【題目】You're happy to let your best friend borrow your mountain bike, but would you be willing to loan it out to a total stranger if you could make some money from the arrangement?

That's the idea behind peer-to-peer (P2P) renting, a new model concluded by sites such as eBay and Craigslist. Instead of selling an idle (閑置) thing, you loan it to people in your town, get paid a small rental fee and gel it back when the borrower's done with it. In the past few years, almost a dozen websites have popped up promising to connect lenders and borrowers. For example, you can use GetAround to rent out your car or motorcycle, SnapGoods to rent out electronics and gadgets, ToolSpinner to rent electric drills and lawnmowers, Zaarly and Knb to rent out a little bit of everything else.

Old as it may sound, P2P renting is more high-tech than before, with websites that avoid cash for credit cards. A user creates an online listing for the item she wants to rent out, choosing her own rental fee. When someone wants the item, he keeps it on an online calendar, and the two arrange a time and place for pickup. Each site operates a little differently, but all use technology to make renting easy, safe and relatively inexpensive.

Why rent your idle things? You may not make a ton of money, but it is a good way to get some use out of idle things. The people who rent those goods are able to save thousands of dollars by renting instead of buying new.

There may be other benefits. "It brings convenience, security and adventure," says Ali Hart, JustSharclt's spokesperson. “But, more importantly, we're really connecting people and building community, too."

Get to know your neighbors and make a few dollars in the process? Sounds like a good deal.

【1】What can GetAround, SnapGoods, ToolSpinner, Zaarly and Krrb possibly be?

A. the companies selling idle things

B. the websites for P2P renting

C. the special people good at P2P renting

D. the courses to teach people to do P2P renting

【2】What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A. How credit cards are used in P2P renting.

B. Why P2P renting should be encouraged.

C. How P2P renting works online.

D. Where the lenders and borrowers meet.

【3】According to Ali Hart, what’s the greatest benefit of P2P renting?

A. Making a considerable sum of money.

B. Saving money and protecting the environment. .

C. Making the Internet convenient and safe.

D. Keeping people in the community connected.

【4】What might be the purpose of the passage?

A. To encourage people to do P2P renting online.

B. To teach people how to rent idle things.

C. To explain why the Internet changes our life.

D. To guide people to be fashion consumers.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】本文介紹P2P租賃，鼓勵(lì)人們做網(wǎng)上P2P租賃。

【1】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中That's the idea behind peer-to-peer (P2P) renting, a new model concluded by sites such as eBay and Craigslist.和For example, you can use GetAround to rent out your car or motorcycle, SnapGoods to rent out electronics and gadgets, ToolSpinner to rent electric drills and lawnmowers, Zaarly and Knb to rent out a little bit of everything else.由此可知，GetAround, SnapGoods, ToolSpinner, Zaarly and Krrb可能是P2P renting的網(wǎng)址。故選B。

【2】C

段落大意題。根據(jù)第三段中A user creates an online listing for the item she wants to rent out, choosing her own rental fee. When someone wants the item, he keeps it on an online calendar, and the two arrange a time and place for pickup.可知本段講的是P2P租賃如何在線工作。故選C。

【3】D

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句more importantly, we're really connecting people and building community, too."可知，P2P租賃的最大好處使社區(qū)中的人保持聯(lián)系。故選D。

【4】A

主旨大意題。根據(jù)第二段第一句That's the idea behind peer-to-peer (P2P) renting, a new model concluded by sites such as eBay and Craigslist和倒數(shù)第二段There may be other benefits. "It brings convenience, security and adventure," “But, more importantly, we're really connecting people and building community, too."可知本文鼓勵(lì)人們做網(wǎng)上P2P租賃。故選A。

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