Part II Reading Comprehension(40 points)
Directions：There are 4 reading passages in this part．Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with o single line throught the center．


16、根据以下内容回答16-35题：
Christopher Thomas，27，was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast．Diagnosed with diabetes，Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素)three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve dam-age，blindness and even death．And if that weren’t bad enough，he had no heMth insurance．
After a month of feeling upset，Thomas decided he’d better find a way to fight back．He left Canton，Michigan for New York，got a job waiting tables，nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar，and created diabeticrockstar．com，a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones——a place where over l．100 people share information and resources．
Jason Swencki’s son，Kody，was diagnosed with diabetes at six．Father and son visit the online children’s forums(论坛)together most evenings．“Kbdy gets so excited．writing to ki出from all over，”says Swencki，one of the site’s volunteers．“They know what he’s going through．so he doesn’t feel alone．”
Kody is anything but alone：Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States，with 24 million diagnosed cases．And more people are being diagnosed at youn-ger ages．
These days，Thomas’s main focus is his charity(慈善机构)，Fight It，which provides medicine and supplies to people--225 to date—who can’t afford a diagnostic large expenses．Fight-it．org has raised about$23，000一in products and in cash．In Mav．Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Cafibbean．
Even with a staff of 22 volunteers，Thomas often devotes up to50 hours a week to his cause，while still doing his full time job waiting tables．“of the diabetes charities out there．most are putting money into finding a cure，”says Bentliey Gubar，one of Rockstar's original member．“But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now．”
Which of the follow．ing is true of Christopher Thomas?
A．He needs to go to the doctor every day．
B．He sdudies the leading cause of diabetes．
C．He has positive attitude to his disease．
D．He encourages diabetics by writing articles．


17、 Diabeticrockstar．con was created for__________．
A．diabetics to communicate
B．volunteers to find jobs
C．children to amuse themselves
D．rock stars to share resources


18、 According to the text，Koby__________．
A．feels lonely because of his illness
B．benefits from diabeticrockstar．con．
C．helps create the online kids’forums
D．writes children’S stories online


19、 What can we learn about Fight-it?
A．It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties．
B．It organizes parties for volunteers once a year．
C．It offers less expensive medicines to diabetics．
D．It owns a wellknown medical website．


20、 The last paragraph suggests that Thomas__________．
A．work full—time in a diabetes charity
B．employs 22 people for his website
C．helps diabetics in his own way
D．tries to find a cure for diabetes


21、 根据以下内容回答21-40题：
What is eBay?The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly any-one can trade practically anything ．People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods，in-cluding cars，movies and DVDs，sporting goods，travel tickets，musical instruments，clothes and shoes--the list goes on and on．
The idea came from Peter Omidyar， who was born in Paris and moved to Washington
when he was still a child．At high school，he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in l988，he worked for the nex．t few years as a com-Duter engineer．In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby，at first offering the service free bv word of mouth．By l996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members．Joined by a friend，Peter Skoll，and in l998 by his capable CEO，Meg Whitman，he has never looked back.Even in the．great coru crashes of the 1ate l990s，eBay has gone from strength to strength．it is now one of the ten most Visited online
shopping websites on the Internet．
eBay sells connections，not goods，putting buyer and seller into contact with each other.All vou have to do is take an e．photo，write a description，fill out a sales form and you’re in business；the worid is your market place．Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is agreat deal of money．Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.
We leam from the text that eBay provides people with__________.
A．a way of buying and selling goods
B．a website for them to upgrade
C．a place to exhibit their own photos
D．a chance to buy things at low prices


22、 Whv did Peter create eBay after graduating from university?
A．For fun．
B．To make money
C．，For gathering the engineers．
D．To fulfill a task of his company


23、 From“he has never looked back”in Paragraph 2，we learn that Peter__________.
A．did not feel lonely
B．was always hopeful
C．did not think about the past
D．became mote and more successful


24、 How does eBay make money from its website?
A．By bringing sellers together．
B．By charging for each sale．
C．By listing items online．
D．By making e-photos．


25、 Which of the followings is not TRUE?
A．eBay is a global trading platform．
B．eBay can protide US with very close connection
C．Almost everything can be bought by eBay．
D．eBay has taken the place of the traditional way of-shopping．