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正确答案：D
解析：该题问：根据这篇文章，新科技很可能会影响什么?A项意为“竞赛的延伸”；B项意为“人们发挥能力”；C项意为“对广告的态度”；D项意为“人们采购的方式”；从本文的第三段中可以找到线索：New technologies may affect both people's expectations and other products that are likely to become available．Consequently it may be expected that traditional，social and economic institutions will alter over time，80 that people may no longer buy；sell and distribute products in traditional ways through whole sales and retail outlets；instead they will order products from home using the latest computer and cable television technology。因此D项为正确选项。