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    Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of the alibaba.com,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} is the biggest e-commerce company in China. The website is an English-language site. It aims to offer suppliers and consumers{#blank#}2{#/blank#} direct means to communicate, and thereby save time and money {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (efficient). This model of business {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (refer) to as B2B (business to business), and it has attracted millions of users worldwide. On the back of this success. Jack Ma and his team developed Taobao in 2001. Today, alibaba.com is considered by many to be one of the best B2B{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (site), with over 7 million users{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (come) from more than 200 countries and religions. Jack Ma{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (become) the first Chinese businessman to appear on the cover of the famous magazine Forbes in the past 50 years. Jack Ma is respected by people not just because of his success, but also because of his{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (person). Although modest, Jack Ma is a very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (ambition) man. When asked about his future plan, he once said, 'I believe that in the next ten years, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the top three Internet companies in the world, one will be from China—and we want to be that company.'

    Beijing was once a city of bikes, known as the Bicycle Kingdom{#blank#}1{#/blank#} cars were reserved for official business and the politically powerful. However, decades of economic {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (grow) led to a huge flowing of cars in the city. Owning one became not just a marker of reaching the middle class but also a requirement for marriage. As the economy developed, autos pushed bikes off the roads{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(create) heavy pollution and miserable traffic.

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