- 阅读理解A
题干：Thankstoslumpingmarkets,investmentbanksaresheddingmanyoftheirhighly-paidtraders.Whenmarketsrecover,thebanksmightbetemptedtoreplacethemwithrathercheapertalent.Onealternativehasbeenaroundforawhilebuthasyettocatchon:autonomoustradingagents—computersprogrammedtoactlikethehumanversionwithoutsuchpeskycostsasholidays,lunchbreaksorbonuses.Programtradinghas,ofcourse,beendonebefore;someblamedthe1987stockmarketcrashoncomputersinstructedwithsimpledecision-makingrules.Butrobotscanbesmarterthanthat.DaveCliff,aresearcheratHewlett-PackardLaboratoriesinBristol,England,hasbeencreatingtradingrobotsforsevenyears.Incomputersimulationsheletsthemevolve"genetically",andsoallowsthemtoadaptandfitmodelsofreal-worldfinancialmarkets.Hisexperimentshavesuggestedthataredesignofsomemarketscouldleadtogreaterefficiency.Lastyear,aresearchgroupatIBMshowedthatMrCliff'sartificialtraderscouldconsistentlybeatthehumanvariety,invariouskindsofmarket.Nearlyalltaketheshapeofanauction.Onewell-knowntypeistheEnglishauction,familiartopatronsofthesalesroomsofChristie'sandSotheby's,wheresellerskeepmumontheirofferprice,andbuyersincreasetheirbidsbystagesuntilonlyoneremains.AttheotherextremeistheDutchauction,familiarto17th-centurytulip-tradersintheNetherlandsaswellastobiddersforAmericanTreasurybonds.Here,buyersremainsilent,andasellerreduceshispriceuntilitisaccepted.Mostmarketsforshares,commodities,foreignexchangeandderivativesareahybridofthesetwotypes:buyersandsellerscanannouncetheirbidorofferpricesatanytime,anddealsareconstantlybeingclosed,aso-called"continuousdoubleauction".MrCliff'snovelideawastoapplyhisevolutionarycomputerprogramstomarketplacesthemselves.Whynot,hethought,tryandseewhattypesofauctionwouldlettradersconvergemostquicklytowardsanequilibriumprice?Theresultsweresurprising.Inhismodels,auctionsthatletbuyersandsellersbidatanytimelikemostoftoday'sfinancialexchangeswerelessefficientthanonesthatrequiredrelativelymorebidsfromeitherbuyersorsellers.These"evolvedauctions"alsowithstoodbigmarketshocks,suchascrashesandpanics,betterthantoday'sreal-worldversions.MrCliff'smostrecentresults,whichwillbepresentedinSydney,Australia,onDecember10th,showthatthebesttypeofauctionforanymarketdependscruciallyonevenslightdifferencesinthenumberofbuyersandsellers.BankofAmericahasbeeninvestigatingthesenewauctions,alongwithrobotictraders,forpossibleuseinelectronicexchanges.Thehopeisthattoday'sfinancialauctionsandonlinemarketplacesmightworkbetterbybecomingmoreliketheirEnglishandDutchforebears.Butwhattocallsuchmulti-ethnichybrids?Here'sintroducingthe"Cliffhanger".
题目：The passage is mainly（）. - A 、a review of two kinds of auctions
- B 、an introduction of trading robots
- C 、a survey of the trading market
- D 、about trading alternatives
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
判断文章主旨要从文章整体来把握。文章第一段说明机器人交易员可以替代人类从事交易工作。接下来作者介绍其研发过程及其模拟的几种拍卖形式以及拍卖中的表现，最后一段对这种机器人交易员的前景进行了展望，可见全文都是在介绍机器人交易员。
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