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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 本文属于记叙文阅读，作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了网购，作者认为网购虽然能使我们节省一些我们的开支，但是却领我们花费更多的时间来浏览一些网站，作者通过这篇文章告诉我们省钱是有代价的．

解答 47．B  主旨大意题，根据第一段Because we do everything ourselves online these days可知现在人们的生活受到了英特网的影响，很多事情我们都可以通过网络完成，故选B．
48．D  推理判断题，根据第二段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．可知我们在网上买票虽然可以节省三十美元，但是我们却不会感到很快乐，因为我们在比较价格上花费了很多的时间，故选D．
49．D  推理判断题，根据第三段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？可知作者认为在网上买书会花费很多时间浏览网站，用这些时间我们可以做一些更好玩的事情，因此可推知作者对于网购是持否定的态度，故选D．
50．C  推理判断题，通读全文可知作者认为网购虽然省了一些钱，但是却花费了很多的时间，这就是网购的隐藏代价，故选C．

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力．做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确选择．在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．