1 . After staying at home one afternoon for a delivery of discounted sink that never came, Valentin Romanov, a Stockholm IT manager ,installed a special lock on his flat’s entrance. When no one is in, deliverymen unlock the door and slip packages inside. Four months on, Mr Romanov has _______ his spending online and says he cannot imagine life without in-home deliveries. These are sweet words for delivery firms and online retailers(零售商), Amazon included, that are setting up_______ with lock manufacturers to overcome a big hurdle for e-commerce.

Traditional l deliveries fail so_______ that a parcel is driven to a home an average of 1.5 times in the Nordic region, says Kenneth Verlage, head of business development at PostNord, a logistics(物流) giant operating in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. It is an expensive _______ made worse, he says, by the fact that recipients have still often had to wait for a failed delivery. Some couriers leave packages on doorsteps, but this_______ theft. Of 1,000 Americans surveyed this year by Shorr, a packaging firm, nearly a third had been victims of “porch piracy”, as this is known. Two-fifths_______ certain online purchases for fear of it.

A number of firms now sell wirelessly connected locks which a courier’s delivery staff can open using a passcode or smartphone app after the ________ has issued a temporary authorization, before leaving home or remotely. Deliveries are filmed with an indoor security camera paired with the lock. The short videos are sent to parcel addressees and typically ________, comically in Mr Romanov’s view, with a jiggle of the door handle from outside to show that the departing delivery person has locked up.

Amazon began offering in-home deliveries in 37 American cities in November. Shoppers who have had a special_______ and camera installed (costing $199) can select in-home delivery at checkout. Like most firms offering the service, Amazon is tightlipped about user ______. The boss of August Home, a San Francisco maker of in-home delivery locks, says that already hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers, dog-walkers, cleaners and Airbnb guests use its app______ to enter others’ homes.

Offerings are ________. In 2018 August Home will go to Australia and Britain, and PostNord will launch in-home delivery in four Nordic countries. Walmart and Sears have tried it; Sears even tested unattended appliance repairs. Five logistics firms and two Swedish supermarket chains are trying or using locks from Glue, a firm based in Stockholm, for in-home deliveries.

________ suspect these efforts will not amount to much. Plenty of _______ will be fearful about theft. Rhino Security Labs, a Seattle computer-security firm, claims it hacked into and shut off the video in one Amazon lock-and-camera system. In-home deliveries are incompatible with burglar alarms. And what if an improperly fenced-off dog or cat slips outside? Or an heirloom on display gets knocked over? These are ________ questions. But e-commerce firms have unlocked harder ones.

1.

A．doubled

B．deleted

C．checked

D．decreased

2.

A．partnerships

B．branches

C．funds

D．conferences

3.

A．occasionally

B．unexpectedly

C．miserably

D．frequently

4.

A．development

B．purchase

C．tradition

D．inefficiency

5.

A．records

B．invites

C．reduces

D．commits

6.

A．avoid

B．make

C．control

D．assess

7.

A．driver

B．manager

C．deliver

D．resident

8.

A．start

B．end

C．disappear

D．emerge

9.

A．door

B．computer

C．lock

D．application

10.

A．experiences

B．preferences

C．numbers

D．backgrounds

11.

A．illegally

B．keylessly

C．unknowingly

D．fearfully

12.

A．threatening

B．multiplying

C．competing

D．shrinking

13.

A．Designers

B．Advocates

C．Opponents

D．Adopters

14.

A．consumers

B．firms

C．hackers

D．producers

15.

A．unimportant

B．general

C．improper

D．tricky

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第91至100小题的空格里填上适当的单词，注意每空1个单词。

Many of us have someone in our lives that has absolutely everything. Buying a gift for that special person can prove quite stressful. Here are a few points aimed at making this challenge a little bit easier.

Buying that hard-to-find gift can have you wandering the malls for hours on end with little or no luck. Before starting such a shopping journey, think carefully about what that person might really enjoy instead of hoping the perfect gift will miraculously(奇迹般地 ) appear. Think about what is happening in their lives at the moment Have they recently experienced a major life event. taken up a new hobby, or planned a trip? Think about how your gin can contribute to a these events.

Have you ever found that perfect Christmas gift for someone in July, but decided to waif and buy it later? If you think it's a good gift, buy it then. Don’t wait until the last minute to buy that perfect present. Chances are that you'll either forget what that gift was or it won’t be available when you go to get it later. Last-minute shopping is rather stressful and usually doesn’t have the desired results.

Anything you can buy at a retail store these days can also be bought on the Internet. Better still, you can find special gifts that you normally cant find at the mall. Search for special gift ideas and you'll be amazed at the things that you may never have thought of before. For example, find out what their favorite toy or book was when they were a child and see if you can find it for sale on an auction site（拍卖现场）.

Spend some time with the person and get a better idea of their interests. They may mention that they've needed something for the moment but just haven't got around to getting it. Or maybe they've lost or broken something that they really miss. Maybe they're still using something from the past that needs updating.

If all else fails, there are always gift cards. Rather than just give the gift card, however, be a little creative. Make a game out of it such as wrapping the card in a series of larger boxes so it takes a while to get to it rather than just having them open an envelope. Another choice is to include a gift card with some theatre tickets.

Topic:    1     on buying a gift for someone who has everything
Think outside the Store.	●Think carefully about what might really     2     the person before going shopping,rather than trying your luck at the mall. ●Finding out what the person is     3     you.
Don’t wait until the last minute.	●No matter when you have found a proper gift, buy it     4    . ●Trying to find a gift just before the event can cause you much stress and the gift may     5     you.
Shop     6	●You can find more special gifts on the Internet than at malls. ●You may get a good     7     from the Internet. ●It’s a good idea to give the person what he liked most during his     8
Listen closely for Ideas.	Spend some time learning about what the person needs at     9     .
Give a gift card.	Wrap the gift card     10     ,or give it together with some theatre tickets.

3 . What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A．How customers could be best served.

B．What kind of stores can offer lower prices.

C．Whether online stores will replace high-street stores.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where are probably the speakers?

A．In a theatre.

B．At a store.

C．In a street.

2. What does the man want to buy?

A．Food

B．Clothes.

C．Furniture.

3. Which is next to the theatre?

A．A hotel

B．The City Hall.

C．The post office.