Ahead of so-called Singles’ Day on the 11th of this month，2013, online sales have already begun peaking.

The leading e-business platform, tmall.com, has promoted（促销）its fifty-percent-off discount to attract consumers. They are also trying to attract buyers through social media. Vice President of tmall.com Wang Yulei says more than 20 thousand online stores have joined the Double 11 Day sales. But this number has doubled. The final number of how many products going to be on sale has not been known yet. But so far, many more products planned to be put on shelves with discounts.

During last year's Singles’ Day, tmall.com, together with taobao.com, reached a record of 19.1 billion yuan in sales, which considered a milestone in the e-business history of China.

Singles’ Day was first started by Chinese college students in the 1990s as the opposite of Valentine’s Day, a celebration for people without romantic partners. The timing was based on the date: Nov. 11—or double 11—for singles. Single young people would treat each other to dinner or give gifts to show love to someone and end their single status.

But now, the Singles’ Day has been promoted as a kind of grand craze just for the shopping season, thanks to thousands of discounted products being promoted online.

Taobao.com was the first big e-retail platform which used the double 11 idea to promote sales. Taobao.com reached one million yuan worth of sales on that day in 2009, when they first promoted the Singles’ Day idea. In 2010, the sales increased to 936 million yuan. The figure climbed up to 5.3 billion yuan in 2011, putting huge demand on shipping services. The figure doubled in 2012.

E-commerce is considered to be replacing the traditional retailing industry, but the reality is both sides are learning from each other.

32．How much is a dress that is usually sold at 250 yuan during Singles’ Day at tmall.com?    

A. 500                      B. 125           C. 100                 D. 200                  

33．What can we infer from the passage?

A. Taobao.com reached 2.65 billion yuan in 2012.

B. E-commerce is going to replace traditional business at the end.

C. Double 11 Day was created to get the single status over for young people.

D. More than 20 thousand products will be provided in the Double 11 Day sales.

34．Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A. Singles’ Day promotes online sales.     B. Why Singles’ Day is so popular.

C. How people celebrate Singles’ Day.      D. What the definition of Singles’ Day is.

35．Where do you think is the passage taken from?

A. A science textbook.   B. A newspaper.    C. A travel journal.        D. A health report.

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Now I’d like tell you something about my part-time job this summer vacation, in which I worked as the guide in a travel agency. It was the first time that I have earned money on my own. I’ve realized what hard my parents work to support for the family. I used to keep on ask them for money, but now I’ll learn to share worry with my parents. I’ve learned how to get along well with others. Beside, I have gained some social experience and you have learned something that can’t be learned from textbook. In a word, I had a wonderfully and valuable summer vacation.

The story is mainly about a retired teacher in poor health    61    received a thank-you letter from one of his successful students.

What a    62    (move) story! It reminds me of my favorite teacher, Jeffrey, who sets a wonderful example for his students to follow through the rest of their lives. And for me, Jeffrey is always a role model    63    whom I can learn a lot. His energetic    64     (devote) to work always earns him respect and praise from both his colleagues    65    students. I feel lucky to have such    66    excellent instructor who didn’t give me up when I failed so many times in English test. Instead, he    67    (patient) cultivated (培养) my interest in English,    68     (give) me timely help with my study, and praised me for my small progress. Little by little, I felt increasingly confident in    69    (me) and showed more and more enthusiasm in English learning. At last, I made up my mind    70    (become) an English teacher like him.