1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What will John get?

A．A football.

B．A bike.

C．A toy car.

2. Who is learning Chinese probably?

A．Jack.

B．John.

C．Jane.

3. When will the woman buy the gifts?

A．On Sunday.

B．On Friday.

C．On Saturday.

4. Why will the man take the kids to the McDonald’s?

A．To keep a secret.

B．To make them quiet.

C．To have lunch.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the man fail to do last time?

A．Repair the computer.

B．Find a buyer for the bike.

C．Take a picture of the woman.

2. What is eBay according to the man?

A．A website.

B．An account.

C．An advertisement.

3. How will the speakers sell the bike?

A．By describing it to other people.

B．By advertising it in a newspaper.

C．By putting an advertisement online.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about the woman?

A．She is placing an order.

B．She is filling in a form.

C．She is asking for some information.

2. When will the magazines come out?

A．In a week.

B．In two weeks.

C．In two months.

3. Why does the man recommend pre-ordering?

A．Everything will be ready in advance.

B．The product is better.

C．It is cheaper.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. How many customers can get the gifts?

A．25.

B．50.

C．100.

2. What does the speaker say about the towels?

A．They are $ 10 each.

B．They are made of pure cotton.

C．They come in only one color.

3. What discount can customers get with a Macy’s credit card?

A．10%.

B．12%.

C．15%.

4. Why does the speaker make the announcement?

A．To give thanks to Macy.

B．To promote new towels.

C．To attract more customers.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A famous painting of Marilyn Monroe created by American artist Andy Warhol was sold for $195 million on Monday. That is     1     most ever paid in a public sale for a work by an American. Warhol painted Shot Sage Blue Marilyn in 1964. The     2    (color) image shows Monroe with yellow hair, blue eye shadow and bright red lips, with a rich blue background.

The sale took place at Christie’s auction (拍卖) house in New York. Many     3    (representative) from Christie’s said the painting became the costliest work of art ever     4    (sell) from the 20th century. Warhol’s painting passed the earlier record holder, Jean Michel Basquiat. His 1982 painting Untitled of a skull-like face was sold for a record $ 110.5 million in 2017 at Sotheby’s in New York. Warhol created     5    (much) than one image of Monroe. The Shot Sage Blue Marilyn painting has been shown     6     museums around the world. Christie’s said an unnamed buyer made the purchase on Monday night.

When the auction     7    (announce) earlier this year, Christie’s estimated it could go for as much as $ 200 million. “It’s an     8    (amaze) price,” said Alex Rotter, chairman of Christie’s 20th and 21st century art department. “Let it sink in. It’s quite something.”

The earnings of the sale will go to the Thomas and Doris Ammann Foundation Zurich,     9     puts the painting up for auction. The foundation aims     10    (help) children with health care and educational programs.

6 . It’s easier than ever to buy things online. It’s so easy that Ryan Cassata sometimes does it in his sleep. Casata, a 24-year-old singer, recently was informed by Amazon that a package had been shipped to his apartment, but he didn’t remember buying anything. When he logged onto his account and saw that some socks were on the way, he remembered: A few nights back, he had woken up in the middle of the night to browse-and apparently shop-on Amazon.

Casata shops when he’s awake, too, buying little gadgets like an onion chopper, discounted gums, and decorations like a Himalayan salt lamp. The other day, he almost bought a pizza pool float, until he remembered that he doesn’t have a pool.

Thanks to a perfect storm of factors, Americans are accumulating a lot of stuff. Now, the Internet has made it possible for us to shop from anywhere, anytime. And because of the globalization of manufacturing, everything is cheaper than ever before — so cheap that we add them to our online shopping carts without a second thought. Shopping online also feels good. Humans get a dopamine hit (多巴胺刺激) from buying stuff, according to research, and then also experience delayed pleasure when the order arrives a few days later, which may make it more physiologically rewarding than shopping in stores.

Justine Montoya, a caregiver in Los Angeles, who buys all sorts of stuff online, said, “In the past few months alone, I bought an S18 smart watch from Wish.com that I’ll probably never use, a second Kindle because it was on sale and I am worried my first Kindle is going to die soon, and a pair of wireless ear buds that I had hoped would allow me to charge my iPhone and listen to music at the same time, but that instead just fall out of my ears whenever I put them on. I also bought, on Amazon, a book about hiking, only to find the exact same book in a box of my stuff in my parents’ basement.”

1. What do we know about Casata when he was informed of a package?

A．He went to sleep.	B．He forgot buying anything.
C．He waited for it until midnight.	D．He was happy to receive the socks.

2. Why didn’t Casata buy a pizza pool float?

A．He already had one.	B．It was not discounted.
C．It was poorly decorated.	D．He doesn’t have a pool at all.

3. What’s Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．Factors contributing to overbuying online.

B．Conveniences brought by online shopping.

C．Reasons explaining why everything is cheap online.

D．Good feelings one can get through online shopping.

4. What message does the author try to convey by giving the example of Justine Montoya?

A．The quality of products is a major public concern.

B．We have a wide choice of products in online stores.

C．People accumulate useless stuff by shopping online.

D．Today people depend on the Internet to do shopping.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. How long has the man been waiting for the woman?

A．For 5 minutes.

B．For 15 minutes.

C．For 25 minutes.

2. What might surprise the man?

A．The woman won’t buy anything at the store.

B．The woman doesn’t like any of the dresses.

C．The woman tried on a purple dress.

3. Who is Louisa?

A．The woman’s friend.

B．The shop owner.

C．The salesgirl.

4. Where will the woman buy her favorite dress?

A．In a supermarket.

B．In another shop.

C．On a website.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What do we know about the woman?

A．She is placing an order.

B．She is filling in a form.

C．She is asking for some information.

2. When will the magazines come out?

A．In a week.

B．In two weeks.

C．In two months.

3. Why does the man recommend pre-ordering?

A．Everything will be ready in advance.

B．The product is better.

C．It is cheaper.

9 . The amount of stuff we own these days is shocking. Reports indicate we consume twice as many material goods today as we did 50 years ago. The number should cause us to start asking some difficult questions of ourselves. For example, why do we buy more stuff than we need?     1    

We think it will make us happy.     2     But in reality, we buy bigger houses, faster cars, cooler technology and fashionable clothes, hoping that we will become happier. Unfortunately, the actual happiness from excessive physical possessions is brief at best.

We are more susceptible to advertising than we believe.     3     Every advertisement carries the same message — your life will be better if you buy what we are selling. We begin to hear this message so many times and from so many angles and begin to believe it. This is not a complete condemnation of the marketing industry. This is simply a call to realize their message affects us more than we realize.

    4     Comparison seems to be a natural state of our humanity. We notice what other people are buying, wearing, and driving. We admire them. And all too often, we buy stuff we don’t need just because people in our friendship circles have done the same. A culture focused on praising excess will always misdefine true success.

Extra material possessions do not enrich our lives.     5     We would be wise to realize the cause and overcome it.

A．We are hoping to impress other people.

B．We envy people who own more stuff.

C．On average, we see 5,000 advertisements every day.

D．Here are several reasons why we buy more stuff than we need.

E．Nobody would admit they search for happiness in material possessions.

F．We seek to recover from loss and loneliness by purchasing unnecessary items.

G．Actually, buying unnecessary things keeps us from experiencing something wonderful.

10 . Top Four Online English Shopping Websites From China

Today online shopping is growing rapidly worldwide. An increasing number of individual consumers and companies prefer to buy from China to enjoy benefits of low prices, broad categories and fast delivery offered by Chinese online stores. Here are top four China online shopping websites:

Made-in-China. com

Founded in 1996, Made-in-China.com is a leading B2B electronic business portal based in China. The site offers the most complete and latest information on Chinese products and suppliers. Just like its slogan sys, “Connecting Buyers with China Suppliers” Made-in-China. com does a good job of linking two sides. It is one of the biggest and best China online market.

LightInTheBox. com

LightInTheBox.com provides cheap and reliable items to both individual and company consumers. They sell a total of more than 60,000 kinds of commodities covering 14 categories of products including clothing, electronics, toys, jewelry, household and sporting items. LightInTheBox already has hundreds of millions of registered users from all over the world and delivers products to consumers in over 200 countries.

DHgate. com

DHgate.com, based in Beijing, is one of China’s oldest and biggest B2B online market-places for items produced in China. It is like the popular site Alibaba. com. The platform mainly connects small and medium suppliers with buyers overseas, selling wholesale to retailers around the world.

Banggood. com

Banggood.com was established in 2004, specializing in foreign trade e commerce for almost everything you need. Based in Guangzhou, Banggood is one of the best China online stores which is dedicated to offering low prices, high quality items to international customers. Banggood.com is famous for its faster delivery service, and it makes sure all items go through quality testing before being shipped.

1. What does Made-in-China.com offer?

A．Information on Chinese buyers.	B．Information on the lowest price of products.
C．Information on the retailers around the world.	D．Information on Chinese products and suppliers.

2. Which website mainly connects small and medium suppliers to buyers?

A．DHgate.com	B．Bangood.com
C．Made-in-China.com	D．LightInTheBox.com

3. What is special about Banggood.com?

A．It is the best China online store.	B．It ensures the quality of all its items.
C．It involves different levels of products.	D．It has the longest history in foreign trade.