1. Some students would like to start work to______as soon as possible.
A.find jobs they enjoy B.achieve their dreams
C.to help look after their families D.make money to go to university
2. What is important to students about their work they do?
A.If it is a good job. B.If they can enjoy the work.
C. If it can help him become famous. D. If they can make more money.
3. How many realistic dreams are mentioned in the passage?
A. Three. B. Four. C.Five. D. Six.
4. What example is given of an impossible dream?
A. To be able to fly. B. To go to the moon.
C.To sail across the Pacific Ocean. D.To become famous people.
5. What’s the writer’s opinionof dreams?
A.Give up impossible dreams. B.Common dreams are not so good.
C.Teenagers should have realistic dreams. D.Dreams are important and try to make them come true.
C
The Chinese tradition of giving gifts of money in red envelopes at Lunar New Year has turned into big business for Web giants Alibaba and Tencent, which now both offer electronic "hong bao".
At the end of each lunar year, it is common in China to give children hong bao -- some money in envelopes that are red, the colour of success. But now theold also take part in this activity.
It is now possible to exchange "red envelopes" with smartphone, which is popular in China and has caused a battle(战争) for the lucrative market between the two companies providing the service, Tencent and Alibaba.
"You don't have to pay the same cost or wait as long as you would for a traditional bank transfer(转账). It's more convenient, simple and fun," Wang Le, a 28-year-old Beijinger, told AFP. " With electronic red envelopes, you're not limited by your identity(身份) or the time of year. It's a new, fresh way of playing the game."
The idea was introduced in 2014 by WeChat, a mobile messaging system with over 400 million users and run by Tencent, China's largest Internet service system. It was successful at once.
This year, Alipay Wallet(阿里支付宝), the payment system run by Alibaba, is ready to take on the competition. It is allowing its 190 million users to send digital gifts, especially on the TwiTo attract the public's attention, the two companies have launched lotteries through which they award red envelopes to users in an online game.
It's easy to send and receive hong bao or take part in the lotteries: you simply need to register (登记)your bank details.
According to market research group iResearch, Alipay controls 82.6 percent of the Chinese mobile phone payment market, compared to 10 percent for Tencent's Tenpay.
1.Which Web giants now offer electronic "hong bao"?
A. Alibaba B. Tencent C. Alibaba and Tencent D. Sina Weibo
2.According to the passage, what’s the popular trend for people to send “red envelopes” ?
A. Sending "red envelopes" thhrough short messages
B. Sending "red envelopes" througha vedios.
C. Sending "red envelopes" through smartphones.
D. Sending "red envelopes" through Express.
3.What does the underlined word “lucrative” mean?
A.利润丰厚的 B. 富有想象力的 C. 平滑的 D. 好奇的
4.Which one is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Tencent allows Alipay to send red envelopes via Wechat.
B. The idea of electronic red envelope was introduced by Wechat in 2014.
C. It’s complicated (麻烦的) to send and receive hongbao or participate in the lotteries.
D. Alipay controls a smaller payment market of the Chinese microphone thanTencent’s Tenpay.
5. What’s the main business purpose for Tencent and Alibaba launch lotteries?
A. To catch the new fashion on the website. B. To raise money from netizens(网民).