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
外语
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
2011-03-22
55
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 websites 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" (Line 4, 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
本题为词汇题,参见文章第1段,这句话的大意是:麦克唐纳的这种做法可能会得到techies的推动(likely got a boost from techies),由此可判断techies是一些技术熟练的人。其他选项中的[A] afraid of害怕,[C] ignorant of无知,[D] incompetent无能;都带有贬义色彩,不合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/qLxd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Humansareforeverforgettingthattheycan’tcontrolnature.Exactly20yearsago,aTimemagazinecoverstoryannouncedthat
Thedestructionofournaturalresourcesandcontaminationofourfoodsupplycontinuetooccur,largelybecauseoftheextreme
Ithasbeennecessarytoreferrepeatedlytotheeffectsofthetwoworldwarsinpromotingallkindsofinnovation.Itshouldb
Fromthepassagewecansee,theauthorisquite______withtheprospectoftheAsiaPacificEconomicCooperationforum.
Thetangohasprobablytraveledfurtherandgonethroughmorechangesthanalmost【C1】______Africanslavesbroughtthetangot
Thegovernmentistobanpaymentstowitnessesbynewspapersseekingtobuyuppeopleinvolvedinprominentcases【21】______th
Accordingtothepassage,whatdidnaturerepresenttoIsadoraDuncan?
In1910theworldwasshockedbyaparticularlycold-bloodedmurder.H.H.Crippenwas【21】______Americandoctorwhoworkedin
In1910theworldwasshockedbyaparticularlycold-bloodedmurder.H.H.Crippenwas【21】______Americandoctorwhoworkedin
Moviegoersmaythinkhistoryisrepeatingitselfthisweekend.Thesummer’smostanticipatedfilm,PearlHarbor,whichhasopene
随机试题
根据我国《著作权法》的规定,著作权仲裁主要适用于()。
男,40岁,跑步后出现右腰疼痛l天,尿呈淡洗肉水样,首先应该做下列哪项检查
压力感受性反射的生理意义是
下列哪种疾病不适合行纤维支气管镜检查术
功能补肾助阳、润肠通便的药物是
我国人民行使国家权力的机关是()。
三个大学生赵娜、宋杨、许力和三个中学生黄良、邓军、杨静寒假外出旅游,他们想要去的地方有云南、杭州、海南和九寨沟。已知(1)每人只能去一个地方。(2)凡是有大学生去的地方,就必须有中学生去。(3)凡是有中学生去的地方就必须有大学生去。(4)黄良去云南
Z公司提供了如下财务数据:(1)目标资本结构是50%负债和50%股东权益;(2)税后债务成本为8%;(3)保留盈余的成本估计为13.5%;(4)股权融资成本估计为20%,如果公司发行新股票;(5)净收入为2500。公司现有五个可供选择的项目,项
需求定义必须具备下列哪些属性?Ⅰ.正确性,必要性Ⅱ.可理解,可测试,可维护Ⅲ.完备性,一致性Ⅳ.非冗余性Ⅴ.安全性
在使用ADO访问数据源时,从数据源获得的数据以行的形式存放一个对象中,该对象应是
最新回复
(
0
)