What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U. S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big—box retailers especially—in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.

　　I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is.

　　Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese—language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

　　1. Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ________.

　　A. its low price

　　B. its not charging small sellers

　　C. its business-to-business service

　　D. its big size

　　2. In paragraph 1, by referring to “Alibaba” as “the middleman”, the author means _______.

　　A. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

　　B. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.

　　C. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.

　　D. Alibaba will continue to develop.

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