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    There are many new ways of shopping in the world. Do you know all of them?

    One popular way is catalog shopping(目录购物). There are catalogs for almost anything you need—like clothes, furniture, cooking and so on. People also order about 40% of their music from music club catalogs.

    Another way of shopping is shopping by TV. It began in 1986. About 5% to 8% of the Americans now shop by television. People say that it is easier than shopping in a shop. TV shopping is late at night, so people can "go shopping" happily after a day's work.

    Computer shopping or "shopping online" is interesting to more and more people. Is computer shopping the way of tomorrow? Already, people can use their computers to order many different things, such as computers, flowers, food and T-shirts. Soon people may be able to shop for anything, anytime and anywhere in the world.

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阅读短文及文后选项,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

    It is fun being a vet. ____, every day is different! It all depends on what is wrong with the animals that come in.

    At my clinic, I work long days on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, and short days on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays. Sunday is my day off so I can spend some time with my family.

    ____ My clerk opens the door, turns on some music, and makes everyone a cup of tea or coffee. My assistant cleans and feeds the animals. The phones start to ring, and people make appointments. This is a very busy time of day!

    At 9 am, pet owners start to arrive with their sick pets. Appointments take up the whole morning.

    ____ I don't examine any new sick animals. I use these two hours to have lunch and do all my paperwork.

    At 2 pm, I start to see sick animals again. At 5 pm, three students from a local school who love animals arrive to help out. ____ I am always happy to see their smiling faces!

    From 5 pm to 7 pm, I continue to see sick animals. Then, at 7 pm we close our doors and the clean-up begins! We tidy the clinic and feed and clean the animals Of course, we also stroke (轻抚) them and give them hugs !Then, we turn off the lights and go home. ____

    I'm very happy being a vet, though unexpected things sometimes happen!

A. I like it because although it is hard work

B. At midday, I stop for two hours.

C. My day at my clinic begins at 7 am.

D. This is the type of the day I want to have.

E. They are very kind and warm-hearted.

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阅读下面的文字,完成下列小题。

黄庭坚:与苏东坡比肩的文化大家

    黄庭坚幼时聪颖早慧,属于神童。他5岁就能背诵五经,“坚幼警悟,读书五行俱下,数过辄忆。”他的父亲黄庶追慕古代大哲,用上古时帝颛顼高阳氏的后裔“八恺”之一“庭坚”为其命名。良好的家庭环境,让黄庭坚从小就深受文化的浸染,他的出类拔萃也就不令人感到意外了。

    父亲的去世使得15岁的黄庭坚不得不跟着舅舅到淮南游学。在扬州,他认识了诗人孙觉。孙觉是著名经学家胡瑗的高足,对黄庭坚极为赞赏,后来干脆把自己的女儿兰溪许配给了他。两位长辈的悉心教育,让黄庭坚受益匪浅,他们清廉的官风,也给了他很大的影响。嘉祐十一年乡试时考官李询击节称绝,谓“此人不惟文理冠扬,异日当以诗名擅四海”。第二年终登进士榜。

    对黄庭坚一生影响最大的,当然是苏东坡。他以一块洮河石砚作为见面礼,登门以弟子的身份拜见了老师,正式成为苏东坡的学生。随着师徒二人聚会京城,黄庭坚也迎来了他一生最快乐的时光。在汴京三年的时间里,黄庭坚与苏东坡朝夕相伴,得以亲耳聆听老师的教诲,受益良多。他对苏东坡极为仰慕,痛惜跟老师学得太晚。苏东坡也为这样的奇才弟子而十分高兴,说“又得天下才,相从百忧散”。俩人在一起讲道论艺,酬唱赠答,切磋诗文,鉴书赏画,诗词唱和达百篇之多。此时黄的诗歌创作达到一个高峰,他的声名也越来越高,并大有青出于蓝而胜于蓝之势,以至有了双星闪烁、“苏黄”并称的说法。可以说,得遇恩师苏东坡,是黄庭坚人生的重要转折点。

    与黄庭坚过人的才华相比,他一生的仕途极为黯淡。当官不得领导喜欢,关键在于他总是坚持以民为本,“民为贵,君为轻”,把百姓放在最重要的位置上,“施仁政,抚黎民,建功业”。例如他在《虎号南山》中,对虐民的苛政就进行了猛烈的抨击。《流民叹》则描述了震后又大涝,数万灾民流离失所的悲惨图景。这些作品渗透出强烈的关心国运民生的使命感和责任心,仁政爱民也成为他从政的核心理念,他曾摘“尔俸尔禄,民膏民脂,下民易虐,上天难欺”来勒石自警,展现了感人的人道主义的精神。

    随之,他终因朋党之争和文字狱而遭贬。贬谪诏书下达时,左右的人皆因蛮荒之地,少有人烟而替他哭泣,而黄庭坚却说:“四海之内,皆为兄弟,浮生若梦,来去无迹,凡有日月星辰明耀之地,无处不可寄此一生,又有何忧?”

    或许正是在政治上屡受打击、生活上经历了太多的不如意,让黄庭坚有了更多对于人生命运的思考,反而成就了他文学艺术上的辉煌。

    黄庭坚“擅文章、诗词,尤工书法”,他首先为人所推崇的就是诗词。“风前横笛斜吹雨,醉里簪花倒著冠”这些我们耳熟能详的曼妙诗句,皆出自他的手笔。他的诗风奇崛瘦硬,力摈轻俗之习,对宋代诗歌发展做出了开创性的贡献。

    他认为“诗,乃至一切艺事,不能落于俗格”。那何为“不俗”呢?“不俗”有两种:“语言高妙,似非吃烟火食”“笔下无一点尘俗气”,是为诗品不俗;“临大节不可夺”“与天地相终始”,则为人品不俗。在二者的关系上,他提出“文章者,道之器也;言者,行之枝叶也”。说到底在他眼中,没有人品的高洁,诗品必然俗不可耐。

    黄庭坚说得好,做得更好。他的一生,屡受恩师苏东坡的牵连,但他从未为避免贬谪而与老师划清界限,更不会暗施冷箭。这种人生境界,保证了他诗歌的骨力,读来不仅意境悠远,而且荡气回肠。

    与诗歌相比,黄庭坚的书法更为有名。

    黄庭坚书法师从周越,一学就是二十年,他行笔中一波三折之势即受益于此。尽管黄庭坚练字刻苦,但作品却难入高手法眼。一次应宝梵寺住持之请作草书数纸,苏东坡甚是赞赏,但钱勰认为太俗。钱勰说:“你如果见过怀素《自叙帖》,就明白其中的原因了。”黄自此不肯为人作草书。

    不过黄庭坚并没有就此止步,他一边从王羲之等大家的书法中汲取营养,一边师法自然,苦思突破的路径。船工划桨的整齐动作激发了他的灵感,得以初悟草书真谛。被贬为涪州别驾,意外地见到了怀素《自叙帖》真迹,将《自叙帖》借回家,废寝忘食地临摹和研究,草书技法由此突飞猛进。

    通过兼收并蓄,大胆创新,黄庭坚形成了自己独特的书法风格,终得自立门户,与苏东坡、米芾、蔡襄被时人并称“宋四家”。

    “诗品、书品、人品”,黄庭坚的艺术品格,是留给我们最宝贵的文化遗产。他“世道极颓,吾心如砥柱”的风骨,更是值得我们永远追求的精神境界。

(摘自2014年第3期《文史天地》,略有删改)