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完形填空 Amazon.com Inc. is checking out of China's fiercely competitive domestic e-commerce market. The company told sellers on Thursday that it would no longer 1 its third-party online marketplace or provide seller services on its Chinese website, Amazon.cn. 2, domestic companies will no longer be able to sell products to Chinese consumers on its e-commerce platform. The decision marks an end to a long 3 by America's e-commerce giants in the Chinese market. The firms entered the Chinese market with great attention in the early 2000s, only to 4 in the face of competition from China's faster-moving Internet giants. Amazon has been in talks to 5 its e-commerce business for goods imported into China with a Chinese competitor, NetEase Inc.'s Kaola, in a stock-for-stock transaction(交易), according to a person familiar with the matter. That would remove the Amazon name from 6 e-commerce in China. Neither company would confirm the progress or details of those7, nor would they say if they are continuing. In a written statement, Amazon said it remained 8 to China through its global stores, Kindle businesses and web services. Amazon China's president would leave to take on another role within the company, the company said. The China consumer-business team will report 9 to the company's global team. When Amazon first entered China in 2004 with the 10 of Joyo.com, it was the largest online seller for books, music and video there. Most Chinese consumers were using cash-on-delivery as their form of 11. Today, Amazon China chiefly caters to customers looking for imported international goods such as cosmetics and milk powder and is a (n) 12 player in the booming Chinese e-commerce market. Amazon China commanded just 6% of gross market volume in the niche (细分的) cross-border e-commerce market in the fourth quarter of 2018, versus NetEase Kaola's 25% 13 and the 32% held by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s Tmall International Chinese consumers are becoming more fascinated with 14 brands. In 2011, 85% of Chinese consumers said they would always buy a foreign brand over a domestic one. By 2016, 60% of respondents said they preferred domestic over foreign brands. Shaun Rein, China Market research's founder, said American e-commerce giants 15 obstacles in China because they didn't offered the products or user experience that consumers were looking for. （1） A . assist B . expand C . operate D . tailor （2） A . As a result B . By contrast C . For example D . In addition （3） A . criticism B . negotiation C . struggle D . resolution （4） A . interact B . withdraw C . split D . survive （5） A . associate B . combine C . exchange D . supply （6） A . time-consuming B . long-suffering C . ever-lasting D . consumer-facing （7） A . talks B . businesses C . competitions D . instructions （8） A . related B . accustomed C . exposed D . committed （9） A . automatically B . directly C . regularly D . secretly （10） A . breakdown B . improvement C . purchase D . participation （11） A . refund B . payment C . sponsorship D . trade （12） A . complicated B . critical C . original D . insignificant （13） A . share B . budget C . volume D . maximum （14） A . foreign B . luxurious C . domestic D . fashionable （15） A . dealt with B . forgot about C . got through D . came across 答案：（1）C；（2）A；（3）C；（4）B；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）D；（9）B；（10）C；（11）B；（12）D；（13）A；（14）C；（15）D；

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