Women turn to online shopping

    Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping,according to a study published last week in the US.

    For Years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women,but during the 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women.

    “It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”,said Lee Rainie,director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group,which carried out the study.

    Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending.

    Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic(显著的)increases in the online gift-buying population this time around.

    However,three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004.They worried about credit card security,or just compared online prices with off-line prices,then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals.

“But even if shoppers don’t buy online,websites are becoming promotion tools for stores,”said Dan Hess,vice president of Comscore Networks Inc.Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time.

“It’s all about making the shopping experience more efficient,more reliable and more comfortable,” Hess said.

Which of the following statements is true?

    A.There were fewer women online shoppers than men in 2004.

    B.Most of the Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 are women.

    C.People in the US were more likely to buy gifts online.

    D.More women shopped online than men in 2004.

From the passage we can infer that________.

    A.men usually decide how to spend money in the family

    B.women usually decide what to buy in the family

    C.the Internet is used in all the shops.

    D.more and more shops will sell their goods online.

According to Dan Hess,shopping online___________.

A.is unsafe   B.is convenient      C.is a waste of time   D.is cheaper

What can we know from the passage?

    A.American people only buy gifts in holidays.

    B.Shopping online is fun for women.

    C.Shopping off-line provides better service.

D.Young people like to do gift-shopping online.

Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.

There are four parts in the book:

Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else .There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.

Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal English in biography (传记) . There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.

Part 3 is Places: In this part, too, many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.

Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part. There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.

You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text .I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it .

We can find the introduction to a product in         .

      A.Part 1       B.Part 2       C.Part 3       D.Part 4

Which of the following is most probably written in informal English ?

       A.A letter of complaint.    B.A computer handbook

C.A letter to a friend.      D.A story of a president .

The passage is most probably written for         .

       A.test designers   B.students   C.test-takers       D.teachers

What is the best title of the book ?

A.Test Your Reading                      B.Help with Your Writing

C.Learn Different Kinds of English   D.Practise English in Different Ways

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