三、阅读理解(16分)
A

Peter’s monthly spending
Mary’s monthly spending
() 1. What do Peter and Mary spend most of their money on?
A. Food. B. Taxes. C. Housing. D. Utilities.
() 2. Which item makes up the same percentage(百分比) for Peter and Mary?
A. Savings. B. Food. C. Entertainment. D. Insurance.
() 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Mary has a car but Peter doesn’t.
B. Peter never saves any money every month.
C. Mary spends more money on food than Peter.
D. They spend less than 12% of their money on taxes.
() 4. In which part of a magazine can we find the reading?
A. School time. B. Amazing world. C. Daily life. D. Outdoor fun.

B
Does online shopping really save our time? Nowadays， you may find that more and more people enjoy spending a whole morning or night searching (搜索) the shopping websites without buying anything.
One of my friends doesn’t like shopping online. He will not waste time doing such small things. So he goes shopping online， if the prices of the things he needs are suitable， he may buy them at a large number at one time， especially (尤其) for those things with long shelf (架子) time. For example， he may buy tissues (纸巾) which are enough for a year.
He does online shopping like this not only for the daily needs， but also for the clothes. If he finds the jacket he bought fits him a lot， he would buy 2 to 3 more of the same jacket or in different colours to wear next year.
When he tells me his shopping habit， I am surprised. That’s why he has more time for reading and things he really likes but we always find there’s no time for books.
Shopping online is quite a happy thing for women， I think， and most of us would be very happy to buy something we like and it’s really nice to wear a new dress today and another the next day. But sometimes shopping online is really a waste of time and energy. Maybe it’s time for us to change our shopping habit if we would like to do other important things. What do you think?
() 5. According to the passage， if you are interested in online shopping， you may .
A. save much time and energy B. buy the things you need quickly
C. spend much time searching the websites D. buy a large number of things at one time
() 6. The writer doesn’t like shopping online because he ________.
A. thinks it a waste of time B. thinks the prices are not suitable
C. doesn’t like searching the websites D. doesn’t have enough money
() 7. Which of the following things is “those things with long shelf time”?
A. Carrots. B. Milk. C. Grapes. D. Toothbrushes (牙刷).
() 8. What do you know about the writer?
A. The writer doesn’t like the friend’s shopping habit.
B. The writer may be a woman.
C. The writer always has a lot of time to read a book.
D. The writer knows little about online shopping.