A. CONTINUE B. LIVE C. SURVIVE D. DEVELOPREAD THE FOLLOWING PASSAG...
27. A. continue
B. live
C. survive
D. develop
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet
to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
American Online is one of the big name on the Internet, and unlikely many other digital
companies, it actually makes a profit. But the company which its rivals call the “Cyber-
cockroach" was launched only in I992. Before that it was a small firm calledcontrol
Video Corporation, and it made video games. Then Steve Case, a former Pizza Hut
marketing executive arrived and took the company online, innovative, fast moving, and
user-friendly, American Online appeals to people who want to surf the Internet, but who
do not have a lot of experience. For the same reason “teachies", people who think they
are more expert with computers, look down on American Online and its users. Recently,
American Online (or AOL), as it calls itself) joined with Time Warner - a multi-million
dollar movie and magazine company - to create a multimedia giant.
Now, AOL has begun to expand abroad. In many European countries, including the
United Kingdom, it is hard to buy a computer magazine that does not have a free AOL
introductory offer. The company also puts advertisements onto the television, and
employs people to hand out its free introductory disks at places like train stations. As the
Internet gets faster AOL is changing. With many homes getting high-speed connections
through fiber optic cables or the new ADSL technology, the “Cyber-cockroach" will have
to show that, like real cockroaches, it can survive in almost any environment.