10. D。上文讲到音乐使得园子里的一切又大又美,说明植物也像人一样喜欢音乐,故选music。
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For several
years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by
phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe.
In some __1__ countries, people can turn on their __2__ and shop
for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and __3__ things.
Teleshopping is
becoming popular in Sweden.
__4__, the biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV
in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there
are two teleshopping channels, and the French __5__ about $ 20 million a
year in buying things through those channels.
In Germany, __6__
last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day.
Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can __7__
for telebusiness, including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour
teleshopping company. German __8__ are hoping these will help them sell
more things.
Some people like
teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without __9__. With
all the traffic problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at
the same time, other Europeans __10__ like this new way of buying
things. They call __11__ “junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually worry
about the quality of the things __12__ on TV. They think high quality is
the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the
quality of the things __13__.
The need of high
quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be __14__
the American companies. They will have to be more careful about __15__
of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that
the buyers cannot touch or see by themselves.