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Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a poll (民意調查) has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the hassle (煩擾) of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
The number of people turning their backs on the high street is almost one million higher than it was last year, according to the poll by YouGov. Last Christmas 2.4 million shoppers did not do any of their shopping in actual shops. The figure this year is predicted to be around 3.4 million, equal to around 7 percent of the adult population.
Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is 0ver-crow-ding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the cheek-out are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2.065 people pored, even those who are stir taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high street shops has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing wi.th store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street,humans are "social creatures" who actually like spending time together.
"Although the high street is facing a big challenge Christmas, retailers (零售商) should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away," said Mr. Boxall.
1.According to the poll, in this year's Christmas
A．about 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping
B．about 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops
C．about 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops
D．over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues
2.What's the meaning of "turn-off" in Para.5?
A．Something that makes people lose heart
B．Something that makes people lose face
C．Something that makes people lose interest
D．Something that makes people lose courage
3.It can be inferred from Mr. Boxall's words that
A．retailers should reduce their in-store goods.
B．retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research.
C．retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping.
D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas
4.Wheat's the writer's attitude towards Christmas online shopping?
A．Concerned. B．Doubtful. C．Approving. D．Objective.
An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow(烏鴉) landed in front of the window. The father___21___ son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow." ___22___ few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just ___23___ you that it’s a crow." After a little __24____ , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) __25____ tone could be heard in the son’s __26____ . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and __27____ with an old diary which he had __28____ for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to ___29___ it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my __30____ was sitting with me on the sofa.When a crow was__31____ by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I __32____ to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him __33____each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel__34____ answering the same question."
If your __35____ become old, don’t treat them or look __36____ them as a burden(累贅). Instead be warm and__37____ to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to ___38___ my parents happy forever, for they have __39____ for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their ___40___love to me."
1. A．demanded B．asked C．commanded D．tested
2. A．Before B．During C．After D．Within
3. A．told B．reminded C．called D．consulted
4. A．sigh B．doubt C．breath D．while
5. A．sad B．angry C．pitiful D．gentle
6. A．face B．mind C．voice D．pace
7. A．came up B．came out C．came back D．came on
8. A．kept B．gathered C．collected D．searched
9. A．tear B．read C．write D．recite
10. A．son B．daughter C．brother D．father
11. A．lying B．wiping C．sitting D．spying
12. A．required B．repeated C．recalled D．replied
13. A．lovingly B．carefully C．deeply D．lightly
14. A．puzzled B．worried C．Amazed D．annoyed
15. A．parents B．relatives C．families D．teachers
16. A．up B．upon C．down D．into
17. A．wise B．kind C．strict D．generous
18. A．send B．pray C．own D．see
19. A．frightened B．hunted C．cared D．waited
20. A．pleasant B．limited C．useful D．selfless
Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a poll (民意調查) has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the hassle (煩擾) of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
The number of people turning their backs on the high street is almost one million higher than it was last year, according to the poll by YouGov. Last Christmas 2.4 million shoppers did not do any of their shopping in actual shops. The figure this year is predicted to be around 3.4 million, equal to around 7 percent of the adult population.
Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is 0ver-crow-ding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the cheek-out are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2.065 people pored, even those who are stir taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high street shops has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing wi.th store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street,humans are "social creatures" who actually like spending time together.
"Although the high street is facing a big challenge Christmas, retailers (零售商) should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away," said Mr. Boxall.
【小題1】According to the poll, in this year's Christmas
| A．about 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping |
| B．about 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops |
| C．about 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops |
| D．over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues |
| A．Something that makes people lose heart |
| B．Something that makes people lose face |
| C．Something that makes people lose interest |
| D．Something that makes people lose courage |
| A．retailers should reduce their in-store goods. |
| B．retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research. |
| C．retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping. |
| D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas |
| A．Concerned. | B．Doubtful. | C．Approving. | D．Objective. |
An 80-year-old man was sitting in his house beside his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow landed in front of the window. The father 16 his son, "What is that?" The son replied, "It is a crow."17 a few minutes, the father asked his son a second time, "What is that?" The son said "I just 18 you that it’s a crow." After a little 19 , the father again asked his son, "What is that?" That time a(n) 20 tone could be heard in the son’s 21 . "It’s a crow, a crow!"
A little later, the father went to his room and 22 with an old diary which he had 23 for many years. After opening the right page, he asked his son to 24 it. When the son read it, tears came to his eyes." Today my 25 was sitting with me on the sofa.
When a crow was 26 by the window, my son asked me 23 times what it was, and I 27 to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him 28 each time he asked me the same question. I did not feel 29 answering the same question." If your 30 become old, don’t treat them or look 31 them as a burden(累贅). Instead be warm and 32 to them. From today on say this to yourself, "I want to 33 my parents happy forever, for they have 34 for me ever since I was born, and they have always showed their 35 love to me."
1. A．demanded B．asked C．commanded D．tested
2. A．Before B．During C．After D．Within
3. A．told B．reminded C．called D．consulted
4. A．sigh B．doubt C．breath D．while
5. A．sad B．angry C．pitiful D．gentle
6. A．face B．mind C．voice D．pace
7. A．came up B．came out C．came back D．came on
8. A．kept B．gathered C．collected D．searched
9. A．tear B．read C．write D．recite
10. A．son B．daughter C．brother D．father
11. A．lying B．wiping C．sitting D．spying
12. A．required B．repeated C．recalled D．replied
13. A．lovingly B．carefully C．deeply D．lightly
14. A．puzzled B．worried C．amazed D．annoyed
15. A．parents B．relatives C．families D．teachers
16. A．up B．upon C．down D．into
17. A．wise B．kind C．strict D．generous
18. A．send B．pray C．own D．see
19. A．frightened B．hunted C．cared D．waited
20. A．pleasant B．limited C．useful D．selfless
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The idea about the phoenix goes back to Ancient Egypt, where we find the phoenix described as a handsome, eagle-like bird, with part-golden, part-red plumage, that spent most of its life in the Arabian deserts. It was rarely seen and according to one version of the story, only appeared in Egypt once every five hundred years, when it flew to Heliopolis, “city of the sun”, and deliberately burnt itself to ashes by settling on the altar(祭壇) flame there! However, it seems it did not really die because from those same ashes a young, fully formed phoenix was born and flew away, apparently back to Arabia.
It is pretty obvious that no one has ever seen or will see a living phoenix. The interesting thing is that we can find certain clues which may explain one aspect of the Egyptians’ idea. It may sound unbelievable, but some birds are apparently quite charmed by flames and small fires, especially members of the crow family. One zoologist actually proved this by setting fire to some straw near to a tame（馴養(yǎng)的） rook. Far from becoming nervous and backing away, the bird deliberately stood over the flames, with raised and vibrating wings. It didn’t get burnt, but the image it presented by its strange behavior was almost exactly like that shown in illustrations of the mythical phoenix!
Why birds should occasionally behave in this strange way is not clear. One idea is that they carefully use the heat of the flames to relieve the annoyance caused by their feather mites(虱) which all birds have. Whatever the reason, it is quite possible that the Ancient Egyptians saw birds behaving in this way, from time to time, and used it as the basis of their phoenix myth, adding fanciful details which closely linked it to their worship of the sun and their belief in resurrection.
Nowadays, the phoenix is much less important to us than it was to the Egyptians. But the logo of modern fire insurance companies, which employ the phoenix as one of their symbols, refers that in one sense the idea of it remains.
41. According to the passage, the phoenix ______________ .
A. is a handsome and eagle-like bird living in Arab
B. used to be seen when the Egyptians held religious activities
C. has never really existed in the world
D. is the king of all kinds of birds
42. The reason why birds stand above flames is probably that _____________ .
A. the phoenix used to do so
B. they may get rid of the mites
C. they want to burn their feather
D. they can heat themselves
43. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A. The ancient Egyptians worshiped the phoenix.
B. The scientists have discovered why birds are attracted by fire.
C. The modern people still favor the idea of the phoenix.
D. The mythical tales about the phoenix were based on facts.
44. Which of the following is closest to “resurrection” in the 3rd paragraph?
A. living forever B. offering warmth C. coming back to life D. staying healthy
45. What does the phoenix probably mean in the logo of a fire insurance company?
A. Our company can protect you from being harmed by fire.
B. If your property is destroyed by fire, we will help you build it up again.
C. Our company will always be energetic and wealthy.
D. If needed, we will save you at the risk of losing lives.
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