单选题According to this passage,______.Acrowdfunding means outsourcing to the public jobs typically performed by employees.Bmore and more people begin to use crowdfunding as a great help to their careers.CCameesa.com generated $17 million in revenues in 2006.DCameesa.com helps to connect music lovers with unsigned artists looking to record albums.
单选题
According to this passage,______.
A
crowdfunding means outsourcing to the public jobs typically performed by employees.
B
more and more people begin to use crowdfunding as a great help to their careers.
C
Cameesa.com generated $17 million in revenues in 2006.
D
Cameesa.com helps to connect music lovers with unsigned artists looking to record albums.
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解析：
推断题。本题需要结合全文内容来解题。由第三段第一句话crowdsourcing, i.e., outsourcing to the public jobs typically performed by employees可排除A；第三段中提到Threadless. com which generated $17 million in revenues in 2006，不是Cameesa.com generated $17 million in revenues in 2006，排除C；由第三段和第四段可知Cameesa.com网站帮助的是时装设计师，帮助音乐家的是SellaBand.com，D错误；文章开篇提到政治家、慈善机构，然后后文中出现艺术家，可见有越来越多的人开始利用crowdfunding来开展事业，所以本题选B。
推断题。本题需要结合全文内容来解题。由第三段第一句话crowdsourcing, i.e., outsourcing to the public jobs typically performed by employees可排除A；第三段中提到Threadless. com which generated $17 million in revenues in 2006，不是Cameesa.com generated $17 million in revenues in 2006，排除C；由第三段和第四段可知Cameesa.com网站帮助的是时装设计师，帮助音乐家的是SellaBand.com，D错误；文章开篇提到政治家、慈善机构，然后后文中出现艺术家，可见有越来越多的人开始利用crowdfunding来开展事业，所以本题选B。
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