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.