Question

Why Rent Textbooks?

Textbook renting is now a new fashion among college students.    1.   Let’s examine carefully further and see why renting books is a cost-effective way without shelling too much money from your pocket.

Gives value for your money

  2.  Those non-major subjects, are better acquired through renting. It saves one money and helps you give out the money you save on some other personal possessions you need in college.   3.  

Saves time

You can save a great deal of time when renting a textbook. Instead of browsing your way for hours trying to look for better deals online, you can simply go to a popular book renting marketplace online and just order away.

  4.  

User Friendly

Aside from being able to save money and time,   5.   Imagine trying to scan the virtual bookshelf and checking on comments of previous users and figuring out which ones got bad comments and which had great ones. It could be fun at first but if you are short of time, the process can become annoying. If you rent books, you will only be needing the book’s ISBN number and find it right away. No more time-wasting site search.

A. renting textbooks brings convenience to all users.

B. There is literally no need to skimming for hours.

C. The idea of renting one never existed since the book are affordable in libraries.

D. Research was made to find out if renting helps one save money and time rather than buying new textbooks.

E. Renting textbooks allows you to save at least 50% off the standard retail price (零售价) for each item.

F. Renting textbooks is a relatively new idea for everyone, indeed.

G. You don’t have to buy all of your textbooks.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.G

3.E

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：为什么租课本？是一篇广告。提到租课本是现在大学生的时尚。首先租课本能省钱，用于其他必须的开支，其次省时间，只要找准书的ISBN号订下即可，最后是方便，不费事。

1.考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：租用课本现在是大学生的新时尚。空后一句的意思是：那就让我们进一步看看为什么租书更经济实惠。所以和D项的意思（有研究想看看是否租课本比买课本既省时又钱。）前后符合。

2.考查上下文的理解能力。空后一句的意思是：非主课的课本更可以通过租获得。与G. 项的意思（你不必买所有的课本。）前后符合。

3.考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：省下来的钱可以用于买其他的个人用品。与E项的意思（租用教材可以让你每本比零售价节省至少50%）前后符合。

4.考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：在网上信誉好的租屋租书可以节省很多时间，与B项的意思（没必要花好几个小时浏览查询。）前后符合。

5.考查上下文的理解能力。空前一句的意思是：除了能省时省钱外，空后的意思是：买新书还要看看对该书的评价，很费时有烦人，租书就省了这些麻烦。与A项的意思（租课本方便所有使用者。）前后符合。

考点：信息匹配。