[单项选择]According to the passage altogether how much money is wasted every year on gift-giving
A. About $40 billion
B. About $4 billion
C. About 10% of the total value
D. Much more than $4 billion

[单项选择]According to the passage altogether how much money is wasted every year on gift-giving
A. About $40 billion
B. About $4 billion
C. About 10% of the total value
D. Much more than $4 billion

[单项选择]We can infer from the passage about how much exercise is enough to improve general health, ______.


A. different people have nearly the same opinion
B. it is easy to reach a conclusion
C. researchers have made a conclusion
D. it is a time-consuming study

[单项选择]After reading the passage, how much do you know about the compound near Waco
A. About 51 people lived in the compound at the time of the event in 1993.
B. It consisted of a main structure and a bunker.
C. It was built of stone.
D. It was a schoolhouse.

[单项选择]The passage mainly discusses how heat

[单项选择]The passage informs you how to
A. complain about your credit card.
B. apply for a credit card.
C. report the loss of a credit card.
D. pay for your credit card.

[单项选择]According to this passage, approximately how many non-native users of English are there in the world today
A. A quarter billion.
B. Half a million.
C. 350 million.
D. 700 million.

[单项选择]We learn from the passage that much of California's electronic waste has been______.
A. dumped into local landfills
B. exported to foreign countries
C. collected by non-profit agencies
D. recycled by computer manufacturers

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Passage Two 2
How can a single postage stamp be worth $ 16,800
Any mistake made in the printing of a stamp raises its value to stamp collectors. A mistake on one in expensive’ postage stamp has made the stamp worth a million and a half times its original value.
The mistake was made more than a hundred years ago in the British colony of Mauritius, a small is land in the Indian Ocean. In 1847 an order for stamps was sent to a London printer, and Mauritius was to become the fourth country in the world to issue stamps.
Before the order was filled and delivered, a ball (舞会) was planned at Mauritius’ Government House, and stamps were needed to send out the invitations. A local printer was instructed to copy the de sign for the stamps. He accidentally inscribed the words "Post Office" instead of "Post Paid" on the sever al hundred stamps that he printed.
Today there are only twenty-six of these misprinted sta
A. there are few others like it
B. there are no errors on the stamps
C. a mistake is made in the ,printing
D. both A and C

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Passage Four
Much of a parent’s job is to provide the gifts of caring, love, and emotional support to children. But one gift is often beyond their reach: the resources to meet the financial demands of college tuition.
For more than 54 years, the United Negro College Fund has fulfilled the dreams of deserving students by closing the gap between the cost of college and what their parents can afford. More than 300,000 students have graduated from United Negro College Fund member colleges since 1944, and 54,000 more axe currently enrolled (入学).
The oldest and most successful minority higher education support organization, the United Negro College Fund is a combination of 39 private, historically black member colleges and universities. Since its founding, it has raised more than $1.3 billion to keep the dream alive for needy families across the country.
What is it that makes the United Negro College Fund so important to America’s fami
A. Fame and benefit.
B. Confidence and hope.
C. Encouragement and determination.
D. Hope and opportunity.