Dear Customers,
I feel quite pleased to announce Amazon Prime, our latest membership program, which provides “all-you-can-eat” express shipping. It’s simple: for a directly yearly membership fee, you get unlimited two-day shipping for free on over a million in store items. Members also get overnight shipping for only $3.99 per item—order as late as 6:30PM ET.
Amazon Prime takes the effort out of ordering: no lowest purchase and no combining orders. Two-day shipping becomes an everyday experience rather than an occasional excitement.
We are offering Amazon Prime membership at the introductory price of $79 per year, which includes sharing the benefits with up to four family members in your household. Considering that we normally charge $9.48 for two-day shipping on a single book and $ 16.48 for overnight, many of our customers will find the program very rewarding. It works across books, DVDs, music, electronics, kitchen, tool, health, personal care, etc, etc.
We expect Amazon Prime to be expensive for Amazon.com in short term. In the long run, we hope to earn even more of your business, which will make it good for us too. We hope you enjoy our latest transformation(转变).
You can sign up for membership with one click HERE.
Sincerely,
Jeff Bezos
Founder & CEO
25.What’s the purpose of the letter delivered by the CEO?
A. To encourage customers to join in a special program for free.
B. To ask for the feedback of the customers.
C. To express festive greetings to the consumers.
D. To encourage customers to consume more on line.
26.How much can you save compared with the ordinary customers if you have two orders each with a two-day shipping and a over-night shipping?
A. $ 21.97 B. $ 25.96
C. $ 16.48 D. $ 9.48
27.What does “all-you-can-eat” mean in the first paragraph?
A. direct B. unlimited
C. convenient D. cheap
28.What does the last part infer?
A. They lose much in the special program.
B. The customers spend more in the future.
C. This program can offer a double-win in a long term.
D. Amazon.com is a very popular on-line bookstore.
DABC
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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Global wealth and economic power will shift from West to East.
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025