题文

It began with a red paper clip and ended with a house. Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian, got a three-bedroom house through 14 trades (交换) that started with a single red paper clip. Encouraged by Kyle’s successful experience, now more and more young people around the world are starting their own trading activities. They set up websites where people can trade things they don’t usually use with other people. A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their used DVDs. These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, which means they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery (递送). Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle. She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end. After several trades she now has a piano which is more than 10,000 yuan. But she may still have a long way to go. You may be puzzled about why people are doing this. In fact, everyone in the trade activities gets things that are useful to them. Just as Kyle said, “What’s more important to a man dying of thirst in the desert — one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle’s words probably show why these trades are poplar among young people. 4. Where can people trade things they do not usually use according to the passage? A. On the Internet.    B. In Beijing.         C. In Canada.      D. In the desert. 5. Why are trading activities popular among young people? A. Because they can make a lot of money by trading with other people. B. Because the traders can get things that are useful to them. C. Because young people love trading activities. D. Because many young people want to get a house. 6. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. If you begin with a paper clip, you will finally get a house by trading. B. A young girl in Beijing got a house through trading. C. A glass of water is more important than one million dollars. D. Many traders like face-to-face trading because they don’t have to pay for the delivery.

题型：阅读理解  难度：中档

答案

小题4:A 小题5:B 小题6:D

小题4:根据第二段“now more and more young people around the world are starting their own trading activities. They set up websites where people can trade things they don’t usually use with other people.”知答案应选A：People can trade things they do not usually use on the Internet.在互联网上人们可以交易他们不常使用的物品。 小题5:根据文章最后一段知答案应选B：In fact, everyone in the trade activities gets things that are useful to them.交易活动为什么受年轻人欢迎？因为交易者可以得到对他们有用的东西的东西。 小题6:根据第二段最后一句“These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, which means they don’t have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery.”知答案应选D：交易者喜欢面对面交易，因为他们不必付运费。

据专家权威分析，试题“It began with a red paper clip and ended with a house. Kyle..”主要考查你对  新闻报道类阅读  等考点的理解。关于这些考点的“档案”如下：

新闻报道类阅读

考点名称：新闻报道类阅读

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• 新闻报道类阅读的注意事项：
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  3. 要注意文中以黑体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是材料的核心或至少是一部分内容的概括。
  
  新闻报道类阅读答题技巧：
  

  1.审视标题，抓住中心<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

  试题中有的文章有标题，有的没有，拟题人是有所考虑的。标题是文章主题的高度凝聚。
  它能给我们启发和想象，想象文章的内容和走向。这样做有利于对文章的理解，能提高做题的效率。

  2.浏览全文，掌握全貌

  如果时间紧，至少要快速通读全文，尤其是首两段。再把标题和文章内容结合起来，这样全文的梗概便一目了然了。

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  而对于那些要通过对文章归纳判断、逻辑推理的题目，需要再对全文快速阅读，仔细分析思考，反复比较、推敲选出正确答案。
  若文章短可先读短文，后看文后题目；如果文章太长，你可以先把文章后面的问题看一遍，带着问题去看文章。这样可以帮助你去掉杂念，提高阅读速度和解题的正确性。
  要善于找关键句，特别要注意文章的第一段和最后一段的头一句话，往往就是关键句，可以帮助你掌握文章的全貌，理解文章的主题。
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  4.细读文章，掌握细节

  这次应细品，不可一晃而过。可边读边用铅笔做些记录，把有关的人物、事件、时间、地点、起因（即五个W：who， what， when， where， why）划出来。
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  5.理解大意，初选答案

  一般短文都设有五个题目，对那些表层理解的题目可以断然选定。
  对那些深层理解的题目，应再查阅原文，但决不是简单重读，应找出依据，把所答案代入文中，再确定正误。
  在确定答案时，对文章和题中的词语应结合上下文思考其确切意思，切忌望文生义，作出错误的判断。