北文索玉柱考研英语阅读：读语段、练技能_图文.doc

北文索玉柱考研英语阅读：读语段、练技能_图文 导读：就爱阅读网友为您分享以下“北文索玉柱考研英语阅读：读语段、练技能_图文”的资讯，希望对您有所帮助，感谢您对92的支持! 提高正确率。 第三步“重叠原文”。考生答题时，要做的唯一的事就是把所选的选项与文章中相应的内容做比较，看其是否能与原文重叠。 Reading Comprehension【精读】 Directions: There are four passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B,C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET 1 . (40 points) Text 1 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 (座右铭) 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 numbe