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Hi! Welcome to my webpage. My name’s Tom Wood and I’m an English teacher. I【小题1】 (design) this webpage last week so that my students can learn more about me. I think it is important 【小题2】 (know) my students well. And it is fair 【小题3】 my students know me well, too.

I was born in London, England, but I’ve lived and worked in China for the past 15 years and I really like living here.

I can speak Putonghua and even a little bit of Cantonese, 【小题4】 is my wife’s dialect (方言). I practice 【小题5】 (speak) Chinese every day and my Chinese is improving. 【小题6】 (fortunate ) , there are many people in my town who are ready to help me with my Chinese! I particularly enjoy talking to my neighbors.

My favourite sport is football. I play football once a week with some of the other teachers at the school. We’re going to organize a 【小题7】 (compete) with teams of teachers from other schools this summer.

My other great love is my motorbike. I love getting on my motorbike and riding out to the countryside. But my wife thinks it’s too 【小题8】 (noise) and dangerous. If anyone wants to send me an email, just 【小题9】 (do) as you like. I’d love to hear 【小题10】 you.

   Online shopping has become very popular in recent years. It’s a brand new way for shopping, and at the same time, it saves money because items sold online are much cheaper. Therefore, customers from different countries are changing their ways of shopping. As for some wise men, they find another way to save much more money-using online coupons（优惠券）to shop. Online coupons enable them to get the items they want to buy much cheaper.

As we all know, sometimes manufacturers, shops, restaurants and entertainment clubs will provide special offers. For example, a shirt asks for $100, but if a coupon is used, the customers may get the shirt at $90. Sometimes, by using a coupon, one can luckily get a free product. Online coupons work in the same way; online shoppers get discounts by using online coupons.

In this case, you are advised to do some research to make sure whether there is a coupon or vouchers（代币券）concerned with the items you want to buy online. Then comes the point where to find online coupons. Usually there are three ways:

1. Find the official websites of the brands. To promote sales, some brands will offer online coupons on their own websites.

2. Visit the special coupon websites. There are special websites where coupons from many shops, restaurants and so on are gathered. Buyers input（输入）keys of coupons they are fond of, and thousands of related coupons in different cities in America will be listed. To narrow down your list, just click the district you are located in.

3. Pay attention to some social websites. To let more people know coupon information, some shops will show their information on social websites where a lot of online buyers visit.

Because information on the Internet often cannot be cleaned in time, much invalid information will be searched out. So when you find a proper coupon, please don’t get carried away. Read the information carefully, ensuring that they have not expired（失效）yet. If interested, you can visit Couponeed. com to find coupons and save money.

【小题1】Why does the author give the example of a shirt in Paragraph 2?

A．To show how to get free products.

B．To show how to find useful websites.

C．To show the benefits of shopping online.

D．To help explain how online coupons work.

【小题2】Some brands offer online coupons on their own websites for the purpose of____.

A．helping sell more products

B．offering some new products

C．selling their products at higher prices

D．making their websites more attractive

【小题3】In which section of a website could this passage be found?

A．Culture.	B．Economy.
C．Education.	D．Entertainment.

【小题4】What is most likely to be talked about in the paragraph that follows the passage?

A．Another way to save money.

B．Some useful coupon websites.

C．The benefits of shopping online.

D．Some coupons on Couponeed. com.

   In the early times, the music industry was terrified of taping (用磁带录音), thinking that customers would just copy music, or record from the radio. But that never really happened, at least not enough to cause any real hardship to anyone in the music business.

The same argument arose over technologies like MiniDiscs and recordable CDs. But the thing that terrified the music industry more than anything else was the arrival of services like Napster, which allowed people to share music over the Internet without costing them anything. The music industry was shocked; it saw people exchanging (交换) digital copies that didn’t degrade (削弱) the quality with each transfer, something that stopped tapes being a huge threat.

But it wasn’t the Internet that killed the music industry. In fact, everything is still looking optimistic for many musicians. Taylor Swift has had a good year, and her latest album is likely to make her very wealthy indeed. There is always going to be public demand for music.

However, the technology will simply destroy the record company. The reason is simple. Record companies are a man in the middle that simply doesn’t need to exist anymore. The same way we buy our flights direct, and do our shopping online and have things delivered from Amazon instead of going to a local shop. We have always been willing to enjoy cost reductions at the expense of the middleman, and the record companies are that kind of middleman.

What does the record industry offer? Well, surprisingly little these days. It used to be the case that record companies would go and find new talents. Of course this still happens, but more likely is that an artist will be discovered by the public through YouTube, or even from friends on Facebook or Twitter. Record companies also used to have an important role in producing the music. But countless artists are making their own way through software or any of the other amazing music apps, without any help from the record companies.

【小题1】What is Napster in the second paragraph most probably?

A．A MiniDisc.	B．A CD player.
C．A piece of software.	D．A tape recorder.

【小题2】Why didn’t tape copying become a huge threat to the music industry?

A．It was hard to transfer.	B．It was strictly controlled.
C．It didn’t save much money.	D．It couldn’t maintain the quality of music.

【小题3】The example of Taylor Swift is used to prove that_______.

A．the Internet won’t destroy the music industry

B．the musicians will benefit a lot from the Internet

C．the sales of albums are badly affected by the Internet

D．the demand for music will change due to the Internet

【小题4】According to the passage, what will happen to the record companies?

A．They will sell latest albums online.

B．They will be useless in the Internet society.

C．They will cut the expense on producing the music.

D．They will go and find new music talents through the Internet.

Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to call a friend and ask for a ride, and half the time they’ll say, “Sorry, my car is full.” But with Twitter, you just tweet (贴子,留言) and look for other people heading the same way.
It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends of friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.
The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）. It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom.
According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license. Today it’s six in ten. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16^thbirthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor (Sociology professor at Boston College) knows people my age love being connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus.
To me, another plus is ridesharing represents something much bigger than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter.
【小题1】The writer usually rideshares with _____.

A．anyone heading the same way	B．people he knows
C．friends of friends	D．strangers of his age

【小题2】Fewer young people choose to ride by themselves because _____.

A．driving means offering free rides to others.

B．getting a driving license becomes more difficult.

C．driving one’s own cars causes a negative impression.

D．driving makes them disconnected from technology.

【小题3】We can conclude from the passage that _____.

A．the writer rideshares just to save money

B．people under 18 are not allowed to drive

C．silver Super Beetle is the writer’s favorite

D．the older generation had to fight for freedom

【小题4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Teens use Twitter to thumb rides.

B．Tips on reducing risks in ridesharing.

C．Car is no longer a gateway to freedom.

D．New generation knows how to save money.