I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.
I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.
Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇員)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?
My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.
That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.
“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!
“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!
“How much did all of this coat?”
“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”
I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.
【小題1】From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

I have been using the Internet since I was five years old, when my dad first sat me down in front of a computer and connected me the World Wide Web.

I’ve always felt like a master of the Internet world. AOL Instant Messaging, MSN, Gmail, Facebook. Myspace---I’ve got it all under control. I thought there was nothing more to it besides checking my e-mail and wasting my time, until I was introduced to electronic commerce(e-commerce): business on the Internet.

Some online business are run from one- room home offices. Others have hundreds of employee(雇員)spread across five different continent. Have you ever heard of Amazon. com, Yahoo. com?

My friends often said they got cheap textbooks off Amazon.com, or had a good deal(交易)on Steve Madden boots that were on sale at SteveMaden.com. Unfortunately for me, I continued my “e-commerceless” Web-surfing, unaware(不知道)of all the deals I was missing out on.

That is, of course, until my sister finally sold the idea to me.

“Why are all these packages arriving in the mail for you, Katy?” I asked her one day. Strange envelopes had been put on our doorstep for weeks now, each one always addressed to my sister; and we all know little sisters should never be getting more mail than their elders!

“Oh, it’s the things I ordered online!” she answered. I watched speechlessly as she opened them. There was no way our parents were letting her spend that much money- online or off!

“How much did all of this coat?”

“Oh, only about $15in all!” She said excitedly. “Everything on eBay is on sale! It’s way better than going to the mall.”

I felt as if my entire life, there had been a store right in my backyard that I had never walked into! That week, I ordered a used Spanish textbook for my summer course online for 10 percent of the publishing price. A few days later, I bought an iPod protector and a book or two via the wonderful eBay.com.

1.From the first two paragraph we can conclude that the author        

2.The writer didn’t find out about e-commerce until       

3.We can infer from the last paragraph that the author       .

4.What’s the purpose of the article?

5.What would be the best title of the article?

My Uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Hong Kong．He was killed two years ago．Uncle John wrote novels and made a lot of money．

He used to work in a big room with the beautiful scenery of the sea．On his desk there was a huge computer．Uncle John loved this machine, and he had used it for about ten years．“I couldn’t work without this old friend,” he used to say．Uncle John’s books were all detective(偵探)novels．So, when he was found in his room one morning with a bullet (子彈)in his head, it seemed just like one of his own novels．After Uncle John’s death, I came to stay in his house to do something for the funeral (葬禮)．

I had been there for two days when 1 noticed a message on the screen of the old computer．I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been turned off．The message said, “You have a new e--mail!” When I read it, I thought it looked like the beginning of a novel．It must be from one of Uncle John’s novelist friends．I decided I should reply to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was dead．However, the computer told me, “Invalid(無效) Address”．Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mails kept arriving．The story was about Jane Pendle, a young writer working on her first novel．

She sent her novel to lack Tanner, an older writer, and asked him to help her publish(出版)it．However, he published the novel himself and told others that he had written it．The novel was very successful．Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Hong Kong．Then I realized “Jack Tanner” and “Jane Pendle” weren’t their real names, “Jack” was meant to be Uncle John．Three weeks later, I received the last one．It described how, after many years, Jane came to Jack’s house, they quarreled, and she pulled out a gun(槍) and shot him．

I did not know what to do with this story．Should I show it to the police or not? If it was true, it might help the police catch Uncle John’s killer．However, it also showed that Uncle John himself was a thief．

1．The writer went to Uncle John’s house         ．

A．to sell the house                                         B．to find out who had killed him

C．to help the police                                       D．to make plans for his funeral

2．The writer was surprised when he noticed a message on the computer because he thought         ．

A．the computer had been turned off

B．everyone knew Uncle John was dead

C．the computer had been broken

D．John’s e-mail address was invalid

3．What made the writer realize that Jack was meant to be Uncle John?

A．Uncle John had used his huge computer for about ten ),ears．

B．Uncle John's books were all detective novels．

C．“Jack Tanner” bought a house by the sea in Hong Kong．

D．Many e-mails kept arriving after Uncle John died．

4．The writer was not sure if he should show the e-mails to the police because he didn’t want people to know that         ．

A．he shot his uncle                                             B．his uncle was a thief

C．Jane was the killer                                     D．Jack shot himself

5．         is the best title(題目)for the passage．

A．Death of A Writer                                    B．Uncle John and His Computer

C．Some Strange E-mails                                D．A Successful Detective Novelist