Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is also the most neglect (忽視). Common reasons for not eating breakfast include having no time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike and dieting.
Breakfast simply means “break the fast’’. Your body spends at least 6 to 12 hours each night in a fasting state. In the morning your body needs energy for the day’s work ahead. 
A good breakfast should provide 1/3 of your total calorie(卡路里)needs for the day. On average, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesn’t appeal (吸引) to you in the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half of your dinner for breakfast in the morning.
If you still aren’t hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or toast or have a nutritious (有營養(yǎng)的) mid-morning snack (小吃) later when you are hungry.
So, you say you are on a diet. Some people fear that eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more. It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day. That is because your body is working correctly. Although you may feel as if you are eating more all day long, in reality you are probably not.
Not eating breakfast can also cause you t overeat, since a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel very hungry later. To make matters worse, since your body is in a slow state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories very efficiently (有效). If you feed your body healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you are less likely to become hungry and stuff (填飽) yourself as soon as you begin to eat.
Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, choosing the right food is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits ,juice, lean meat and grain products such as bread, rice, noodles and cereals.
小題1:. What is the meaning of the word “fast” in the phrase“break the fast”? 
A．movement B．going without food C．quicknessD．certain kind of food
小題2:. If you don’t want to have breakfast in the morning, according to the writer’s suggestion, you should________.
A．see a doctor to have an examinationB．have a little supper
C．go to a restaurant to enjoy a good mealD．have a good supper
小題3:. Eating breakfast, in fact, makes your body_________.
A．work out of orderB．produce too much energy
C．work wellD．feel hungry quicker
小題4: Not eating breakfast will_________.
A．save a lot of moneyB．do harm to your health
C．do good to your healthD．help you keep in shape
小題5: In the last paragraph the writer mainly_________.
A. persuades us to have a good breakfast    
B. tell us what food isn’t suitable for breakfast
C describes when and how we should have our breakfast
D .tell us what food we should have for breakfast

小題1:. B           
小題1:.B
小題1:.C
小題1:.B
小題1:.D
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I live in Albuquerque and I used to give much money to the homeless around, feeling sorry for their misfortune. But later I became a single mom with no home, a huge ---36--- and hardly any income. ---37---, I stopped giving and became very bitter.
Several years later, things started to ---38---. I became ---39--- enough to have a home, and ---40--- a backyard, and I started to pull myself out of debt. One day we saw a homeless person with the ---41---, “ Will work for food. ” I ---42---. My daughter asked why I no longer helped the people in ---43---. I replied, “ Honey, they just use that money for ---44--- or other bad things. ” She didn’t respond. But when I said that, it didn’t feel right.
Three days later, I was ---45--- to pick up my daughter from school. A man was standing on the corner and something deep inside ---46--- me to help him. So I stopped my car , and he ran over with enthusiasm. He said, “ God bless you, I only need 77 cents. ” I ---47--- into my ashtray and ---48--- enough, there sat three quarters and two pennies.
Greatly shocked by this ---49---, I gave him all the money in the ashtray. He ---50--- with joy and tears in his eyes, “ You just made it ---51--- for me to see my mom for Christmas ! The bus offering this great sale is ---52--- right away ! ” It was a moment I’ll never forget. I think that man won’t forget it either, but I was the one who got the best ---53--- in life_____giving. It also ---54--- me that nothing is a coincidence, ---55--- everything has meaning.
小題1:
A．
debt
B．
duty
C．
shadow
D．
pressure
小題2:
A．
In fact
B．
In a word
C．
As a result
D．
All in all
小題3:
A．
develop
B．
worsen
C．
vary
D．
change
小題4:
A．
fortunate
B．
wealthy
C．
generous
D．
successful
小題5:
A．
even
B．
still
C．
yet
D．
only
小題6:
A．
decoration
B．
expression
C．
sign
D．
announcement
小題7:
A．
got by
B．
pulled out
C．
passed on
D．
passed by
小題8:
A．
emergency
B．
danger
C．
need
D．
panic
小題9:
A．
food
B．
alcohol
C．
medicine
D．
entertainment
小題10:
A．
driving
B．
jogging
C．
wandering
D．
cycling
小題11:
A．
directed
B．
challenged
C．
permitted
D．
drove
小題12:
A．
reached
B．
turned
C．
broke
D．
searched
小題13:
A．
amusingly
B．
strangely
C．
awkwardly
D．
naturally
小題14:
A．
incident
B．
condition
C．
state
D．
coincidence
小題15:
A．
poured out
B．
turned out
C．
broke out
D．
burst out
小題16:
A．
necessary
B．
difficult
C．
possible
D．
suitable
小題17:
A．
queuing
B．
leaving
C．
setting
D．
operating
小題18:
A．
gift
B．
time
C．
favor
D．
honor
小題19:
A．
impresses
B．
informs
C．
persuades
D．
reminds
小題20:
A．
or
B．
and
C．
so
D．
however


			


			

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When I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns（草坪）, and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or struck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month--- or not at all.
Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no  change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money apart, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when he’d see me from a distance. I figured him for a thin retirement check, maybe a work-relayed injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Sure, I kept track of the total, but I didn’t worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and the little that Mr. Ballou’s property comprised didn’t take long to trim (修剪). 
Then, one late afternoon in mid-July, the hottest time of the year, I was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. The hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light. 
“ I owe you,” Mr Ballou, “ but…”
I thought I’d save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “ No problem. Don’t worry about it.”
“ The bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “ It will be cleared up in a day or two . But in the meantime I thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment.
He gestured toward the walls and I saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. It was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.
“ Take your time,” Mr. Ballou encouraged. “Read, borrow, keep. Find something you like. What do you read?”
“ I don’t know.” And I didn’t. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get from the paperback stack at the drugstore, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, I realized, not without appeal--- so I started to look through the piles of books.
“ You actually read all of these?”
“ This isn’t much,” Mr. Ballou said. “ This is nothing, just what I’ve kept, the ones worth looking at a second time.”
“ Pick for me, then.”
He raised his eyebrows, cocked his head, and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, searched through a stack, and handed me a dark red hardbound book, fairly thick.
“ The Last of the Just,” I read. “ By Andre Schwarz-Bart. What’s it about?” “ You tell me,” he said. “ Next week.”
I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared, and I was plunged into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust, the extraordinary clash of good, represented by one decent man, and evil. Translated from French, the language was elegant, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, read all through the night,
To this day, thirty years later, I vividly remember the experience. It was my first voluntary encounter with world literature, and I was stunned (震驚) by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words, so the next week. When Mr. Ballou asked, “ Well?” I only replied, “ It was good?”
“ Keep it, then,” he said. “ Shall I suggest another?”
I nodded, and was presented with the paperback edition of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa ( a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples--- anthropology (人類學) ). 
To make two long stories short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be, not a light-hearted, instantly forgettable escape in a hammock (吊床) ( though I have since enjoyed many of those, too). A book, if it arrives before you at the right moment, in the proper season, at an internal in the daily business of things, will change the course of all that follows.
小題1:.The author thought that Mr. Ballou was ______________.
A．rich but meanB．poor but polite
C．honest but forgettableD．strong but lazy
小題2:. Before his encounter with Mr. Ballou, the author used to read _____________.
A．a(chǎn)nything and everythingB．only what was given to him
C．only serious novelsD．nothing in the summer
小題3:. The author found the first book Mr. Ballou gave him _____________.
A．light-heated and enjoyableB．dull but well written
C．impossible to put downD．difficult to understand
小題4:. From what he said to the author we can gather that Mr. Ballou _______________.
A．read all books twiceB．did not do much reading
C．read more books than he keptD．preferred to read hardbound books
小題5:. The following year the author _______________.
A．started studying anthropology at collegeB．continued to cut Mr. Ballou’s lawn
C．spent most of his time lazing away in a hammock
D．had forgotten what he had read the summer before
小題6:. The author’s main point is that _____________.
A．summer jobs are really good for young people
B．you should insist on being paid before you do a job
C．a(chǎn) good book can change the direction of your life
D．a(chǎn) book is like a garden carried in the pocket.


			


			

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完形填空。（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A，B，C，D ）中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
 When I was in primary school，I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can't   36  what it was about，but I have never forgotten the  37  I learned that day.
 I was   38  that I was right and he was wrong－and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The   39  decided to teach us a very important lesson. She __40__ both of us up to the __41__ of the class and placed him on one side of her  42  and me on the other. In the   43  of her desk was a large，round object. I could __44__ see that it was black. She asked the boy what __45__ the object was.“White，”he answered.
 I couldn't believe he said the object was white, __46__ it was obviously black！Another __47__ started between my classmate and me，this __48__ about the color of the object.
 The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed __49__，and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I __50__ answer，“White.”It was an object with two __51__ colored sides，and from his side it was white.__52__ from my side was it black.
 My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must __53__ in the other person's shoes and look at the __54__ through their eyes in order to __55__ understand their view.
小題1:
A．thinkB．supposeC．remindD．remember
小題2:
A．lessonB．lectureC．classD．text
小題3:
A．toldB．wishedC．convincedD．a(chǎn)llowed
小題4:
A．officerB．teacherC．doctorD．parent
小題5:
A．toldB．cameC．broughtD．woke
小題6:
A．backB．frontC．middleD．side
小題7:
A．eyesB．deskC．classroom D．body
小題8:
A．middleB．wayC．frontD．back
小題9:
A．happilyB．fortunatelyC．clearlyD．nearly
小題10:
A．widthB．shapeC．colorD．size
小題11:
A．whenB．unlessC．untilD．if
小題12:
A．fightB．a(chǎn)rgumentC．conversationD．game
小題13:
A．timeB．yearC．monthD．day
小題14:
A．placesB．seatsC．a(chǎn)ttitudesD．glasses
小題15:
A．needed toB．was able toC．hoped toD．had to
小題16:
A．similarlyB．differentlyC．beautifullyD．surprisingly
小題17:
A．StillB．SinceC．OnlyD．Also
小題18:
A．seatB．standC．lieD．put
小題19:
A．situationB．movementC．conditionD．behavior
小題20:
A．unexpectedlyB．suddenlyC．quietlyD．truly


			


			

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完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
On a cold November afternoon, my mother and I were walking home from a pizza store. We were dressed warmly and equipped with the rented video we had been dying to     36  . I was feeling a little   37   , as I was carrying our shopping，bags of snacks and the   38   .They were so heavy that I decided to   39  some things. So I started to walk towards the garbage can  40  I noticed a poor man walking his bike out of the restaurant in front of us. He _41   a paper bag with his dirty hand. He headed over to another nearby garbage can and started _42   it. I suddenly felt very 43 because I was about to do away with a new drink just 44 it was heavy. 
I knew this man would take all he could  45   , so I walked up to him and  46  the drink and some snacks to him. The man looked up  47    and took what I gave him. A huge smile spread  48   his face and this caused me to feel indescribable  49   . I felt like I  50  be happier with myself, but then he said, “This is my son’s lucky day!”
With that, he  51   me happily and started off on his bike. I even heard him  52  a song as he rode away. I got a warm feeling inside and I knew I had done something good for the man and his family. I now understand what is    53   by the saying “Giving is getting”.
Since then, every time I have the   54  to do something nice, the picture of the man’s happiness caused by my small gift appears in my mind. This is the  55   of charity.
小題1:
A．watchB．lookC．seeD．listen
小題2:
A．upsetB．happyC．tiredD．excited
小題3:
A．videoB．booksC．pizzaD．clothes
小題4:
A．send offB．throw awayC．put awayD．send out
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．whenC．beforeD．while
小題6:
A．ownedB．presentedC．heldD．sought
小題7:
A．going intoB．finding outC．looking throughD．searching for
小題8:
A．stupidB．guiltyC．disappointedD．happy
小題9:
A．sinceB．forC．becauseD．when
小題10:
A．getB．searchC．hearD．see
小題11:
A．droppedB．keptC．turnedD．handed
小題12:
A．in silenceB．in returnC．in surpriseD．in a hurry
小題13:
A．a(chǎn)roundB．a(chǎn)crossC．overD．to
小題14:
A．regretB．satisfactionC．failureD．curiosity
小題15:
A．couldn’tB．shouldn’tC．needn’tD．mustn’t
小題16:
A．smiledB．toldC．stared atD．thanked
小題17:
A．singingB．soundingC．listeningD．making
小題18:
A．referredB．saidC．meantD．spoken
小題19:
A．timeB．chanceC．ideaD．effort
小題20:
A．powerB．effectC．strengthD．mystery


			


			

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完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）
閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。
"Hey, Tahlia! How's the model?" 
 I had just taken a bite of my hot dog __21__ I heard a familiar voice yelling at me from across the crowded school yard. I saw a group of popular girls who were all __22__. 
"What kind of __23_ are you going to do? An ad for a Frankenstein movie?" More laughter. My stomach twisted into a tight knot. How could they humiliate (羞辱) me like this, __24__ the entire school? As I walked into the cafeteria, I __25__ the dark scars on my right hand. 
At 9 months old, I knocked over a tea pot and dumped boiling water allover my hands and stomach. My parents __26__ me to the hospital, but I had to have skin graft (移植) operation. I was in so much pain! But what __27__ me most were the cruel things people said about how I looked, __28__ that day at lunch. 
The girls were being supermean to me because they'd heard I was considering doing some modeling. A close friend had suggested that I shouldn't let my scars limit me and that I might __29__ a good model. 
But after that __30__ at school, I was sure I'd made a huge mistake. Upon arriving home, I covered the mirror with a blanket, fell on my bed and sobbed. 
 The next day, I __31__ myself to go to school. At lunch my best friend Jesse tried to encourage me: "You can't __32_ forever, Tahlia. So what if you have a few scars? Just go outside and show them that you're just as good as they are." Although I knew he was right, I couldn’t __33__ standing up for myself like that. 
However, that night as I sat on the bed, my friend's words replayed in my mind. I'm __34__ hiding from myself, I thought. How stupid! Slowly, I stood up, walked over to the __35__, and tossed the blanket aside. There, in the mirror I saw a slim, dark-haired, blue-eyed girl, looking just fine, __36__ with a few scars. 
The next day I wore a comfortable T-shirt to school. What's more, I had lunch outside the cafeteria, __37__ beside those mean girls. They were shocked that I should dare to walk into their territory. I felt __38_ too—free and happy. 
Sometimes people still look at me strangely. They __39_ and stare, but I don't let it get to me. I have applied to several modeling companies, and at least one company is considering me for jobs. Maybe I'll never __40_ posing on the runway, but I do know one thing: I'm done. 
小題1:
A．a(chǎn)s B．when C．while D．before
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)pplauding B．cheering C．laughing D．quarreling
小題3:
A．modeling B．writing  C．drilling D．a(chǎn)cting
小題4:
A．in spite of B．in view of C．in terms of D．in front of
小題5:
A．looked into B．searched for C．wondered aboutD．glanced at
小題6:
A．presented B．sent C．rushedD．handed
小題7:
A．hurtB．beat C．disappointed D．puzzled
小題8:
A．for B．like C．on D．a(chǎn)fter
小題9:
A．impressB．make C．consult D．defeat
小題10:
A．effect B．phenomenon C．challenge D．scene
小題11:
A．forced B．expected C．reminded D．preferred
小題12:
A．a(chǎn)pologize B．beg C．hide D．complain
小題13:
A．consider B．imagine C．a(chǎn)ppreciate D．resist
小題14:
A．hardly B．ever C．even D．gradually
小題15:
A．blanket B．bed C．chair D．mirror
小題16:
A．while B．though C．but D．because
小題17:
A．right B．still C．therefore D．a(chǎn)nyhow
小題18:
A．sensitive B．uncomfortable C．different D．tense
小題19:
A．compare B．a(chǎn)ssociate C．wave D．whisper
小題20:
A．give up B．end up C．put up D．set up


			


			

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A Full-Time School Called Life
 You are enrolled in a full-time school called “l(fā)ife”. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.
 Why are you here? What is your purpose? Humans have sought to discover the meaning of life for a very long time. What we and our ancestors overlooked, however, is there is no one answer. The meaning of life is different for every individual.
 Each person has his or her own purpose and distinct path, unique and separate from anyone else’s. As you travel your life path, you will be presented with numerous lessons that you will need to learn in order to fulfill that purpose. The lessons you are presented with are specific to you; learning these lessons is a key to discovering and fulfilling the meaning and connection of your own life. 
 As you travel through your lifetime, you may encounter challenging lessons that others don’t have to face, while others spend years struggling with challenges that you don’t need to deal with. You may never know why you are blessed with a wonderful marriage, while your friends suffer through bitter arguments and painful divorces, just as you cannot be sure why you struggle financially while your peers enjoy abundance. The only thing you can count on for certain is that you specifically need to learn; whether we choose to learn them or not is entirely up to you. 
 The challenge here, therefore , is to align（與…保持一致）yourself with your own unique path by learning individual lessons. This is one of the most difficult challenges you will be faced with in your lifetime, as sometimes your path will be completely different from others. But, remember, don’t compare your path to the people around you and focus on the difference between their lessons and yours. You need to remember that you will only be faced with lessons that you are capable of learning and are specific to your own growth.
 Our sense of fairness is the expectation of equity—the assumption that all things are equal and that justice will always prevail. Life is not, in fact, fair, and you may indeed have a more difficult lift path than others around you, deserved or not. Everyone’s circumstances are unique, and everyone needs to handle his or her own circumstances differently. If you want to move toward calm, you will be required to move out the comparing phrase of “it’s not fair”. Focusing on the unfairness of circumstances keeps you comparing yourself with others rather than appreciating your own special uniqueness. You miss out on learning your individual lessons by distracting yourself with feeling of bitterness and anger.
小題1:.According to the passage, how can the meaning of your life be realized?
A．Having the same opinions as others.
B．Taking the distinct path from others.
C．Learning the lessons presented to you.
D．Doing the different things from others.
小題2:. From the passage we can conclude ______.
A．everyone has his own track to follow
B．the same thing usually happen to the peers
C．a(chǎn) painful divorce must lie in financial problems 
D．a(chǎn) wealthy man must have a wonderful marriage
小題3:. In your lifetimes, the lessons you are faced with ______.
A．a(chǎn)re beyond your powerB．keep you from growth
C．limit your developmentD．help you with your success
小題4:. Which of the following is TRUE?
A．All things are equal and justice will always prevail.
B．You should learn to appreciate your specific uniqueness.
C．One has to fix his mind on unfairness of circumstances.
D．The teachers have designed the lessons as part of your curriculum in the life school..
小題5:. Life is called a full-time school, because ______.
A．it is full of all lessons to learn
B．you have plenty of time to learn lessons
C．you meet with specific lessons every day
D．there are so many subjects for you to choose


			


			

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For many years, I was convinced that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
Many weight – conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved, being special, and being cherished. We fantasize（夢想）about what it will be like when we reach the long – awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self–worth, and, of course, love.
It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us work hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortable inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.
小題1:The passage tries to tell us the importance of          .
A．body sizeB．a(chǎn)ttitudes 
C．culture differenceD．different beauty standards
小題2: What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?
A．All the problems.B．All the properties
C．The whole worldD．The absolute truth
小題3: What can be inferred about the author?
A．The author is a Samoan
B．The author succeeded in losing weight
C．The author has been troubled by her/his weight.
D．The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents.
小題4:. According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?
A．They feel angry about the regained weight
B．They are indifferent to the regained weight
C．They feel optimistic about future plans on weight control.
D．They think they should give up their future plans on weight control.


			


			

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				科目：高中英語
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              Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest retailer （零售商）. It's the world's largest company, which sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year. 
 Wal-Mart exercises its power for just one purpose: to bring the lowest possible prices to its customers. At Wal-Mart, that goal is never reached. The retailer has a clear policy for suppliers: On basic products that don't change, the price Wal-Mart will pay, and will charge shoppers, must drop year after year. But what almost no one outside the world of Wal-Mart and none of its 21,000 suppliers know is the high cost of those low prices. To survive in the face of its pricing demands, makers of everything from bikes to jeans have had to close US plants in favor of obtaining products from abroad. 
 Indeed, the real story of Wal-Mart, the story that never gets told, is the story of the pressure the biggest retailer constantly applies to its suppliers in the name of bringing us "every day low prices". 
 The giant retailer' s low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart' s pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line? Of course, US companies have been moving jobs offshore for decades, long before Wal-Mart was a retailing power. But there is no question that the chain is helping accelerate the loss of American jobs to low-wage countries such as Thailand. 
 People ask, "How can it be bad for things to come into the US cheaply?" Sure, it's great to have bargains. But you can' t buy anything if you' re not employed. 
 There is no question that Wal-Mart's drive to squeeze out cost has benefited consumers. By now, it is accepted wisdom that Wal-Mart makes the companies it does business with more efficient and focused. Wal-Mart itself is known for continuous improvement in its ability to handle, move, and track goods. It is legendary （傳奇） for forcing its suppliers to redesign everything from their packaging to their computer systems. It is also legendary for quite straightforwardly telling them what it will pay for their goods. 
小題1: How do suppliers meet the requirements of Wal-Mart?
A．To sell even more goods in three months. 
B．To cut down the employment rate sharply. 
C．To charge shoppers at a much higher price. 
D．To run the business in a well-organized way.
小題2: Wal-Mart's low price policy results in ____.
A．more high-paying jobs
B．better designed packages
C．bigger profit of its partners
D．more jobless American workers
小題3: What can we infer from the passage? 
A．Still more quality goods will be provided. 
B．The food you get at Wal-Mart costs least. 
C．The value of Mal-Mart is over assessed. 
D．Wal-Mart is a very demanding company.
小題4:What's the best title for the passage?
A．The Fortune Wal-Mart Makes
B．The Wal-Mart you don't Know 
C．The Biggest Retailer—Wal-Mart
D．The Money Saving Tip in Wal-Mart


			


			

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