Question

【題目】A bookstore chain “Popular Bookmall” introduced their special style of book distribution (分銷)in Shanghai back in November. This experimental store offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require customers to pay before taking books away. Sounds like a book lover’s paradise!

Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store report that it was a great success; enough customers voluntarily paid for their books. But most older “honesty stores” in China did not receive enough honest customers. For example, a self-service restaurant opened in Fujian province years ago. It allowed customers to pay whatever they chose, but about one-fifth of customers paid nothing. The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.

Many Chinese are worried about dishonesty in China. Even at Popular Bookmall, not everybody chose to pay for their books. Is it a good way to solve it by law? Maybe not. We should listen to our conscience (良心). This has deep roots in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔夫子) taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.

But there are also a great rational (理性的) reason for “honesty stores”: the more honest people there are in society, the more reasons we have to trust others. And if people trusted each other, they’d be more willing to share. For example, in a “sharing economy”, we do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time. We should try to help other people. In brief, society is built on trust, not only trade (商業(yè)).

【1】What is the special style of book distribution in “Popular Bookmall”?

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【2】“Popular Bookmall” in Nanjing was a great success, wasn’t it?

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【3】Why did organizers open many “honesty stores” in China?

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【4】What are many Chinese worried about?

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【5】According to Confucius, how should we encourage ourselves to be honest?

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【6】What does the underlined part “society is built on trust, not only trade” try to tell us?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require customers to pay before taking books away.

【2】Yes, it was. / Yes.

【3】To encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is./ Because they wanted to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.

【4】They / Many Chinese are worried about dishonesty in China.

【5】We should listen to our conscience. / By listening to our conscience.

【6】We do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time. We should try to help other people. In this way, people will trust each other.

【解析】這篇短文從“大眾書(shū)店”的特殊經(jīng)營(yíng)模式談起，還提到了“誠(chéng)實(shí)商店”，引出了主要話題-誠(chéng)信，提醒人們注意誠(chéng)信的重要性。

【1】根據(jù)短文第一段中This experimental store offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require customers to pay before taking books away.可知，這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)性的書(shū)店以非常低的價(jià)格銷售圖書(shū)，并且沒(méi)有員工要求顧客在拿走書(shū)之前付錢。這是這個(gè)書(shū)店的特殊的風(fēng)格。

【2】根據(jù)短文第二段中Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store report that it was a great success可知，南京的這種書(shū)店是非常成功的，由此可知這個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案是肯定的。

【3】根據(jù)短文中The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.可知，“誠(chéng)實(shí)書(shū)店”的組織者說(shuō)他們的目標(biāo)是鼓勵(lì)中國(guó)人記住誠(chéng)實(shí)的重要性。由此可知答案。

【4】根據(jù)短文中Many Chinese are worried about dishonesty in China.可知，在中國(guó)很多人擔(dān)心的事是不誠(chéng)實(shí)。由此可知答案。

【5】根據(jù)短文中We should listen to our conscience (良心). This has deep roots in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔夫子) taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.可知，孔子教育我們應(yīng)該有良知，我們應(yīng)該聽(tīng)從我們的良心。由此可知答案。

【6】根據(jù)短文最后的提示…we do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time. We should try to help other people.可知，我們不能總是想著攢錢、花錢，我們應(yīng)該盡力的去幫助別人，這樣人們才能彼此信任，。