B. To choose an appropriate topic.

　　C. To get one's ideas down.　

　　D. To collect raw materials.

　　49. One common concern of writers about “free writing” is that ________.

　　A. it overstresses the role of the creative mind

　　B. it takes too much time to edit afterwards

　　C. it may bring about too much criticism

　　D. it does not help them to think clearly

　　50. What’s the main idea of the passage?

　　A. It introduces the author’s writing method.

　　B. It tells us something about the creative mind.

　　C. It stresses the importance of critical mind.

　　D. It shows the difficulties to write on the fly.

　　C

　　Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. “We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity.”

　　You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on the Internet. Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. And even after you’ve moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason those you love can’t keep in touch. A company called FinalThoughts.com offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”.

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