Question

10．My daughter recently asked me what a travel agency does．There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt．I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations．"Why haven't we ever been there？"she wanted to know．"Because we do everything ourselves online these days"I explained．"But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you？"she wondered out loud．
    The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them．If you book your ticket yourself online，you save that money．Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving 30ona300 trip．All those 30 discounts add up of course so i guess we should be happy with that．
 Consider books for a moment．Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book．Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address．So far so good．Unfortunately，that does mean you spend too much time browsing Amazon．com while you could do something fun instead．Like maybe reading an actual book？
 Then the package arrives and you aren't home and end up having to pick it up at the local post-office．All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing in the whole process．Time sounds free，but to most of us，it is more valuable than money．
    The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle-men and we loved it．Somehow，I'm starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle-men we were so eager to get rid of．
    In any project you can always pick two of these：fast，cheap or good．We seem to have focused a lot on‘cheap'and‘good'but the extra time we need to invest to also keep it‘fast'comes out of our own pockets．
You can always make more money but you can never make more time．

47．What is the purpose of paragraph 1？B

A．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author's daughter．
B．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life．
C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency．
D．It shows why people need a travel agency．
48．What can be inferred from paragraph 2？D
A．We should be satisfied with 30 dollars that we have saved because it is worthwhile．
B.30 dollars that we have saved is too little，so we can't be happy with it．
C．We should feel regretful although 30 dollars is worth the time we have spent．
D．It's hard for us to be happy with 30 dollars because we have wasted a lot of time．
49 What's the author's attitude towards the Internet Economy？D
A．Positive         
B．Indifferent         
C．Neutral         
D．Critical
50．What's the best title for the passage？C
A．The convenience of the Internet Economy．
B．How to save time in the Internet Economy．
C．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy．
D．How to save money in the Internet Economy．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于記敘文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了網購，作者認為網購雖然能使我們節(jié)省一些我們的開支，但是卻領我們花費更多的時間來瀏覽一些網站，作者通過這篇文章告訴我們省錢是有代價的．

解答 47．B  主旨大意題，根據第一段Because we do everything ourselves online these days可知現在人們的生活受到了英特網的影響，很多事情我們都可以通過網絡完成，故選B．
48．D  推理判斷題，根據第二段Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving 30ona300 trip．All those 30 discounts add up of course so i guess we should be happy with that．可知我們在網上買票雖然可以節(jié)省三十美元，但是我們卻不會感到很快樂，因為我們在比較價格上花費了很多的時間，故選D．
49．D  推理判斷題，根據第三段Unfortunately，that does mean you spend too much time browsing Amazon．com while you could do something fun instead．Like maybe reading an actual book？可知作者認為在網上買書會花費很多時間瀏覽網站，用這些時間我們可以做一些更好玩的事情，因此可推知作者對于網購是持否定的態(tài)度，故選D．
50．C  推理判斷題，通讀全文可知作者認為網購雖然省了一些錢，但是卻花費了很多的時間，這就是網購的隱藏代價，故選C．

點評 考查學生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力．做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．