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2010
年
6
月大学英
语四级考试真题
A
卷
Part
I
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Writing
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分
试
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题
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Directions: For this part, you are
allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the
topic of Due Attention Should Be Given
To Spelling. You should write at least 120
words
following
the
outline
given
below:
1.
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今
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学
习
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视
拼
写
2.
出
现
这
种
情
况
的
原
因
3.
为
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这
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状
况
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Due
Attention Should Be Given To Spelling
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and
Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have
15 minutes to go over the passage quickly
and answer the questions on Answer
Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best
answer from the four choices marked A),
B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete
the sentences with the information
given in the passage.
Caught in the Web
A few months ago, it wasn't
unusual for 47-year-old Carla Toebe to spend 15
hours per day online. She'd wake up
early, turn on her laptop and chat on Internet
dating sites and instant-messaging
programs
–
leaving her bed
for only brief intervals.
Her household
bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty
laundry, but it took near-
constant
complaints from her four daughters before she
realized she had a problem.
–
kind of slipping
into a
depression,
keep
going,
使脱离
) herself further
from the outside world.
Toebe's conclusion: She felt like she
was
alone.
Concern about excessive Internet use
isn't new. As far back as 1995, articles in
medical journals and the establishment
of a Pennsylvania treatment center for
overusers generated interest in the
subject. There's still no consensus on how much
time online constitutes too much or
whether addiction is possible.
But as reliance on the Web
grows, there are signs that the question is
getting
more serious attention: Last
month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed
to
be the first large-scale look at
excessive Internet use. The American Psychiatric
Association may consider listing
Internet addiction in the next edition of its
diagnostic
manual. And scores of online
discussion boards have popped up on which people
discuss negative experiences tied to
too much time on the Web.
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they're overdoing their
Internet involvement,
精神科医生
)
Ivan
Goldberg. Goldberg calls the
problem a disorder rather than a true addiction.
Jonathan
Bishop, a researcher in Wales specializing in
online communities, is
more skeptical.
the environment.
which can be
solved by encouraging people to prioritize other
life goals and plans in
place of time
spent online.
The new CNS Spectrums study was based
on results of a nationwide telephone
survey of more than 2,500 adults. Like
the 2005 survey, this one was conducted by
Stanford University 6% of respondents
reported that
relationships suffered
because of excessive Internet
use.
conceal
the Internet
when offline.
About 8% said they used the Internet as
a way to escape problems, and almost
14% reported they
time.
professor. No single online
activity is to blame for excessive use, he said.
online in chat rooms, checking e-mail,
or writing blogs. [The problem is] not limited
to porn (
色情
) or
gambling
Excessive Internet use should be
defined not by the number of hours spent online
but
a loss [where] you're
not getting to work, and family relationships are
breaking down
as a result, then it's
too much.
Since
the early 1990s, several clinics have been
established in the U. S. to treat
heavy
Internet users. They include the Center for
Internet Addiction Recovery and the
Center for Internet Behavior.
The website for
Orzack's center lists the following among the
psychological
symptoms of computer
addiction:
●
Having a sense of well
-being
(
幸福
) or excitement while at
the computer.
●
Longing for more and more time at the
computer.
● Neglect of
family and friends.
●
Feeling empty, depr
essed or irritable
when not at the computer.
● Lying to
employers and family about activities.
● Inability to stop the
activity.
● Problems with
school or job.
Physical
symptoms listed include dry eyes, backaches,
skipping meals, poor
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personal hygiene
(
卫生
) and sleep disturbances.
People who
struggle with excessive Internet use maybe
depressed or have other
mood disorders,
Orzack said. When she discusses Internet habits
with her patients,
they often report
that being online offers a
excitement
[and] fun,
themselves so
relaxed.
Some
parts of the Internet seem to draw people in more
than others. Internet
gamers spend
countless hours competing in games against people
from all over the
world. One such game,
called World of Warcraft, is cited on many sites
by posters
complaining of a
Andrew Heidrich, an
education network administrator from Sacramento,
plays
World of Warcraft for about two
to four hours every other night, but that's
nothing
compared with the 40 to 60
hours a week he spent playing online games when he
was
in college. He cut back only after
a full-scale family intervention
(
干预
), in which
relatives told him he'd gained weight.
gaming, said Heidrich, now a
father of two.
that was a constant in
their lives.
addiction regularly
Toebe also
regularly visits a site where posters discuss
Internet overuse. In
August, when she
first realized she had a problem, she posted a
message on a Yahoo
Internet addiction
group with the subject line:
accomplish my
work,to take care of my home, to give attention to
my children,
wrote in a message sent to
the group.
professional help; I can't
even pay my mortgage (
抵押贷款
)
and face losing
everything.
Since then, Toebe said, she
has kept her promise to herself to cut back on her
Internet use.
by phone last
week.
注意：此部分试题请
在答题卡
1
上作答。
1. What
eventually made Carla Toebe realize she was
spending too much time on
the Internet?
A) Her
daughter's repeated complaints.
B) Fatigue resulting from
lack of sleep.
C) The poorly managed state of her
house.
D) The
high financial costs adding up.
2. What does the author say
about excessive Internet use?
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A) People
should be warned of its harmful consequences.
B) It has
become virtually inevitable.
C) It has been somewhat
exaggerated.
D)
People haven't yet reached agreement on its
definition.
3.
Jonathan Bishop believes that the Internet overuse
problem can be solved if
people ______.
A) try to
improve the Internet environment
B) become aware of its
serious consequences
C) can realize what is important in
life
D) can
reach a consensus on its definition
4. According to Professor
Maressa Orzack, Internet use would be considered
excessive if ______.
A) it seriously affected
family relationships
B) one visited porn websites frequently
C) too much
time was spent in chat rooms
D) people got involved in
online gambling
5. According to Orzack, people who
struggle with heavy reliance on the Internet
may feel ______.
A) discouraged
B) pressured
C) depressed
D) puzzled
6. Why did Andre Heidrich
cut back online gaming?
A) He had lost a lot of money.
B) His family
had intervened.
C) He had offended his relatives.
D) His career
had been ruined.
7. Andrew Heidrich now visits websites
that discuss online gaming addiction to
______.
A) improve his online gaming skills
B) curb his
desire for online gaming
C) show how good he is at online gaming
D) exchange
online gaming experience
8. In one of the messages she posted on
a website, Toebe admitted that she
______.
9. Excessive Internet use had rendered
Toebe so poor that she couldn't afford to
seek ______.
10. Now that she's got a boyfriend,
Toebe is no longer crazy about ______.
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Part III
Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this
section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2
long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more questions will be asked
about what was the conversation and
the questions will be spoken only once.
After each question there will be a
pause. During the pause, you must read the four
choices marked A), B),C) and D), and
decide which is the best answer. Then mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
11.
A) He has proved to be a better reader
than the woman.
B) He has difficulty
understanding the book.
C) He cannot
get access to the assigned book.
D) He
cannot finish his assignment before the deadline.
12.
A) She will drive the
man to the supermarket.
B) The man
should buy a car of his own.
C) The man
needn't go shopping every week.
D) She
can pick the man up at the grocery store.
13.
A) Get more food and
drinks.
B) Ask his friend to come over.
C) Tidy up the place.
D)
Hold a party.
14.
A) The
talks can be held any day except this Friday.
B) He could change his schedule to meet
John Smith.
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C) The first-round talks
should start as soon as possible.
D) The woman should contact
John Smith first.
15.
A) He
understands the woman's feelings.
B) He
has gone through a similar experience.
C) The woman should have gone on the
field trip.
D) The teacher is just
following the regulations.
16.
A) She will meet the man halfway.
B) She will ask David to talk less.
C) She is sorry the man will not come.
D) She has to invite David to the
party.
17.
A) Few students
understand Prof. Johnson's lectures.
B)
Few students meet Prof. Jonson's requirements.
C) Many students find Prof. Johnson's
lectures boring.
D) Many students have
dropped Prof. Johnson's class.
18.
A) Check their computer files.
B) Make some computations.
C) Study a computer program.
D) Assemble a computer.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19.
A) It allows him to make a lot of
friends.
B) It requires him to work
long hours.
C) It enables him to apply
theory to practice.
D) It helps him
understand people better.
20.
A) It is intellectually challenging.
B) It requires him to do washing-up all
the time.
C) It exposes him to oily
smoke all day long.
D) It demands
physical endurance and patience.
21.
A) In a hospital.
B) At a
coffee shop.
C) At a laundry.
D) In a hotel.
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22.
A) Getting along well with
colleagues.
B) Paying attention to
every detail.
C) Planning everything in
advance.
D) Knowing the needs of
customers.
Questions 23 to 25 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
23.
A) The pocket money
British children get.
B) The annual
inflation rate in Britain.
C) The
things British children spend money on.
D) The rising cost of raising a child
in Britain.
24.
A) It
enables children to live better.
B) It
goes down during economic recession.
C)
It often rises higher than inflation.
D) It has gone up 25% in the past
decade.
25.
A) Save up for
their future education.
B) Pay for
small personal things.
C) Buy their own
shoes and socks.
D) Make donations when necessary.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will
hear 3 short passages. At the end of each
passage, you will hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions will be
spoken only you hear a question, you
must choose the best answer from
the
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark
the corresponding letter on
Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
26.
A) District managers.
B) Regular customers.
C)
Sales directors.
D) Senior clerks.
27.
A) The support provided
by the regular clients.
B) The
initiative shown by the sales representatives.
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C) The urgency of implementing the
company's plans.
D) The important part played by
district managers.
28.
A)
Some of them were political-minded.
B)
Fifty percent of them were female.
C)
One third of them were senior managers.
D) Most of them were rather
conservative.
29.
A) He used
too many quotations.
B) He was not
gender sensitive.
C) He did not keep to
the point.
D) He spent too much time on
details.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
30.
A) State your problem to the head
waiter.
B) Demand a discount on the
dishes ordered.
C) Ask to see the
manager politely but firmly.
D) Ask the
name of the person waiting on you.
31.
A) You problem may not be understood
correctly.
B) You don't know if you are
complaining at the right time.
C) Your
complaint may not reach the person in charge.
D) You can't tell how the person on the
line is reacting.
32.
A)
Demand a prompt response.
B) Provide
all the details.
C) Send it by express
mail.
D) Stick to the point.
Passage Three
Questions 33
to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
33.
A) Fashion
designer
B) Architect.
C)
City planner.
D) Engineer.
34.
A) Do some volunteer
work.
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B) Get a well-paid part-time job.
C) Work
flexible hours.
D) Go back to her
previous post.
35.
A) Few
baby-sitters can be considered trustworthy.
B) It will add to the family's
financial burden.
C) A baby-sitter is
no replacement for a mother.
D) The
children won't get along with a baby-sitter.
Section C
Directions: In
this section, you will hear a passage three times.
When the passage
is read for the first
time, you should listen carefully for its general
idea. When the
passage is read for the
second time, you are required to fill in the
blanks numbered
from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have just heard. For blanks
numbered from 44
to 46 you are required
to fill in the missing information. For these
blanks, you can
either use the exact
words you have just heard or write down the main
points in your
own words. Finally, when
the passage is read for the third time, you should
check
what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
Almost every child, on the
first day he sets foot in a school building, is
smarter,
more (36)______, less afraid
of what he doesn't know, better at finding and
(37)
______ things out, more confident,
resourceful (
机敏的
),
persistent and (38) ______
than he will
ever be again in his schooling
–
or, unless he is very (39)
______ and
very lucky, for the rest of
his life. Already, by paying close attention to
and (40)
______ with the world and
people around him, and without any school-type
(41)
______ instruction, he has done a
task far more difficult, complicated and
(42)______
than anything he will be
asked to do in school, or than any of his teachers
has done for
years. He has solved the
(43) ______ of language. He has discovered it
–
babies don't
even know that language exists
–
and (44)
______
__________________________________________. He has
done it by
exploring, by experimenting,
by developing his own model of the grammar of
language, (45)
________________________________________________
until it
does work. And while he has
been doing this, he has been learning other things
as
well, (46)
________________________________________________,
and many that
are more complicated than
the ones they do try to teach him.
Part IV Reading
Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25
minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a
passage with ten blanks. You are required to
select one word for each blank from a
list of choices given in a word bank following
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the passage. Read the
passage through carefully before making your
choices. Each
choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the
corresponding letter for
each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the
centre. You may not use
any of the
words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are
based on the following passage.
When we think of green
buildings, we tend to think of new ones
–
the kind of
high-tech, solar-paneled masterpieces
that make the covers of architecture magazines.
But the U.S. has more than 100 million
existing homes, and it would be __47__
wasteful to tear them all down and
__48__ them with greener versions. An enormous
amount of energy and resources went
into the construction of those houses. And it
would take an average of 65 years for
the __49__ carbon emissions from a new
energy-efficient home to make up for
the resources lost by destroying an old one. So
in the broadest __50__, the greenest
home is the one that has already been built. But
at the same time, nearly half of U. S.
carbon emissions come from heating, cooling
and __51__ our homes, offices and other
buildings.
change without dealing with
existing buildings,
the National Trust.
With some
__52__, the oldest homes tend to be the least
energy-efficient. Houses
built before
1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot
than those built after
2000, mainly due
to the tiny cracks and gaps that __53__ over time
and let in more
outside air.
Fortunately,
there are a __54__ number of relatively simple
changes that can
green older homes,
from __55__ ones like Lincoln's Cottage to your
own postwar
home. And efficiency
upgrades (
升级
) can save more
than just the earth; they can
help
__56__ property owners from rising power costs.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
A)
accommodations
B) clumsy
C)
doubtful
D) exceptions
E)
expand
F) historic
G)
incredibly
H) powering
I)
protect
J) reduced
K)
replace
L) sense
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M) shifted
N) supplying
O) vast
Section B
Directions:
There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage
is followed by
some questions or
unfinished statements. For each of them there are
four choices
marked A), B), C) and D).
You should decide on the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are
based on the following passage.
You never see him, but
they're with you every time you fly. They record
where
you are going,how fast you're
traveling and whether everything on your airplane
is
functioning normally. Their ability
to withstand almost any disaster makes them seem
like something out of a comic 're known
as the black box.
When planes fall from the sky, as a
Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros
Islands in the India ocean June 30,
2009, the black box is the best bet for
identifying
what went wrong. So when a
French submarine (
潜水艇
)
detected the device's
homing signal
five days later, the discovery marked a huge step
toward determining
the cause of a
tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.
In 1958,
Australian scientist David Warren developed a
flight-memory recorder
that would track
basic information like altitude and direction.
That was the first mode
for a black
box, which became a requirement on all U.S.
commercial flights by 1960.
Early
models often failed to withstand crashes, however,
so in 1965 the device was
completely
redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane
–
the area least subject to
impact
–
from its
original position in the landing wells
(
起落架舱
). The same year,
the Federal Aviation Authority required
that the boxes, which were never actually
black, be painted orange or yellow to
aid visibility.
Modern airplanes have two black boxes:
a voice recorder, which tracks pilots'
conversations,and a flight-data
recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine
noises and
other operating functions
that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's
final
moments. Placed in an insulated
(
隔绝的
) case and surrounded by
a quarter-inch-
thick panels of
stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive
force and temperatures
up to
2,000
℉
. When submerged,
they're also able to emit signals from depths of
20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes
from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near
Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water
nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still
likely to turn up. In the approximately
20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years,
only one plane's black boxes were never
recovered.
注意：此
部分试题请在答题卡
2
上作答。
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57. What does the author say about the
black box?
A)
It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.
B) The idea for its design comes from a
comic book.
C) Its ability to ward off
disasters is incredible.
D) It is an
indispensable device on an airplane.
58. What information could be found
from the black box on the Yemeni airliner?
A) Data for analyzing the cause of the
crash.
B) The total number of
passengers on board.
C) The scene of
the crash and extent of the damage.
D)
Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.
59. Why was the
black box redesigned in 1965?
A) New materials became
available by that time.
B) Too much space was needed for its
installation.
C) The early models often got damaged
in the crash.
D) The early models didn't provide the
needed data.
60. Why did the Federal Aviation
Authority require the black boxes be painted
orange or yellow?
A) To distinguish them from
the colour of the plane.
B) To caution people to handle them
with care.
C)
To make them easily identifiable.
D) To conform to
international standards.
61. What do we know about the black
boxes from Air France Flight 447?
A) There is still a good
chance of their being recovered.
B) There is an urgent need
for them to be reconstructed.
C) They have stopped
sending homing signals.
D) They were destroyed somewhere near
Brazil.
Passage
Two
Questions
62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
The $$11 billion
self-help industry is built on the idea that you
should turn
negative thoughts like
succeed.
power in positive
thinking?
Researchers in Canada just published a
study in the journal Psychological
Science that says trying to get people
to think more positively can actually have the
opposite effect: it can simply
highlight how unhappy they are.
The study's authors, Joanne
Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo
and Elaine Perunovic of the University
of New Brunswick, begin by citing older
research showing that when people get
feedback which they believe is overly positive,
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they actually feel
worse, not better. If you tell your dim friend
that he has the potential
of an
Einstein, you're just underlining his faults. In
one 1990s experiment, a team
including
psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton asked
participants to write essays
opposing
funding for the disabled. When the essayists were
later praised for their
sympathy, they
felt even worse about what they had written.
In this
experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68
students' self-esteem.
The participants
were then asked to write down their thoughts and
feelings for four
minutes. Every 15
seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When
it rang, they
were supposed to tell
themselves,
Those with low self-esteem didn't feel
better after the forced self-affirmation. In
fact, their moods turned significantly
darker than those of members of the control
group, who weren't urged to think
positive thoughts.
The paper provides support for newer
forms of psychotherapy
(
心理治疗
) that
urge
people to accept their negative thoughts and
feelings rather than fight them. In
the
fighting, we not only often fail but can make
things worse. Meditation
(
静思
)
techniques,
in contrast, can teach people to put their
shortcomings into a larger, more
realistic perspective. Call it the
power of negative thinking.
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上作答。
62. What do we learn from the first
paragraph about the self-help industry?
A) It is a
highly profitable industry.
B) It is based on the
concept of positive thinking.
C) It was established by
Norman Vincent Peale.
D) It has yielded positive results.
63. What is the
finding of the Canadian researchers?
A) Encouraging positive
thinking many do more harm than good.
B) There can be no simple
therapy for psychological problems.
C) Unhappy people cannot
think positively.
D) The power of positive thinking is
limited.
64.
What does the author mean by
nderlining
his faults
Para. 3)?
A)
You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough.
B) You are pointing out the errors he
has committed.
C) You are emphasizing
the fact that he is not intelligent.
D)
You are trying to make him feel better about his
faults.
65. What do we learn from the
experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?
A) It is important for people to
continually boost their self-esteem.
B)
Self-affirmation can bring a positive change to
one's mood.
C) Forcing a person to
think positive thoughts may lower their self-
esteem.
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D) People with low self-esteem seldom
write down their true feelings.
66. What do we learn from
the last paragraph?
A) The effects of positive thinking
vary from person to person.
B) Meditation may prove to
be a good form of psychotherapy.
C) Different people tend to
have different ways of thinking.
D) People can avoid making
mistakes through meditation.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions:
There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For
each blank there
are four choices
marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the
paper. You should
choose the ONE that
best fits into the passage. Then mark the
corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
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The term e-commerce refers to all
commercial transactions conducted over the
Internet, including transactions by
consumers and business-to-business transactions.
Conceptually, e-commerce does not
__67__ from well-known commercial offerings
such as banking by phone,
supplier __68__ fax.E-commerce follows
the same model __69__ in other business
transactions; the difference __70__ in
the details.
To
a consumer, the most visible form of e-commerce
consists __71__ online
ordering. A
customer begins with a catalog of possible items,
__72__ an item,
arranges a form of
payment, and __73__ an order. Instead of a
physical catalog, e-
commerce arranges
for catalogs to be __74__ on the Internet. Instead
of sending an
order on paper or by
telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to be
sent __75__ a
computer network.
Finally, instead of sending a paper representation
of payment such
as a check, e-commerce
__76__ one to send payment information
electronically.
In the decade __77__ 1993, e-commerce
grew from an __78__ novelty
(
新奇事
物
) to a
mainstream business influence. In 1993, few __79__
had a web page, and
__80__ a handful
allowed one to order products or services online.
Ten years __81__,
both large and small
businesses had web pages, and most __82__ users
with the
opportunity to place an order.
__83__, many banks added online access, __84__
online banking and bill paying became
__85__. More importantly, the value of goods
and services __86__ over the Internet
grew dramatically after 1997.
67.
A) distractB) descendC) differD) derive
68.
A) withB) viaC) fromD) off
69.
A) appearedB) usedC)
resortedD) served
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