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1、2019高考英语二轮（阅读理解）金品训练（03）及解析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 tickets, musical instruments, clothes
2、 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 TuftsUniversity in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a co
3、mputer 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, Peter Skoll, and in 1998 by his capable C
4、EO, 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 into contact with each other. All you
5、 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 million items listed on eBay and eighty
6、percent of the items are sold.语篇解读文章向我们介绍了eBay网旳一些情况.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解析根据第一段内容可知.答案A2Why did Pierre create eBay af
7、ter 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 hopefulC. did not think about the pastD. became more
8、 and more successful解析Peter由原来旳业余爱好开始，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，然后收取适当旳服务费.因此B项正确.答案B*结束AAs you grow older, youll be faced with
9、 some challenging decisionslike whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers. When they try to
10、influence how you act, to get you to do something, its called peer pressure.Peers can have a positive influence on each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to remember the planets in the solar system. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, an
11、d now everyones reading it. These are examples of how peers positively influence each other.Sometimes peers influence each other in negative ways. For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them; your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player
12、and never pass him the ball.It is tough to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. Paying attention to your own feelings and beliefs about what is right and wrong can help you know the right thing to do.Youve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to “choose your fr
13、iends wisely.” Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this. If you choose friends who dont cut class, smoke cigarettes, or lie to their parents, then you probably wont do these things either, even if other kids do.If you continue to face peer pressure and youre finding it difficult to handle, ta
14、lk to someone you trust. Dont feel guilty if youve made a mistake or two.41. For whom is the passage most probably written?A. Students. B. Parents. C. Teachers. D. Doctors.42. In the last three paragraphs, the author mainly_.A. explains why friendship is so importantB. gives advice on how to deal wi
15、th peer pressureC. discusses how peers influence usD. shows how to make more good friends43. Which of following may help handle peer pressure?A. Spending more time with classmates.B. Taking up more relaxing hobbies.C. Choosing friends with no bad habits.D. Helping others who are in trouble.44. What is the topic of the passage?A. Friendship.B. Making decisions C. Self-confidence D. Peer pressureBFrom the first use of the rocket to carry satellites into space to the setting up of space stations, human beings have been putting g
