单选题
With the rapid spread of the Internet every- where in the world, the (31) number of users, one of the most exciting developments on the Internet is E-commerce— (32) commerce. E-commerce has two forms, (33) business- to-business, or B-to-B, and business-to-consumer, or B-to-C. B-to-C was the first of these developments. It grew (34) from the first days when people started to buy things in their homes without going to a shop. First came “catalogue shopping” (35) you choose what you want from a catalogue (36) pictures and other details of everything that is (37) sale. You then send an order with a check by post and the things you have chosen (38) to your home. Then (39) “television shopping”, where (40) a catalogue, the items for sale are shown or (41) on television. (42) , the customer sends a check and the item is delivered to his or her home. Online shopping is the (43) development, where the “catalogue” is (44) on the Inter- net, combining the advantages of both the book catalogue and the television and indeed adding more (45) . The customer (46) his choice but rather than sending an order and a (47) through the post, he places the order and pays for it using his credit card, all using (48) . Many people worry about giving details of their credit card over the Internet and the danger that it may be deceitfully used. (49) , the general view is that with modem systems of secure encoding the dangers of the misuse of credit cards is (50) greater in a shop, garage or restaurant than using it for shopping on the Internet.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】语义衔接题。与前面the rapid spread of the Internet对应的应该是用户数量的增加,即the increasing number of users,而不是相反的decreasing“不断减少的”。spreading不与number搭配;raising number也不对,应为rising number(数量的增加)。
【答案解析】定语从句题。which和that是关系代词,在定语从句中作主语或宾语,这里的you choose what you want这个定语从句中不缺少主语或宾语,排除[A]和[B]。where和when为关系副词,其引导的定语从句所修饰的先行词分别在从句中作地点状语和时间状语,这里的catalogue shopping涉及的是地点,故选用where。
【答案解析】动词辨析题。demonstrate意为“演示”,即to show or describe how something works or is done。 四个选项中能够表示在电视画面中显示出来的只有[C]项。display和exhibit用于在商场、展厅等公共场合中的展览、陈列;performed指“节日、戏剧等的演出”。
【答案解析】动词辨析题。从句意可以判断,本题所在处意为“顾客自己做出选择”,而做出选择是make a choice,不用其他三个动词。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】语义衔接题。从本句后半部分的pays for it using his credit card可以得出前面提到的应是某种支付方式。从句中的rather than可以推出这应该是—种前面提过的支付方式。文章前部分两次提到支付支票,故此处应是a check。cash意为“现金”;note意为“纸币,钞票”;bill意为“账单”。