题目内容
9.Alibaba started taking the lead in China,simply enough,by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制造商)with big buyers across the world.Its business-to-business site,Alibaba.com allowed business to buy almost everything.Alibaba's advantage wasn't hard to identify:size.Alibaba is just big,even by Chinese standards.Its marketplaces attract 231million active buyers,8million sellers,11.3billion orders a year-and Alibaba is just the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets-not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life,take my experience.I moved to Beijing almost a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded,polluted city of 20million people in search of new electronics,bathroom furnishings,and anything else my wife wanted."You're looking for what exactly?Why not try it?"my Chinese teacher asked me one day.With that,my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.
Alibaba's original business-to-business model now is secondary to consumer buying.Chinese retail(零售)buying makes up 80% of Alibaba's profit,and leading that group is Taobao,with 800million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you'll ever find.TMall.com is Alibaba's other big site,where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.
What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S.is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping-big-box retailers especially-in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites.In smaller towns than Beijing,where big retailers have not yet traveled,shopping online is shopping,and shopping is Taobao.
I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how extensive the marketplace is.Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping.I'm not even a big buyer,because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site.When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher's iPad,which helps me buy goods,I looked through with great difficulty about 10of her purchases for every one of mine.
51.Alibaba's advantage mainly lies inA.
A.its big size
B.its business-to-business service
C.its not charging small sellers
D.its low price
52.What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?D
A.Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites
B.Alibaba will continue to develop.
C.Alibaba stands out as the best online site.
D.Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.
53.What does the underlined word"it"in Paragraph 2refer to?B
A.a new store
B.Alibaba
C.a business
D.a foreign website
54.What can be inferred from the passage?A
A.The author's Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.
B.Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.
C.Alibaba's business-to-business service earns more money than retail now.
D.TMall.com provides more profit than Taobao.
55.What is the passage mainly about?C
A.Shopping online is TaoBao.
B.The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.
C.Alibaba greatly influences people's daily purchase in China.
D.How the author purchases online in China.
分析 本文主要对现在网上非常热火的购物平台淘宝、阿里巴巴作了相关的介绍,以及作者是如何在中国网站购物的.
解答 51.A 细节题解题.根据第一段Alibaba's advantage wasn't hard to identify:size.Alibaba is just big,even by Chinese standards可知,阿里巴巴的优势主要在于它的"size",故选A.
52.D 句意猜测题.根据下文It encourages people to use its markets-not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale可知,阿里巴巴只是中间商,也就是说阿里巴巴只起着买家和卖家之间的桥梁作用,并不直接卖东西.故选D.
53.B 词义指代题.根据下文的With that,my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.可知,我与阿里巴巴之间的联系从此开始了,所以我的老师给我的建议是"为什么不试试它(阿里巴巴)呢?".故选B.
54.A 推理判断题.根据文章最后一句When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher's iPad,which helps me buy goods,I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine可知,我的中国老师也非常喜欢网上购物.故选A.
55.C 主旨大意题.阿里巴巴是中国最大的网购平台,零售交易额巨大,对中国人的日常购买方式产生了很大影响.故选C.
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●A Caves and Caverns activity book.
●A monthly newsletter with games,activities and special offers.
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48.The passage is written toC.
A.provide us the knowledge about caves
B.show us why we should go into a cave
C.encourage us to join Eco Cove Cave club
D.tell us how we take a trip to Eco Cove Cave
49.What will you experience if you take a trip to Eco Cove Cave?C
A.See special plants.
B.Find a fossil and keep it.
C.View beautiful stalactites.
D.Learn from world famous cavers.
50.What does the underlined sentence mean?D
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B.Don't take pictures in the cave.
C.Don't leave cameras in the cave.
D.Don't take anything in the cave.