Itis"oneofthefewbrightspotsintheChineseeconomy"saysZengMing．Heistalkingaboute-commerce．MrZengthechiefstrategyofficerforAlibabaagiantChineseInternetfirmpredictsthatdigitaltransactionsonhi

　　Itis"oneofthefewbrightspotsintheChineseeconomy"saysZengMing．Heistalkingaboute-commerce．MrZengthechiefstrategyofficerforAlibabaagiantChineseInternetfirmpredictsthatdigitaltransactionsonhisfirm'splatformswilltopltrillionyuan（$159billion）thisyear-morethanAmazon'sandeBay'scombined．ThatisaboldclaimbutconsiderwhathappenedonSinglesSunday．

　　Inventedafewyearsagobystudentsandseizeduponbydigitalmarketersthisfestivalforlonelyheartsfallsannuallyonthe llthdayofthellthmonth（sincelistheloneliestnumber）．ItislikeStValentine'sDayonlyworse．Singletonsshowereachotherwithtendergifts:abarrageofpearls;astormofsweets．

　　ThisNovemberllththeyspentasurprising19billionyuanonAlibaba'sonlineplatforms-afourfoldincreaseonayearagoandmorethandoublewhatAmericansspentonlinelastCyberMonday（theMondayafterThanksgivingwhenretailersurgeAmericanstoshoponline）．About100mpurchaseswereloggedaccountingfor80%ofthepackagesshippedthatday．Couriers（怏递员）wereburiedinparcels．

　　SolifeisgoodforChina'se-tailersthen?Notexactly．Thenumberofdigitalmarketersisincreasingandonlinesalesarebooming．Consumersareenjoyinglowerpricesbetterserviceandmorevariety．Theproblem?ThepressureonprofitsinChinesee-commerceisworsethaninAmericareckonsElinorLeungofCLSAabroker．"Almostnoonemakesmoney"shesays．

　　Thefiercestbattlesarebeingfoughtbetweenonlineretailersandtheirbricks-and-mortar（实体的）rivals．Dangdangafirm．thatresemblesAmazon．and360buyanotheronlineretailerhavecutpricesfiercely．Tencentacash-richonlinegiantknownforitsinstant-messagingsoftwareissplashingouttowinmarketshare．360buyhasalsojustraised$400mfrominvestorstodothesame．Butitisunclearhowmuchlongersuchfirmscanburnthroughcapital．

　　1.What'sthebesttitleofthispassage?

　　A．TheAmbitionofAlibaba

　　B．FierceCompetitionbetweenRetailers

　　C．ANewlySprungFestivalfortheSingles

　　D．ChineseBoomingandDevelopingE-commerce

　　2.AccordingtoZengMingthisyearAlibabawill ．

　　A．outweighAmazonandeBayinworldwideinf