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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 number of barter sites. These Web sites allow companies to trade products for a virtual currency, which they can use to buy goods from other members. In Iceland, garment-maker Kapusalan sells a third of its output on the booming Vidskiptanetid exchange, earning virtual money that it uses to buy machinery and pay part of employee salaries. The Troc-services exchange in France offers more than 4,600 services, from math lessons to ironing.This is not a primitive barter system. By creating currencies, the Internet removes a major barrier—what Bob Meyer, publisher of Barter News, calls “the double coincidence of wants.” That is, two parties once not only had to find each other, but also an exchange of goods that both desired. Now, they can price the deal in virtual currency.Barter also helps firms make use of idle capacity. For example, advertising is “hugely bartered” because many media, particularly on the Web can supply new ad space at little cost. Moreover, Internet ads don’t register in industry-growth statistics, because many exchanges are arranged outside the formal exchanges. Like eBay, most barter sites allow members to “grade” trading partners for honesty quality and so on.. Barter exchanges can allow firms in countries with hyperinflation or nontradable currencies to enter global trades. Next year, a nonprofit exchange called Quick Lift Two (QL2) plans to open in Nairobi, offering barter deals to 38,000 Kenyan farmers in remote areas. Two small planes will deliver the goods. QL2 director Gacii Waciuma says the farmers are excited to be “liberated from corrupt middlemen.” For them, barter evokes a bright future, not a precapitalist past.1.The word “techies” (Line 4, Para 1) probably refers to those who are（）.2.Many people may have deliberately helped Kyle because they （）. 3.The Internet barter system relies heavily on （）. 4.It is implies that Internet advertisements can help （）. 5.Which of the follow is true of QL2 according to the author?

As you can see by yourself, things（）to be exactly as the professor had foreseen.

Consciously or not, ordinary citizens and government bureaucrats still（）the notion that Japanese society is a unique culture.

（）widespread belief cockroaches (螳螂) would not take over the world if there were no around to step on them.

His excuse for being late this morning was his car had（）in the snow.

In its 14 years of（） , the European Union has earned the scorn of its citizens and skepticism from the United States.

The water prize is an international award that（）outstanding contributions towards solving global water problems.

Britain might still be part of France if it weren’t（）a disastrous flood 200.000 years ago, according to scientists from Imperial College in London.

My brother likes eating very much but he isn’t very（）about the food he eats.

Some sufferers will quickly be restored to prefect health,（）others will take a longer time.

Voices were（）as the argument between the two motorists became more bad-tempered.

Lightning has been the second largest storm killer in the US over the past 40 years and is（）only by flood.

Modern manufacturing has （）a global river of materials into a stunning array of new products.

Travel around Japan today, and one sees foreign residents a wide（）of jobs.

Williams had not been there during the（）moments when the kidnapping had taken place.

The two countries achieved some progress in the sphere of trade relations, traditionally a source of （）irritation.

Member states had the option to（）from this agreement with one year’s notice.

Picasso was an artist who fundamentally changed the（）of art for later generations.

You shouldn’t be so（）---I didn’t mean anything bad in what I said.

The high living standards of the US cause its present population to（）25 percent of the world’s oil.

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