"Who needs a shopping mall (購(gòu)物中心) if you have Taobao?" says Wang Lin, 28, a writer in Beijing.
     Taobao, China's largest online shopping site (網(wǎng)上購(gòu)物網(wǎng)站), has become an important part of Wang
Lin's life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
      A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang  have found the joys of online shopping. Most
online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home-use
products (產(chǎn)品) are the most popular on line.
     It was reported that more than 250 billion (十億) yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80%
through Taobao.
     Taobao means "looking for treasure" in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao,
from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
     You may question the security of online shopping, Wang Lin said, "It's very safe and convenient
( 便利的). Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner
will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products."

1. What are the most popular on line?

A. Candles and DVD players.
B. Clothes and books.
C. Clothing and home-use products.

2. Taobao is ______.

A. a shopping mall
B. an online shopper
C. an online shopping site

3. Most online shoppers are ______.

A. young
B. old
C. babies

4. What does the underlined word "security" mean?

A. 質(zhì)量
B. 安全
C. 信譽(yù) 

5. Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) of the passage?

A. Wang Lin's life.
B. Online shopping in China.
C. Shopping on line is not safe.

     Do you learn from your mistakes? I hope so. But have you ever made the same mistake twice? I have.
Sometimes I make the same mistake three or four times!
     Sometimes, good things happen because of mistakes. Once I got on the wrong train. That was a big
mistake. But on that train. I saw a good friend I was so happy I made that mistake!
     Another time I ruined a surprise. My mother planned a surprise party for my father. She told me it was
a secret. But I was just a little boy and I couldn't keep the secret. I told my father about the party. At first,
my mother was mad at me. But then my father said he was happy he knew about it. He said he didn't like
surprises.

1. The boy saw _____ on the wrong train.

A. his friend
B. his father
C. his mother
D. his teacher

2. His mother asked him to _____.

A. plan a surprise party
B. tell his father about the party
C. keep a secret about the party
D. invite his friends to the party

3. What does the boy think of mistakes?

A. Mistakes are not welcome.
B.A mistake is a terrible thing.
C. All mistakes mean happy accidents.
D. Sometimes a mistake can be a good thing.

     Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than
the other, and paining (疼痛) too. In India, most of us would look at the reduction (減少) of textbooks as
a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called go Reader has
created a "school bag" which is the size of a laptop computer (筆記本電腦), weighing about 2.5 kg. The
go Reader has a color screen and can"hold" all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in "The
Asian Age" newspaper.
     The company plans to work closely with the publishers (出版商) of textbooks so that these books can
be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download (下載) their textbooks. Making
notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their
textbooks before.
     At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of the company
is having his creation tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is
goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?