The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet,including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually,e-commerce does not___1___from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone，"mail order" catalogs，or sending a purchase order to supplier___2___fax. E-commerce follows the same model___3___in other business transactions; the difference ___4___in the details.

　　To a consumer， the most visible form of e-commerce consists___5___online ordering. A customer begins with a catalog of possible items，___6___an item,arranges a form of payment， and___7___an order. Instead of a physical catalog,e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be___8___on the Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone,e-commerce arranges for orders to be sent___9___a computer network. Finally， instead of sending a paper representation of payment such as a check,e-commerce ___10___one to send payment information electronically.

　　In the decade ___11___ 1993， e-commerce grew from an ___12___ novelty(新奇事物)to a mainstream business influence. In 1993， few ___13___ had a web page， and ___14___ a handful allowed one to order products or services online. Ten years ___15___ ， both large and small businesses had web pages， and most ___16___ users with the opportunity to place an order. ___17___ , many banks added online access， ___18___ online banking and bill paying became ___19___ . More importantly,the value of goods and services ___20___over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997.

　　1. A)distract B) descend C)differ D) derive

　　2. A) with B) via C) from D) off

　　3. A) appeared B) used C) resorted D) served

　　4. A) situates B) lies C) roots D) locates

　　5. A) on B) of C) for D) to

　　6. A) reflects B) detects C) protects D) selects

　　7. A) sends in B) puts out C) stands for D) carries away

　　8. A) visible B) responsible C) feasible D) sensible

　　9. A) beside B) over C) beyond D) up

　　10. A) appeals B) admits C) advocates D) allows

　　11. A) after B) behind C) until D) toward

　　12. A) optional B) invalid C) occasional D) insignificant

　　13. A) communities B) corps C) corporations D) compounds

　　14. A) largely B) slightly C) solely D) only

　　15. A) lately B) later C) late D) latter

　　16. A) offered B) convinced C) equipped D) provided

　　17. A) Instead B) Nevertheless C) However D) Besides

　　18. A) and B) or C) but D) though

　　19. A) different B) flexible C) widespread D) productive

　　20. A) acquired B) adapted C) practiced D) proceeded

　　解析：

　　1.C�？紕釉~詞義辨析，而且是考與from的搭配，有三個選項可以入選，A distract…from“分散;使分心”;C differ … from“與……不同”;D derive … from “起源;源自”;根據(jù)句意A、D均不符合題意，所以答案是C.

　　2.B。Via 通過;through。

　　3.B。appear, appearance反義詞：disappear, disappearance。

　　4.B。lie lied lied 撒謊，lay laid lain 放置;處于

　　lay laid laid 下蛋，lie in 在于，tell a lie 說謊，

　　liar 騙子。

　　5.B。表示組成的四個短語consist of ，be made up for，be composed of ，be comprised of 。

　　6.D�？疾靋ollect, gather , select的區(qū)別。collection, a collection of 。

　　7.A。virtual 虛擬的，visible 看得見的，vision 視野;遠景，visual 視覺的，virtue 美德。

　　8.A。考形容詞詞義辨析，此題可以利用本段中心主題句中出現(xiàn)的復現(xiàn)關系推出答案選項是A.

　　9.B。

　　10.D�？紕釉~詞義辨析， appear 是不及物動詞，一般與for連用，譯為“呼吁”;admit 一般跟動名詞作賓語，譯為“容許， 承認”;advocate是及物動詞“提倡， 鼓吹”;allow sb to do “允許某人做某事”，根據(jù)原文判斷只有D符合題意。

　　11.A。

　　12.D。

　　13.C�？济�詞詞義辨析，community “社區(qū)，團體”;corp如果首字母大寫Corp是公司的縮寫，所以此單詞是錯誤的;corporation “公司，企業(yè)”;compound“混合物，化合物”，此題可以通過同意替換的方法做題，下文中提到small business，與其意思相近的選項是C.

　　14.D。

　　15.B�？夹谓�詞辨析，lately與recently同義，譯為“最近”;later “多長時間之后”，常與時間詞連用;late “晚， 遲， 最近， 在晚期”，常表示晚于通常時間的;latter 指“兩者之中的后者”，根據(jù)句意答案是B.

　　16.D。考動詞詞義辨析， offer sb to do sth“向某人提供”，一般表示主動的給予;convince sb of sth 或convince sb that 常用被動語態(tài)，譯為“使某人信服;使某人確信”;equip “裝備， 配備”，常與with連用;provide sb with sth “將某物提供給某人”，provide sth for sb “為某人提供某物”，根據(jù)句意所以答案選擇D.

　　17.D。

　　18.A。

　　19.C�？夹稳菰~詞義辨析，different “不同的”;flexible “的， 靈活的， 柔軟的， 能變形的”;widespread “分布廣泛的， 普遍的”;productive “生產(chǎn)的，多產(chǎn)的”，此題根據(jù)本段中心主題句判斷出答案選項是C.

　　20.A。