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     What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade
practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods, including cars, movies and
DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes- the list goes on and on.
     The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was
still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating
from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time
he started eBay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there
was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members.
Joined by a friend, Peter Skill,and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked
back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is
now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
     EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have
to do is make an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business: the world is
your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money.
Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are
sold.
1. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with_______.
A. a way of buying and selling goods
B. a website for them to upgrade
C. a place to exhibit their own photos
D. a chance to buy things at low prices
2. Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university?
A. For fun.                  
B. To make money.
C. For gathering the engineers.    
D. To fulfill a task of his company.
3. From "he has never looked back "in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter______.
A. did not feel lonely
B. was always hopeful
C. did not think about the past
D. became more and more successful
4. How does eBay make money from its website?
A. By bringing CEOs together.  
B. By charging for each sale.
C. By listing items online.      
D. By making e-photos.
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     One year ago today, seven patients shared their stories of illness and recovery on the New York Time Well
(a blog), according to a report published in April,2009.
     They were the first Patient Voices, a regular series that offers a first person (第一人稱的) description of
the challenges patients face as they deal with different kinds of health problems. Since the first Patient Voices
appeared, New York Times producer Karen Barrow has continued to give a voice to a lot of patient stories.
     We heard from Jacqueline Castine of Bloomfield Hills, Mich,who had bipolar disorder (躁郁癥), and whose
son also suffered from mental (精神的) illness."I could not save him," she said."I could not fix (懲罰 ) him.
He leaves a beautiful daughter and a very sad mother."
     And there is runner Alyssa Johnson,43,who was training for the Boston Marathon in 2003 when she began
showing the first signs of Parkinson's disease." Sometimes when I'm running I'll come to a long downhill, and
my legs work the way they used to work and my arm swings (擺動(dòng)) the way it used to. It's like running before Parkinson's, and that's the best feeling.
     And then there's the voice of Robin Grinsted, 50, of Swansea, S. C.,who has H. I. V. She is refused by her
church and feels lonely."They're not accepting," she said." But I know there will be people putting their arms
around me some day."
      To hear more from these patients and the many others wh. have taken part in the series, explore the links (鏈接) below to all the Patient Voices we've heard from in the past 12 months.
1. When did the seven patients begin to share their stories of illness?
A. In 2009.
B. In 2008.
C. In 2003.
D. In 2002.
2. According to the passage, Patient Voices refers to ______ .
A. a series of suggestions from patients
B. a magazine published by patients
C. a series of patients' stories
D. a blog shared by patients
3. From what Jacqueline Castine said, we know her son  _____.
A. might have killed himself
B. died of bipolar disorder
C. was killed in an accident
D. didn't want to stay at home
4. What do we know about Alyssa Johnson?
A. She tried hard to fight Parkinson's disease.
B. She is preparing for the Boston Marathon.
C. She was depressed at the thought of Parkinson's disease.
D. She didn't like running before she had Parkinson's.

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