Online shopping is growing fast in China, and more and more Chinese are buying books online. At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. A bookstore in Beijing is going out of business（生意）. All of its books are on sale. Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.
China has the highest online book buying rate（率）in the world. More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller, and now becomes very important in the Chinese online book market.
Facing this challenge, the Xinhua Bookstore also built its online store a few years ago. Zhang Jian, CEO of the Xinhuabookstore.com, says now they are enlarging their online services.
A “price war（战争）”is taking shape between traditional bookstores and online bookstores. Faced with the low-cost advantage of online bookstores, traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.
Now some traditional bookstores are trying their best to attract buyers in their own way. They exhibit books better and provide(提供) a very relaxed reading environment in the bookstore. Even though, traditional bookstores can hardly compete with some of the advantages of online bookstores, for example 24-hour service.
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Events

Long March exhibit

The Shanghai History Museum is putting on exhibition to remember the Long March(长征) which took place 75 years ago. More than 220 photos and 40 other things are on show. All the exhibition is explained in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

Time: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road

Ticket: 8 yuan for Chinese/15 yuan for foreigners

Thai elephants

Eight elephants from Thailand are an attraction for visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, dancing and blowing a musical instrument. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and there is an extra show at 1:30 p.m. at weekends. The show will end on November 15.

Address:189 Daduhe Road

Ticket:30—40 yuan

Dancing dolphins

Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, dancing to music, kissing people and doing easy math problems, and seals and sea lions, also performing, have made a large part of the aquarium(水族馆) in Peace Park, which interests children greatly.

Hours: 10:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.

Ticket: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.

1.Where can one see the Long March exhibition?

2.How many shows do the Thailand elephants give at weekends?

3.What may interest children very much in Peace Park?

4.How much should a child pay to go into Peace Park?

5.Which of the following is true?

词汇。
【小题1】There is an ______ of oil paintings in the museum. (exhibit)
【小题2】It often ________(吸收) power from others.
【小题3】Robots can help Mum do the _______(干洗衣服) when there are dirty clothes.
【小题4】The robot has three long arms ________(连接) to its chest.
【小题5】For a moment he was completely ______ (knock) over by the news of his friend’s death.
【小题6】Before I got home yesterday, my shirt _______ (iron) by my wife.
【小题7】The contribution that Einstein made to modern physics is _______(独一无二的).
【小题8】The machine is ________ (旋转) out of control.
【小题9】Now Daniel’s father is one of the youngest ________ (教授) in his university.
【小题10】There was only one girl __________ (服务) customers.