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
The last-minute victory of the Texas Longhorns in this year’s Rose Bowl—America’s college football championship—was the kind of
The last-minute victory of the Texas Longhorns in this year’s Rose Bowl—America’s college football championship—was the kind of
admin
2016-12-28
57
问题
The last-minute victory of the Texas Longhorns in this year’s Rose Bowl—America’s college football championship—was the kind of thing that stays with fans forever. Just as well, because many had paid vast sums to see the game. Rose Bowl tickets officially sold for $175 each. On the Internet, resellers were hawking them for as much as $ 3,000 a pop. " Nobody knows how to control this," observed Mitch Dorger, the tournament’s chief executive.
Reselling tickets for a profit, known less politely as scalping in America or touting in Britain, is booming. In America alone, the "secondary market" for tickets to sought-after events is worth over $10 billion, reckons Jeffrey Fluhr, the boss of StubHub, an online ticket market. Scalping used to be about burly men lurking outside stadiums with fistfuls of tickets. Cries of " Tickets here, tickets here" still ring out before kick-off. But the Internet has created a larger and more efficient market. Some Internet-based ticket agencies, such as tickco.com and dynamiteticketz.com act as traditional scalpers, buying up tickets and selling them on for a substantial mark-up. But others like StubHub have a new business model—bring together buyers and sellers, and then take a cut. For each transaction, StubHub takes a
juicy
25% .
Despite its substantial commission—far higher than those charged by other online intermediaries including eBay or Craigslist—StubHub is flourishing. The firm was set up in 2000 and this year’s Rose Bowl was its biggest event ever. The Super Bowl in early February will bring another nice haul, as have U2 and Rolling Stones concerts. Unlike eBay, which is the largest online trader in tickets, StubHub guarantees each transaction, so buyers need not worry about fraud. The company’s revenues, now around $200 million, are tripling annually (despite its start in the dotcom bust). And there is plenty more room to grow. Mr. Fluhr notes that the market remains "highly fragmented", with tiny operations still flourishing and newspaper classified not yet dead.
But there are risks. Some events are boosting prices to cut the resale margins; others are using special measures to crack down. This summer, tickets to the soccer World Cup in Germany will include the name and passport number of the original purchaser and embedded chips that match the buyer to the tickets.
Then there are legal worries. In America, more than a dozen states have anti-scalping laws of various kinds. New Mexico forbids the reselling of tickets for college games; Mississippi does so for all events on government-owned property. Such laws are often ignored, but can still bite. In Massachusetts, where reselling a ticket for more than $2 above face value is unlawful, one fan brought a lawsuit last autumn against 16 companies (including StubHub) over his pricey Red Sox tickets.
In both the second and the third paragraphs, the author employs which of the following writing device?
选项
A、Emphasis.
B、Contrast.
C、Exaggeration.
D、Interrogation.
答案
B
解析
这是一道细节分析题,测试考生准确识别和分析原文作者写作手法的能力。本文的答案信息来源在第二段的倒数第二、三句和第三段的第四句。第二段的倒数第二、三句语意内容之间存在着一种“对比”(contrast)关系,例如原文中的“Some…But other…”(一些机构……,但是另外一些机构却……)。第三段的第四句本身也存在一种“对比”(contrast)关系,例如原文中的“Unlike eBay…,StubHub….”(与eBay不同,StubHub……)。由此可以推断在本文的第二、三段作者均使用了“对比”(contrast)这一写作手法。故本题的正确选项应该是B“Contrast”(对比)。考生在阅读时一定要注意原文作者在表达中心主旨时所使用的写作手法。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/fCoZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Lawyersarelessthan1%ofAmericanadults,【C1】______theyarewell-representedingovernment.Boththepresidentandthevice-p
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】______collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchasLy
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】______collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchasLy
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】______collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchasLy
Shortstoriesareduearevival.Inrecentyears,therehavebeencritically【C1】______collectionsbyAmericanwriterssuchasLy
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
Comparisonsweredrawnbetweenthedevelopmentoftelevisioninthe20thcenturyandthediffusionofprintinginthe15thand1
随机试题
Hawaii,theyoungeststateoftheUnitedStates,isdifferentinmanywaysfromthemainlandstates.TheHawaiianpeopleaream
等于()。
甲企业为居民企业,主要从事服装的生产与销售。2014年有关经营情况如下:(1)取得销售货物收入9000万元,技术服务收入700万元,出租设备收入60万元,出售房产收入400万元,国债利息收入40万元;(2)缴纳增值税900万元,消费税20万元,城建税及
因为注册会计师是对本期财务报表进行审计,所以在总体复核阶段所确定的错报总额,不会包括上期错报继续影响本期的未更正错报。( )在评价审计结果时,如果注册会计师张强认为审计风险不能接受,则应追加额外的实质性程序或者说服被审计单位作必要调整,以便将重要错报
银行及其金融机构属于()。
根据加涅的观点,程序性知识包括________和________两个大类。
属于汉代鼓吹乐的有()
“商品不只是当作商品来交换,而是当作资本的产品来交换”。在平均利润形成后,商品被当作“资本的产品来交换”必然导致()。
Tolearnwithsuccessisnotaverydifficulttaskofsomefundamentalprinciples【C1】______tobeitsbases.【C2】______discussi
A、Thewomancancatchabustoschoolinfrontofherapartment.B、Asupermarketandshoppingcentreareonlyafewblocksaway.
最新回复
(
0
)