Task 2
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Have you noticed that the Yellow Pages are getting thinner every year? That' s because fewer people are using them. Instead, your potential customers are using search engines on the Internet to find your business that provides your services. Hundreds, if not thousands, of searches for your services in city are happening online every month --and amazingly, this number grows by 50% every single year!
Now you're probably wondering how this affects a small business owner, such as yourself. It's simple: if you want your business to survive these times, you need to adapt to the growing impact of the Internet.
You hope that the first thing a searcher sees when searching for a service is a website that features your business. And you even want this website to function like an interactive (交互式的) advertisement for your services.
That is exactly what LocalTail provides you with through our all-in-one small business Internet advertising service called TheadSite Solution. Our goal is to help you get found by the hundreds of searchers looking for your services online every month, and turn these prospects into new customers for your business. Local'Tail has helped many local businesses increase their revenues by as much as 300% just by using our TheadSite. Sound pretty good to you? Then read more about TheadSite Solution and how it can help you, or get to know us a little better and learn more about our company.
Nowadays, fewer people are using the Yellow Pages because________.
题干问为什么现在使用黄页的人越来越少。根据文章第1段第3句话“Instead, your potential customers are using search engines on the Internet to find your business that provides your services”（相反，你的潜在客户正在使用互联网上的搜索引擎来寻找你所提供的服务）可知，选项B“他们正在转向使用在线搜索引擎”为正确答案。选项A“他们发现很难弄到一本免费的”，选项C“他们付不起日益增加的费用”，选项D“他们发现很多信息都过时了”。
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你有没有注意到黄页一年比一年薄了？那是因为使用黄页的人越来越少。相反，你的潜在客户正在使用互联网上的搜索引擎来寻找你所提供的服务。在你所在的城市里，每个月都有几百个，甚至几千个人在网上搜索你的服务，而令人惊讶的是，这个数字每一年都增长50%！
现在你可能想知道这种情况会对你这样的小企业主产生什么影响。很简单：如果你想让你的企业在这个时代生存下来，你就需要适应互联网日益增长的影响力。
你希望搜索者在搜索服务时首先看到的是一个展示你公司特点的网站。你甚至想让这个网站就像一个交互式广告一样为你的业务提供服务。
这正是LocalTail为您提供的一体式小企业互联网广告服务，又称之为TheadSite Solution（泰德斯特解决方案）。我们的目标是帮助您提供每月的在线搜索服务，让数百名搜索者寻找到您公司的业务，并将这些潜在客户变成您公司的新客户。
通过使用我们的TheadSite，LocalTail已经帮助许多本地企业增加了300%的收入。听起来不错吧？那么请多了解TheadSite以及它会如何帮助您，更多地了解一下我们吧！来多多了解我们的公司吧！
What should a small business owner do to survive, according to the passage?
题干问根据文章，小企业主应该做些什么才能生存下来。根据第2段第2句“It’s simple: if you want your business to survive these times, you need to adapt to the growing impact of the Internet”（很简单：如果你想让你的企业在这个时代生存下来，你需要适应互联网日益增长的影响力）可知，选项C“适应互联网的影响”为正确答案。选项A“吸引更多的投资”，选项B“引进先进技术”，选项D“雇用更有经验的工人”。
As a small owner, the first thing you want online searchers to see is________.
题干问作为小企业主，你希望在线搜索者首先看到的是什么。根据文章第3段第1句话“You hope that the first thing a searcher sees when searching for a service is a website that features your business”（你希望搜索者在搜索服务时首先看到的是一个展示你公司特点的网站）可知，选项D为正确答案。选项A“来自客户的评论列表”，选项B“产品和服务的价目表”，选项C“描述你业务范围的黄页”。
The Theadsite Solution aims to help small businesses ________.
题干问TheadSite Solution旨在帮助小型企业什么。根据文章第4段第2句“Our goal is to help you get found by the hundreds of searchers looking for your services online every month, and turn these prospects into new customers for your business”（我们的目标是帮助您提供每个月的在线搜索服务，让数以百计的搜索者寻找到您公司的业务，并将这些潜在客户变成您公司的新客户）可知，选项B“获得更多新客户”为正确答案。选项A“申请银行贷款”，选项C“设计公司标志”，选项D“把客户变成合作伙伴”。
The purpose of the passage is ________.
题干问这篇文章的写作目的是什么。这是主旨题。根据文章第4段和第5段可知选项A“介绍一种新的广告方法”为正确答案。选项B“提供有关搜索在线服务的提示”，选项C“解释黄页的潜在用途”，选项D“描述互联网对企业的影响”。