But it is hardly inevitable that companies on the Web will need to resort to push strategies to make money. The examples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon.com, and other pioneers show that a Web site selling the right kind of products with the right mix of interactivity, hospitality, and security will attract online customers. And the cost of computing power continues to free fall, which is a good sign for any enterprise setting up shop in silicon. People looking back 5 or 10 years from now may well wonder why so few companies took the online plunge.

　　55. We learn from the beginning of the passage that Web business__

　　[A] has been striving to expand its market

　　[B] intended to follow a fanciful fashion

　　[C] tried but in vain to control the market

　　[D] has been booming for one year or so

　　[答案] A

　　[解题思路]

　　本题的对应信息为文章第一段，实际上其对应信息正是开篇第一句话“In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market”(在网上交易刚开始的一两年中，大部分业务活动都是围绕着努力开发消费者市场来进行的)，可见只有A选项符合答案。B选项的错误在于第二句也提到网络是“more than a fashion”(不仅仅是一种时尚)，因此B选项并不符合原文。C选项表述过于悲观和绝对，在原文中也没有对应信息。D选项与第一句话的意思相左，原文并没有提到web business已经进入繁荣期，相反它还处于初始阶段。

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