Passage Three

Nowadays, Internet shopping is becoming increasingly popular and many high street stores and supermarkets are now offering this facility. You can shop for just about anything in the comfort ofyour own home, and all you need to do is to sit in your armchair and order things directly on the Internet.

Shopping on the Internet offers convenience and time-saving benefits to shoppers, as compared to traditional storefront(店面) shopping. People can shop for a variety of products on the Internet, ranging from physical products, such as books, CDs, clothes and food, to information products, such as online news or magazines stories. The Internet operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, unlike traditional storefronts which have fixed opening hours. No wonder that some research findings indicate that consumers views the Internet as an “instrument ofconvenience”.

Despite the advantages of Internet shopping, there are also disadvantages of Internet shopping. The main disadvantage is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their quality. Sometimes the computer image of the products can hardly compare with those that can be touched for quality and put on for comfort. Furthermore, Internet shopping cannot provide the social interaction and the sense of community. Many people will find it completely unpleasant because they may miss the opportunity to talk to friends. Some people are worried about paying for goods using credit cards, so Internet companies are now finding ways to make online payment safe.

As a new type ofshopping, Internet shopping is bound to become more and more popular in the future. Moreover, ifthe problem ofthe security ofthe payment can be overcome, there will be more people willing to try online shopping.

Passage One

"Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a littlebit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

"Cool" can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.”You may think, “He ’ s so cool, ”when you see your favorite footballer.

We all maximize the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or“surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the watell they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity（贫乏） ofwords. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool” I can. And I think they are also very cool.

Passage Four

Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes. But shouldn’t clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being for the individual who wears them Why are we constantly told that we need to buy new clothes and add fresh pieces to our collection

Fashions change year after year so lots ofpeople can make piles ofmoney. Iffolks are convinced that they need a different look each season,and that this year’s sweater’s length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy. The fashion industry would have you ignore your shortcomings and just make you feel beautiful and happy. In fact, it is not only a phenomenon we can find in people’s dressing.

Fashion controls our lives. Fashion controls what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, the way we cut our hair, the makeup we buy and use, the color ofthe cars we drive. Fashion even controls our ideas.

You don’t believe me How many of your friends are vegetarians Why are they vegetarians Because it is fashionable!

Where does fashion come from Often the reasons are quite logical. Scientists and historians study the fashions ofthe past and discover the secrets ofeach fashion.

When girls see an attractive guy, their blood pressure rises and their lips become redder. That’s why guys think that girls wearing lipstick are beautiful.

Why do guys shave their heads In the past soldiers shaved their heads to kill the insects that lived in their hair. Now guys shave their heads so that they look strong and masculine, like soldiers.

People spend a lot of time and money on fashion. But are they wasting their money Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies. Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.

And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn’t it When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don’t you

Passage Two

When we talk about intelce, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school． By intelce we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new situation． If we want to test intelce, we need to find out how a person acts instead ofhow much he knows what to do．

For example, when in a new situation, an intelt person thinks about the situation, not about himselfor what might happen to him． He tries to find out all be can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it． He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries． And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes． An intelt person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it．

If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call“bright”children and“non-bright”children． They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount ofintelce． For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him． But the unintelt child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world： he seems to have a wall between him and life in general．

Passage Four

Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes. But shouldn’t clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being for the individual who wears them Why are we constantly told that we need to buy new clothes and add fresh pieces to our collection

Fashions change year after year so lots ofpeople can make piles ofmoney. Iffolks are convinced that they need a different look each season,and that this year’s sweater’s length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy. The fashion industry would have you ignore your shortcomings and just make you feel beautiful and happy. In fact, it is not only a phenomenon we can find in people’s dressing.

Fashion controls our lives. Fashion controls what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, the way we cut our hair, the makeup we buy and use, the color ofthe cars we drive. Fashion even controls our ideas.

You don’t believe me How many of your friends are vegetarians Why are they vegetarians Because it is fashionable!

Where does fashion come from Often the reasons are quite logical. Scientists and historians study the fashions ofthe past and discover the secrets ofeach fashion.

When girls see an attractive guy, their blood pressure rises and their lips become redder. That’s why guys think that girls wearing lipstick are beautiful.

Why do guys shave their heads In the past soldiers shaved their heads to kill the insects that lived in their hair. Now guys shave their heads so that they look strong and masculine, like soldiers.

People spend a lot of time and money on fashion. But are they wasting their money Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies. Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.

And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn’t it When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don’t you

Passage Two

When we talk about intelce, we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school． By intelce we mean a way of living and behaving, especially in a new situation． If we want to test intelce, we need to find out how a person acts instead ofhow much he knows what to do．

For example, when in a new situation, an intelt person thinks about the situation, not about himselfor what might happen to him． He tries to find out all be can, and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it． He probably isn't sure how it will all work out, but at least he tries． And if he cannot make things work out right, he doesn't feel ashamed that he failed, he just tries to learn from his mistakes． An intelt person, even if he is very young, has a special outlook on life, a special feeling about life, and how he fits into it．

If you look at children, you'll see great difference between what we call“bright”children and“non-bright”children． They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the same kind with different amount ofintelce． For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him． But the unintelt child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world： he seems to have a wall between him and life in general．

Passage One

"Cool" is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a littlebit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings.

"Cool" can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything.

When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say, “It’s cool.”You may think, “He ’ s so cool, ”when you see your favorite footballer.

We all maximize the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or“surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her students to write about the watell they had visited. On one student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool. ” Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.

But the story also shows a scarcity（贫乏） ofwords. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility. Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool” I can. And I think they are also very cool.

Passage Four

Open up most fashion magazines and you will see incredibly thin models with impossible hair and wearing unreasonably expensive, impracticably styled clothes. But shouldn’t clothes be comfortably durable and make a principle of being for the individual who wears them Why are we constantly told that we need to buy new clothes and add fresh pieces to our collection

Fashions change year after year so lots ofpeople can make piles ofmoney. Iffolks are convinced that they need a different look each season,and that this year’s sweater’s length and shoes style are important, they can be persuaded to buy. The fashion industry would have you ignore your shortcomings and just make you feel beautiful and happy. In fact, it is not only a phenomenon we can find in people’s dressing.

Fashion controls our lives. Fashion controls what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, the way we cut our hair, the makeup we buy and use, the color ofthe cars we drive. Fashion even controls our ideas.

You don’t believe me How many of your friends are vegetarians Why are they vegetarians Because it is fashionable!

Where does fashion come from Often the reasons are quite logical. Scientists and historians study the fashions ofthe past and discover the secrets ofeach fashion.

When girls see an attractive guy, their blood pressure rises and their lips become redder. That’s why guys think that girls wearing lipstick are beautiful.

Why do guys shave their heads In the past soldiers shaved their heads to kill the insects that lived in their hair. Now guys shave their heads so that they look strong and masculine, like soldiers.

People spend a lot of time and money on fashion. But are they wasting their money Changes in fashion help to develop new technologies. Changes in style create work for people all over the world. Many people work in the fashion industry, particularly in the fashion capitals of London, New York, Paris and Milan.

And finally, fashion makes you feel good, doesn’t it When you are dressed in the latest style, dancing to the most fashionable music, after watching the latest hit film, you feel great, don’t you

According to the author, what has been found about fashions by the scientists and the historians is________ .