In the mid 1990s, people started doing business on the Internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies which sold things in stores. Then, there were Internet companies which didn’t have stores, they sold things only over the Net.
Traditional companies didn’t want to lose any business. Quickly, they created their own websites and began selling things over the Net. These are the so-called “brick and click” companies. Many stores are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That’s where the name “brick and click” comes from.
By the late 1990s, e-businesses like Amazon.com, Buy.com, and eToys.com were in trouble. Their profits(利润) were not very high, and there was a lot of competition. Many of these businesses lost a lot of money, and in 2000, many e-businesses were out of business.
In the world of e-commerce(电子商务), companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will brick and click companies win the war? Only time will tell.
1.Many traditional companies created their own websites in .
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A．the early l990s |
B．the mid l990s |
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C．the late l990s |
D．1990s |
2.Why were Internet companies in a lot of trouble in the late 1990s?
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A．Competition was heavy. |
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B．Their websites were bad. |
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C．They didn’t know what to sell. |
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D．Their profits were high. |
3.Which would be a brick and click company?
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A．A clothing company with no website. |
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B．A bookseller with five stores and an Internet site. |
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C．A video seller with a big website but no stores. |
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D．A restaurant. |
People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the church and have made up their minds to 15 the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest（抗议） against heavy trucks which run 16 through the narrow High Street.“They not only make it 17 to sleep at night, but they are doing damage（损害） to our houses and shops of historical 18 ,”
said John Norris, one of the protesters.
“ 19 we must have these noisy trucks on the roads,” said Jean Lacey, a biology student, “why don’t they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn’t much more than a 20 village. Its streets were never meant for heavy traffic”.
Harry Fields also studying 21 said they wanted to make as much noise as possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was having to stand. “Most of them don’t live here anyway,” he said, “they come in for meetings and the Town Hall is soundproof（隔音的）, so they probably don’t 22 . It’s high time they realized the problem.” The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were mostly on their side, and even if they weren’t they soon would be.
I asked if they were 23 that the police might come to stop them.
“Not really,” she said, “actually we are suitable bellringers. I mean we are assistant bellringers for the church. There is no 24 against practising.”
I left the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.
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—Thank you. It’s kind of you to help me with my English.
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B．All right |
C．Take it easy |
D．That’s OK |
－Do you know ?
－Yes. She said she was in Sanya.
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A．where Mrs White spent her holidays |
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—Bad luck! It’s too late.
—It doesn’t matter. The concert for only a few minutes. You can’t miss it.
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A．has begun |
B．has been on |
C．began |
D．lasted |
—Look! She is running so fast!
—Hard to her legs were once broken.
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B．know |
C．find |
D．imagine |
