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TEXT F
First read the following question.
82. The passage is mainly about _____.
A. Christmas sales
B. retailing business
C. Internet population
D. online shopping
正确答案是
Now read Text F quickly and select your answer.
Online shopping has become a major force in retailing this year with more than US '1 billion in Christmas season sales, industry analysts say.
The figure for the holiday tops the total for Internet shopping in all of 1996.
Online shopping for the holiday season remained just a drop in the ocean of the estimated US '450 billion spent by US consumers. But the figure is growing rapidly.
International Data Corporation, a market research group, predicts the World Wide Web population will reach almost 100 million by 1998 and that online commerce will grow to more than US '20 billion.