Question

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

1. 1.
   What is the passage about?
   1. A.
      The development of online bookstores
   2. B.
      The disadvantages of traditional bookstores
   3. C.
      The great advantages of online bookstores
   4. D.
      The challenges traditional bookstores face
2. 2.
   What made Wang Jian change the way he did business?
   1. A.
      The small sales of his books
   2. B.
      The tiring work of selling books
   3. C.
      The high cost of running the bookstore
   4. D.
      Competition with other traditional bookstores
3. 3.
   To attract buyers, traditional bookstores and online bookstores both choose to______.
   1. A.
      lower the prices of books
   2. B.
      provide 24-hour service
   3. C.
      provide relaxed reading areas
   4. D.
      exhibit books in a better way
4. 4.
   We can know from the passage that______.
   1. A.
      traditional bookstores will break up sooner or later
   2. B.
      dangdang. com is the first website selling books in China
   3. C.
      more and more people will start bookstores on the Internet
   4. D.
      most of the buyers who buy books online are young students

Answer 1

DAAB
1.细节题：从第一段的句子：At the same time, traditional bookstores are facing new challenges. 可知文章讲的是传统的书店面临新的挑战。选D
2.细节题：从第二段的句子：Bookstore owner Wang Jian says hot sales of books on the Internet pushed him to change the way he did business.可知是网上的书的热销使他改变了销售方式。选A。
3.细节题：从第四段的句子：traditional ones can do nothing but lower their prices. At the same time, online bookstores are also starting price wars between each other.可知传统的和网上书店都在降低价格。选A。
4.细节题：从第二段的句子：More than years ago, dangdang.com became the first online bookseller,可知答案是B