ItisamazingtonotethattheInternetisstillsuchanewdeviceandyetitisoneofthefastestandmostpowerfulmediatools.Butthinkaboutitforamoment.OntheInternetabigonlinecompanycanberunbyonlytwoguysintheirgarage.Soitisonlyreasonablethenthatpeopleshoppingonlinewouldbealittleleeryofthesecuritylevels.

InternetgiantssuchasMicrosoftknewconsumerconfidencewasthekeytogettingvirtual（虚拟的）shoppingoffthegroundandtheyworkhardtomakepeoplefeelsafetoshoponline.

Creditcardcompaniestooquicklysawthepotentialforonlineshoppingandhaveinstalledthingslikeonlineshoppinginsuranceforpeople.Ifyoueverhaveaproblemwithyouronlinecreditpurchasesmanycreditcardcompanieswillhappilyrefund（退还）yourmoneyandthensettheirclawsonthecompanythatwrongedyou.Nowthat’sbuyingpower!

Thereareotherbonusesforonlineshoppersofcourse.Noline-upsforone.Noannoyingmallshoppingcartswithbrokenwheelsandkidscryingbecausetheirparentswon’tgetthemwhattheywant.

Whenshoppingonlineconsumerscansitdownhaveacoffeeandweartheirslippersnothavingtoworryabouttheirhairorparkingandjustclickingthroughsaleaftersale.Comparisonshoppingcouldn’tbeanyeasier.Andthankstocouriercompanies（快递公司）gettinginontheactyouneverneedtowaitlongerthanadayortwotogetthoseallimportantpurchasesdeliveredrighttoyourdoor.

Nowondersomanycompaniesareshakingtheirheadsattraditionaladvertisingandinsteadlookingtothe“virtual”worldtoattractonlineshoppers.

21.Theunderlinedword“leery”inthefirstparagraphmeans_________.

A.distrustful B.confident C.hopeful D.disappointed

22.Consumerconfidenceinonlineshoppingmainlyrelieson________.

A.shoppingfreedom B.shoppingconvenience

C.Internetaccess D.shoppingsecurity

23.Whichgroupsofwordswouldthewriterusetodescribecurrentonlineshopping?

A.Adventurousenjoyablefastunreal B.Unsafecheapslowconvenient

C.Safeconvenientfastcomfortable D.Reliablepopularconvenientslow

24.Thefollowingcompani