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　　许昌市四校联考高二上学期第四次考试
　　英语试卷
　　命题学校：长葛一高
　　第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
　　第一节 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)
　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
　　A
　　Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's largest group of online shopping lovers and many rely on Internet reviews when marchases, research firm Nielsen said this week.
　　The firm said 35% of consumers in Asia-Pacific used over 11% of their monthly spending to make online purchases, compared to a global average of 27% of consumers.
　　South Koreans were the heaviest online buyers in Asia, with 59% directing more than 11% of their monthly spending to online purchases, followed by 41% in China, Nielsen said in a report.
　　A further 31% of Asian consumers use between 6% and 10% of their monthly shopping purchases to buy items online.
　　More Asia-pacific consumers also intend to buy online in the next six months than those from other regions, with South Koreans and Chinese the most likely to mach purchases.
　　Among the purchases consumers in the region are likely to make in the next six months are books, clothing, shoes, airline tickets, electronic equipment and hotel reservations.
　　"Technology and the Internet will very likely basically change how and where shoppers spend their money and interact with sellers,” said Pete Gale, a managing director at Nielsen's Retailer Services.
　　"We are seeing a strong trend in markets like Korea, where a significant population of online shoppers buy essentials such as groceries, cosmetics and nutrition supplies over the Internet."
　　Nielsen said opinions posted online were important in Asia-pacific customers' decisions to buy products such as cosmetics, cars, software and food.
　　Asia-pacific consumers were also the most likely to share dissatisfaction at a product on the Internet compared with consumers elsewhere.
　　"The increasing accessibility of the Internet and unbelievable popularity of social media and online discussion forums mean today's brands have nowhere to hide, " said Megan Clarken, Asia-Pacific managing director at Nielsen's online division.
　　Nielsen said in June that social media such as Facebook and Twitter or blogging sites had become powerful tools influencing what people buy and urged businesses to embrace the trend.
　　21.What influences Asia-Pacific consumers most when marchases online?
　　A. Other buyers' comments            B. Powerful online tools
　　C. The varieties of online item         D. The price and the way to play
　　22.Who uses more than 11% of their monthly spending to buy online?
　　A.31% of Asians    B. 41% of Chinese  
　　C. 41% of south Koreans   D. 26% of global consumers
　　23.What is the passage mainly about?
　　A. The trend of doing e-business is speeding up.
　　B. Asians are most likely to shop with a “click.”
　　C. Online shopping is developing quickly worldwide.  
　　D. Asia-Pacific consumers are fans of online discussion forums.
　　B
　　Peter Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工) at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.
　　When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers' houses or their children's education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.
　　Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limit