首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
In 1998 consumers could purchase virtually anything over the Internet. Books, compact discs, and even stocks were available from
In 1998 consumers could purchase virtually anything over the Internet. Books, compact discs, and even stocks were available from
admin
2014-04-23
16
问题
In 1998 consumers could purchase virtually anything over the Internet. Books, compact discs, and even stocks were available from World Wide Web sites that seemed to spring up almost daily. A few years earlier, some people had predicted that consumers accustomed to shopping in stores would be reluctant to buy things that they could not see or touch in person. For a growing number of time-starved consumers, however, shopping from their home computer was proving to be a convenient alternative to driving to the store.
A research estimated that in 1998 US consumers would purchase $ 7. 3 billion of goods over the Internet, double the 1997 total. Finding a bargain was getting easier, owing to the rise of online auctions and Web sites that did comparison shopping on the Internet for the best deal.
For all the consumer interest, retailing in cyberspace was still a largely unprofitable business, however. Internet pioneer Amazon, com, which began selling books in 1995 and later branched into recorded music and videos, posted revenue of $ 153. 7 million in the third quarter, up from $ 37. 9 million in the same period of 1997. Overall, however, the company’s loss widened to $ 45. 2 million from $ 9. 6 million, and analysts did not expect the company to turn a profit until 2001. Despite the great loss, Amazon, com had a stock market value of many billions, reflecting investors’ optimism about the future of the industry.
Internet retailing appealed to investors because it provided an efficient means for reaching millions of consumers without having the cost of operating conventional stores with their armies of salespeople. Selling online carried its own risks, however. With so many companies competing for consumers’ attention, price competition was intense and profit margins thin or nonexistent. One video retailer sold the hit movie Titanic for $ 9. 99, undercutting (削价) the $ 19. 99 suggested retail price and losing about $ 6 on each copy sold. With Internet retailing still in its initial stage, companies seemed willing to absorb such losses in an attempt to establish a dominant market position.
It can be inferred from the passage that Amazon.com______.
选项
A、will probably make a profit in 2001
B、is making a profit now
C、is a company that sells books only
D、suffers a great loss on the stock market
答案
A
解析
本题是一道具体细节题。问我们可以从文章中推断出来Amazon.com公司如何。利用查阅式阅读法,根据文章第三段的内容,Amazon.com在1995年开始售书,后来又增加了销售音像制品的业务。到今年第三季度,它的收入已达1.537亿美元,与1997年同期相比增长了3790万美元。但是总的来看,公司的亏损却由960万美元增加到4 520万美元。分析人士认为,公司到2001年才可望盈利。但是,尽管目前亏损很大,公司股票的市值却达数十亿美元,表明了投资者对这个公司的未来很乐观。可见,本题的正确答案应是A“公司可能会在2001年盈利”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/L8IYFFFM
0
在职攻硕英语联考
相关试题推荐
MostpeoplewhodevelopLymedisease,atick-borninfectionthat’sendemicinpartsoftheNortheastandMidwest,areeasilycur
Themanagerthrewaparty______thegroupofcomputerexpertsfromtheUnitedStates.
Infactthepurchasingpowerofasingleperson’spensioninHongKongwasonly70percentofthevalueofthe_________Singapo
MykidstellmethatIam"so20thcentury",whichtroublesme.Apersonlikestofeelthatheis"withit",asweusedtosayi
ResidentsinbigcitiesinChinatendtodisposeofsomeoldfurniturewhenmoving.
A、He’sthestrongestamongtheemployees.B、Hemakesnobodylikehim.C、Hehatesworkingtoohard.D、Hehopeseveryoneworksas
"Intelligence"atbestisanassumptiveconstructthemeaningofthewordhasneverbeenclear.Thereis(41)agreementonth
Theterm"g"(generalintelligence)representsameasureofoverallcognitiveabilityacrossavarietyoftests.It’snotthesame
Theterm"g"(generalintelligence)representsameasureofoverallcognitiveabilityacrossavarietyoftests.It’snotthesame
EveryoneintheUKseemstoagreethatrecordedcrimeisdecreasing.Thisisoneoftheargumentsthegovernmentisusingtojus
随机试题
《企业安全生产应急管理九条规定》中规定,必须在风险评估的基础上,编制与临近企业相衔接的应急预案。()
房地产开发的资金密集性和较高的资金借贷额,使得房地产开发项目具有较高的资产负债率和流动比率。()
制定托、幼及中小学等规划指标可以依据城市人口的()。
对下列交易或事项进行会计处理时,不应调整年初未分配利润的有()。
下列行为中,房屋发生权属变更但不需缴纳契税的是()。
王某潜入某工厂仓库盗窃,将仓库货物(价值2万元)扔到院墙外,准备一会儿翻墙出去再捡,偶尔经过此处的刘某发现该货物无人看管,遂将其拿走,据为已有。10分钟后,王某来到院墙外,发现货物已无踪影。对于王某、刘某行为定性,下列哪一选项是正确的?
以下古代文件起到限制王权作用的是()
甲公司有300立方米的木材要加工成家具,乙公司与丙公司一起找到甲公司,三方签订了合同,合同约定,乙公司与丙公司将300立方米的木材加工成家具,合同履行期为50天,价款为60万元。乙公司与丙公司也签订了一份合同,约定乙公司负责加工200立方米,丙公司负责加工
第三方评估
则y’=________.
最新回复
(
0
)