8. alone[ə'ləʊn] adj.">You alone should determine what is right for you. 只有你一个人才能决定什么合适你。 live alone 独居， leave sb. alone 不打扰某人； leave sth. alone 不碰某物 近义词： isolated adj. 孤立的；离别的；单独的 Many of the refugee villages are in isolated areas. 不少难民村落都在偏远区域。 9. ambition[æm'bɪʃn] n. 野心，雄心；抱负，志向 |
His ambition is to sail around the world. 他的理想是航行环游世界。 ambitious 雄心勃勃的，胸怀大志的 They were ambitious for their children. 他们对我们的孩子有着非常高的期望。 近义词：enterprise n. 事业心，进取心 the spirit of enterprise worthy of a free and industrious people 自由勤劳的民族具备的进取精神 10. amount[ə'maʊnt] n. 数目；总额，总数 |
I still do a certain amount of work for them. 我仍旧为他们做少量的工作。 a huge amount of （+不可数名词）很多的； a large number of （+可数名词复数）很多的 Consumer spending on sports-related items amounted to $9.75 billion. 买家在体育有关用品上的消费总共达到了97.5亿USD。 近义词：quantity n. 量，数目; 定量，大量 The less discerning drinker who prefers quantity to quality 不求质、但求量的不那样识货的饮酒者。 小试牛刀 Ⅰ.选词填空 
1. He was described by his____________________as a model officer. 2. I realized how possible it was to overcome your limitations, to achieve well beyond what you believe yourself __________of. 3. When competing with others, you should always remember that do not____________________the opponents a breathing spell. 4. __________among the major candidates, Gaviria expressed a determination to continue the campaign to defeat the drugs cartels. 5. Companies need to take____________________steps to increase exports. 6. Don't be__________ to consider apparently extravagant ideas. 7. We advised newspapers not to____________________ the advertising. 8. Public opinion polls show less than one-third of Americans ____________________of the way the president is doing his job. Ⅱ. 翻译 1.他了解Soli是想吓唬他，所以他挤出笑容掩饰我们的恐惧。 2.我还要设法把信心传递给女儿，帮她忍受即将来临在大家身上的事情。 3.我赞同你的看法，开放的系统是现在最好的。 4.即便当我年轻的时候我也从未有过什么雄心。 5.教师不只要教授常识，还要教会学生们自学的能力。 困难程度：☆☆☆ 【Keys】：Ⅰ.1. seniors 2. capable 3. allow 4. Alone 5. active 6. afraid 7. accept 8. approve Ⅱ.1. He knew that Soli was trying to frighten him, so he smiled to hide his fear. 2. Somehow I also had to convey confidence to my daughter, to help her endure what had befallen us. 3. I agree with you that the open system is by far the best. 4. Even when I was young I never had any ambition. 5. Teachers do not only teacher knowledge to students, but also the ability to learn by themselves. 
Ⅰ. 初中时态概况 名字 | 用 法 | 动词形式 | 常 用 时 间 状 语 | 例 句 | 一 般 现 在 时 | 1.目前的状况 2.常常性或习惯性的动作 3.主语拥有的性格特点或能力 | I/We/You/They do... He/She/It does... | in the morning/afternoon/ morning every day/morning/Sunday on Sunay always usually often sometimes | 1.She is twelve. 2.I get up at 6:30 every day. 3.She likes swimming. | 一 般 过 去 时 | 1.过去某时发生的动作或存在的状况 2.过去常常或反复发生的动作 | I/We did... You did... He/She/It did... They did... | yesterday last night/Sunday in 1990 two days ago always usually often sometimes | 1.I got up at 6:30 yesterday. 2.He always went to work by bus last year. | 一 般 将 来 时 | 1.以后某时间要发生的动或存在的状况 2.以后常常或反复发生的 动作 | I shall do... I’ m going to do... We/You/They/He/She/ It will do... We/You/They are going to do... He/She/It is going to do... | tomorrow next year/month/week | 1.I will go to my home town next week. 2.I’ ll come to see you every Sunday. 3.I’ m going to swim tomorrow afternoon. | 现 在 进 行 时 | 目前或目前一段时间内正在进行或发生的动作 | I’ m doing... He/She/It is doing... We/You/They are doing ... | now | 1.She is watering the flowers. 2.Are they working now? 3.They are listening to the teacher. | 过 去 进 行 时 | 过去某一时刻或某一段正在进行的动作 | I/He/She/It was doing ... We/You/They were doing .... | this time yesterday at ten o’ clock yesterday at that time when he came back | 1.We were reading in class this time yesterday 2.I was drawing a picture when the teacher came in. | 现 在 完 成 时 | 1.过去发生或已经完成的某一动作对目前导致的影响或结果 2.表示过去已经开始并持续到目前的动作或状况 | He/She/It has done... We/You/They have done ... | already just before never for three years since 1990 this morning these days | 1.I’ ve already posted the letter. 2.We have known each other for ten years. 3.They lived here since 1997. 4.Have you ever been to Beijing? | 过 去 完 成 时 | 过去某一时间前已经发后的动作或状况 | I/We/You/He/She/It had done……. | by the end of… when+一般过去时 before+一般过去时 | 1.I had learned 2000 words by the end of last term. 2.When I got out,the bus had already left. |
Ⅱ. 深入知道 
一般用 “usually, often, every day, sometimes”。 一般目前时基本使用方法介绍 1. 一般目前时的功能 1).表示事物或人物的特点、状况。如：The sky is blue.天空是蓝色的。 2).表示常常性或习惯性的动作。如：I get up at six every day.我天天六点起床。 3).表示客观现实。如：The earth goes around the sun.地球绕着太阳转。 2. 一般目前时的构成: 一定句 1) 主语+系动词 be+名词（形容词，介词短语） 2) 其他主语+动词原形+其它 第三人称单数+动词-s+其它 如：I am a boy.我是一个男生。 We study English.大家学英语。Mary likes Chinese.玛丽喜欢汉语。 否定句 1)主语+ be （is,am,are）+ not +其它。如：He is not a worker.他不是工人。 2)其他主语+do not动词原形+其它 I don’ t like bread 第三人称单数+does not动词原形+其它He doesn’ t often play. 一般疑问句： 1)Be（Is,Are） +主语+其它?如：-Are you a student? -Yes. I am. / No, I’ m not. 2) Do其他主语+动词原形+其它？ Does+第三人称单数+动词原形+其它+？ 注意：遇I/we—you, my—your, some—any. Does she go to work by bike? - Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’ t. Do you often play football?- Yes, I do. / No, I don’ t. 特殊疑问句 疑问词+一般疑问句。如：Where is my bike? How does your father go to work? 
一般用“now/look/listen”. 目前进行时表示目前正在进行或发生的动作，也可表示目前一段时间内的活动或现阶段正在进行的动作。 1、目前进行时的构成 一定句 主语+be（is,am,are ） +动词目前分词-ing eg: I am doing my homework. You/We/They are reading. He/She/It is eating. 否定句 主语+be（is,am,are ）+not + 动词目前分词-ing 一般疑问句 Is+主语+动词目前分词-ing？ 特殊疑问 疑问词+ be + 主语 + 动词ing? 2、动词加ing的变化规则 1)通常情况下，直接加ing，如：cook-cooking 2)以不发音的e结尾，去e加ing，如：make-making, taste-tasting 3)假如末尾是一个元音字母和一个辅音字母，双写末尾的辅音字母，再加ing， 如：run-running, sTOP-sTOPping,swim—swimming 
一般过去时一般用 “a moment ago, just now, yesterday, last…”等。 一般过去时表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状况，常和表示过去的时间状语连用。一般过去时也表示过去常常或反复发生的动作感谢。 1、Be动词在一般过去时中的变化： 1)am 和is在一般过去时中变为was。（was not=wasn’ t） 2)are在一般过去时中变为were。（were not=weren’ t） 3)带有was或were的句子，其否定、疑问的变化和is, am, are一样，即否定句在was或were后加not，一般疑问句把was或were调到句首。 2、行为动词的一般过去时变化 一定句（Positive） | 动词过去式 | I went shopping last night. | 否定句 | didn’ t + 动词原形 | I didn’ t go shopping last night. | 一般疑问句 | Did …+ 动词原形…? | Did you go shopping last night? | 特殊疑问句 | What did…+ 动词原形…? | What did you do last night? |
3、动词过去式的变化 规则动词的变化规则 一般动词 | +ed | planted,watered,climbed | 以不发音的e结尾 | +d | liked | 辅音字母加y结尾 | -y+ ied | stud__________—studied, cry- cried | 重读闭音节单词，末尾只有一个辅音字母 | 双写最后一个字母+ed | sTOP –sTOPped plan - planned |
不规则动词的变化： 原形 | 过去式 | 原形 | 过去式 | 原形 | 过去式 | 原形 | 过去式 | sweep | swept | teach | taught | have | had | go | went | keep | kept | think | thought | do | did | find | found | sleep | slept | buy | bought | eat | ate | say | said | feel | felt | drink | drank | is/am | was | take | took | read | read | give | gave | are | were | mean | meant | put | put | sing | sang | drive | drove | meet | met | cut | cut | begin | began | speak | spoke | make | made | let | let | ring | rang | write | wrote | see | saw | fly | flew | run | ran | ride | rode | come | came | draw | drew | sit | sat | hear | heard | tell | told | grow | grew | learn | learned/ learnt | get | got | know | knew |
表示将要发生的动作或存在的状况及计划、计划或筹备做某事。句中一般有以下时间状语：tomorrow, next day,soon, the day after tomorrow（后天）等。 1、一般以后时的构成 一定句 1)主语+be going to +动词原形. 2)主语+will+ 动词原形. 否定句 1)主语+be +not +going to +动词原形. 2)主语+will +not+ 动词原形. 比如：I’ m going to have a picnic this afternoon.→ I’ m not going to have a picnic this afternoon. 一般疑问句 1)Is+主语 +going to +动词原形.+? 2)Will+主语+动词原形+? 例：We are going to go on an outing this weekend. → Are you going to go on an outing this weekend? Yes,we are. No, we aren’ t. Will he go to Beijing next week? Yes,he will. No,he won’ t. 特殊疑问句（对划线部分提问） 通常情况，一般以后时的对划线部分有三种状况。 1) 问人。Who 比如：I’ m going to New York soon. →Who’ s going to New York soon. 2) 问做什么。What … do.比如： My father is going to watch a race with me this afternoon. →What is your father going to do with you this afternoon. 3) 问什么时间。When.比如：She’ s going to go to bed at nine. →When is she going to bed? 2、同义句：be going to = will I am going to go swimming tomorrow（明天）. = I will go swimming tomorrow. 
构成： 一定句 主语+助动词be +动词目前分词-ing+其它 否定句 主语+助动词be +not+动词目前分词-ing+其它 一般疑问句 Was+主语+动词目前分词-ing+其它？ 特殊疑问句 疑问词+was+动词目前分词-ing+其它? 使用方法
1)表示在过去某一时间正在进行的动作，总是有表示过去的时间状语then, at that time, this time yesterday等，或与过去发生的某事同时发生的动作（即与when, while引出的时间状语从句连用）。
例：They were talking about a film at six yesterday evening. 昨晚6点他们正在谈论一部电影。
What were you doing at this time last week? 上周的这时你在做什么？
When the teacher came in, they were talking. 老师进去时，他们在讲话。
2)表示在过去某一段时间内进行的动作。
例：They were swimming from two to three yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午2点到3点他们在游泳。
She was watching TV the whole morning. 她整个上午在看电视。
3)表示过去将要发生的动作。
例：He said he was leaving on Tuesday. 他说他周二动身。
Tom said he was going tomorrow. 汤姆说他明天去。
4)用过去进行时描写故事背景。
例：It was getting dark. The wind was rising. 天日渐黑了下来，风势增强了。
The procession was going. He was standing among the crowd looking on. 队伍在前进。他站在人群中观看。 . 
1、目前完成时的构成 一定句 主语+助动词have（has）+动词过去分词-ed 否定句 主语+助动词have（has）+not+动词过去分词-ed 一般疑问句 Have+ 主语+动词过去分词-ed+？ 特殊疑问句 疑问词+have+ 主语+动词过去分词-ed+？ 2、使用方法
1) 表示说话之前已完成的动作，而且这个动作的结果对目前是状况仍有影响。常被just,already,yet 等副词修饰。
Mr. Wang has just come back from America. 王先生刚从美国回来。
2) 目前完成时还可用来表示过去发生的动作一直延续到目前，常带有for或since 等表示一段时间的状语。 Mr Wang has lived here since 1983. 3) 目前完成时瞬间动词即终止性动词不可以与表示一段时间的状语连用。 容易见到终止性动词与延续性动词 的对应关系如下: come / go / arrive / get / reach / move--- be in/at open --- be open die --- be dead close --- be closed become ---be borrow --- keep put on --- wear buy --- have leave ----- be away begin / start ----- be on fall asleep ---- be asleep end/finish ----- be over catch a cold ----- have a cold join the army ---- be in the army, be a soldier join the Party---- be in the Party , be a Party member 例：吉姆买这支已有两年了。 Jim bought this pen two years ago. Jim has had this pen for two years. Jim has had this pen since two years ago. Jim has had this pen since 2007 It is two years since Jim bought this pen. 4) 在表示“近期几世纪/ 年/ 月以来……”时间状语中，谓语动词用目前完成时。 in the past few years/months/weeks/days；over the past few years; during the last three months; for the last few centuries, through centuries; throughout history 等 5) 表示“第几次做某事，”或在 “It is the best +名词 ＋that” 后面跟目前完成时。 This is my first time that I have visited China. This is the most interesting film I have ever seen. That is the only book that he has written. 6) have / has been to + 地址 意为“曾去过某地”，暗含现在已不在该地，仅表示当事人的一种历程而已。
have / has gone to + 地址 “到了某地去了”，暗含“已离开原地去了某地”之意，但否到达了某地尚不确定。
He has gone to Shanghai. 他去了上海。
He has been to Shanghai. 他去过了上海。 
1、过去完成时的构成 一定句 主语+助动词had +动词过去分词-ed+其它 否定句 主语+助动词had +not+动词过去分词-ed+其它 一般疑问句 Had+主语+动词过去分词-ed+其它+？ 特殊疑问句 疑问词+had +主语+动词过去分词-ed+其它+？ There had been 25 parks in our city up till 2000. By the end of last term we had finished the book. They finished earlier than we had expected. 使用方法
1) 表示在过去某一时间或动作之前已完成或延续到某一过去时间的动作或状况，即“过去的过去“。这一动作可以是一直持续到过去这一时刻或将继续下去。这个过去的时间常用by，before after,）等介词短语或一个时间状语从句表示，也可以用一个表示过去的动作或上下文来表示。
The train had left before she got to the station. 在她到车站以前，火车已开走了。
We had learned about 500 English words by the end of mine. 到上个月为止，大家已经学了约500个英文单词。
Mr. Smith died yesterday. He had been a good friend of mine. 史密斯先生昨天过世了，他曾是我的一位好友。
2) 用于以连词when, as soon as, as…as, before, after, until, now that引导的状语从句中或一些宾语从句中以表示动作发生的时间早于主句所表示的动作，可表示缘由、动作先后等关系。如：
After I had finished my homework, I watched TV last night. （表时间先后）
We took a taxi home, as the last bus already gone. 因为最后一班公车已开走，所以，大家就乘出租车回家。（表缘由）
He got to the airport and suddenly realized that he had forgotten to bring his ticket. 他赶到机场时忽然意识到他忘了带机票。
3) 用在一般过去时之后的间接引语中。
He told me that he had been seen the film the day before. 他跟我说他前一天看过那个电影了。
注意：过去完成时的句子中，终止性动词不可以与一段时间连用，而状况动词的过去完成时需要和一段时间连用。如：
He had already died. 他已经去世了。
He had been dead for an hour. 他已经去世了一个小时了。 
1、过去以后时的构成 一定句 主语+助动词would+动词原形。 主语+助动词was going to+动词原形。 否定句 主语+助动词would+not+动词原形。 主语+助动词was+not+ going to+动词原形 一般疑问句 Would+主语+动词原形+？ Was +主语+ going to+动词原形+? 特殊疑问句 疑问词+would+主语+动词原形+？ was +主语+ going to+动词原形+? 例：I hoped she would succeed. 2、使用方法
过去以后时表示从过去某一时间看以后要发生的动作或存在的状况。这种时态常用于宾语从句或间接引语中。主要有以下几种形式：
1) would + 动词原形
这一形式表示过去以后时间，一般带有表示过去以后的时间状语，多见于从句或间接引语中。
I wanted to know when you would finish the article. 我想了解你什么时间写完论文。
He said he would wait for me at the gate. 他说他将在校门口等我。
2) was / were going to +不定式
They told me they were going to plaint trees. 他们告诉我他们计划去植树。
3) was / were to + 不定式
这一形式一般指按过去的计划，安排将在某个过去以后时间发生的事。
The reporter said the sports meeting was to take place soon. 记者称运动会不久将举行。 
Ⅰ. 用括号中动词的适合的形式填空。 1. The boy is happy because he ___________ out all the newspapers. 2. The plan _____________ up because of rain. 3. If it __________ tomorrow, we ____________fishing. 4. Where ____________you____________ these days? 5. Where is Tom? He _________ to the post office. He said he _________ back soon. 6. Mike says he _________to be a worker after he _________ school. 7. The last bus ____________just ________ when they ________ to the bus sTOP. 8. She _________ to bed until she _______ her work. 9. Light ___________much faster than sound. 10. I __________ much better after I _______ the medicine. 11. “Where ________we________?” “Let’ s meet outside the park gate.” 12. I_________ afraid Mr Johnson __________ out school tomorrow. 13. I _________ my bike ._________you _________ it anywhere? 14. ________this kind of car __________ in Shanghai? 15. We __________ several members of the family since we ________ 16. I found that the students _________ football on the playground. 17. The shop ___________ at this time of day. 18. Where ________your watch _________? 19. ________the doctor __________ for last night? 20. Three children ___________ good care by the nurse. 21. Some children ___________ good care by the nurse. 22. Some new houses _________ by the villagers themselves. 23. What language ________ in Australia? 24. The color TV _________ in that shop three days ago. 25. He said he __________ here for another two days. Ⅱ.选择题 1.—How long have you been here, Susan? —only about half an hour. Beth________ here with me. A. drives B. has driven C. drove D. had driven 2.—May I speak to your manager at 4：00 this afternoon? —Sorry, sir. He ________ to a meeting soon. A. would go B. has gone C. will have gone D. is going 3.—Why do you look so upset? —The electricity was cut off suddenly while I__________my essay. A. typed B. was typing C. typing D. have been typing 4. Ever since Ming furniture went on display in Beijing, there________large crowds at the World Art Museum every day. A. was B. have been C. has been D. were 5. Since the sales promotion, all the items ________well. A. have been sold B. were sold C. had sold D. have been selling 6. He had intended to go to Beijing today, but he postponed the trip when he heard that there____________________a downpour at noon. A. was B. had been C. would be D. is 7.—Wow, you have a really good voice. I________ you were good at singing. —Thank you. A. haven't known B. hadn't known C. don't know D. didn't know 8.—Have you ever been to Singapore? —Yes, I ________ there 3 times in 2009 alone. A. have been B. have gone C. went D. had gone 9.The minister ________in office fewer than 48 hours when he came face to face with his biggest challenge in his life. A. has been B. had been C. would be D. is 10. Microsoft ended support for Win XP after April 8, which ________a major operating system for some Chinese computer users, and advised users to upgrade to Windows 8.1. A. remained B. remains C. is remaining D. was remaining 11.—Tony, it seems that you have been very busy all the time. What do you think of your occupation now? —Just so so. I've decided to quit my job in the company next month, where I ________ for five years. A. work B. is working C. will be working D. will have worked 12.Mr Li arrived at the train station twenty minutes ago, but the train to Guangzhou ________ yet. A. hadn't come B. won't come C. hasn't come D. didn't come 13.She won't be able to come next week, because she ________ herself in Mount Tai then. A. enjoys B. will be enjoying C. is enjoying D. enjoyed 14.—Hi, Michelle, I can't find my dictionary. —Sorry, I ________it just now. I guess I put it on the shelf with my things. A. had used B. used C. was using D. am using 15. According to the schedule, the flight No. 232 to Beijing ________ at 10：30. We'd better set out right now, or we'll be late. A. leaves B. left C. will leave D. has left 16.—You've left the light on. —Oh, so I have. ________to turn it off. A. I'll go B. I've gone C.I go D. I'm going 17. Opportunities have been missed before, and if this year they are missed again, things____________________still more difficult. A. become B. is becoming C. will become D. have become 18.—Jessica, may you attend the summit held in Sanya this Wednesday? —I'm afraid not. I ________ with a client about his father's will. A. am about to arrange B. shall be arranging C. would arrange D. would have arranged 19.—It's a shame that you missed the lecture on the British culture given by Thompson. —I ________ it, but I was busy preparing the coming exam. A. had planned to attend B. planned to attended C. would plan D. was planning 20. I ________ up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I ________ to give you a surprise. A. have come; hoped B. have been coming; has hoped C. have come; was hoping D. have been coming; was hoping Ⅲ. 翻译 她过去是个好学生，目前是个好老师。 他们收到了盼望的来信。 自从14、15世纪开始，钓鱼岛就已经出目前中国的地图上了。 假如我回来之前你已经到了，请在外面稍等一会儿。 5. 他那深邃的哲理将对将来产生巨大影响。 
I. Reading Comprehension The elephant was lying heavily on its side, fast asleep. A few dogs started barking at it. The elephant woke up in a terrible anger: it chased the dogs into the village where they ran for safety. That didn't sTOP the elephant. It destroyed a dozen houses and injured several people. The villagers were scared and angry. Then someone suggested calling Parbati, the elephant princess. Parbati Barua's father was a hunter of tigers and an elephant tamer. He taught Parbati to ride an elephant before she could even walk. He also taught her the dangerous art of the elephant round-up -- how to catch wild elephants. Parbati hasn't always lived in the jungle. After a happy childhood hunting with her father, she was sent to boarding school in the city. But Parbati never got used to being there and many years later she went back to her old fife. "Life in the city is too dull. Catching elephants is an adventure and the excitement lasts for days after the chase," she says. But Parbati doesn't catch elephants just for fun. "My work," she says, "is to rescue man from the elephants, and to keep the elephants safe from man." And this is exactly what Parbati has been doing for many years. Increasingly, the Indian elephant is angry: for many years, illegal hunters have attacked it and its home in the jungle has been reduced to small pieces of land. It is now fighting back. Whenever wild elephants enter a tea garden or a village, Parbati is called toguide the animals back to the jungle before they can kill. The work of an elephant tamer also involves love and devotion. A good elephant tamer will spend hours a day singing love songs to a newly captured elephant. "Eventually they grow to love their tamers and never forget them. They are also more loyal than humans," she said, as she climbed up one of her elephants and sat on the giant, happy animal. An elephant princess indeed! 1. For Parbati, catching elephants is mainly to __________. A. get long lasting excitement B. keep both man and elephants safe C. send them back to the jungle D. make the angry elephants tame 2. Before Parbati studied in a boarding school, __________. A. she spent her time hunting with her father B. she learned how to sing love songs C. she had already been called an elephant princess D. she was taught how to hunt tigers 3. Indian elephants are getting increasingly angry and they revenge because __________. A. they are caught and sent for heavy work B. illegal hunters capture them and kill them C. they are attacked and their land gets limited D. dogs often bark at them and chase them 4. The passage starts with an elephant story in order to explain that in India _________. A. people easily fall victim to elephants' attacks B. the man-elephant relationship is getting worse C. elephant tamers are in short supply D. dogs are as powerful as elephants 
本次课复习了初中阶段八大时态的概念与用，阅读理解。 
Homework 1. 复习讲义； 2. 背诵有关的词语和句型，下次上课前十分钟默写； 3. 完成家庭作业。 They like using the Internet. They have lots of pocket money to spend. And they spend a higher proportion of it online than the rest of us. Teenagers are just the sort of people an online seller is interested in, and the things they want to buy－games, CDs and clothing－are easily sold on the Web. But paying online is a tricky business for consumers who are too young to own credit cards. Most have to use a parent’s card. They want a facility that allows them to spend money. That may come sooner than they think: new ways to take pocket money into cyber space are coming out rapidly on both sides of the Atlantic. If successful, these products can stimulate online sales. In general, teenagers spend huge amounts: $153bn in the US last year and ￡20bn annually in the UK. Most teenagers have access to the Internet at home or at school－88 percent in the US, 69 percent in the UK. According to the Jupiter Research, one in eight of those with Internet access has bought something online－mainly CDs and books. In most cases, parents pay for these purchases with credit cards, an arrangement that is often unsatisfactory for them and their children. Pressing parents to spend online is less productive than pressing on the high street. They are more likely to ask “Why?” if you ask to spend some money online. One way to help teenagers change notes and coins into cybercash is through prepaid cards such as InternetCash in the US and Smart cards in the UK. Similar to those for pay-as-you-go mobile telephones, they are sold in amounts such as ￡20 or $50 with a concealed 14-digit number that can be used to load the cash into an online account. 1. What does the word “They” in paragraph 1 refer to? A. Sellers. B. Buyers. C. Teenagers. D. Parents. 2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. More than half of the teenagers in the US and the UK have Internet access. B. Teenagers pay for goods online with their own credit cards. C. Most teenagers in the US and the UK have bought something online. D. Teenagers found it easier to persuade parents to buy online than in a shop. 3. A new way to help teenagers shop online is to use ______. A. a new machine B. special coins and notes C. prepaid cards D. pay-as-you-go mobile phones 4. What is the passage mainly about? A. online shopping traps. B. Internet users in the US and the UK. C. New credit cards for parents. D. The arrival of cyber pocket money.
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