What’sthebiggestonlineshoppingdayintheworld?NotValentin...
问题详情:
What’s the biggest online shopping day in the world? Not Valentine’s Day. Not Cyber Monday or Black Friday. The winner is China’s singles’Day, celebrated on November11, or 11.11.
Singles’Day began as a day for unmarried or uncoupled people to celebrate their lives. Single students, looking for an excuse to buy themselves presents, started it on November11,1993, reported The Guardian. It is symbolized by the four mumber ones in the date of November11 and is also called Double Eleven, in reference to the day it was started, said the BBC. It became a major shopping day in 2009. The CEO of an online shopping site --Alibaba-- tried to increase sales at the e-commerce company. The CEO, Daniel Zhang, launched an annual online sale on that day, said Fortune. When it first began, “Sigles’Day was very much an offline comfort to actual single people,”noted the website atlas Obscura.”A small group of students at Nanjing University are said to have chosen 11.11 as a day that singles could do activities like karaoke together.”It quickly became a cultural phenomenon.
Last year, Alibaba sold more than $1 billion worth of products inthe first three minutes of the sales, reported Bloomberg News. Total sales on Singles’Day soared to $9 billion within 24 hours. That’s four times bigger than Cyber Monday in the U.S., which is the Monday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a big shopping day. By comparison, online sales in the U.S. last year on Black Friday were just $1.5 billion, reported TechCrunch.
Today, Singles’Day is very successful. Analysts say that this year, sales on China’s Singles’Day will increase to a new high. In the U.S., Jennifer Wang, a co-founder of a company targeting Chinese-Americans, said, “We expect to have 3 million people coming to click Dealmoon for the Singles’Day launch.” Some observers think Singles’Day could catch on globally.
13. How did the author introduce the topic of the passage?
A. By describing a holiday. B. By asking a question
C. By making a list. D. By telling a story
14. What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A. How Singles’Day came into being. B. Why Singles’Day became popular.
C. When Singles’Day was started. D. Who first celebrated Singles’Day.
15. Why did China’s Singles’Day become a major shopping day?
A. Because singles celebrated their happy lives on November11.
B. Because students at Nanjing university took part in activities together.
C. Because an annual online sale was started on that day by Alibaba.
D. Because single students chose that day to buy themselves gifts.
16. Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “soared”in
Paragraph3?
A. Increased sharply. B. Decreased quickly.
C. Returned gradually. D. Appeared suddenly.
【回答】
B A C A
知识点:阅读理解
题型:阅读理解
-
下列与实验相关的叙述正确的是 A.稀释浓硫*时,应将蒸馏水沿烧杯内壁缓慢地注入浓硫*中B.配制溶液时,若加水...
问题详情:下列与实验相关的叙述正确的是 A.稀释浓硫*时,应将蒸馏水沿烧杯内壁缓慢地注入浓硫*中B.配制溶液时,若加水超过容量瓶刻度,应用胶头滴管将多余溶液吸出C.配制1mol·L-1300mLNaCl溶液可以选择一个50mL的容量瓶和一个250mL的容量瓶D.可以用右图装置进行*气的...
-
设复数(是虚数单位),则复数的虚部为( )A. B. C. ...
问题详情:设复数(是虚数单位),则复数的虚部为( )A. B. C. D.【回答】B知识点:数系的扩充与复数的引入题型:选择题...
-
(1)观察下图,请将下列国家的英文字母代号填入答题卡图中对应的方框内。早期殖*家:A.葡萄牙 B.英国(2)...
问题详情:(1)观察下图,请将下列国家的英文字母代号填入答题卡图中对应的方框内。早期殖*家:A.葡萄牙 B.英国(2)仔细观察该图,据图指出奴隶贸易的主要集运地的分布特点。【回答】 (1)上框B,下框A。(2)主要分布在非洲西海岸和东海岸。知识点:血腥的资本积累题型:综合题...
-
一个质量为4kg的物体静止在足够大的光滑水平地面上.从t=0开始,物体受到一个大小和方向周期*变化的水平力F作...
问题详情:一个质量为4kg的物体静止在足够大的光滑水平地面上.从t=0开始,物体受到一个大小和方向周期*变化的水平力F作用,力F的变化规律如图所示.则( )A.t=2s时物体沿负方向运动的位移最大B.t=4s时物体运动的位移达最小值C.每个周期内物体的速度变化为一定值D.从t=0开...
相关文章
- Forthosewhostudythedevelopmentofintelligence(智力)inthean...
- IthinkIwillgotoBeijingwithmyparents,becauseIdon’tliketo...
- Mike’sneverwillingtochangeanyofhisopinions.It’snouse
- Generally,students'innermotivationwithhighexpectationsf...
- It’salwaysgoodtoexperiencesomethingnewinlife.Travelingg...
- IhavebeeninEnglandthreemonthsnow.Ihopeyoudon’tthinkI’ve...
- 阅读理解。Onedaythestudentswerehavingtheirpaintinglesson.Eve...
- It'slateeveninginthemiddleofthewinter.Thesnowisdeep,but...
- Generally,students’innermotivationwithhighexpectations...
- 句型转换。1.Peopleinthenorthoftengoskatinginwinter.(nextwint...