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The recession is taking a serious toll on American retail, but e-commerce co

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问题     The recession is taking a serious toll on American retail, but e-commerce could emerge as a winner.
    According to a new report by Forrester Research, e-commerce sales are【C1】______. to grow 11% , to ＄ 156 billion, in 2009. That【C2】______a slowdown from 13%  growth last year and 18%  in 2007.  The major factor【C3】______to the pace shift is, of course,【C4】______consumer confidence.
    But e-commerce’s slowed pace is, still【C5】______better than the National Retail Federation’s【C6】______0.5%  drop in overall retail sales this year.
    That means e-commerce is stealing  market share from【C7】______retail -- and fast. By Forrester’s estimates, in 2008 e-commerce【C8】______for 5%  of all retail sales.  In 2012, Forrester thinks ecommerce could have an 8%【C9】______.
    One recent factor is that online shopping promises bargains to price-sensitive consumers. ’The recession is definitely【C10】______more consumers to do their homework【C11】______they go and complete a purchase, ’ says Forrester analyst Sucharita Mulpuru.
    E-commerce is also【C12】______protected because online shoppers tend to be wealthier: about half of all online shopping is done by households that earn more than ＄ 75,000 per year,【C13】______though they’re just about a【C14】______of all households with Internet access.
【C15】______not all Internet companies are set to benefit equally. Last month, e-commerce【C16】______eBay posted its first-ever quarterly revenue decline,【C17】______Amazon reported a sales surge of 18%.Smaller players are particularly【C18】______risk. ’There are some pretty vicious wars as companies go online and duke it out to get market share,’ says Mulpuru. ’The【C19】______I have is that we could go back down the spiral of death from 1999 and 2000, when companies  would under-price themselves without thinking about【C20】______. [br] 【C5】
选项 A、more
B、less
C、far
D、hardly
答案 C
解析 副词辨义题。该段以but开头，表示在前文基础上的转折。前文说近期以来电子商务有所下滑，所以该处想要说明的是：美国零售商协会预计今年美国整体零售额会下降0.5%。相比之下，电子商务的表现仍明显好于整体零售额。故此处应用far来修饰better than，意为“好得多”。不存在more better than的形式；less better than意为“不如……好”，与句意相悖；hardly better than意为“半斤八两，差不多”。均可排除。
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