题目内容
Many scholars share the belief that interest is as _____ to learning as the ability to understand, even more so to some degree.
A. subtle B. vital C. similar D. obvious
B
Online shoppers would rather receive an offer for a product or service than make their own offer 3 according to a study led by a Michigan State University scholar that has implications for the fast-growing e-commerce industry. The findings may come as a surprise given that shopping online is an anonymous(匿名的)process that seemingly can give consumers more confidence to drive a hard bargain,said Don Conlon ,Professor of Management in MSU’s Broad College of Business.
But the study found that participants who made their own offers were less successful in sealing the deal and ,when they were successful? worried they overpaid Many shoppers found the process of researching an offer to be a hassle. “ Americans are very busy,and it’s less time-consuming to be the one receiving the offer rather than the one proposing the offer ” Conlon said. u People tend to be happier when they’re in the receiver role. ”
Online spending in the United States is expected to jump 45 percent in the next four years, from $ 226 billion this year to $ 327 billion in 2017,according to Forrester Research Inc. Nevertheless, researches into this prosperous market remain largely focused on the strategies of companies, rather than those o£ shoppers. Conlon’s study is ,obviously, a rare exception.
Conlon got the idea for the study after considering the difference between two popular sites for hotels and airline flights, priceline.com, which takes bids, and hotwire.com ,which provides offers. Using these two models ,Conlon and his fellow researchers conducted a series of experiments with more than 850 people who were charged with booking a fictional hotel room and acquiring a fictional antique car. Not only did participants prefer to receive bids, Conlon said ,but they also secured more deals in that receiver role. Further ,when they had to make the bids ,they were left more mentally taxed and regretful.
From an industry perspective,putting customers in the receiver role may help fill more hotel rooms and airplane seats. “If you’re a business with a lot of products3 ” Conlon said,“you may want to be the one making the offers. ” However, when selling single items, such as an antique car, accepting bids may be a better option since that typically drives up the price, he said.
【小题1】What can we learn from Para. 1?
A.The result of the study gives customers more confidence. |
B.Scholars aren’t surprised at the findings of the study. |
C.Online shoppers don’t bargain as much as expected. |
D.E-commerce industry drives more hard bargains. |
A.online shopping is time-consuming |
B.given prices help promote online sales |
C.online businesses provide a lot of products |
D.receiving offers makes online shoppers regretful |
A.burdened | B.numbed | C.relieved | D.challenged |
A.the big advantages of online shopping |
B.the rapid development of online shopping |
C.online shoppers’ preference for taking offers |
D.online companies strategies to improve service |
For many of us, cartoon strips are simply one of our pastimes. The popular Japanese manga(漫画) provides us with an escape from reality into a world of fantasy, adventure and romance.With much less text and pictures running for pages, it fits perfectly into today’s fast, throwing away city lifestyle.
But Tsai Chih-chung,a famous Taiwanese illustrator (漫画家), doesn’t agree.He believes cartoons can be a bridge connecting traditional Chinese culture and wisdom with the modern world in a much wittier and more acceptable way.
He has interpreted Lao Zi, Confucius, Mencius,Zhuang Zi and Sun Zi and made their works accessible to a global audience. He has also produced two books about Zen (禅宗), introducing oriental philosophy. His cartoons are humorous yet full of wisdom and are admired as an easy way to learn Chinese classics.
After avoiding the public for ten years, Tsai made a comeback in late April with seven new works. But does his age, 61, work as a gap between him and his young readers? Tsai doesn’t think so. The topics he has covered range from philosophy in a time of individuality to the learning and memorizing techniques used at school. “Every child is a genius and has the potential beyond his own imagination, ” he said.
If popular Japanese manga is purely for entertainment, Tsai’s work, to a large extent, is to light the power of thinking in a light-hearted way. Tsai uses differenr forms of water to refer to people. In his eyes some people are like an ocean, some are like vapor, while others may be ice or
rain. But in essence(本质上)they share a similarity-human being’s forever chasing for the true and the good. “The person who thinks over life issues is not necessarily a scholar or a philosopher,” he said. “I’ve dedicated my whole life to thinking and individual freedom, not making a living.”
【小题1】What is the main idea of the first paragraph in the passage?
A.Japanese manga is a simple way of killing time. |
B.What Japanese manga is mainly about. |
C.Japanese manga presents a world of fantasy, adventure and romance. |
D.Why Japanese manga is so popular. |
A.much less text | B.Japanese manga |
C.pictures running for pages | D.an escape from reality |
A.connects traditional Chinese culture and wisdom |
B.helps connect Chinese classics with modern world |
C.uses a wiser and acceptable way to draw cartoons |
D.builds up a bridge between cartoons and illustration |
A.mainly designed for a pure time killer for all |
B.more popular with young readers in China now |
C.to inspire people to think in a cheerful way |
D.much more interesting and instructive |
A.He values more thinking and personal freedom than making a living. |
B.He says that one who thinks over life is either a scholar or a philosopher. |
C.He thinks some people are like ocean, some like vapor, while others like ice cream. |
D.Tsai devoted his life to creating cartoons in order to make money. |