Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's larges...

Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's largest group of online shopping lovers and many rely on Internet reviews when making purchases, research firm Nielsen said this week.

The firm said 35% of consumers in Asia-Pacific used over 11% of their monthly spending to make online purchases, compared to a global average of 27% of consumers.

South Koreans were the heaviest online buyers in Asia, with 59% directing more than 11% of their monthly spending to online purchases, followed by 41% in China, Nielsen said in a report.

A further 31% of Asian consumers use between 6% and 10% of their monthly shopping purchases to buy items online.

More Asia-pacific consumers also intend to buy online in the next six months than those from other regions, with South Koreans and Chinese the most likely to make such purchases.

Among the purchases consumers in the region are likely to make in the next six months are books, clothing, shoes, airline tickets, electronic equipment and hotel reservations.

"Technology and the Internet will very likely basically change how and where shoppers spend their money and interact with sellers,” said Pete Gale, a managing director at Nielsen's Retailer Services.

"We are seeing a strong trend in markets like Korea, where a significant population of online shoppers buy essentials such as groceries, cosmetics and nutrition supplies over the Internet."

Nielsen said opinions posted online were important in Asia-pacific customers' decisions to buy products such as cosmetics, cars, software and food.

Asia-pacific consumers were also the most likely to share dissatisfaction at a product on the Internet compared with consumers elsewhere.

"The increasing accessibility of the Internet and unbelievable popularity of social media and online discussion forums mean today's brands have nowhere to hide, " said Megan Clarken, Asia-Pacific managing director at Nielsen's online division.

Nielsen said in June that social media such as Facebook and Twitter or blogging sites had become powerful tools influencing what people buy and urged businesses to embrace the trend.

1.What influences Asia-Pacific consumers most when making purchases online?

A. Other buyers' comments

B. Powerful online tools

C. The varieties of online item

D. The price and the way to play

2.Who uses more than 11% of their monthly spending to buy online?

A.31% of Asians　 　　　　 　 B. 41% of Chinese

C. 41% of south Koreans　　 D. 26% of global consumers

3.What is the passage mainly about?

A. The trend of doing e-business is speeding up.

B. Asians are most likely to shop with a “click.”

C. Online shopping is developing quickly worldwide.

D. Asia-Pacific consumers are fans of online discussion forums.

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When it comes to consumer society, protest groups are insisting that some of our money ______ to the third world.

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请结合材料，按要求用英文写作，词数不少于60。

China is considered the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer. Smoking remains a common scene in some public places.

要求：(1)就此材料发表你的感想；　　 (2)应紧扣材料、有明确的观点；　　 (3)在答题卡上作答。

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Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the dolphins and one of the world’s most powerful animals feeding on meat. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid (鱿鱼), and seabirds.

Though they often frequent cold, coastal waters, orcas can be found from the polar regions to the Equator (赤道).

Killer whales hunt in deadly groups, family groups of up to 40 individuals. There appear to be both permanent and temporary group populations of killer whales. These different groups may hunt different animals and use different techniques to catch them. Permanent groups tend to prefer fish, while temporary groups target marine mammals. All groups use effective, cooperative hunting techniques that some are similar to the behavior of wolf packs.

Whales make a wide variety of communicative sounds, and each group has various noises that its members will recognize even at a distance. They use echolocation (回波定位) to communicate and hunt, making sounds that travel underwater until they meet objects, then reflect back, showing their location, size, and shape.

Killer whales are protective of their young, and other adolescent females often assist the mother in caring for them. Mothers give birth every three to ten years, after a 17-month pregnancy.

Killer whales are immediately recognizable by their special black-and-white coloring and are the intelligent, trainable stars of many aquarium shows. Killer whales have never been widely hunted by humans.

1. Killer Whales do not feed on ______.

A. seabirds　　 B. seals　　　 C. fishes　　 D. seaweeds

2.【The following aspects about killers whales are mentioned except ______.

A. hunting　　 B. communication　　 C. weight　　 D. habitats

3.We can conclude that ______.

A. people can find killer whales everywhere around the world

B. killer whales live in different groups and never live alone

C. by making sounds killer whales hunt and communicate

D. humans’ hunt has made killer whales being endangered

4.Killer Whale are often seen in some aquarium shows because ______.

A. they are able to be trained

B. they have special body colors

C. they must be protected

D. they have never been hunted

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In New York, Ma witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO，新股发行) in American history. “Alibaba, the world’s largest Internet commerce company makes China equal to the US in the rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation (创新) and economic transformation ” commented the South China Morning Post.

It has also made Ma China’s richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan), reported Reuters.

It’s reported that Ma’s rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet empire. Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable job several times. Also, Mr. Ma is a big believer in perseverance, which was proved in his English study experience.

However, it was his vision and goals that launched his career.

During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995, Ma first experienced the Internet. He believed in the Internet’s business potential when few other Chinese people did. He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment, with 17 friends and $60,000 of funds. At the time, when e-commerce was unheard of in China, “I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers,” he once said, according to The Guardian. His unusual ideas earned him the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.

Indeed, Ma is different. Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall, “Ma is yet animated and forceful, said The Guardian. “He is funny, creative, and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.

Ma told Time magazine that he was “old for the Internet”. He started to slow down and looked around. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ma “plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneur (企业家) university in Hangzhou and continue to work on several environmental projects.”

1.What made him into e-commerce industry?

A. His foresight and ambitions.

B. His English learning experience.

C. His belief in perseverance.

D. His 17 friends and $60,000 funds.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Ma is a blind man riding on a blind tiger.

B. Ma had no confidence in his business future.

C. Ma knew little about e-commerce.

D. Ma had not enough money at that time.

3.What’s the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage?

A. Funny and competitive.

B. Determined and creative.

C. Rich and different.

D. Attractive and believable.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The Development of Alibaba Group

B. Ma Yun’s Personal Life

C. Ma Yun’s Crazy Success

D. E-commerce in China

高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

In New York, Ma witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO，新股发行) in American history. “Alibaba, the world’s largest Internet commerce company makes China equal to the US in the rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation (创新) and economic transformation ” commented the South China Morning Post.

It has also made Ma China’s richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan), reported Reuters.

It’s reported that Ma’s rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet empire. Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable job several times. Also, Mr. Ma is a big believer in perseverance, which was proved in his English study experience.

However, it was his vision and goals that launched his career.

During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995, Ma first experienced the Internet. He believed in the Internet’s business potential when few other Chinese people did. He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment, with 17 friends and $60,000 of funds. At the time, when e-commerce was unheard of in China, “I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers,” he once said, according to The Guardian. His unusual ideas earned him the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.

Indeed, Ma is different. Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall, “Ma is yet animated and forceful, said The Guardian. “He is funny, creative, and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.

Ma told Time magazine that he was “old for the Internet”. He started to slow down and looked around. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ma “plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneur (企业家) university in Hangzhou and continue to work on several environmental projects.”

1.What made him into e-commerce industry?

A.His foresight and ambitions.

B.His English learning experience.

C.His belief in perseverance.

D.His 17 friends and $60,000 funds.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.Ma is a blind man riding on a blind tiger.

B.Ma had no confidence in his business future.

C.Ma knew little about e-commerce.

D.Ma had not enough money at that time.

3.What’s the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage?

A.Funny and competitive.

B.Determined and creative.

C.Rich and different.

D.Attractive and believable.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.The Development of Alibaba Group

B.Ma Yun’s Personal Life

C.Ma Yun’s Crazy Success

D.E-commerce in China

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In New York, Ma witnessed the Alibaba Group opening on the New York stock exchange with the largest initial public offering (IPO，新股发行) in American history. “Alibaba, the world’s largest Internet commerce（贸易） company makes China equal to the US in the rapidly increasing global competition for technological innovation (创新) and economic transformation ” commented（评论） the South China Morning Post.

It has also made Ma China’s richest man with a fortune of around $25 billion (153 billion yuan), reported Reuters.

It’s reported that Ma’s rags-to-riches journey is just as spectacular as his Internet empire. Ma failed the national college entrance exams twice before he was finally in Hangzhou Normal University on his third attempt and failed in finding a suitable job several times. Also, Mr. Ma is a big believer in perseverance, which was proved in his English study experience.

However, it was his vision and goals that launched his career.

During a short trip to the US as an interpreter in 1995, Ma first experienced the Internet. He believed in the Internet’s business potential when few other Chinese people did. He started Alibaba in his Hangzhou apartment, with 17 friends and $60,000 of funds. At the time, when e-commerce was unheard of in China, “I called myself a blind man riding on the back of blind tigers,” he once said, according to The Guardian. His unusual ideas earned him the nickname “Crazy Jack Ma”.

Indeed, Ma is different. Although he is very thin and about 160cm tall, “Ma is yet animated and forceful, said The Guardian. “He is funny, creative, and a compelling (引人注目的) speaker.

Ma told Time magazine that he was “old for the Internet”. He started to slow down and looked around. According to The Wall Street Journal, Ma “plans to open a tai chi club with the actor Jet Li, build an entrepreneur (企业家) university in Hangzhou and continue to work on several environmental projects.”

1.What made him into e-commerce industry?

A. His belief in perseverance.

B. His English learning experience.

C. His foresight and ambitions.

D. His 17 friends and $60,000 funds.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Ma knew little about e-commerce.

B. Ma had no confidence in his business future.

C. Ma is a blind man riding on a blind tiger.

D. Ma had not enough money at that time.

3. What’s the personality of Ma Yun according to the passage?

A. Funny and competitive.

B. Attractive and believable

C. Rich and different.

D. Determined and creative.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A.The Development of Alibaba Group

B． Ma Yun’s Crazy Success.

C. Ma Yun’s Personal Life

D. E-commerce in China

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A group of Chinese guests, who are the first ________ from the new agreement on tourism between China and Switzerland, were given a warm welcome in Geneva(日内瓦) last Saturday.

A．benefited         B．benefiting         C．to be benefited     D．to benefit

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Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda on Monday apologized to Chinese consumers, who ______ the world’s biggest auto market, over the company’s massive global recall.

A. make up　　　 B. bring up　　　　 C. put down　　　　 D. set down

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The group made efforts to____ the sales of its four largest brand-name beers including Tsingtao, Shanshui, Laoshan and Hans.

A. promote            B. propose     C. programme         D. produce

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