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5 Reading: Modern shopping

A. Finding details. Read this passage and answer the following questions.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Shopping

Online shopping allows consumers to shop from their own home with
convenience. Consumers save travelling time to the stores and spend their
time on other important tasks and hobbies. In addition to the ease of finding
products online and time saved, consumers can shop without time limitations
with 24 hour access.
There are many benefits that consumers are getting from online
shopping. Online shopping is making the consumers more comfortable in shopping. Consumers can
browse freely without asking for assistance from the stores. Furthermore, consumers are not getting any
pressure to buy from the vendors and are able to spend more time to make wise purchase decisions.
There is unlimited variety of products available online and the internet is letting the consumers to browse
through products all around the world. With the online tools that enable product comparison, consumers
can compare product prices and features to make a better decision easily.
One of the disadvantages of online shopping is that when shopping independently online,
consumers are losing the joy of shopping together. Privacy is the number one reason that non-online
shoppers do not shop online. In addition, online shopping needs computer and internet connection,
people with low income will find difficulties in accessing the websites. Also since it is harder to learn to
use computers at an older age, elderly people tend to shop at traditional stores. Another reason some
people do not shop on line is that they are worried that the products will not be what they expect by
viewing online.
Adapted from: http://www.alnaumov.com/uploads/2/5/1/0/25105519/online_shoping_(reading).pdf
1. Here are the benefits of online shopping, 3. The product variety in the online shopping
EXCEPT … is …
A. convenient transaction A. minimum
B. practicality B. boring
C. time saving C. limited
D. time limitations D. unlimited
2. Online shopping makes the consumers 4. With the online tools, people can make a…
comfortable in shopping because … to select the best product.
A. consumers have shopping freedom. A. comparison
B. consumers get assistance from stores.
B. payment
C. consumers always get cheap price. C. transaction
D. consumers can get pressure from
D. negotiation
vendors.
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