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1、河南省扶沟县高级中学2015届高三下学期模拟考试英语试题二．阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，共２０题，计４０分）第一节（共１５小题，每小题２分，满分３０分）AOnthedayafterThanskgivingintheUS,orBlackFriday,lotsofstoresofferspecialdiscountstomarkthebeginningofholidayshoppingseason.InChina,asimilardayfallsonNov.11whenmillionsofChineseshoppersgotoTmall.comandTaoba
2、o.com,twoe-commercewebsitesoperatedbyAlibaba.The11.11ShoppingFestival,astheeventisnowcalled,isalsoknowninChinaasSinglesDay.Theshoppingfestivalfirststartedin2009andAlibabasaiditchosethedatebecauseitwaseasytoremember.Lastyear,TmallandTaobaotogetherproduced19.1billioninsalesonthatday,
3、accordingtoAlibaba.Thisyear’sshoppingfestivalkickedoffwithanevenstrongerstart—saleshit100millionyuan55secondsaftermidnightandreached35billionattheendoftheday.Theshoppingspree(狂欢)drewtheattentionofChina’sleaders,asPremierLiKeqiangrecentlypraisedAlibaba’sfounder,JackMa,forcreatingada
4、yforconsumption.Chinaistryingtoleadthecountry’seconomytoaslower,moresustainablegrowthmodelbasedondomestic(国内的)consumptioninsteadofinvestmentandexports.Onlineshoppingisnodoubtagrowthpointthatwillreleasespendingpotential.Chinahad564millionregularInternetusersbytheendoflastyear.Ithass
5、urpassedtheUStobecometheworld’slargeste-commercemarket,withitsonlinesalesover1trillionUSdollars(6trillionyuan)by2020.“Thereal-timenatureofonlineconsumptionattractsmillionsofpeopletospendmoneyandenjoylife.E-commerceopensanewchannelforChinatoencouragedomesticdemand,”LiuYin,vice-presi
6、dentoftheChinaInternationalElectronicCommerceCentersaid.Moreimportantly,itpromotesemploymentandthelogistics(物流)industrywithitssalesmodelof“onlinepurchasingplusexpressdelivery”,headded.Convenience,choiceandlowpriceshaveincreasedonlineshopping,buttherearestillsomeproblemswiththeone-d
7、ayshoppingspree.Someonlineshops,drivenbythehugeprofits,tookthisopportunitytoplaypricetricks.TheyraisedpricestotwicethoseoftheoriginalsintheearlyOctoberandthenoffereddiscounts12onNov11.Manyconsumers,drivenbytheadvantagetheycouldtake,justwentalongfortheride.“Theyspendlotsoftimeonline
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