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1、1涿州市涿州市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解、短文改错系列训练（高考英语阅读理解、短文改错系列训练（1 1）及答案）及答案What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods，including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel
2、tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes the list goes on and on.The idea came from Pierre Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tufts University in 1988, he
3、 worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade(升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Pet
4、er Skoll, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he_has_never_looked_back. Even in the crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.eBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller
5、 into contact with each other. All you have to do is take an ephoto, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item (商品)sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen mi
6、llion items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.语篇解读 文章向我们介绍了 eBay 网的一些情况。1We learn from the text that eBay provides people with _.A. a way of buying and selling goodsB. a website for them to upgradeC. a place to exhibit their own photosD. a chance to buy things at low prices解析 根
7、据第一段内容可知。答案 A22Why did Pierre create eBay after graduating from university?A. For fun.B. To make money.C. For gathering the engineers.D. To fulfill a task of his company.解析 由第二段第三句话可知。答案 A3From “he has never looked back ”in Paragraph 2 we learn that Pierre_.A. did not feel lonelyB. was always hopefu
8、lC. did not think about the pastD. became more and more successful解析 Peter 由原来的业余爱好开始，逐步走向成功，创建了世界知名网站。答案 D4How does eBay make money from its website?A. By bringing sellers together.B. By charging for each sale.C. By listing items online.D. By making ephotos.解析 由最后一段第一句话可知，这个网站通过提供交易平台，然后收取适当的服务费。因此
9、 B 项正确。答案 B*结束结束Hans was an honest fellow with a funny round good-humored face. Living alone, every day he worked in his garden. In all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as his. All sorts of flowers grew there, blooming in their proper order as the months went by, one flower taking anoth
10、er flowers place, so that there were always beautiful things to see, and pleasant odors to smell.Hans had many friends, the most devoted being the Miller. So devoted was the rich Miller to Hans that hed never go by his garden without plucking a 3large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet herbs, or
11、 filling his pockets with fruits. The Miller used to talk about noble ideas, and Hans nodded and smiled, feeling proud of having such a friend. The neighbors thought it strange that the rich Miller never gave Hans anything in return, though he had hundreds of sacks of flour, many cows and sheep, but
12、 Hans never troubled his head about these, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship. In spring, summer, and autumn Hans was very happy, but when winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to sell, he suffered from co
13、ld and hunger. Though extremely lonely, the Miller never came to see him then“Theres no good in going to see Hans while the snow lasts.” The Miller said to his wife, “When people are in trouble they shouldnt be bothered. So Ill wait till the spring comes when hes happy to give me flowers.”“Youre cer
14、tainly very thoughtful,” answered his wife, “Its quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship.”“Couldnt we ask Hans up here?” said their son. “Ill give him half my meal, and show him my white rabbits.” “How silly you are!” cried the Miller. “I really dont know whats the use of sending you to scho
15、ol. If Hans came up here, and saw our warm fire, our good supper, and our red wine, he might get envious, and envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anybodys nature. I am his best friend, and Ill always watch over him, and see that hes not led into any temptation. Besides, if Hans came here,
16、 he might ask me for some flour. FlourFlour isis oneone thing,thing, andand friendshipfriendship isis anotheranother, and they shouldnt be confused. The words are spelt differently, and mean quite different things. Everybody can see that.” He looked seriously at his son, who felt so ashamed that he hung his head down, and gre
