2022届高考英语日训DAY 10 阅读理解+七选五+完形填空

日训 DAY 10 阅读理解 & 七选五 & 完型填空 第 1 页 DAY 10 阅读理解 & 七选五 & 完型填空 日训——阅读理解篇章训练 山东省实验中学 2021 三诊 体裁：说明文 主题语境：人与社会——网购对实体经济的冲击 难度：中 建议用时：7 分钟 Just as Thanos wiped out half of the universe’s population by clicking his fingers, clicks of online shoppers have destroyed large numbers of once booming brick-and-mortar shops(实体店). The emergence and popularity of online shopping indicates the darkest hour of physical stores. Reading the profit announcements of large retail stores like Walmart and RT-mart is about as frustrating as a tour of an ICU (intensive care unit). The Internet is apparently taking down another industry. The Chinese Census Bureau released data showing that online sales hit the target of more than 500 billion RMB in the “Double 11” shopping carnival this year. Although many think the downfall of some physical stores arises from their failure to keep up with times, it doesn’t fit the fact that they made every endeavor to reinvent themselves. As the CEO of Carrefour based in China once put it, “We had been scratching our heads. We used the Internet-connected tools to innovate everything our branches did from managing stock of goods, marketing to getting paid.” On top of that, they delivered goods to houses free of charge. They maximized their staff’s hospitality towards customers. But hospitality paled in comparison to the great convenience the online shopping has brought. Walmart in Hangzhou used drones(无人机) to drop what customers had bought. Some struggling physical stores have opened online stores, such as Suning, so people will come to them directly rather than to Tmall, Taobao and JD. But even if they get online traffic, they are just struggling to make enough money online to compensate for what they are losing offline. Their narrow range of products catering to the needs of customers is their Achilles heel. Despite the disadvantages physical stores are having, the brick and click competition won’t disappear in the foreseeable futu