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5．My daughter recently asked me what a travel agency does．There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt．I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations．"Why haven't we ever been there？"she wanted to know．"Because we do everything ourselves online these days，"I explained．"But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you？"she wondered out loud．
The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them．If you book your ticket yourself online，you save that money．Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving﹩30on a﹩300trip．All those﹩30discounts add up of course so I guess we should be happy with that．
Still，how bad is it really to pay someone﹩30and trust them to buy you something wonderful？Wouldn't you say your free evenings are worth more than﹩10a piece？
Consider books for a moment．Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book．Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address．So far so good．
Unfortunately，that does mean you spend too much time browsing Amazon．com while you could do something fun instead．Like maybe reading an actual book．
Then the package arrives and you aren't home and end up having to pick it up at the local post-office．All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing（投入） in the whole process．Time sounds free，but to most of us，it is more valuable than money．
The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle-men and we loved it．Somehow，I'm starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle-men we were so eager to get rid of．
In any project you can always pick two of these：fast，cheap or good．We seem to have focused a lot on‘cheap'and‘good'but the extra time we need to invest to also keep it‘fast'comes out of our own pockets．You can always make more money but you can never make more time．

36．What is the purpose of Paragraph 1？A
A．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life
B．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author's daughter．
C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency．
D．It shows why people need a travel agency．
37．What can be inferred from Paragraph 2？C
A．We should be satisfied with﹩30that we have saved because it is worthwhile．
B．﹩30that we have saved is too little，so we can't be happy with it．
C．It's hard for us to be happy with﹩30because we have wasted a lot of time．
D．We should feel regretful although﹩30is worth the time we have spent．
38．According to the author，which of the following is TRUE？C
A．The author's daughter would like to choose a travel agency to help her．
B．People buy book at Amazon in order to save time．
C．The author doesn't think online shopping is satisfactory in every way．
D．The author worries about sending personal information over the Internet．
39．What's the author's attitude towards the Internet Economy？B
A．Positive          
B．Critical           
C．Indifferent       
D．Optimistic
40．What's the main idea of the passage？D
A．The convenience of the Internet Economy．
B．How to save money in the Internet Economy．
C．How to save time in the Internet Economy
D．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy．

分析 文章讲述的是网购虽然可以节省我们的开支，但是却花了我们大量的时间，省钱是有代价的．

解答 36．A 主旨大意题，根据第一段Because we do everything ourselves online these days可知，现在人们的生活受到了英特网的影响．所以选择A．
37．C 推理判断题．根据文中"Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving﹩30on a﹩300trip"可以判断，我们在网上买票是省了一些钱，但是我们浪费了很多时间，这不是人们觉得高兴的事情．所以选择C．
38．C 根据文章最后一段可知，作者认为网购是"快，便宜，好"，我们可以挣更多的钱，但是我们不能赚得更多的时间，所以选择C．
39．B 推理判断题，根据文章中作者讲到网购的好处和存在的问题可以得知，作者不是全面肯定网购．所以选择B．
40．D 推理判断题，根据文章内容可知，作者认为网购虽然省了一些钱，但是花费了很多的时间，这就是网购的隐藏代价．故选择D．

点评 了解文章大意，分析文中关键语句，因为，有时不是看表面意思，要领会作者的态度和意图．

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