After months of speculation about what Amazon.com would 2 g/ u5 S/ j* o1 }) c
do with its mysterious search-engine company, A9, Web
. U0 c' F8 `9 V6 O X: V1 i& D surfers finally got their first taste on Apr. 14. ' e1 ~* j8 t% V$ z
Yet despite of some intriguing new features not yet found 1.
6 X; Y1 e4 \! J& e. o on leading sites such as Google and Yahoo! , the site 0 k6 h8 `- j+ T* S) G6 q* m
(www.a9.com) -- still in test mode -- rises as many questions 2. . t. ^1 e" z {1 B8 ^5 o
as it answers. / U9 g3 x2 r8 X+ k
The biggest question remains is whether Amazon, 3. / w) M; P6 y" l' f; Y
through A9, would clash into Google more directly. 4. 8 P9 C# U( x x5 [
Google itself is testing a search engine for products
: N( r$ X( h7 P* B. H called Froogle that's starting to appeal Web shoppers. 5. 0 I; N: T: C9 W, Z2 m; Z4 B! Z
At the same time, Amazon clearly isn't looking to limit A9's horizons. 1 f. s2 B; i( l/ x! f! {4 S" N Z
How directly A9 eventually goes up against the reigned 6.
6 E" d2 f$ f& i6 N% e+ \/ d4 t search champion, it faced lots of challenges. For one, 7. 9 v& ^( d. e, R+ K9 K' M& {* K
it may run into some of the same privacy issues that 3 ~0 N) T" l8 T
recently have plagued Google. A9's privacy policy points 1 U" F1 `, [( A n
out that information provided through entering search term 8. ]- u! M- ~2 I% ?* Z- z& q
or by signing into one's Amazon account could supply the company
0 M- S$ I: `9 a% k5 b5 N3 v with information that could personally identify the searcher.
" F& v. }2 I8 }- P' s7 _ Those may be somewhat less intrusive(打扰的,冒犯的) than 9. $ S) j" P4 K: y% Z8 s
Google's upcoming Gmail free e-mail offering, which could search
% @+ y6 H& A2 U4 X7 A the contents of messages to pitch personalized ads. But comments ) z9 i, U# S1 G) o8 x
posted on some sites already indicate some people are
\; X H N% K! P# R! t+ |, A; Y uncomfortable with Google's potential threats to privacy. 10. " Q$ {* m) Y( H! p# {* X
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答案:
2 ]6 m; U# b6 D& K7 ?8 b/ C 1.of去掉,despite sth;6 W# s: n& q. u! C* t
2. rises 改raise (提出,引起问题) ;
; s1 C2 z" \8 ~( _) [3 A 3. question后加that;9 C- m+ x2 v5 X6 q# N* ]
4. into 改with , clash with 与…冲突;
0 t/ p/ e5 `; i9 Q 5. appeal 后面加to, appeal to 吸引;9 F3 f; d; {, S1 C7 }
6. reigned 改reigning;此处是指占搜索引擎统治地位的Google, 不能用被动; \, ?5 @" i& c8 y2 [
7. faced 改 faces;
4 J: M4 T5 e! M1 p7 I! X 8. term 改 terms 条款;
2 `. a; _9 C5 [. q 9. Those 改That , 这里that指上句话的意思,不用复数指代;
4 M+ r6 p* B0 ]5 e1 Q 10. Google改为A9, 逻辑上的错误。6 e4 o$ W {; {, N( w2 t
Almost every new innovation goes through three phases.
2 b- R# L* f l% }) V# f When initially introducing into the market, the process 1.
0 [0 u7 l* K$ b' H6 _ of adoption is slow. The early models are expensive and + ^/ v; g8 G( F: `" D8 q3 k
hard to use, and perhaps even unsafe. The economic
" D( R0 e/ l1 k* w/ p4 {; e impact is relatively great. 2.
# L6 B% X' u2 v: R; t4 D% P The second phase is the explosive one, where the innovation ' P0 r( \: H! G- ^+ ?( c
was rapidly adopted by a large number of people. It gets 3. 6 D1 y: B4 H. K
cheaper and easier to use and becomes something familiar.
1 A$ M- N& ^! n/ ]& d+ n \ And then in the third stage, diffusion of the innovation
6 r6 b" m5 R6 k& G4 D! @4 f- Y slows down again, as if it permeates out across the economy. 4. : f! ?. S% I" |+ d% b4 P/ y
During the explosive phase, whole new industries spring
' |8 L) E4 n, |. f up to produce the new product or innovation, and to service 6 t6 ?4 o0 U4 \6 ]: ~8 ^/ o& H
it. For example, during the 1920s, there was dramatic 5. 6 `+ ^1 `- G7 Z7 }1 S3 Y; `: @) _
acceleration in auto production, from 1.9 million in 1920 2 t4 H- `0 e% ]$ d
to 4.5 million in 1929. This boom was accompanied with all 6. " A: E8 ?' b Z$ |% c5 S% v
sorts of other essential activities necessary for an . o7 G9 E* F* i
auto-based nation: Roads had to been built for the cars to 7.
) k# C) t* G8 j2 K2 F run on; refineries and oil wells, to provide the gasoline;
: v0 z& @, r5 M and garages, to repair it. 8. , X( M# y/ Y; e% q% h2 \5 b
Historically, the same pattern is repeated again and again 9 @9 E7 y8 h+ b Q+ U! i+ E8 ^% H
with innovations. The construction of the electrical system
8 S. @6 d) C, g4 F requested an enormous early investment in generation and 9. 7 `5 B" U8 R& x3 m1 {/ x2 o6 p
distribution capacity. The introduction of the radio was
+ c3 o9 g7 {$ ]* u! I: Y followed by a buying spree (无节制的狂热行为) by Americans
2 I7 S/ A: z7 \0 i4 f3 {9 I what quickly brought radios into almost half of all households 10. |