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Shopping Online

doubt spread to Asia. But e-commerce involves in a lot more than retail sales and services such as travel, in which more than half of all bookings are expected to move online within a few years.

[填空题]Where’s the idea spread to The idea has spread to ______.

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Internet shopping is a new way of shopping. 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, people 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 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 hotels or renting ears are also available on the Internet. You can also go shopping on the Internet for entertainment services and take part in on-l
A. the most popular products on the Internet
B. not yet available on the Internet
C. free to download through the Internet
D. information products available on the Internet

[填空题]The way PowerPoint has spread exponentially through the culture seems analogous, in way to ______.

[填空题]where’ s the idea spread to

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Three factors contribute to the miraculous spread of English (36) an international language: English usage in science, technology and commerce; the ability to (37) vocabulary from other languages; and the acceptability of various English dialects.
In science, English (38) German after World War II. With this technical and scientific dominance (39) the beginning of overall dominance by the language, (40) in Europe and then globally. Today, the information (41) has replaced the industrial age and has (42) time and distance. This is transforming world economies from industrial production to information-based goods and services. (43) geography and borders, the information revolution is reflecting our world. In less than twenty years, information processing, (44) limited to the printed work, has given way to computers and the Internet. Computer-aided communication is closing the gap between spoken
A. followed
B. came
C. went
D. ran

[单项选择]The Spread of Microorganisms 　　There is scarcely a place on earth which is naturally free of microorganisms 　　(46). But on external body surfaces, on lining membranes and inside tubes and organs that are connected with the outside---such as the mouth, throat, nose and large intestine ---- both harmless and pathogenic microbes live in large numbers. (47). If these natural defenses are sound, a person may conceal many microbes without ill effect. However, if his resistance becomes lowered, an infection can result. 　　Microbes are spread about through an almost infinite variety of means. (48). The more crowded the conditions, the greater the chances of epidemics breaking out. 　　(49). 　　Although microbes cannot fly, the dust of the air is alive with them. In close quarters the atmosphere is further polluted by bacteria-loaded tiny drops discharged by coughing and even normal conversation. Pathogenic microbes are also spread by rats, mice, flies and mosquitoes. (50). In slum areas there