1 . Amazon has made a new version（版本）of its cheapest Kindle e-reader with an improved screen and a reading light, a feature previously held back for its more expensive e-readers.

Costing $10 more than the previous generation, at $69.99, the new Kindle has a 6in e-ink display with an adjustable front light to make the screen readable in the dark. “Customers consistently tell us how much they appreciate having a front light on Kindle e-readers so they can read in any environment, ” said Erie Saarmio, the European head of Amazon e-readers. He added that this was the first Kindle under S100 with a built-in adjustable front light.

The new Kindle not only has a similar light to the Kindle Paperwhite, but also mirrors its design from 2015. It is 8. 7mm thick, making it 0. 4mm thinner than the previous version, but it weighs 174g instead of 16lg now. Amazon says its size and weight till make it easy to read while holding in one hand. The new Kindle also relinquishes the previous touch system for a more modern touch screen, the same technology used in smart phones and Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite, which should be more responsive. Amazon says the redesigned e-reader still has a six-week battery life based on 30 minutes of reading a day with Wi-Fi turned off.

Amazon’s audiobooks（有声读物）, first introduced with the Kindle Oasis in 2016, can also be used in the new Kindle. It has enough storage（存储）to hold 14 audiobooks or thousands of e-books as is standard with Amazon’s e-readers.

1. How has the new Kindle been improved?

A．By making it lighter.	B．By adding a reading light.
C．By improving its appearance.	D．By increasing its storage space.

2. What does the underlined word “relinquishes” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Adjusts to.

B．Keeps on.

C．Gives up.

D．Stands for.

3. What similarity do the new Kindle and the Kindle Oasis share?

A．They both have a six-day battery life.

B．They both support Amazon's audiobooks.

C．They both have to be used with Wi-Fi turned on.

D．They’re both equipped with an improved screen.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Some new features of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers.

B．The popularity of Amazon’s cheapest Kindle.

C．The improvement of Amazon’s cheapest Kindle.

D．Different versions of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers.

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Many of us listen to music while we work,     1     (think) that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. And in fact, recent research     2     (find) that music can have beneficial effects on creativity.     3     it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more complicated.

Rowan Atkinson is the actor     4     plays Mr. Bean. In Britain, Mr. Atkinson is quite famous for many other wonderful characters. His career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was     5     (part) due to some speaking problems he had in his childhood. He compensated for this by talking very deliberately. This may have inspired the     6     (normal) speech patterns of many of his characters.

Traditions and fashions change and adapt with time, so it is     7     (reason) that our ideas of beauty change as well. In 19th-century Europe, women     8     (use) to wear corsets to achieve a body shape that is no longer considered healthy. Men would wear woolen shawls     9     their shoulders.     10     is hard to imagine that they would be seen as attractive in the 21st century.

3 . Once you get a new smartphone, what’s the first thing you might want to go along with the device?     1     That’s because carrying a smartphone without a case is like driving a car   without bumpers（保险杠）— and no one wants a new device to break. Spending on mobile phone protection is expected to reach $107.3 billion by 2022. Protective cases are the hottest sellers in the category. Are those expenses really necessary?

Here’s a reality check on what does and doesn’t protect your phone.

Screen protectors are a partial solution

A broken smartphone screen is always a sad sight. Makers of screen protectors, the plastic or glass films that can be applied to a smartphone display, say that their products will safeguard your screen from scratches and breaks when it falls face down.     2    

A majority of broken smartphone screens come from impact on the corners and edges, according to a survey of smartphone owners by iFixit. When a smartphone’s corners or edges hit the ground, the impact     （撞击）is in a concentrated area and more likely to cause breaks, whereas if it had fallen face down on the ground, the impact would have been spread out over the width of the screen.

Why you should buy a case

For overall device protection, a case, which covers the corners, edges and back of a smartphone, is your best bet.    3    

There are hundreds of cases available composed of different materials, including plastic and leather. The Wirecutter recommends $11 Silk cases, which are slim, inexpensive and composed of a flexible plastic that is easy to hold. A case is more important than a screen protector given the case’s reach over more parts of the phone.

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Many smartphone manufacturers and sellers offer an extended warranty ( 保 修 ) that can replace or repair your phone if it is damaged. The downside is that the cost of the warranty programs — roughly $80 a year — often exceeds the cost of doing individual repairs for broken devices.

That’s where insurance comes in. Device protection plans that offer coverage for lost or stolen cellphones are insurance programs.     5     Though these plans are nearly double the cost of warranty programs, the compensation (赔偿金) you receive can get you a brand-new device if the unexpected happens.

A．This deserves our attention.

B．But they are not a guarantee.

C．Skip the extended warranty

D．For many people, it’s probably a case.

E．Extended warranty saves your device

F．And often they also include protection for damaged items.

G．A good case will absorb impact in those areas when your device is dropped.

4 . 下面文章中有3处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C和D)中选出符合各段意思的小标题，选项中有一项是多余选项。

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A. Best Weekend Projects
B. Parents
C. Amazing People
D. Fashion Guide

5 . Technology makes our life easier than what we can imagine. Now we don' t need to leave our homes to purchase something because everything is reachable and can be easily found in front of us through a few clicks. Here's a quick glance at the best online shopping sites in the world to make it easier for you to find the best items you need.

Amazon

It is the most popular as the biggest online shopping store in the USA and the whole world. It was founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States as an online bookstore and quickly diversified to offer everything you need. It provides its customers with several features such as discounts, fast delivery and a wide range of items at good prices.

eBay

It is one of the most popular online auction and shopping websites that can be found in the whole world. It was founded in 1995 by Pierre Omidyar and is headquartered in California, United States. It helps you to buy and sell different products, which makes this site beneficial for both buyers and sellers.

ASOS

Founded in 2000 by Nick Robertson, Asos is one of the biggest online shopping UK that specializes in presenting everything related to beauty and fashion including men’s and women’s wear. It helps you to narrow your search through making use of trends an collection features in addition to the ability to buy and sell pre-owned clothes through the online marketplace that is presented to you.

Mr. Porter

It is an online retailer that was launched in 2011 in London and specializes in offering what is related to men's style including shoes, clothes and accessories to make you a stylish man. You can find products for major designers such as Alexander McQueen and Ray Ban.

1. Which of the following shopping sites has the longest history?

A．Amazon	B．eBay
C．Asos	D．Mr. Porter

2. What is special about eBay?

A．It sells products related to beauty and fashion.

B．It offers customers delivery for free in the USA.

C．It provides a platform for you to sell your goods.

D．It's the biggest online shopping store worldwide.

3. Who works as a designer for men's style?

A．Jeff Bezos.	B．Pierre Omidyar.
C．Nick Robertson.	D．Ray Ban.

6 . Shopping therapy has long been considered as a good way to let off stress. Now, US scientists have discovered not only does shopping therapy exist, but that it could be caused by an individual's fear of sudden death. Researchers found materialistic people thought terrorism and war more stressful than others.

Psychologists believe the rise of materialism around the world and its treatment effect on extreme stress might be a response to fear of death caused by acts of terrorism, disease and natural disasters.

The scientists from Michigan State University said people with possession obsessions often have lower self-esteem than others so are more likely to shop as the result of severe psychological suffering.

Ayalla Ruvio, a business professor studying people's shopping habits while rockets fell in Israel, said, "When the going gets tough, the materialistic people go shopping. This stress spending is likely to produce even greater stress and lower well-being. Essentially, materialism appears to make bad events even worse."

Dr Ruvio led a two-part study of Israeli citizens living in a town that came under extreme rocket attacks for about six months in 2013. She compared 139 residents of the southern town   with 170 from another town that was not under attack to see how their symptoms of post-traumatic stress and shopping habits varied. Dr Ruvio found that, when faced with a deadly threat, those who are highly materialistic suffered much higher levels of stress, while their tendency to shop was increased.

Dr Ruvio said, "The relationship between materialism and stress be more harmful than commonly thought."

The second stage of their research surveyed 855 Americans about their materialistic nature and fear of death. They found shopping was used to relieve feelings of stress and anxiety about death but this was in response to fear of a variety of life-threatening events like car accidents, criminal attacks and natural disasters.

1. Which of the following opinion is NOT right according to the text?

A．Terrorism is believed to easily cause the rise of materialism

B．The materialistic find terrorism and war more stressful than others.

C．The scientists think people with possession obsessions suffer a lot mentally.

D．The scientists think possession obsessions help people get self-respect.

2. What's the result about Dr Ruvio research?

A．Impulsive spending does good to people's health.

B．Faced with great stress, people feel hopeless for life.

C．Shopping can't lower one's stress as it is expected.

D．Faced with threat, people's wish to shop will decrease.

3. Which of the following events threaten people's life?
① Greater stress; ② Car accidents; ③ Criminal attacks; ④ Natural disaster;

A．①②③

B．②③④

C．①②④

D．①③④

4. What's the main idea of the passage?

A．Can greater stress lead of the passage?

B．Does shopping help lead to shopping?

C．Is shopping very important in people's life?

D．Can shopping reduce stress and relieve the fear of death?

7 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today, we buy more clothing    1    we did 20 years ago. Fast fashion causes 13.1 million tons of clothes to be thrown away each year, and only 15% are recycled. That’s a lot of waste if you take into consideration the fact that too much water    2    (use) to produce one T-shirt. What can you do about that? Use the principle “less is more”.

Fast fashion clothing is designed to fall apart fast,    3    means that you’ll need more soon. In the long run, it’s    4    (cheap) to buy fewer clothes of higher quality. Besides, more and more    5    (store) have recycling programs,    6    (make) it easy to get rid of unwanted items responsibly.

Businesses can be environmental-friendly, too. For example, an online clothing store promises    7    (contribute) 5% of its income to an    8    (organize) which protects elephants in Africa.    9    (actual), shopping in such similar businesses is certainly    10    amazing way to be in harmony with (与……和谐相处) nature. It creates a win-win situation where you can buy things you love, and at the same time, the environment has been improved because of your effort.

8 . In recent years, thrift shopping (买二手货) has become quite trendy. It’s more than just a convenient way to keep costs down when it comes to shopping — “thrifting”is now considered cool. Read on to learn some benefits of thrift shopping.

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It’s not uncommon for us to see someone wearing the same dress or shirt that we own. But there is generally a lot of variety when shopping for second-hand clothing. Thrift shopping is like a treasure hunt.     2     Sellers collect items from all over, so there is more diversity and a lot of options. You can even find one-of-a-kind items!

▲We can find genuine vintage (经典的) items.

Trends come and go, and often people buy clothing that is mass produced to look like it came from a different decade.     3     That means you can actually buy clothing that was made in that decade and happens to be coming back into style. You can also find things that are not made anymore!

▲It is environmental friendly.

    4     Thrifting is a great way to recycle. You can donate clothes you no longer wear and buy more clothes, eliminating waste in the process. It helps reduce the chemical pollution produced by creating and buying new clothes. It’s a simple and easy way to go green.

▲Your purchase may help fulfill a charity purpose.

Many thrift stores are non-profits that partner with local charities. So when you make a purchase from such stores, part of what you spend goes to a good cause. You can help local brands grow too.     5    

A．You never know what you might find!

B．One person’s trash is another person’s treasure.

C．Thrifting allows us to explore diverse and unique styles.

D．But when you shop at thrift stores, you can find the real deal.

E．In addition, vintage items are often better quality than new ones.

F．In this way, your shopping experience becomes more meaningful.

G．You can find clothing similar to what your favorite celebrities wear at half the price.

9 . I've discovered the joy of a new thing. Online grocery shopping. But I actually enjoy going to the supermarket.

Seems I'm not the only one，only about 3% of people do grocery shopping online，compared with around 30 % who shop for clothes and electronics. I was interested，so I decided to do my own very unscientific research.

Step one: I talked to a small group of friends about their preferences.One mother described it as the happiest thing in her week when she was stuck at home with two small kids and handsome young men would arrive at the door bearing groceries.Seems busy mums are very much in favour of home deliveries(送货).

Step two: sign up and try it myself. My choice was Aussie-owned Countdown.

I managed to do the whole shop in about 15 minutes. The only problem is that you have to place an order of at least $ 50 and pay the seemingly standard $ 15 delivery fee. But given the cost of groceries，who has ever left a supermarket spending less than $ 50? l was impressed Countdown offered same-day delivery on a Sunday when I placed my order at 9:30 am.

Sure enough，at about 2:30 pm，I got a phone call from a delightful courier chap（快递员)called Ian，who told me he was at my house with the groceries and was leaving them on the back deck. Two minutes later he called again saying he'd left the groceries in the house because we'd left the backdoor wide open.He even offered to lock the house up and put the key some where safe.

I have a real fear that we will more and more quickly move to online shopping for everything and shops will become something of the past.

As a teenager，hanging around the shops on a Saturday with friends is what we did.So even though I enjoy the experience of online grocery shopping，perhaps I'll just stick with my regular trips to my local New World to keep real shops alive a bit longer.

1. What did the mother mentioned in Paragraph 3 think of online grocery shopping?

A．She loved it.	B．She was against it.
C．She would give it a try.	D．She had no interest in it.

2. What did the author like most about online Countdown?

A．Its high quality groceries.	B．Its low delivery fees.
C．Its good service.	D．Its low prices.

3. Why does the author prefer supermarket shopping?

A．She finds it much easier.	B．She can save more money
C．She has a fond feeling for it.	D．She had a bad online shopping experience.

4. What would be the best title for the text?

A．Is Online Shopping Popular?	B．The Joy of Grocery Shopping
C．The Future of Online Shopping	D．Is Supermarket Shopping Dying?

10 . Do you ever wonder how the apple got from the tree to your hands? In most cases，apples travel a long way to get from where they were grown to the places where people buy them.

    1     Apple growers have hundreds of trees. The farm workers pick the apples off the trees and put them into large bags or boxes. Workers on another part of the farm sort the apples by size and type. All the green Granny Smith apples go in one bin (大箱子).     2     Then the apples are placed in big，wooden boxes and loaded(装载)onto trucks.The trucks carry the boxes of apples off the farm.

    3     But most apples arrive at one of many warehouses(仓库).In some warehouses，the apples are made into applesauce(苹果酱) or Juice.In other warehouses，the apples are washed,sorted，and put into bags or smaller boxes.

The warehouses sell the apples to stores all over the country.     4     They tell the warehouse how much of each kind of apples they want to buy.The warehouse then packs the orders of apples on to large trucks.     5     This keeps the apples fresh until they are sent to the stores.

When the trucks reach the stores，workers unload the orders.They count the boxes and check to make sure that the apples are in good condition.Finally，the workers place the apples on the store shelves.Customers choose the apples they want to buy.

A．The pink Gala apples go in another.

B．Sometimes the apples go to nearby stores.

C．The journey of an apple begins on the farm.

D．The trucks are cold inside，just like a refrigerator.

E．Maybe you think about how healthy an apple is to eat.

F．Buyers from the stores place an order with the warehouse.

G．The apple you eat may be from a warehouse thousands of miles away.