首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red paper
Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red paper
admin
2016-01-05
58
问题
Last weekend Kyle MacDonald in Montreal threw a party to celebrate the fact that he got his new home in exchange for a red paper clip. Starting a year ago, MacDonald bartered the clip for increasingly valuable stuff, including a camp stove and free rent in a Phoenix flat. Having announced his aim(the house)in advance, MacDonald likely got a boost from
techies
eager to see the Internet pass this daring test of its networking power. "My whole motto was ’ Start small, think big, and have fun’", says MacDonald , 26, "I really kept my effort on the creative side rather than the business side."
Yet as odd as the MacDonald exchange was, barter is now big business on the Net. This year more than 400,000 companies worldwide will exchange some $10 billion worth of goods and services on a growing number of barter sites. These Web sites allow companies to trade products for a virtual currency, which they can use to buy goods from other members. In Iceland, garment-maker Kapusalan sells a third of its output on the booming Vidskiptanetid exchange, earning virtual money that it uses to buy machinery and pay part of employee salaries. The Troc-Services exchange in France offers more than 4,600 services, from math lessons to ironing.
This is not a primitive barter system. By creating currencies, the Internet removes a major barrier— what Bob Meyer, publisher of Barter News, calls "the double coincidence of wants". That is, two parties once not only had to find each other, but also an exchange of goods that both desired. Now, they can price the deal in virtual currency.
Barter also helps firms make use of idle capacity. For example, advertising is "hugely bartered" because many media, particularly on the Web, can supply new ad space at little cost. Moreover, Internet ads don’t register in industry-growth statistics, because many exchanges are arranged outside the formal exchanges.
Like eBay, most barter sites allow members to "grade" trading partners for honesty, quality and so on. Barter exchanges can allow firms in countries with hyperinflation or nontradable currencies to enter global trades. Next year, a nonprofit exchange called Quick Lift Two(QL2)plans to open in Nairobi, offering barter deals to 38,000 Kenyan farmers in remote areas. Two small planes will deliver the goods. QL2 director Gacii Waciuma says the farmers are excited to be "liberated from corrupt middlemen." For them, barter evokes a bright future, not a precapitalist past.
The word "techies"(Para. 1)probably refers to those who are
选项
A、afraid of technology.
B、skilled in technology.
C、ignorant of technology.
D、incompetent in technology.
答案
B
解析
含义题。B项skilled in technology,根据原文第一段techie的下文“渴望看到网络的力量”的人,应该是熟悉网络,擅长网络的人,故选B项skilled in technology。A、C、D项于逻辑上说不通,如果害怕技术,对技术无动于衷,不可能对网络新兴技术如此渴望和感兴趣。“techie”相当于中文里的“技术狂”。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/VVsZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Thatpeoplehavepersonalitiesgoeswithoutsaying.Petownerswillquicklyarguethattheiranimalshavepersonalitiestoo.Yet
HalfacenturybeforeCharlesDarwinpublishedOntheOriginofSpecies,theFrenchnaturalistJean-BaptisteLamarckoutlinedhi
Thankstomorethan50yearsofresearch,weknowhowtochangechildren’sbehavior.Inbrief,youidentifytheunwantedbehavio
AsAmericamovesintothe21stcentury,thechangingcompositionoftheworkforcewillbecomemoreevidenttoboththegeneralp
Peoplearenolongersonaiveastobelievewhatevervestedinterestssay.Itisonlynecessarytolookatsmokingtolearnmuch
What’sthebestwaytomakesureakideatsanapple?Askhimifhewantsone.It’sreallythatsimple,accordingtoarecentYa
October24,1929.BlackThursday.Onthisinfamousday,theNewYorkStockExchangewashitwithchaosthatquicklyamountedto
Everspenthalfanhourlookingforyourcarkeys?Orwalkedintoaroomonlytowonderwhatyouwalkedintheretolookfor?Or
Itgoesagainsteverybody’sinnercynictoreadasentencelikethefollowing:Weareonthevergeofthegreatestageofcreati
Itgoesagainsteverybody’sinnercynictoreadasentencelikethefollowing:Weareonthevergeofthegreatestageofcreati
随机试题
Manypeoplehavediscoveredthathobbiescanbeprofitableaswellasfun.Somepeoplehavefinecollectionsofbottles,flags,
填土压实的方法有()。
下列储存物品中,火灾危险性类别属于甲类的有()。
从事高速公路客运的车站,车站内设备设施须达到部颁《汽车客运站级别划分和建设要求》(JT/T200--95)规定的()级以上站级标准。
所谓空头支票,是指支票的出票人所签发的支票金额超过其出票时在付款人处实有的存款金额。
1931年,一位给人们带来光明的科学家重病的消息牵动着世界人民的心,几十名记者为他守夜,每隔一个小时就对外发布一次消息:“灯”还亮着。这位科学家是()。
属音指的是音阶中的第五级音。()
下列行为中属于犯罪预备行为的是()。
[A]telephone[B]table[C]hospital[D]swimming[E]doctor[F]train[G]gardenYousitdownandhaveamealthere.
Youwillhearaspeakeraddressingagroupofpeopleattendingaconference.Asyoulisten,forquestions1—12,completethenot
最新回复
(
0
)