Shopping Online Quiz

1. From 1999 to 2002,

electronic commerce, or e-commerce, grew by 29 percent annually.

• twice a year

• once a month

• every year

2. This is not

only due to an increase in the number of people trusting the Internet; it is also

because more people have Internet access.

• availability; ability

  to use; right to use

• evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of

• a swollen area within body tissue, containing an accumulation of pus

3. The Internet has created a convenient way for business people to locate

items they need and to get them at the best prices.

• to see

• to lock

• to find

4. If you are one of

the few people who haven’t tried online shopping yet, you’re likely to be an

online shopper eventually!

• a show

• at last;

  in the end

• at first

5. Have you ever bought anything online? Or have you ever gone

“window shopping” on websites?

• to buy a window

• the activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy anything.

• a shop for window

6. In the past, owners of most

businesses bought their supplies locally.

• a stock of a resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resource.

• make a formal application or request

• so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyze or describe

7. Now, business people anywhere in the

world can shop on the Internet to find the best deals.

• an act of selling or attempting to sell something

• a quantity of liquid that has spilled or been spilled

• an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutual benefit, especially in a business or political context