Question

    Fifteen stores have been permanently barred from using Alibaba's online shopping platform for selling fake（伪劣的）or substandard surgical masks during the pneumonia outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus（冠状病毒）, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday.

Five of the 15 online shops barred by Tuesday had been referred to public security bureaus（公安局）for further investigation, Alibaba said in a statement.

"We'll continue efforts to fight people making or selling fake goods related to epidemic（流行的）prevention and control on our platform and give them hard punishments, "it said, adding it had zero tolerance for such sellers.

Those engaging in price gouging（哄抬）or false advertising would also be punished more heavily, and the company said it would regularly disclose the names of problematic shops and the punishments they received.

“All the moves are not only to shoulder more responsibility for protecting consumers' interests, but also to show our utmost respect to online sellers who obey the laws and participate in the fight to prevent and control the epidemic,” it said.

Promising to let those engaging in improper or illegal behavior during the epidemic period go broke, with "no space to live in Alibaba", the company also called on other e-commerce platforms to shut their doors to such problematic sellers, and suggested government departments should add them to a dishonesty blacklist.

1.What does the underlined word "barred" most probably mean?

A.Encouraged. B.Banned.

C.Chosen. D.Forgiven.

2.Why are the five online shops invested by public security bureaus?

A.Because they might avoid further investigation.

B.Because they might have no licenses to sell medical articles.

C.Because they might make or purchase surgical masks illegally.

D.Because they might sell surgical masks on other e-commerce platforms.

3.What does Alibaba expose the names of those shops and their punishments for?

A.Advertising Alibaba's online shopping platform.

B.Getting more money from public security bureaus.

C.Punishing buyers who buy fake or substandard goods.

D.Protecting consumers' and online sellers' proper interest.

4.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A.Alibaba's zero tolerance for bad dealers.

B.Government's punishment for dishonesty.

C.Support from other e-commerce platforms.

D.Improper or illegal business behavior of sellers.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文是新闻报道。阿里巴巴永久关闭了在疫情期间利用阿里巴巴网上购物平台销售假冒伪劣或不合格的外科口罩的15家网店。阿里巴巴表明了对不诚信卖家的零容忍态度。

1.词义猜测题。根据划线词后的部分“…using Alibaba's online shopping platform for selling fake（伪劣的）or substandard surgical masks during the pneumonia outbreak”，根据背景知识，在新冠状病毒期间，利用阿里巴巴的网上购物平台，销售伪劣的或不合格的外科口罩的行为应该是被禁止的。因此可以推测，bar意思为“禁止”。故选B项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中“We'll continue efforts to fight people making or selling fake goods related to epidemic（流行的）prevention”可知，这五家网店因为制造或销售假冒伪劣的外科口罩而被公安局调查的。故选C项。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段中“ ‘All the moves are not only to shoulder more responsibility for protecting consumers' interests, but also to show our utmost respect to online sellers who obey the laws and participate in the fight to prevent and control the epidemic, ’”可知， 阿里巴巴披露有问题的商店的名字和对他们的惩罚是为了保护消费者的利益，也是为了向遵守法律的网络卖家表示尊重，保护这些卖家的利益。故选D项。

4.主旨大意题。文章最后一段中提到：阿里巴巴许诺让那些在疫情期间从事不正当或非法行为的人破产，“在阿里巴巴没有生存空间”，并呼吁其他电子商务平台对这些问题卖家也关闭大门，并建议政府部门将他们列入不诚实黑名单。这表明了阿里巴巴对那些在疫情期间不诚信卖家的零容忍态度。故选A项。