C．Commercial publicity.

　　D．Help from retailers.

　　解析：选B　细节理解题。根据第三段的"Tim Berners­Lee invented the World Wide Web server and browser (浏览器) in 1990."及"With almost no publicity, sales took off immediately."可知，亚马逊公司依托互联网发展迅猛。故选B项。

　　2．How did Jack Ma have the idea of founding Alibaba?

　　A．A translator helped him.

　　B．A Chinese firm inspired him.

　　C．He was introduced to the Internet.

　　D．He was funded by some companies.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句"But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the Internet, and an idea began brewing."可知，当朋友把互联网介绍给马云时，他开始有了想法。故选C项。

　　3．What do the pioneers have in common?

　　A．They have improved computers.

　　B．They have sold goods worldwide.

　　C．They have enlarged product categories.

　　D．They have contributed to online shopping.

　　解析：选D　推理判断题。根据介绍的人物可知，他们都在互联网背景下从事商业贸易活动，因此他们都对网上购物起到了推动作用。故选D项。

　　B

(2018·河南省八市测评)I always believed that my parents had a good marriage, but just before I, the youngest of four children, turned sixteen, my belief was painfully tested. My father, who used to share in the chores around the house, gradually started becoming downhearted. From the time he came home from his job to the time he went to bed, he hardly spoke a word to my mom or us kids. The strain on my mom and dad's relationship was very evident. However, I was not prepared for the day that Mom told us that Dad had decided to leave. All that I could think of was that I was going to become a product of a divorced family. It was something I never thought possible, and it grieved me greatly, I kept telling myself that it wasn't going to happen, and I went totally numb when I knew my dad was really leaving. The night before he left, I stayed up in my room for a long time. I prayed and I cried and I wrote a long letter to my dad. I told him how much I loved him and how much I would miss him. I told him that I was praying for him and wanted him to know that, no matter what, Jesus and I loved him. I told him that I would always and forever be his Krissie ... his Noodles. As I folded my note, I stuck in a picture of me with a saying I had