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　　A train stopped at a small station．A passenger looked out of the 　　1　　 and saw a woman 　　2　　 cakes．The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was standing quite far 　　3　　．

　　The man didn’t want to buy the cake 　　4　　, so he 　　5　　 a little boy who was on the platform near the carriage(车厢)and asked him,“　　6　　 is a cake?” “Three pence, sir，”answered the boy．The man gave him 　　7　　 pence and said to him,“　　8　　 me a cake and with 　　9　　 three pence buy one for yourself．”

　　A few minutes later the boy came back．He was 　　10　　 a cake．He gave the man three pence and said，“There was one cake left,sir．”

阅读理解

　　In the mid 1990's, people started doing business on the internet．At that time, there were two kinds of companies．First, there are traditional(传统的)companies which sold things in stores．Then, there were Internet companies which didn't have stores; they sold things only over the net．

　　Traditional companies didn't want to lose any business．Quickly, they created their own website and began selling things over the net．These are the so-called“brick and click”companies．Many stores are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer．That's where the name“brick and click”comes from．

　　By the late 1990's, e-businesses lick Amazon．com, Buy．com, and eToys．com, were in trouble．Their profits were not very high, and there was a lot of competition．Many of these businesses lost a lot of money, and in 2000, many e-businesses went out of business．

　　Why are brick and click companies, like Barnes and Noble, Toys R Us, and Wal-Mart so successful?First, many customers know and trust their names．Their websites, like walmart．com, are easy to remember．These companies also have a lot of experience．They know how to run a successful business．

　　In the world of e-commerce, companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer．Will brick and click companies win the war?Only time will tell．