1 . BACK ISSUES

JUNE 2020

Full results of the BBC Music Magazine Awards, plus interviews with all winners. Plus Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin on your CD.

JULY 2020

An exclusive (独家的) interview with cellist Yo-Yo Ma as he returns to bluegrass, plus Ravel’s ballet Daphnis et Chloé on the cover CD.

AUGUST 2020

A 125th anniversary (周年纪念日) celebration of the people who shaped the Proms, plus Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 on the cover CD.

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1. What do we know about the June 2020 issue?

A．It lists those winning the BBC Music Magazine Awards.

B．It is a special issue about an anniversary celebration.

C．It reports an interview with only one musician.

D．It collects the stories of many musicians.

2. What should we notice when buying the issues?

A．Issues published over a year ago are not offered.

B．People must order magazines and CDs together.

C．Only people in the UK can enjoy the low price.

D．All of the issues have 30% off.

3. How much should a European subscriber pay for a magazine holder?

A．£10.00.	B．£8.00.
C．£6.80.	D．£6.60.

2 . A: Good afternoon.     1    .
B: Yes, I'd like to buy a shirt for my grandfather.
A: What a nice boy you are!     2    .
B: Size L.
A: OK. What about this one?
B:     3    . Have you got any other colours?
A: Oh, yes. We have also got blue, brown and black
B: Can I have a look at the blue ones? Blue is my grandfather's favourite colour.
A: Sure. Here you are.
B: It looks nice,     4    .
A: Ninety-nine yuan.
B: Oh, that's too much.
A:     5    . There's a sale on today. Everything is half price.
B: OK. I'll take it.
A. What size would you like?          
B. Can I help you?
C. Sorry, he doesn't like white.          
D. How much does it cost?
E. But wait a minute!

3 . Online shopping is the process of buying goods and services from merchants（商家）over the Internet.     1     Books, clothing, household appliances, toys, software and health insurance are just some of the hundreds of products consumers can buy from an online store.

    2     For example, when a person shops at a physical store, she has to drive to the store, find a parking place and walk throughout the store until she finds the products she needs. After finding the items she wants, she may often need to stand in a long line at the checkout counter.

In contrast, online shopping helps consumers avoid these disadvantages. A person only has to visit the store’s website and choose the items she desires. The process can be conducted in the early hours of the morning or late into the night.     3    

Despite the convenience, not everyone chooses to purchase items and services online. Some people like the idea of physically going to a store and experiencing the shopping process.     4     Online shopping doesn’t permit shoppers to touch the products or allow them to take the goods home the same day they buy it.

Some consumers avoid shopping online because they worry that the products are not accurately described in the website’s pictures.     5     A consumer has to rely on body measurements to make sure the clothing fits properly.

A．Online stores almost never close.

B．At first, there were few shoppers online.

C．It’s also impossible to try on clothing bought over the Internet.

D．Consumers can buy a huge variety of items from online stores.

E．Many people choose to shop online because of the convenience.

F．They like to touch the goods and be surrounded by other people.

G．Shopping online is safer when you are buying from a well-known company.

4 . 语法填空

Susan was shopping with her mother and enjoying it.     1    (interesting), both of them ended up    2     (buy) the same pair of jeans.

A marketing study    3    (make) over the last two weeks.It shows young adults influence 88% of household clothing purchases. More often than not, those in their early    4    (twenty) are the more     5    (inform) consumers. There isn't a brand or a trend that these young people are not aware of. That is    6    mothers who want to keep up with trends usually turn to the experts—their daughters.This tells the retailers of the world that if you want to get into a mother's pocketbook, you've got to win her daughter over first.

With    7    man playing various kinds of music, and a mix of clothing labels    8    (design) more for taste and fashion than for a precise age, department stores have managed to appeal    9    successful middle-aged women without losing their younger customers.They have created a shopping environment    10    the needs of both mother and daughter are satisfied.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

With the development of technology, online shopping    1    (become) popular in people’s life. As many of us might have witnessed, more people are buying products     2     the Internet. It tends    3    (be) a common phenomenon.

Undoubtedly, online shopping has brought us many     4    (convenient). For one thing, online shopping doesn’t need you to pour a lot of time and energy into buying things. If you go shopping in this way, you     5    (spend)a few minutes choosing the things that you need online instead of going out. Moreover, online shopping doesn’t need us to get the things in person. For another, online     6    (store) can provide various goods to satisfy our endless need. Besides, we can save much money by online shopping.

From above, we can know that online shopping has    7     positive effect on our life. However, every coin has two sides, online shopping is no exception. First, for example, we maybe buy something wrong online     8    we don’t take much notice of the goods. Second, there are many cheaters     9    may cheat us out of money by opening a fake online store.

As far as I am     10     (concern), shopping online is an irreversible trend. More and more people will be accustomed to it. It will be much more popular in the near future.

6 . 语法填空

Hanfu was the     1    (tradition) clothing of China’s Han ethnic group that was formed in the main residential areas of the Han people in ancient China. The historical clothing has untold stories and     2    (idea) in every detail. The cutting and stitching(针脚) line in     3     middle part of hanfu fits the spine（脊柱） of the human body and helps people to dress     4    (proper). This design, which has transcended（超越）itself as mere decoration,     5    (point)to the qualities of the wearers as upright and moderate（温和的）individuals.

“Instead of imitating people like    6     I used to do, I have jumped out of my comfort zone and found the style that suits me best,” Mandy Chan said , who is one of the founders of hanfu in Hong Kong. “Through hanfu, I have found    7    (I) and so many unexplored things in my life.” Chan added that she had found her lifelong passion through hanfu,     8     is a goal and dream that has never been absent     9    her life. Chan found she was not alone after     10    (fall) in love with hanfu. She believes that classics will never go out of style and she herself has incorporated（使并入）hanfu into her everyday life.

7 . Some fifteen years ago, when smartphone apps were new and few truly understood their potentials, retailers (零售商) barely knew that consumers could browse in stores while comparing prices and ____   from other item providers through certain apps before ____ making the   purchase online. Ten years ago, brick-and-mortar (实体店) retailers had to acknowledge that showrooming existed and appeared to be a threat. That’s the year when retailers were up in arms as online giant Amazon released an “evil” promotion that encouraged consumers to visit ____ stores and use Amazon’s Price Check app at the same time. Any purchase completed through the app was given ____ discounts, which significantly stimulated sales and   ____ many shop owners to the edge of bankruptcy.

From the point on, retailers began launching strategies to combat showrooming including releasing ____ items for sale so that no reference prices from other sources are available for comparison.

“Media have reported showrooming as a big threat to physical stores,” says Casey Carl, a retailer. “However, less ____ is the fact that it is also the greatest opportunity for us.” Retailers need to accept that the act of showrooming is not illegal and any sensible buyer tends to ____ prices. As there’s nothing you can do about it, you might as well offer conveniences like in-store internet access to ____ these consumers. With caring services combined with acceptable prices, the store might actually improve the likelihood for consumers to close the deal ____.

And a showrooming study indicates that it’s wise for retailers to limit the item price to at most 5 dollars higher than what online stores charge. After all, for the majority of consumers, getting the absolute lowest price is not their ____. Many of them, instead, are willing to pay ____ in exchange for favourable shopping experiences, such as the pleasant store atmosphere, agreeable staff attitudes or even the merry music played, with a reasonable price ____, of course.

Besides, adopting a strategy of ____ channels is also essential. With many sale channels under control, retailers are sure to have access to the lowest price possible for an item. Therefore, when a customer pulls out a mobile device in store, retailers can be spared the ____ that was unavoidable for them some ten years ago.

1.

A．reviews

B．locations

C．rehearsals

D．similarities

2.

A．genuinely

B．generously

C．particularly

D．finally

3.

A．domestic

B．physical

C．imaginary

D．parallel

4.

A．superior

B．compulsory

C．routine

D．rewarding

5.

A．cornered

B．messed

C．overlooked

D．refunded

6.

A．exclusive

B．alternative

C．renewed

D．seasonal

7.

A．criticized

B．publicized

C．exploited

D．executed

8.

A．pursue

B．neglect

C．question

D．compare

9.

A．assist

B．prohibit

C．monitor

D．expose

10.

A．out of stock

B．on the spot

C．within reach

D．at random

11.

A．reputation

B．greed

C．priority

D．devotion

12.

A．attention

B．deposit

C．honor

D．extra

13.

A．disorder

B．gap

C．split

D．deadline

14.

A．accessible

B．multiple

C．loyal

D．concrete

15.

A．suspicion

B．effort

C．panic

D．guilt