Having entered China, many foreign businesses become more optimistic and look to ______ their success.
A.allow for
B.build on
C.invest in
D.respond to
A.allow for
B.build on
C.invest in
D.respond to
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China promises Internet bounty
Yahoo! will pay $ 1 billion for a stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba. com as it battles other U.S. Internet companies for a foothold in China's fast-growing Internet market.
Other major U.S. Web players such as eBay, Amazon. com, Barry Diller's Interactive Corp. and Monster. com are shelling out big bucks for Chinese companies, although Yahoo! hit a new record.
Why the spending spree?
The same mason U. S. companies from Coca-Cola to General Motors have long beaten a path to China's door: The nation has a lot of people. And now it has a burgeoning middle class, primed to revel in prosperity by buying consumer goods.
Less than 8 percent of China's 1.3 billion people are online—but that still gives it 103 million Inter- net users, second only to the United States, with 203 million. By 2009, the number of Chinese Netizens is expected to surpass the number of Americans online. That year, Chinese e-commerce will be a $ 390.9 billion market, according to the research firm IDC.
Those colossal projections have U. S. investors salivating—even though actual Internet sales in China to date are minuscule. Yahoo's billion-dollar deal Thursday gives it a 40 percent stake in a company with just $ 68 million in 2004 revenue. It follows last week's debut of Baidu. com— "the Google of China"— which skyrocketed 354 percent on its opening day of trading on the Nasdaq stock market, despite having just $ 13.4 million in 2004 revenues. Google has a 2.6 percent stake in Baidu and reportedly would like more.
Moreover, e-commerce has some big obstacles in a country where credit cards are still, rare. Internet transactions are sometimes paid for by sending bicycle messengers with cash. PCs are beyond the reach of most of the multitudes, who had a gross national per capita income in 2002 of just $ 940, according to the World Bank.
But its massive demographics and surging economy—China's CDP grew 9 percent in 2004—make the People's Republic seem all the riper to U.S. companies. Now that explosive growth has slowed in the United States, Internet moguls see China as vast virgin territory.
"We are doubling down in China because the potential for Internet commerce in that country is simply extraordinary," eBay CEO Meg Whitman told analysts in February.
Internet firms in China "are getting in at the very beginning of a consumer economy that's really nascent," said Laura Martin, senior analyst with Soleil/Media Metrics in Pasadena, Calif. "First movers have the best advantage at creating enormous amounts of value."
Add to that the Chinese propensity for homegrown enterprises, and you've got a mini-gold rush as U. S, Internet firms vie for Chinese partners to help them penetrate beyond the Great Wall.
Peter Sealey, an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, was chief marketing officer for the Coca-Cola Corp. in 1979 when it entered China.
Like the U.S. Internet firms, Coke allied with Chinese companies. "You always want a partner on the ground who's native to the territory, who knows the political system, who has connections," Sealey said.
The soft-drink firm faced some marketing challenges. "Coke is an acquired taste," he said. "We had Fanta Orange soda—a taste (the Chinese) were accustomed to. We used to take a case of 24 bottles of Fanta and swap in two bottles of Coke. Then we had to run ads explaining that Coke should be consumed cold."
Internet firms are likely to face a different set of cultural barriers. The reliance on a cash economy is a big one. To help spur Web transactions, eBay is introducing its online payment system PayPal in China this year. Alibaba, Yahoo's new partner, already has a payment system called Alipay.
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We were overjoyed at the news of China her own manmade satellite.
A) to have launched B) to launch
C) launched D) having launched
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听力原文: An old friend from abroad, whom I was expecting to stay with, telephoned from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still at the office at the time, but I had made arrangements for his arrival. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under a stone near the door.As I was likely to be at home rather later, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink.
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the flat. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my re- cords after having just had a truly wonderful meal. He had found a pan on the gas stove and fried two eggs and had helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator. Now he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice and he hoped I would join him. I asked him if he had reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the stone, but fortunately the living-room window just by the apple tree had been open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbor's.
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A.The friend entered the speaker's house from back door.
B.The friend entered the speaker's neighbor's house by mistake.
C.A thief entered the speaker's house by mistake.
D.The speaker's friend entered the room by climbing the apple tree.
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The episode recounted in the passage took place ______.
A.just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War
B.bofore Britain entered the Second World War
C.before the United States entered the Second World War
D.while the United States was in the Second World War
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Dear Sirs,
Reference to your letter dated March 1,2008 and our letter dated March 15,2008,we confirm having sold you:
Description-green tea made in Fujian,China
Quantity-6 tons
Price-$100 per kilo,CIF
Containers-double sacks,free
Port-Yangkou Port,Shanghai
Shipment-promptly
Payment-by an irrevocable bank credit usable against surrendering of the shipping documents in London(credit to be opened by airmail)
Insurance-marine insurance to be covered by us
Claim No claim can be entertained unless made within 10 days of arrival of goods at the port of destination.
Other Conditions-We agree to settlement of disputes by arbitration,
Yours sincerely,
ZhuKang
第8题
Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe, A group of top Chinese scientists starts its ten-nation tour next month.
Here is in Miami, the major is still meeting with the leader of the Teacher's Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.
In news about health, scientists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in American Medical Journal, the five-year study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.
In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches.
That's the news of the Hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jane Singer.
To improve the ties between China and the U. S. and Western Europe, China ______.
A.will send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the U.S. and Western Europe
B.will send some scientists to visit U.S. and the Western Europe
C.has expressed its strong wishes
D.has given many reports to improve the ties
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A.kept up
B.carried out
C.set up
D.worked out
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听力原文:W: First of all, I would like you to tell me a bit about what you've been doing.
M: Well, I left school after I'd done my A-levels. I really wanted to study art. But a friend of my father's offered me a job, to be an accountant in the city.
W: I see. In your application, you say that you only spent half a year with this accounting firm. Why was that?
M: To be honest, I didn't like it. So I entered the Art College a year ago.
W: What do you do in your spare time?
M: I like jazz and folk music. I go to the theater occasionally and act a bit myself. I also like reading and I've done a bit of photography. What's more, I've traveled a lot, especially in Europe.
W: Very interesting. I think that's all I want to ask about your background. I will inform. you as soon as we make the decision.
M: OK, thank you very much.
What are the two speakers doing?
A.They are having a chat.
B.One is interviewing the other.
C.They are talking about the weather.