts more expensive than nearly identical pairs, like where they were made9marketing costs, and the brand on the label. If you don’t want to spend $40 on something that covers just a small piece of leg, stay at home with your wallet!

A．More or less, shorts almost cost what pants do.

B．This is where the true cost of a garment is determined.

C．This price trend becomes popular across the fashion field.

D．This is because most of the cloth is sewn into the top half.

E．In general, a pair of shorts isn’t any cheaper than a pair of pants.

F．To tell you the truth, it is a real bargain to pay for a pair of shorts.

G．Customers are willing to purchase a pair of shorts if it is at a reasonable price.

7 . 阅读下面短文, 根据内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Is Fast Fashion Taking Over?

The fashion industry has changed significantly in recent years. Traditionally, fashion retailers(零售商) created two clothing collections per year, called seasons. Nowadays, in contrast, they can design and manufacture(生产) clothes in as little as four weeks. Fast Fashion means that the latest designs shown at the fashion shows in Paris, London, New York, and Milan can be coped and sold in shopping malls within a month.

The advantages of rapidly changing fashions are clear. Shortening the life cycle of a product means that if a design doesn’t sell well within a week, it is taken out of the stores and replaced with a new one. This is good for manufacturers, as it means a greater volume of sales. It is also good for customers, who can keep up with fast-moving trends cheaply and who can enjoy finding something new every time they visit the store.

However, there are also a number of disadvantages to the fast-fashion approach. Perhaps the biggest concern is the impact of wasted clothes on the environment. The low cost of most fast fashion enables shoppers to buy several new sets of clothes each season. This means that huge amounts of clothing are thrown away. Furthermore, with fashions changing so quickly, cotton growers need to produce more cotton more cheaply, and that means using more pesticides and chemicals. A third problem is the theft of ideas. Fashion houses invest a lot of time and money in new designs, only to see these ideas stolen and copied by fast-fashion companies.

In short, these days it seems that the fashion industry is changing almost as fast as the fashion it produces. What do you think of this?

8 . How much does the man need to pay?

A．$4.

B．$8.

C．$12.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在题后空白处填入适当的内容（每空一词:)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developing Internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person    1    has not experienced online shopping? Definitely not.

Online shopping    2    (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. For the consumers, it can save some time for people who don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get what they want while    3    (stay) at home. For the retailers (零售商), it can cut some costs for those who don’t have lots of funds. Compared with the    4    (tradition) trade mode, it doesn’t need to rent a house.    5    , there are still some disadvantages in online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping    6    (little) reliable and trustworthy. Second, people will lose    7    fun of bargaining.

    8    is undeniable (不可否认的) that shopping on the Internet has become a popular trend in modern society. We need to make the relative laws in agreement    9    the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and    10    (convenient) of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

10 . Hi Judy!

You often complain to me that you always buy goods unreasonably on sale promotion（促销）and feel it shameful after going back to your school dormitory with new things not needed, considering all the money you spend is your parents’ income.

In fact, this is a common phenomenon, called impulsive buying, a buying unplanned and hard to control. It usually happens when a store offers discounts（打折）or sales promotion—a special way used by stores to get more customers, which means you may fall into its traps even without notice.

Stores, with a good knowledge of customers’ psychology（心理）, make use of it to drive business. Avoiding all the impulsive buying is a hard thing. However, knowing our psychology behind it and reducing the times when influenced by sales promotion may be useful. So you should keep calm when facing the sales promotion by keeping in mind what you really need.

Find out the conditions where you are likely to buy things blindly. When seeing a dress advertised at 20% off, do not concentrate on the discount, but warn yourself against falling into the trap of “saving money’’.

Besides, do not forget the long-term effects of your choice when meeting a sales promotion. Short-term benefits, like excited feeling just after buying items encourage impulsive buying. But the long-term costs such as waste of money and the sense of shame really annoy you. When seeing the advertisements, remember what you really want to buy originally and warn yourself of that terrible feeling. Only in this way can you save money for really needed things.

Yours,

Rachel

1. Judy felt it a shame to ________.

A．complain to others about the poverty of her family

B．waste her parents’ money on unneeded things

C．buy cheap things at lower prices or with less money

D．rely on her parents for further education

2. Which of the following is true of impulsive buying according to Rachel?

A．It is designed by shops to draw customers’ attention.

B．It can be brought under control with the help of stores.

C．It is planned by buyers with the purpose of saving money.

D．It is done by customers without considering its bad effects.

3. In face of sales promotion Judy is advised to ________.

A．have belief in her own immediate decision

B．check the quality of the goods at low prices

C．stay calm by thinking about what she really needs

D．take the chance to learn more about stores tricks

4. How do buyers usually feel in the long run after buying discounted things?

A．Regretful.

B．Thrilled.

C．Relaxed.

D．Sceptical.