A26-year-oldMontrealmanappearstohavesucceededinhisquesttobarterasingle，redpaperclip(夹子)allthewayuptoahouse.Ittookalmostayearand14trades，butKyleMacDonaldhasbeenofferedatwo-storeyfarmhouseinKipling，Sask.，forapaidroleinamovie.

MacDonaldbeganhisquestlastsummerwhenhedecidedhewantedtoliveinahouse.Hedidn’thaveajob，soinsteadofpostingaresumé，helookedataredpapercliponhisdeskanddecidedtotradeitonanInternetwebsite.Theresponsewasimmediate—afishpenwasofferedforexchange.MacDonaldthenbarteredthefishpenforahandmadedoorknobfromapotterinSeattle.

InMassachusetts，MacDonaldtradedthedoorknobforacampstove.HetradedthestovetoaU.S.soldierinCaliforniaforagenerator.Thenheexchangedthegeneratorforan“instantpartykit”—anemptykeg(小桶)andanilluminatedBudweiserbeersign.MacDonaldthentradedthekegandsignforasnowmobile.HebarteredallthewayuptoanafternoonwithrockstarAliceCooper，aKISSsnowglobeandfinallyapaidroleinaCorbinBernsenmovie.

“Now，I’msurethefirstquestiononyourmindis，‘WhywouldCorbinBernsentradearoleinafilmforasnowglobe？AKISSsnowglobe，’MacDonaldsaidonhiswebsite.”Well，Corbinhappenstobearguablyoneofthebiggestsnowglobecollectorsontheplanet.

Now，thetownofKipling，Sask.，Canada，withapopulationof1100，hasofferedMacDonaldafarmhouseinexchangefortheroleinthemovie.Thetownisgoingtoholdacompetitionforthemovierole.

MacDonaldsaid：“There’repeopleallovertheworldthataresayingthattheyhavepaperclipsclippedtothetopoftheircomputer，orontheirdeskorontheirshirt，anditprovesthatanythingispossibleandIthinktoacertaindegreeit’strue.”

MacDonald，whohasattractedinternationalmediaattentioninhisquest，saidthejourneyhasturnedouttobemoreexcitingthanthegoal.“Thisisnottheend.Thismaybetheendofthispartofthestory，butthisstorywillgoon.”

Thebesttitleforthispassageis“”.

A.Aluckypaperclip B.Frompoortorich

C.Aluckyyoungman D.Frompapercliptohouse

Theunderlinedwordinline1means.

A.togetsomethingforfree B.tosellsomethingataprice

C.tosellgoo