[B] intended to follow a fanciful fashion
[C] tried but in vain to control the market
[D] has been booming for one year or so
56. Speaking of the online technology available for marketing, the author implies that ________.
[A] the technology is popular with many Web users
[B] businesses have faith in the reliability of online transactions
[C] there is a radical change in strategy
[D] it is accessible limitedly to established partners
57. In the view of Net purists, ________.
[A] there should be no marketing messages in online culture
[B] money making should be given priority to on the Web
[C] the Web should be able to function as the television set
[D] there should be no online commercial information without requests
58. We learn from the last paragraph that ________.
[A] pushing information on the Web is essential to Internet commerce
[B] interactivity, hospitality and security are important to online customers
[C] leading companies began to take the online plunge decades ago
[D] setting up shops in silicon is independent of the cost of computing power
核心词汇
1. or so 左右,
2. web=website 网络
3. revolve around 围绕
4. tap 轻打;开发;水龙头
5. more than 不仅仅是;不只是
6. make sense 有道理;有意义
7. nonetheless 尽管如此
8. reliability 可靠性
9. pathway 小径,通路,路径
10. supplier 供应商
11. limit 限制
12. conduct 进行,做
13. online transaction 在线交易
14. established 确定的;已有的
15. access to 进入;有权利做
16. intranet 局域网;internet 互联网
17. shift 转变,变化
18. model 模式,方式
19. concern 与?有关
20. available 可以用来;可以得到的
21. focus on 关注;集中
22. strategy 策略;方法
23. transmit 传递;发送
24. targeted 目标的;有针对性的
25. notably 明显地
26. deliver 发送
27. update 更新;upload 上传
28. a stream of 大量的
29. sunscriber 订阅者;订购者;用户;subscribe to 向?订阅;同意
30. monitor 监控器
31. customize 定制
32. proceed to 继续做;precede 在?之前
33. contempt 蔑视
34. think highly of 高度称赞
35. notion 观点
36. commercial promotion 商业促销
37. uninvited 不请自来
38. distinction 区别;区分
39. fade=disappear=vanish=perish 消失,不存在
40. prospect=future将来
41. horrify 让?感到恐怖
42. purist 净化者
43. inevitable 不可避免的
44. resort to 求助于
45. right 合适的;正确的;右边的;权力
46. interactivity 互动
47. hospitality 热情好客;inhospitality 冷漠
48. plunge 冒险
难句精解
①Some companies are limiting the risk by conducting online transactions only with established business partners who are given access to the company's private intranet.
▲这个句子的主谓宾很明显,但是重要的是by后面的conducting引导的动名词短语,表示的是companies limiting the risk的方式方法。还要注意的是partners后面跟了一个who引导的定语从句,说明了partners所享受的待遇。
△找出其中的关键部分:... companies... limiting... risk by... transactions... with established... partners who... access to... company's... intranet。注意intranet与internet的差别:后者是国际互联网,前者是公司内部网。
②In the past year, however, software companies have developed tools that allow companies to \customers.
▲在这个简单句中,宾语tools带了一个that引导的定语从句,修饰tools,在这个从句中真正的主语是tools,由that替代,注意这个从句中谓语动词短语allow... to...的形式;后面跟了一个transmitting引导的现在分词短语,相当于that从句的补充成分,进一步说明push information to consumer的方式。
△这个句子的主要内容集中在develop tools以及tools后面的that从句,从句中关键信息在于几个动词的使用:allow,push,transmit等。
③Online culture thinks highly of the notion that the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific request.
▲这个句子的主句就是that前面的部分,注意动词短语think highly of的含义,但是理解这个句子的关键在于宾语notion后面所跟的that引导的同位语从句,就是说that从句解释的就是notion的内容。这个从句中的主语information后面跟了一个修饰性的flowing引导的现在分词短语。
△在抓住了主干think highly of the notion之后,理解这个句子的关键在于对that从句的
理解,尤其是by specific request决定了notion的重要内容。
④The examples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon.com, and other pioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality, and security will attract online customers.
▲这个句子的主干是... examples... show... a Web site... will attract... customers。抓住这个主干,再看其它成分:examples后面跟的of短语是限定成分,说明examples的内容;谓语动词show后面跟的是一个that引导的宾语从句,这个宾语从句的主语a Web site后面跟了一个现在分词短语作限定成分,这个短语的动词是selling,宾语是the right kind of products,再加上一个较长的表示方式的状语,注意介词宾语mix后面有一个of引导的三个并列名词表示mix的内容,后面will attract online customers是这个从句的谓语和宾语。
△找出句子的主谓宾,再看不同成分的修饰限定部分,再者要注意宾语从句的主语所带的现在分词结构的限定短语。
⑤And the cost of computing power continues to free fall, which is a good sign for any enterprise setting up shop in silicon.
▲这个句子的主句是逗号前的句子,容易理解,重要的是逗号后which引导的从句,这里which指代的是逗号前的这个句子,指的是这个句子所陈述的现象,which在这里充当的是从句的主语,enterprise后面有一个现在分词短语,起限定作用。
△重要的是弄清从句中which引导词所指的是前面整个句子,这样就可以得知a good sign的意思。另外注意setting up shop in silicon中silicon原意是“硅”,在这里指代的是“互联网”与“计算机”。
试题解析
55. [A] 意为:一直在竭力开拓其市场。
第一段指出,在网络公司创办的最初一两年中,大部分措施是围绕着努力开拓(tap)消费者市场。最近,随着网络证明不仅是一种时尚而已,公司开始(在网上)相互买卖产品或提供服务,公司间的这种买卖方式是很有道理的,因为商人一般都知道自己所需要的产品。第一句和第二句都叙述了公司企图利用网上资源开拓业务的努力,第三句是对第二句提到的现象的评价。
[B]意为:打算遵循一种空幻的时尚。