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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: With only two weeks to go before Christmas, buying presents is a lug priority for a lot of people. However, this year not so many people are leaving their homes to browse around the shops. These days lots of people do their shopping in the comfort of their own home with the help of the Internet. Online shopping is becoming more and more popular for a number of reasons: prices are often lower online, you don't have to queue up in busy shops and you can buy almost any product imagin- able with just a few clicks of your mouse. Computer trends are often man-dominated but this year women are expected to do more shop-ping on the Internet than men. It seems .that women are now more attracted to the convenience of on-line shopping than they used to be. Average spending online this Christmas by women will rise to $240 compared to the slightly lower average $233 for men, while the average spending per person on the high street is only $197. 70% of lnternet users, male and female, are now buying their Christmas gifts online. In the past a lot of people were unwilling to shop online. Many were worried about the security of entering their card details on the Intemet and the reliability of the Internet but as shopping; online has become more widespread, these worries have begun to disappear. 45% of Internet users still do have security worries but it hasn't slowed the ever-increasing numbers of online shoppers. One victim of the online shopping boom is the UK high street. Christmas trading can represent up to 60% of turnover for some stores. Many companies are concerned that not enough shoppers are coming through their doors in the run-up to Christmas. As a result there are lots of special offers in the shops. Most shops traditionally have sales after Christmas but this year the bargains have come early. Question: Why don't people browse around the shops to buy Christmas presents thus year? - Because they don't have enough time. - Because Christmas is two weeks away. - Because they go shopping on the lnternet. - Because it isn't convenient for them to leave their houses.
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Because they go shopping on the lnternet.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: MIAMI (AFP) -- Yao Ming's 34-point performance against Shaquille O'Neal has the 2.26m Chinese center enjoying a happiness almost as huge as himself. Yao scored 34 points, 14 in the fourth quarter, to spark Houston past defending NBA champion Miami 94-72 Sunday night. prefix = st1 /Yaoalso grabbed 14 rebounds and helped keep "Shaq" to 15 points of 6-of-14 shooting from the field. "Every time I score on (Shaq) I'm happy because he's such a great player," Yaosaid. "No question he's the toughest player in the league. You have to have energy and mental toughness in the fourth quarter or else he'll _ " Yao was generous in victory, indicating that O'Neal has not yet returned to top form after missing two games with a injured left knee. "He wasn't the same Shaq tonight as he was during the playoffs last year," Yaosaid. "That was a totally different Shaq out there." Nevertheless, Yao's task was far from simple in containing the controlling big man who has muscled his way to three NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and another last season with the Heat. "It's a hard job. He's the most important center in this league," Yaosaid. "I just have to keep running with him and matching him play-for-play at both ends." Yao, whose Rockets have won four games in a row, has proven he can reach that next level and made believers out of plenty of competitors, including Heat coach Pat Riley. "Yaowas a load," Riley said. "We got our heads handed to us in the second half." No one knew that better than O'Neal, who watched Yao hit 11-of-19 shots just two nights after a 35-point, 17-rebound performance in a victory over New York. "He hit a lot of tough shots and when you're playing against a guy like that ... you're not going to block his shot," O'Neal said. "You've just got to try to push him out and play him tough." Question: From what Riley said, we can include that _ . - Yao has become the best one in NBA and no one can be over him any more. - The team Houston led by YaoMing promises to be the most difficult one to be defeated. - Any team will lose the match if they meet Houston, with Yaoplaying on the ground. - Yaohas become a trouble to each team because he can always lead his team defeating others in the second half.
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The team Houston led by YaoMing promises to be the most difficult one to be defeated.

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Read the following article and select the best answer. Article: Now, it's time for some brief news items. Teens Go Online Some 13 million European children under 18 use the Internet for schoolwork, games and music according to research done by Nielsen's "Net-rating". The study covered Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Experts advised parents to limit the time their kids spend on line and keep them away from chat rooms. Chat to the magic Mum British author J. K. Rowling, mother of magic boy Harry Potter, will do an Internet interview about her new book "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" on June 26. Before the event, children are invited to send their questions about Harry to the website. The book will hit stores in the US and UK on June 21 and will arrive in China in August. School Soldiers Russian school students will have to do basic military training in their final year of school, the government has decided. The lesson will include learning to fire guns, marching drills and how to deal with a chemical, nuclear or biological attack. The activity is seen as part of a drive toward the education of their love for their country. Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas and go to class in their own bedrooms, Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer. The Florida High School, the state's only online school, has 250 students who are taking classes at home by computer. Students in this first online program take classes in algebra , American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and web-page design. They also have to go to regular school to attend other classes. Question: In the first news item, which country is NOT covered in the research? - Britain. - France. - Sweden. - Spain.
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Sweden.