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In Canada and the United States， there is a new group of children called “satellite kids”， who live in one place but whose parents live in another place.

Asians are immigrating to Canada and the United States in larger numbers than ever before. Most Asians immigrate because they believe that they can give their children a better education in the West. In Asia， especially in China， Japan， and Korea， it is difficult to go to university. Students must first pass the strict national examination. However， in Canada and the United States， it is easy to go to university， and anyone who wants to go can go. As a result， Asian parents decide to leave their countries so that their children can go to university.

The problem is that when Asians arrive， they discover that finding a job and making money are more difficult in the West than in the East. Also， they find that they are very lonely， and that they miss their homes. Because of these two reasons， most Asian parents decide to go back to work in Asia while their children study in the West. Therefore， these children become “satellite kids”， and most of their parents do not know how sad it is to be a “satellite kid”.

Only until now are Canadians and Americans discovering the “satellite kids” problem. Because these children do not speak English and their parents are not there to take care of them， they are often absent from school. To be a “satellite kid” means to grow up in a country where you know you are different and where you cannot make friends because you do not speak English well. Also， it means to grow up alone， because your parents are elsewhere. What these “satellite kids” will probably say to their parents is that it’s better to have parents around than to have a university education.

1. Some Asian parents send their kids abroad because ___ .

A. their kids can easily find a job there

B. the kids want to improve their English

C. universities abroad have no national exams

D. their kids may be accepted by universities abroad

2. The underlined words “satellite kids” in Paragraph 1 refer to Asian kids ___ .

A. without parents B. living abroad alone

C. with no job D. can’t speak English

3. Some Asian immigrant children become “satellite kids” because their parents ___ .

A. find it’s hard to find a job abroad

B. want their children to go to university

C. return to their own countries to work

D. want their children to be independent

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that satellite kids ___ .

A. will attend school every day

B. grow well in a foreign country

C. may be lonely in a foreign country

D. speak fluent English and have friends

B

Every product on the market has a variety of costs built into it before it is put up for sale to a customer. The selling price of a product must take all these costs into consideration and itself consists of a markup（提价幅度）over the total costs.

The markup may be quite high or low. However， high markups do not necessarily mean big benefits. Benefits come from income. If a product has a 50 percent markup and does not sell， there is no benefit. But if a product has an 8 percent markup and sells very well， there are reasonable benefits.

While most pricing is based on cost factors， there are some exceptions. Prestige pricing means setting prices high in order to attract select customers like wealthy shoppers. Leader pricing means setting low prices on certain goods to get people to come into the stores. The benefits are made from other products people buy in the store. Bait pricing（诱饵定价）， now generally considered unlawful， means setting low prices to attract customers. The store， however， has no plan of selling goods at the bait prices. The point is to get people into the store and persuade them to buy the low-priced goods of bad quality. Then a higher-priced product is presented as a better choice.

Bid pricing（投标定价）is a special kind of price setting. It is often used in the awarding of government contracts. Several companies are asked to hand in bids on a job， and normally the lowest bidder wins. A school system may want to buy a large number of computers. Several companies are asked to hand in prices， and the school district will decide on the best bid based as well on considerations of quality and service.

5. According to Paragraph 2， a popular product most probably brings in ___ .

A. no benefit B. 50% benefits

C. 8% benefits D. reasonable benefits

6. According to the text the main purpose of showing customers with bait pricing is to ___ .

A. attract possible customers to come into the store

B. sell customers goods of a lower price

C. get customers to buy some other goods of a higher price

D. persuade customers to buy what they don’t really need

7. The passage suggests that government should forbid ___ .

A. leader pricing B. bait pricing

C. bid pricing D. prestige pricing

8. What is the author’s purpose of writting this passage？

A. To enable us to tell unlawful business.

B. To get us to know the knowledge of pricing.

C. To explain to us the purpose of different prices.

D. To make us know which selling price is good for us.

1. These young men complained of ____（粗暴的）handling by the police.

2. Look， the ____（管子）behind the store is for the gas.

3. You can sink your hand into the ____（一堆）of feathers and feel how soft it is.

4. Will you help me wash up all these p and pans—cooking containers.

5. It’s reported that the n wants more money for warships this year.

It is pleasure for me to write this letter to tell you how much I enjoy my stay in your whole family last week. This was my first visit to a English family. At first， I was worried about my poor English. And when I saw your wife and children waiting for me with warm smile of welcome on their faces， I immediately knew that something would be all right. There are many happy memories of the week that I will be keep with me forever. I particularly enjoyed driving through the countryside with you and saw the changing colors of the leaves on the trees. I also like the fishing trip. It was such much fun.

1. 他不会对最终结果感到绝望，因为他的失误与最终结果无关。

2. 无论这些人来自哪里，他们都必须相互合作完成大量工作。

3. 今天报纸发表的你的文章使公众开始关注污染问题。

4. 作为一个有罪的人，他将被关进监狱，不能见他的家人。

1. It is ten years ___ Miss Green returned to Canada.

A. that B. when

C. since D. before

2. Is it beside the swimming pool， if I may ask， ___ the new company will hold the opening ceremony？

A. where B. which

C. that D. when

3. ___ can you expect to get a higher score in the next examination.

A. With hard work B. Only with hard work

C. Although work hard D. Now that you work hard

4. When the two sisters reunited， they explained to each other ___ they didn’t die of the serious disease.

A. how was it that B. how it was that

C. what was it that D. what it was that

5. Waiter， I want to have coffee and please ___ me one.

A. help B. serve

C. bring D. supply

As I drove my blue Buick into the garage. I saw that a yellow Oldsmobile was 1 too close to my space. I had to drive back and forth to get my car into the 2 space. That left 3 enough room to open the door. Then one day I arrived home 4 ， and just as I turned off the engine， the yellow Oldsmobile entered its space—too close to my car， as 5 . At last I had a chance to meet the driver. My patience had run 6 and I shouted at her， “Can’t you see you’re not 7 me enough space？ Park farther over.” Banging（猛推）open her door into 8 ， the driver shouted back， “Make me！” 9 this she stepped out of the garage. Still， each time she got home first， she parked too close to my 10 . Then one day， I thought， “What can I do？” I soon found a（n） 11 . The next day the woman 12 a note on her windshield（挡风玻璃）：

Dear Yellow Oldsmobile，

I’m sorry mistress（女主人）shouted at yours the other day. She’s been sorry about it. I know it because she doesn’t sing anymore while 13 . It wasn’t like her to scream like that. Fact is， she’d just got 14 news and was taking it out on you two. I 15 you and your mistress will 16 her.

Your neighbor，

Blue Buick

When I went to the 17 the next morning， the Oldsmobile was gone， but there was a note on my windshield：

Dear Blue Buick，

My mistress is sorry， too. She parked so 18 because she just learned to drive. We will park much farther over after this. I’m glad we can be 19 now.

Your neighbor，

Yellow Oldsmobile

After that， whenever Blue Buick 20 Yellow Oldsmobile on the road， their drivers waved cheerfully and smiled.

1. A. driven B. parked C. stopped D. stayed

2. A. complete B. close C. narrow D. fixed

3. A. quite B. nearly C. seldom D. hardly

4. A. hurriedly B. first C. finally D. timely

5. A. usual B. planned C. well D. yet

6. A. into B. about C. out D. off

7. A. keeping B. saving C. offering D. leaving

8. A. mine B. hers C. itself D. ours

9. A. For B. With C. From D. Upon

10. A. room B. area C. front D. side

11. A. instruction B. result C. answer D. chance

12. A. put B. wrote C. sent D. discovered

13. A. working B. driving C. returning D. cooking

14. A. surprising B. latest C. bad D. normal

15. A. hope B. know C. suppose D. suggest

16. A. comfort B. help C. forgive D. please

17. A. office B. flat C. place D. garage

18. A. crazily B. eagerly C. noisily D. early

19. A. neighbors B. friends C. drivers D. writers

20. A. followed B. passed C. found D. greeted