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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Never go into a supermarket hungry! This is a good piece of advice. If you go shopping for food before lunchtime, you'll probably buy more than you plan to. Unfortunately, however, just this advice isn't enough for shoppers these days. Modern shoppers need an education in how and how not to buy things at the store. First, you check the weekly newspaper ads. Find out the items that are on sale and decide if you really need these things. In other words, don't buy anything just because it's cheaper than usual! Second, never let "New and Improved!" or "All Natural" on the front of a package influence you. Instead, read the list of contents on the back. Third,compare prices: that is, you should examine the prices of both different brands and different sizes of the same brand. Another suggestion for shoppers is to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands. Ordinary items in supermarkets come in plain packages. These products are cheaper because producers don't spend much money on packing or advertising. However, they are still of high quality. In the same way, in buying clothes, you can often find high quality and low prices in brands that are not famous. Shopping in discount clothing stores can help you save a lot of money. Although these stores aren't very attractive, and they usually do not have individual dressing rooms, not only are the prices low, but you can often find the same famous brands that you find in high-priced department stores. Wise shoppers read magazine ads and watch TV commercials ,but they do this with one advantage: knowledge of the psychology behind the ads. In other words, will-informed shoppers watch for information and check for misinformation. They ask themselves questions: Is the advertiser hiding something in small print at the bottom of the page? Is there any real information in the commercial, or is the advertiser simply showing an attractive image? With the answers to these questions, shoppers can make a wise choice. Question: The author's main purpose of writing the passage is to advise shoppers _ . Options: A: to buy ordinary items instead of famous brands B: how to buy ordinary things in supermarkets C: how to make a proper decision while shopping D: not to believe advertisements or commercials
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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: Some Advice on Traval NO.1. Forget Fashion !Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys. NO.2. Traveling on trains and buses can be boring. So take a good book to read. NO.3. If you're going somewhere cold, remember your warm clothes. NO.4. Or, if you are going somewhere sunny, remember to wear sun block and sunglasses. NO.5. Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments. NO.6. Be careful with your things whenever you go to busy places, like a train station. There are often thieves there. NO.7. Always leave room in your bag for buying presents. NO.8. Most countries have lower prices for students. So if you have one, take your student card with you and save money. NO.9. Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops. NO.10. If you travel abroad, remember to take your _ Whatever you don't lose it! Question: If you go to Hainan Island for a trip in summer, you should take _ with you. Options: A: warm clothes and sports shoes B: sunglasses and sun block C: fashionable clothes and a big bag D: some fruit and drinks
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B

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Read the article and select the best answer. Article: A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a person came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch: "It's 8:05," he said. Then he went to sleep again. But soon he was waken up again because a second person was knocking at the window. "Sir, do you know the time?" he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told him it was half past eight. In this way, the driver thought he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and stuck it on the window for all to see. It said, "I don't know the time." Again, he lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came and began to knock at the window, "Hey, sir," he said. "It's a quarter to nine." ,. Question: Why did the driver write a note and stick it on the window? Options: A: Because he didn't want anybody to trouble him. B: Because he didn't know the time. C: Because he needed somebody to wake him up. D: Because he wanted somebody to tell him the time.
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A