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【题目】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. Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to identify: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion 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 20 million 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.

Alibabas original business-to-business model now is secondary to(对来说是次要的) consumer buying. Chinese retail(零售)buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million 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(广大) the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. Im 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 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.

【1】What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Alibaba B. a new store

C. a business D. a foreign website

2What can be inferred from the passage?

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.

3 What is the passage mainly about?

A. Shopping online is TaoBao.

B. Alibaba greatly influences people’s daily purchase in China.

C. The influence of shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.

D. How the author purchases online in China.

4What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage refer to?

A. Alibaba acts as a bridge between buyers and sellers.

B. Alibaba will continue to develop.

C. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.

D. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

试题分析:本文是一篇说明文。一位美国人在中国老师的帮助下开始接触淘宝网,以一位美国人的视角,介绍了阿里巴巴在中国零售市场举足轻重的领导地位。其中淘宝网占的份额又是最多的。阐述了淘宝网给人们的生活带来了许多便利。

【1】A词义猜测题。根据第二段第一句If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience可知作者以自己的亲身经历展示阿里巴巴的影响力,同时根据第二段最后一句my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.作者在老师的建议下开始了解阿里巴巴,种种暗示可知“it”指代阿里巴巴,故选A。

【2】A推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后一句话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.可知作者发现老师的iPad上有许多她在淘宝上的采购历史,可推理出老师热衷于网购,故选A。

【3】B主旨理解题。分析全文,第一段分析了阿里巴巴在全国经济发展中的地位, 接着以自己的亲身经历写了淘宝网(属于阿里巴巴产业)对自己生活的影响,提出shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.的观点,所以本文主要讲解了阿里巴巴对人们购买的影 响,故选B。

【4】A理解判断题。由本段倒数第二句Its marketplaces attract 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year可知阿里巴巴每年吸引了很多的顾客、商家和订单,也就是商家和顾客通过阿里这个平台进行交易,故选A。

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