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While many retailers will see sales decrease because of traffic jam over lunch hours, Cyber Monday shoppers plan to go online throughout the day. The survey showed that 70 million Americans would shop from work at some point during the holiday season. Nearly 90 percent of Cyber Monday shoppers will shop from computers. A growing number of people this year say they will shop via their smart phones on Cyber Monday. More than 7 million people will use a mobile phone for Cyber Monday shopping, nearly double the number who shopped that way last year. Cyber Monday, named by Shop.org in 2005, began after retailers noticed a trend of people shopping online on the Monday after Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday is now viewed as the formal start to the online holiday shopping season, when shoppers flood websites expecting big promotions and many retailers highlight some of their most attracting holiday offers. 41. Cyber Monday is on . A. the first day of every week B. the following Monday of Thanksgiving C. the last Monday of November D. the busiest shopping day of the year 42. The number of shoppers who shopped from computers on Cyber Monday last year was about . A. 107 million B. 97 million C.100 million D. 93.5 million 43. Which of the following about Cyber Monday is NOT true? A. More and more Americans like to shop online these years. B. A computer is necessary to take advantage of Cyber Monday deals. C. Cyber Monday is becoming important for retailers. D. Both customers and retailers like Cyber Monday. C The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus (摩索拉斯陵墓) was so beautiful and unique that it became one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the world! In 377 B.C., the city of Halicarnassus was the capital of a small kingdom along the Mediterranean coast of Asia Minor. It was that year that Hecatomnus of Mylasa, died and left his kingdom to his son Mausolus. Mausolus in his life extended the territory (领土) even further so that it finally included most of Asia Minor. Mausolus, with his queen Artimisia, ruled over Halicarnassus and the surrounding territory. Mausolus spoke Greek and admired the Greek government and their lifestyle. In 353 B.C., Mausolus died. In honor of him, Artimisia decided to build a splendid tomb for him. Artimisia then decided that no money was to be spared in building the tomb. She sent messengers to Greece to find the most talented artists of their time. The man who supervised the building of the tomb was Scopas. Other famous artists who helped were Braxis, Leochares and Timotheus. The tomb was built on a hill overlooking the whole city. Soon after the construction of the tomb started, the Rhodians, who had been conquered by Mausolus, heard of Mausolus’s death and sent a fleet of ships to capture the city of Halicarnassus. Artimisia hid a fleet of her own ships at a secret location on the east end of the city’s harbor. After the troops from Rhodes got off the ship, Artimisia’s fleet made a surprise raid, and captured the Rhodians fleet. 44. What can be concluded from Paragraph 1? A. It was Mausolus who built the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. B. Twenty-four years after his father’s death, Mausolus passed away. C. Mausolus was a Greek in fact. D. Mausolus was not as brave as his father. 45. Why was the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus built? A. To defend the kingdom. B. To remember Mausolus. C. To show greatness of the kingdom. D. To show respect for Artimisia. 46. In order to build the tomb, ______. A. Artimisia worked as an artist B. Artimisia herself went to Greece to find artists C. Artimisia didn’t take care of the kingdom D. Artimisia spent a great deal of money 47. The underlined word “raid” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”. A. attackB. invitation C. turn D. argument D The Great Fire of London of September 1666 was one of the most famous incidents in England. It was the second tragedy to hit the city in the space of 12 months. Just as the city was recovering from the Great Plague (大瘟疫), people had to flee the city once again — this time not as a result of a disease, but the result of the human accident. The fire started in a baker’s shop owned by Thomas Farriner — who was the king’s baker. His maid failed to put out the ovens at the end of the night. The heat created by the ovens caused sparks to ignite (点燃) the wooden home of Farriner. In a panic, the maid tried to climb out of the building but failed. She was one of the few victims of the fire. Once it started, the fire spread quickly. The city was basically made out of wood and with September following on from the summer, the city was very dry. Strong winds fanned the flames. The heat created by the fire was so great that the lead roof on the old St Paul’s Cathedral melted. Many saw the lead flowing down to the streets. It was said that many pigeons lost their lives as they refused to leave their nests and their wing feathers got burned. But the actual human casualty rate was remarkably small with possibly only 5 people dying in this fire. (责任编辑：admin) |