C
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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 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 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,Peter Skoll,and in 1998 by his capable CEO,Meg Whitman,he has never looked back.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 have to do is to take an e-photo,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 percent of the items are sold.
29.We can learn from the text that eBay provides people with .
A.a way of buying and selling goods
B.a website for them to upgrade
C.a place to exhibit their own photos
D.a chance to buy things at low prices
答案A
解析细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知,eBay是为人们提供买卖产品的平台。故选A项。
30.Why did Pierre Omidyar 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.
答案A
解析推理判断题。由第二段第三句话“InhisfreetimehestartedeBayasakindofhobby...”可知,皮埃尔·奥米德亚创建eBay是出于兴趣。故选A项。
31.From “he has never looked back” in Paragraph 2 we learn that Pierre .
A.did not feel lonely
B.was always hopeful
C.did not think about the past
D.became more and more successful
答案D
解析细节理解题。皮埃尔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。故选D项。
32.How 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 e-photos.
答案B
解析细节理解题。由最后一段第一句话和第三句话可知,这个网站通过提供交易平台收取适当的服务费盈利。
