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Form the retailers’ perspective, the best part about online holiday shopping is that its success is not measured on a single day. The results from Black Friday are often used to forecast consumers’ moods about the entire holiday season or, worse, the first quarter of the following year. By comparison, online holiday shopping remains steady throughout the month of December, says Andrew Lipsman, director of industry analysis for ComScore, a research firm. If there is a peak with holiday online sales, it happens over an entire workweek, usually between Dec. 10 and 15, he says.

Even with this cheerleading over online sales, retail researchers acknowledge that e-commerce will never really usurp (取代) Black Friday. Online retail spending year-round — including spending on food, cars, and gas — still accounts for just 8% of retail sales overall, says Lipsman. “People like to get out into a store,” he says. “Black Friday is still a cultural phenomenon.” (Newsweek 2009)

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11. It can be concluded from the first paragraph that ________.

A. Black Friday has lost its traditional meaning B. Cyber Monday means Thanksgiving day C. online retailers may offer good bargains D. Internet goes against firm’s routine tasks

12. One cause for the National Retail Federation’s expectation of a consumer expenditure decline

is ________. A. the online sales C. the prosperous economy

A. the ups and downs of traditional retailers B. the consistent rise of online shopping C. the steadily growth of traditional retailers D. the retailers’ ad promotion on Newsweek

14. For this year’s Cyber Monday, most online retailers will offer the following EXCEPT ______.

A. consumer discounts C. one-day sales

A. online sales will lead the retail market B. online retail had no cultural meaning C. e-commerce is identical with Black Friday D. traditional shopping still holds the market

B. free shopping D. goods promotion B. the quit of retailers D. the high unemployment

13. Companies like Amazon. Com and eBay were mentioned to indicate ________.

15. We can infer from the retail researchers that ________.

Passage 4 Consumers around the world want governments to stop haggling (争辩) and start acting on climate change, according to a survey carried out in 12 countries by a coalition of climate groups.

Despite the looming prospect of a deep global recession, 43% of the 12,000 respondents of the survey chose climate change ahead of the global economy when asked about their current concerns. Worldwide, 77% of respondents wanted to see their governments cutting carbon by their fair share or more, in order to allow developing countries to grow their economies.

The survey was carried out for the HSBC Climate Partnership, a collaboration between the international bank and climate NGOs including WWF, the Climate Group, Earthwatch Institute and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Lord Stern, and adviser to HSBC on economic development and climate change and former adviser to the UK government, said: “This research demonstrates the need for decisive action on climate change. The urgent challenge is to build a framework for a global deal so that consensus can be reached in Copenhagen and the discussions in Poznan are a critical stepping stone to achieving this. Now is the time to lay the foundations of a new form of growth that can transform our economies and societies.”

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The results of the group’s climate confidence monitor are based on an internet questionnaire presented to 1,000 people each in 12 countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Mexico, UK and the US. The survey was conducted between mid-September and early October.

Even in many emerging countries, people said their governments must reduce greenhouse gases — 62% of respondents in China said they should reduce emissions and only 4% said the country’s emissions should be allowed to increase. In Mexico and Brazil, more than 80% wanted emissions cuts that tallied with (符合，吻合) their fair share of global targets — as high a level as in developed countries. In the US, 72% of people said their country should reduce emissions by at least as much as other countries.

David Nussbaum, the chief executive of WWF-UK, said: “The current global economic crisis is a stark reminder of the consequences of living beyond our means. As the world looks to restore its economies we must build in long-term environmental as well as economic sustainability.”

Steve Howard, chief executive of the Climate Group, a coalition of businesses and governments aimed at moving towards a low-carbon economy, said the survey showed that “politicians have the political will of the people behind them to come to an agreement on climate change. Politicians now have the support they need to seize this historic opportunity and secure a global deal on climate change.”

(The Guardian 2008)

16. According to Lord Stern, which form of growth is in need?

A. Comprehensive growth. C. Sustainable development. 17. What can we infer from Paragraph 6?

A. The developing countries are not expected to be so active in emission cut. B. The developing countries shall cut as much emissions as the developed countries. C. The majority of the world population are in favor of the emission cut policy. D. People from the US are less active than those from the emerging countries.

18. In Paragraph 7, the current economic crisis rings alarm for the following deeds EXCEPT ___.

A. excessive consumption of energy C. excessive emission of carbon dioxide A. there is a historic opportunity C. politicians have such kind of will

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