[单项选择]A. The supermarket is convenient.
B. The supermarket is huge and he can find everything he needs.
C. The goods in the supermarket are much cheaper.
D. The supermarket is near his home.

[单项选择]European retailers are busy preparing the supermarkets of the future for shoppers from the past. The average age of European shoppers has already started its spectacular rise: from 38 today to 52 by 2050. This demographic shift is the direct result of the combination of increased longevity and lower birthrates. In some European Union countries, as much as one third of the population will be over 50 by the year 2015. So how will supermarkets cater to their ageing clientele In Vienna, the German company Adeg Aktiv thinks it may have found the answer. Their new superstores, Like the one the company is currently piloting, will feature some intriguing innovations; products will be Labeled in larger print, shelves will be Lower to provide easy access and shopping carts will have fold down seats to give tired shoppers an instant break.
The employees will also be selected from an older age group, the over-fifties. That fits nicely with the store’s new 50+ trademark. Just how successful th
A. To target older shoppers
B. To compete with rival stores
C. To lower recruitment costs
D. To attract a younger clientele

[填空题]Wetlands can be thought of as "biological supermarkets" because dead plant leaves and stems break down in the water.

[单项选择]People do not have secret trolleys at the supermarket, so how can it be a violation of their privacy if a grocer sells their purchasing habits to a marketing firm If they walk around in public view, what harm can cameras recording their movements cause A company is paying them to do a job, so why should it not read their e-mails when they are at work
How, what and why, indeed. Yet, in all these situations, most people feel a sense of unease. The technology for gathering, storing, manipulating and sharing information has become part of the scenery, but there is little guidance on how to resolve the conflicts created by all the personal data now washing around.The author suggest at the beginning that
[A] the computer technology can be used to protect people’s privacy in public.
[B] the technology of computing information may interfere with people’s privacy.
[C] personal data should not be released to the public for commercial use.
[D] the computer technology is t

[单项选择]Mother told Rose to buy some sugar in the supermarket and ______.
A. she did so
B. so she did
C. so did she
D. she did such

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Supermarket’s New Strategy
One supermarket in Tokyo has managed to solve the problems of shoplifting, mistakes by cashiers, and long lines of customers waiting at the cash registers. It is Japan’s advanced computer technology that has come (51) with the answers.
Shoppers at an OK supermarket on the outskirts of the city now push a cart (52) a plastic card chained to it and buy from glass cases where the goods are on display. The plastic card has a magnetic number imprinted on it. Each customer carries his or her own card, which is (53) at the exit. While shopping, the customer pushes the card into a slot beside whichever items are wanted and pushes a button or two. The glass covered vending machines are connected to a computer that (54) the price of every item in the store. Prices of every purchase are added up automatically. (55) she has finished shopping, the customer hands her card to a cashier who (56) <
A. sure
B. about
C. bound
D. ready