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Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. You no longer need to walk round hundreds of shops looking for the items you need. Nowadays, you can shop for just about anything from your armchair. All you need is a computer which is linked to the Internet. Shopping on the Internet is becoming increasingly popular. In the United States, 50 percent of families have computers at home and almost one third are linked to the Internet. Americans spent over US$ 2.5 billion on Internet shopping in 1998. This figure is expected to reach US$ 11 billion by the year 2004.

People can shop for a variety of products on the Internet. Physical products include items such as books, CDs, clothes and food. These types of products are the most common purchases(购入品) through the Internet. You can also buy information products such as on–line news or magazine stories, or you can download computer software through the Internet. Services such as  booking airline tickets, reserving(预定)hotels or renting cars the also available(可得到的)on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in on–line games or e–mail “chats”.

To find something on the Internet, people often use powerful computer tools called “search engines”. You can search for a type of product, such as sports shoes, or a brand name, such as Nike. The search engine will give you a list of websites where you can find these products. These websites may be specialist shops such as a Nike shop, or they may be general stores, called malls, which sell a variety of goods.

Internet shopping offers a number of benefits(好处) for the shopper. The most important advantage is convenience. You can shop when you like as the on–line shops are open 24 hours a day, and you do not have to queue with other shoppers at the check–out counters. Secondly, it is easy to find what you are looking for on the Internet. Even out-of-print books may be ordered on line. Finally, it is often cheaper to buy goods through the Internet, and you can tell the shop exactly what you want.

The main disadvantage of Internet shopping is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their quality. Also, many people enjoy shopping in the city and miss the opportunity to talk to friends. Some people are worried about paying for goods using credit cards , so Internet companies are now finding ways to make on-line payment safe.

Internet shopping is sure to become more and more popular in the year ahead. It promises to change the way we buy all kinds of things-from tonight’s dinner to a new car.

5.On-line news and magazine stories are     .

A. the most popular products on the Internet.

B. not yet available on the Internet.

C. free to download

D. information products available on the Internet

6.The phrase “physical products” in the second paragraph means things     .

A. that can be seen or felt         B. useful for health care

C. that help you keep fit         D. connected with sports

7. The best things about Internet shopping is      .

A. the speed the goods are delivered at   B. the reasonable price

C. the quality of the goods        D. the convenience it brings to you

8.The most proper heading for paragraph 5 is “     ”.

A. People enjoy other ways of shopping

B. Internet companies find new ways for payment

C. Problems with Internet shopping

D. Disadvantages of Internet shopping are not serious

   A

Reading is thought to be a kind of a conversation between the reader and the text. The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and gets answers. With the help of these, he puts further questions, and so on.

For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level of consciousness(意识). At times, however, we become conscious. This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning. When successful matching is being experienced, our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level.

Different people converse with the text differently. Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from the words, interpreting(解释),criticizing, analyzing(分析)and examining. The former represents a kind of comprehension, which is written in the text. The latter represents high levels of comprehension. The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers.

There is another conversation, which from our point of view is equally important, and that is to do not with what is read but with how it is read. We call this a “process” conversation as opposed to a “content” conversation. It is concerned(关系到)not with meaning but with the strategies(策略)we use in reading, If we’re an advanced reader, our ability to hold a content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed, not like our ability to hold a process conversation. It is exact this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our reading to meet the new demands being upon us by studying at a high level.

   1.The consciousness of reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text takes place only when________.

 A. the reader’s expectations agree with what is said in the text

 B. The reader has trouble understanding what the writer says

 C. The reader asks questions and gets answers

 D. The reader understands a text very well

   2.Accrding to the passage, a lower level reader are likely to_______.

 A. read a text slowly

 B. read without thinking hard

 C. interpret a text in their own way

 D. concentrate on the meaning of words only

   3.From the passage we know it’s important for readers at a higher level to keep a balance between_______.

 A. conscious and unconscious levels of comprehension

 B. the reader’s expectations and the meaning of a text

 C. lower and higher levels of comprehension

 D. interpreting and criticizing a text

   4.What should we do if we want to develop our reading ability at an advanced level? _______.

 A. Learn to use different ways of reading different texts.

 B. Make our reading process more conscious.

 C. Pay more attention to the content of a text.

 D. Take a critical attitude towards the writer’s ideas.

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