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【F1】Retail may not get much more niche than poetry, which historically has never been a profitable proposition. But it does have prestige in some circles, and a dedicated readership. The best poetry stores mix the scholarly with the fancy, the linear with the arty. Berl's is in a former gallery space, subleased from two artists, with exposed brick walls that have been painted white, barrel ceilings, a gray Lego sculpture of Walt Whitman, and an eighteen-chair area for readings. 【F2】The store makes a small profit, but Mr.White, the store owner, who combines the support of a diligent poet with that of a family-businessman making ends meet, told me that the favors also plays a part in the poetry economy. "A reading for a beer," he explained. That night, a group of poets from Massachusetts who were ten years out of their M.F.A. programs would be taking the mic at Berl's. 【F3】White was inspired to develop a business plan for a storefront after seeing the balance sheet that the independent Greenlight Bookstore, an institution nearby, had posted online. "Their numbers were amazing," he said. Berl's also grew out of White and his wife's friendships with poets—an early advantage in cultivating a dedicated community around the shop, which is named for his grandfather. Berl's own distinctive approach goes beyond selling poetry. 【F4】Part of its appeal is that the owners completely reject one of the traditional aims of stores—selling as much as possible and making as much money as possible. Instead, White and his wife want to embrace art and creativity as an enterprise—to serve as a sign of respect to the spaces that visual artists and others founded in SoHo and San Francisco in the nineteen-seventies. Although he knows that poetry is itself a niche, White doesn't consider Berl's to be niche retail—stores that do one thing well or create an experience. Niche stores are often artful, and poetry shops would be on the losing end of the trend from a purely real-estate perspective—brokers certainly aren't closing deals based on their presence in a neighborhood. But White is also aware that "waves of gentrification," as he put it, have helped to keep the store thrive. 【F5】The countercultural appeal of poetry, like that of art, makes it a relatively easy sell to a population willing to shop for things that they don't necessarily need but might long for as a form of self-expression. That niche is centuries old, and enduring.
问答题16.【F1】
【正确答案】零售业可能不及诗歌业有更多有利可图的市场，诗歌业是历史上从未盈利过的行业。
【答案解析】①本句为主从复合句，包含一个非限定性定语从句。②主句包含的结构not much more than是mot more than的强调形式，意为“不比……多”；niche意为“有利可图的市场(或形势等)”。③逗号后which引导的是非限定性定语从句。关系代词which作从句的主语，指代的是前面的poetry，说明诗歌业这个行业在以往从未盈利过。proposition本义是“议题；论点；陈述”，结合从句的主语，这里应指诗歌这个行业。
【答案解析】①本句为连词but连接的并列复合句。②分句2中the store owner为同位语，解释说明前面的Mr．White．说明怀特先生是这家书店的老板。后面带有who引导的定语从句修饰先行词Mr．White。谓语动词搭配combine A with B意为“把A和B结合起来”。that of a family-businessman中的代词that指代前面提到的support。分词短语making ends meet“收支平衡”为非谓语成分作状语，表结果。③分句2是“双宾语”基本句型，其中that从句充当句子的直接宾语。
【答案解析】①本句为主从复合句，句子的主干为White was inspired…for a storefront。②句子包含一个介词短语after seeing…作时间状语，说明怀特何时想为店面制定商业计划。balance sheet是经济类术语，意为“资产负债表”，在句中作动名词seeing的宾语，也是后面定语从句的先行词。③that引导的定语从句中，that既是引导词，也充当从句的宾语。主谓中间插入的部分an institution nearby是Bookstore的同位语，起解释说明的作用。
【答案解析】①本句为主从复合句，包含一个表语从句。②句子为主系表结构，表语由that引导从句充当，说明伯尔书店独特的销售方式吸引人的地方。主语Part of its appeal中的its指代上文提到的distinctive approach。③破折号后的动名词短语为同位语，补充说明破折号前面的one of the traditional aims of stores的内容。
【答案解析】①本句为主从复合句。②句子主干为The countercultural appeal of poetry makes it a relatively easy sell to a population。其中it指代poetry诗歌，说明诗歌的反正统文化吸引力使得销售诗歌变得相对容易。中间的插入语like that of art起补充作用，that指代前面提到的The countercultural appeal。③现在分词短语willing to shop for thing…作后置定语修饰a population，意为“愿意去商店购物的一类群体”。that引导的定语从句修饰things，that在两个并列的从句中充当宾语。as a form of self-expression作方式状语，意为“作为一种自我表现的形式”。