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"AMZN" is a four-letter word to many booksellers. The online retailer has been【C1】______of killing the bookselling industry. It
"AMZN" is a four-letter word to many booksellers. The online retailer has been【C1】______of killing the bookselling industry. It
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"AMZN" is a four-letter word to many booksellers. The online retailer has been【C1】______of killing the bookselling industry. It certainly has【C2】______high street chains. But physical bookstore booksellers may【C3】______from Amazon’s latest announcement.
On January 7th the company【C4】______the option of free delivery—which it calls "Super Saver"—for book orders under £10 in Britain. This follows a【C5】______of the free-delivery option in July 2013, and【C6】______a similar scheme the retailer has introduced in America
Amazon’s aim is to push customers towards its Prime service, which costs £49 a year for next-day delivery on orders of any price and also includes its locker service. This preferential treatment has proven【C7】______And they seem to buy more【C8】______than non-Prime customers.
But the【C9】______carries a risk. Amazon may【C10】______casual book buyers, for whom a Prime subscription would be【C11】______from shopping online—and send them back to physical shops. Such buyers may【C12】______away from delivery charges that will now【C13】______25% or more of an order’s total【C14】______when buying a single book from Amazon.
Readers could simply【C15】______their online buying habits, for instance by keeping a reading list and buying several books at a time. And the higher delivery【C16】______will make many books on Amazon as【C17】______as in high-street shops.
Yet Amazon, which had a【C18】______Christmas season, selling 426 items each second, may not care if buyers give up physical books.【C19】______surveys show that people prefer the【C20】______of a newly printed book and the ability to crack the spine of a page-turner.
【C5】
选项
A、lessening
B、tightening
C、shortening
D、widening
答案
B
解析
下文分析了亚马逊公司促其顾客花钱成为会员,因此可推断亚马逊公司是在节省成本。本句回顾到2013年7月的免快递费的政策,那现在的做法无疑是继续之前的紧缩财政的做法。故选B项tightening“收紧”。
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考研英语一
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