FRUIT AND VEGETABLES GREW IN ABUNDANCE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, THEREFO...
26. Fruit and vegetables grew in
abundance
in the countryside, therefore, farmers often
sell them at low price
A. Excess
B. Sufficiency
C. Small quantity
D. Large quantity
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
America Online is one of the big names on the internet, and unlike many other digital
companies, it actually makes a profit. But the company which its rivals call the "Cyber-
cockroach" was launched only in 1992. Before that it was a small firm called Control
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, America Online appeals to people who want to surf the internet, but who
do not have a lot of experience. For the same reason "techies", people who think they are
more expert with computers, look down on America Online and its users. Recently
America 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 fibre optic cables or the new ASDL technology, the "Cyber- cockroach" will
have to show that, like real cockroaches, it can survive in almost any environment.