大學(xué)英語六級(jí)(快速閱讀)模擬試卷1

一、快速閱讀理解(本題共20題，每題7.0分，共20

分。)

TheEmergingOnlineGiantsTheymaynothavethenamerecognitionofaGoogleora

Yahoo!,buttheycanclaimtobelonginthesameleague.ThewebsitesofDigitalSky

Technologies(DST)accountformorethan70%ofviewsontheRussian-language

Internet.NaspersisAfrica'sbiggestmediagroup,bothofflineandonline.AndTencentis

China'slargestInternetcompanybymarketcapitalization—andthethird-largestinthe

world.Nowthesefirmsareincreasinglymakingtheirpresencefeltbeyondtheirhome

markets.BetweenthemtheyhaveinvestedindozensofInternetfirmsaroundtheglebe.

Themostadventurousofthethree,DST,hasalreadymovedwest-andpaidtopdollar

forstakesinfast-growingAmericancompanies,notablyFacebook,theworld'sbiggest

socialnetwork.Atfirstglancethethreefirmscouldnotlookmoredifferent.DSTwas

createdin2005whentwoRussianInternetinvestors,YuriMilnerandGregoryFinger,

pooledtheirinterestsinmail,ru,aRussianwebportal(門戶網(wǎng)站).Todaythefirm

controlsmanyofthecountry'sleadingwebsitesandboastsaninterestingmixofowners,

includingGoldmanSachsandAlisherUsmanov,aRussianbillionaire,whoholds27%.

BasedinCapeTown,Naspersisnearly100yearsoldandisthepublisheroftheDaily

Sun,SouthAfrica'sbiggestnewspaper.Butitisoneofthemostambitiousold-media

companiesanywhereinitsmoveonline.Itstillmakesmostofitssales—28billionrand

($3.6billion)intheyeartoMarch—fromprintandpay-television,butitusesthecash

tobuyonlinefirms.TencenthailsfromShenzhen,nearHongKong.Foundedin1998,it

hadrevenuesof$1.8billionin2009.AlthoughbestknownforQQ,apopularinstant-

messagingservicewith567millionusers,muchofitsprofitscomefromonlinegames

andavirtualcurrency,calledQcoins.Userspurchasethiswithrealmoneyanduseitto

buydigitalwares,suchasvirtualweaponstoincreasethepowersoftheiravatars.Despite

theirdifferences,thethreefirmscanbeseenasablock.Foronething,theyare

financiallyintertwined.Naspersownspartofmail,ruandwasanearlyinvestorin

Tencent,ofwhichitnowholds35%.InAprilTencentinvested$300minDST,givingit

astakeofmorethan10%andDSTavaluationofabout$3billion.Tencentalsohasan

interestintheIndianarmofMIH,Naspers'sInternetdivision.Whatismore,thefirmsare

onthesamemission:findingpromisingInternetcompaniesincountrieswhereWestern

investorsrarelydaretogo.DST'sterritoriesarcRussiaanditsneighbours,mostofwhich

arehometooneofitscollectionofcompanies;theseincludesocialnetworkssuchas

VKontakte,ruandNasza-Klasa.pl.NaspershasthelargestpartofInternetfirmsin

developingcountries,forinstanceinBrazil(BuscaPe,acomparison-shoppingsite),India

(ibibo,asocialnetwork)andathomeinSouthAfrica(24.coin,aportal).Tencenthasso

farbeenthemostcautiousofthethree.BesidesitsrecentinvestmentinDSTithassome

minoritystakesingamescompanies,suchasVinaGameinVietnam.Thisinternational

presenceallowsthefirmstoapplylessonstheyhavelearnedinonecountrytoanother.

"Wcspendanenormousamountoftimeonsharingknowledge,'1saysAntoineRoux,the

bossofM1H.Foritspart,DSTknowswhichwebbusinessesworkandhowmuchroom

forgrowththeystillhave,givenacountry'sGDPandInternetpenetration.Alexander

Tamas,apartneratDST,callsthis"geographicalarbiirage".InRussiaDSThasseenhow

quicklysocialnetworkscangrow:latecomerstotheInternet,manyRussiansskippede-

inailandwentrighttosocialnetworkstocommunicateonline.Withadvertisingroubles

(盧布)inshortsupply,DST'scompaniesalsoexperimentedearlywithotherwaysof

makingmoneyfromsocialnetworksandonlinegames,suchaschargingforservicesand

sellingvirtualgoods.InDecemberilmergedmail,ruwithAstrumOnline,agamingfirm

ineffectformingaRussianTencent.Freecommunicationtoolssuchasinstantmessaging

createtheaudiencethatthenpaysforotherservicesandvirtualgoods,Mr.Tamas

explains.Itwasonlyaquestionoftimebeforeoneofthethreefirmstriedtoapplythese

emerging-marketlessonsintheWest.DSThasbeenthepioneer,forseveralreasons.Its

partnerslearnedtheirtradeinAmerica.Itintendstogopubliconeday.Anditsawan

opportunity:afterthefinancialcrisis,conventionalinvestorswerecautiousanddidnot

fullyrealisehowlastsocialnetworks,forinstance,wouldgrow.Onefurtherfactorwas

essentialinhelpingDSTtoburstintothepartyofthehandfulofprivate-equityfunds,

suchasElevationPartners,TCVandSilverLakePartners,whichtypicallyprovide

successfulAmericanInternetfirmswithadditionalcash.DST'scorporatestructureallows

ittoactquickly,andtomakeofferschatarehard(orefuse.In(hecaseofFacebook,it

agreedtowhatatthetimeseemedahighvaluation,waivedanyrighttospecialtreatment

shouldthingsgowrongandwaswillingtobuystockfromemployees.Thatisespecially

popularwithyoungInternetfirms.Itallows(bundersandkeyemployeestomakemoney

withouthavingtosellthecompanyorgopublicprematurely."ThisisanIPOsubstitute,"

explainsMr.Milner,addingthatDST'sinvestmentsgivefirmsmoretimetofocuson

theirproductratherthanthinkingaboutaflotation.WillDST'sstrategywork?Buying

intoFacebookcertainlylookslikeasmartmove.DSThasspentanestimated$800mfor

astakeofabout10%.WhenElevationPartnersrecentlyinvested$120minFacebook,

thatdealputthecompany'svalueat$23billion,implyingthatDST'sinvestmenthas

almosttrebled.Incontrast,analystssay,DSTmayhaveoverpaidforZynga,theworld's

largestonline-gamingservice,andforGroupon,awebsitethataggregatesbuyersandgets

themspecialdeals.Yetscepticsmayagainunderestimatehowquicklybothcangrowand

whatZynga,forinstance,isworthincombinationwithFacebook:takentogetherthey

lookmuchlikeTencent.InMay,afterlengthynegotiations,bothfirmsagreedthat

FacebookCredits,thesocialnetwork'scurrency,wouldbeacceptedinZynga'sgames.A

biggerproblemforDSTmaybethatsomeseeitasRussian-andthus"gloomy".To

counterthis,thefirmhasgonetogreatlengthstobeopen,invitingexecutivesfromfirms

inwhichitwantedtoinvesttoMoscowtolookatitsbooks.Thesuccessofthisstrategy

isdemonstratedbythequalityofitsrecentdealsanditsco-investors,whichincludesuch

notedventure-capitalfirmsasAccelPartnersandAndreessenHorowitz.Evenso,DSTs

nationalorigincouldstillmatterasthefirmmakesfurtherinvestments.Authoritiesin

Washington,de,arereportedlyworriedaboutDST'slatestacquisition:ICQ,aninstant-

messagingservicepreviouslyownedbyAOL.HoweverDSTfares,itseemstoattract

copycats.BeforeElevationPartnersinvestedinFacebook,ithadalreadycutwhatisnow

calleda"DSTdeal"withYelp,afast-growinguser-reviewsitefbrlocalbusinesses.And

althoughNaspcrsdoesnotintendtomakeanyinvestmentsinWesterncountries,Tencent

mayfollowDSTindoingso.MartinLau,Tencent'spresident,recentlysaiditwouldstep

upitsattacksabroad—whichhasledtotalkthatitmaybeinterestedinbuyingYahoo!

Conversely,theapparentsuccessofthethreeemerging-marketInternetpioneersmay

promptWesternventurefirmstotakemoreinterestindevelopingcountries.TigerGlobal

Management,aNewYorkhedgefundthatisalsoashareholderinDST,hasalready

specialisedininvestinginstart-upsbeyondtheWest'swell-knowntechnologyclusters.

Clearly,InternetinvestingisgoingglobalandtheWestislosingitsmonopoly,notjustin

thinkingupcleverideasfbrwebbusinessesbutinfinancingthem.

1、WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutDST?

A、ItisasfamousasGoogleandYahoo!.

B、Itistheworld'sbiggestsocialnetwork.

C、ItisalsoashareholderofFacebook.

D>Ithasdepartedfromitshomemarkets.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：c

知識(shí)點(diǎn)露析：原文定位句提及DST在快速發(fā)展的美國(guó)公司，特別是Facebook,下

了最大的賭注，由此可準(zhǔn)知DST持有Facebook的股份，C)Itisalsoashareholder

ofFacebook含義與之相符，故為答案。

2^Accordinglothepassage,Naspers.

A、controlsmanyofthecountry'sleadingwebsites

B、makesmostofitsprofitsfromonlinegames

C、istheoldestmediaccinpanyinCapeTown

D^stilldependslargelyonprintandpay-television

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：D

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，Itstillmakesmostofitssales...fromprintandpay一

television,即它的收益大部分仍來自于印刷和收費(fèi)電視，此處it指代的是

Naspers,故D)stilldependslargelyonprintandpay—television含義與之相符，故為

答案。

3、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatTcnccnt.

A、holds35%ofDST

B、isaninvestorinMIH

Csownspartofmail,ru

D、isworthabout$3billion

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，Tcnccnt在MIH的印度分支也有股份(interest),由此可

知B)isaninvestorinMIH含義與之相符,故為答案。

4、Whichofthefollowingisaninvestorinibibo?

A、DST.

B、Tencent.

C>Naspers.

D、VinaGame.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及Naspers在世界各地的分支，其中包括位于印度的社交網(wǎng)

絡(luò)公司ibibo,由此可推知，ibibo隸屬于Naspers,故答案為C)。

5、WiththelessonslearnedfromTencent,DST.

A、abandoneditssocialnetworks

B、mergedmail,ruwithAslrumOnline

C、triedtocreateaudiencewithvirtualgoods

D、createdanewfirmcalledRussian1'cnccnt

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析:定位句提及,為了效仿騰訊,it(此處指DST)mergedmail.ruwith

AstrumOnline,即DST合并了mail,ru和AstrumOnline,由此可推知B)mcrgcd

mail,ruwithAslrumOnline含義與之相符，故為答案。

6、DST'ssuccessinthecaseofFacebookismainlybenefitedfrom.

A^itshighvaluation

B、thefinancialcrisis

C、itscorporatestructure

D、theprivate-equityfunds

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，之所以拿下Facebook,是因?yàn)镈ST的公司結(jié)構(gòu)(DST's

corporatestructure)允許它快速做出反應(yīng)并努力使其泥案難以拒絕，由此可推知DST

成功收購(gòu)Facebook得益于其公司結(jié)構(gòu)，C)itscorporatestructure含義與之相符，故

為答案。

7、What'stheauthor'sviewonDST'sinvestmentinZynga?

A、Itlookslikeasmartmove.

B>ItwillnotworkonZynga.

C、It'sanobstacletoFacebook.

D、It'saseriousthreattoTencent.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：A

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：由定位句可知，作者認(rèn)為通過Zynga與Facebook合作，DST和

Zynga都會(huì)得到快速發(fā)展，即作者持肯定觀點(diǎn),A)[tlookslikeasmartmove含義與

之相符，故為答案。

8、WecanseethesuccessofDST'sopeningstrategyisshownbythequalityof

its.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：recentdealsanditsco-investors

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，DST開放性政策的成功可以從其最近的交易和共同投

資人的品質(zhì)上得以體現(xiàn)，同時(shí)題干中WecanseethesuccessofDST's

openingstrategybythequalityofits與定位句中Thesuccessofthisstrategyis

demonstratedbythequalityof相對(duì)應(yīng)。題干缺少的是品質(zhì)的主體，故可推知空檔?處

答案為recentdealsanditsco-investorso

9、Accordingtothepassage,TencentmayfollowDSTtomakesomeinvestments

in.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：Westerncountries

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及TencentmayfollowDSTindoingso,其中doingso指代

的是上文的makeanyinvestmentsinWesterncountries,即在西方國(guó)家進(jìn)行投資，題

干與此定位句部分*:應(yīng)，由此可推知空格處答案為Westerncountrieso

10>InspiredbyDST'ssuccess,Westernventurefirmsmaytakemoreinterestin.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：developingcountries

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，三家網(wǎng)絡(luò)新興市場(chǎng)先鋒的顯著成功可能促使西方投資公

司對(duì)發(fā)展中國(guó)家投以更多關(guān)注，同時(shí)可知題干中InspiredbyDST'ssuccess與原文

定位句中theapparentsuccessofthethreeemerging-marketInternetpioneersmay

prompt對(duì)應(yīng),Westernventurefirmsmaytakemoreinterestin與定位句中Western

venturefirmstotakemoreinterestin對(duì)應(yīng)，題干缺少的是西方投資公司關(guān)注的對(duì)

象，由此可推知題干空格處應(yīng)填入developingcountriese

CharterSchoolLotteryGambleswithKids*FuturesItseemslikeeverytimeIturnovera

charterschoolrock,someunpleasantfactcrawlsout.That'showIfeltafterwatching

"TheLottery",anewdocumentaryabouttheHarlemSuccessAcademyanditsleader,

EvaMoskowitz.LikeDavisGuggenheim's"WaitingforSuperman",thisfilmaddresses

thefailuresofthetraditionalpublicschoolsystem,inthiscasezeroinginonaNewYork

Citypubliccharterschoolandthechallengesitfaces.(Guggenheimoffersabroader

pictureofcharterschoolsinthenationscapitalandaroundthecountry.)Someofthe

factsspotlightedin"TheLottery"justbuggedme,especiallythisone:Unlikeschoolsthat

selecttheirstudentsaccordingtomerit,orpublicschoolsthatmustaccepteveryone,

charterschoolsthathavemoreapplicantsthanspotsavailableselectstudentsbypublic

lotted(intendedtopreventfamiliesfrombuyingtheirwayin).Thefilmprofilesfour

reallylikablekidswhoareconvincedthatthey'llbeattheoddsandwinoneofthe475

spotsthat3,000kidsseek,enablingthemtoattendthesparklingcharterschoolwithits

fancycomputersandIvyLcaguc-cducatcdteachers.Althoughallfourcouldbechosen(a

lotteryis,afterall,random),wehaveasinkingfeelingthattheyallwon'tbe.Moreover,it

becomespainfullyclearearlyonthatlotterywinnersgainatickettosuccess,whilethe

losersaredoomedtoaninferiorpublicschooleducation.Orsothefilmwouldhaveus

believe.Ifwehadtochooseonewordtodescribethestateofpubliceducationinthe

UnitedStates,thatwordwouldbe"failed."Thestatisticspaintahorrificpicture:68

percentofeighth-graderscan'treadattheirgradelevel;morethan6,000studentsquit

everyschooldays;andalmosthalfofalldropoutsunderage24don'thaveajob.That

failurecostsusbillionsinlostwages,productivityandtaxrevenue.Anythingwccould

dotoreversethatwouldbewelcome.Andsuchaturnaroundiswhatthetwo-decade-old

taxpayer-fundedcharterschoolmovement,with1.5millionstudents,isallabout.

PresidentObamahasgreatfaithincharterschools.Congressallocated$4.35billionto

hiseducationinitiatives,includingtheRacetotheTop(RTTT)competitionthat

financiallyrewardsstatesif,amongotherthings,theypromotecharterschoolsand

evaluateteachersaccordingtostudentachievement(Tennesseejustreceived$500

millionfromthisprogram).Thepresidenthasthreatenedtovetoarecentlyapproved

spendingbillovercutstotheseinitiativesthatRep.DavidObey(D-Wis.)inserted.Not

everyonesharesObama'senthusiasm.LeighDingerson,educationteamleaderatthe

CenterforCommunityChange,agreesthatcharterschoolinnovationsofferatremendous

benefit.But,assheplainlytoldme,"itisabenefitonlytothosewhobenefitfromit."

Studentswhoaren'tchosenthroughthelotteryare"senttoa'schooloflastresort'where

thekidsknowtheyhavelandedin'thedumpinggrounds.'"Othersviewcharterschoolsas

attemptstobreakthepowerfulteachersunions.It'sinthisfierceenvironmentthat"The

Lottery"throwsitsfirebombs.Thefilmisaboutmuchmorethanhowacharterschool

choosesitsstudents.It'salsoabouthowtoremoveineffectiveorincompetentteachers

fromthepublicschoolsystem.DirectorMadeleineSacklerrevealstheemotionsswirling

aroundhersubject.Shefilmedprotestersfromthenow-disbandedliberalactivistgroup

ACORNdemonstratingoutsidethenon-unionHarlemSuccessAcademy;sheshowsa

highlyemotionalparentscreamingatMoskowitzwhileayoungchildcowersnearby;and

sheshowsteachersunionheadRandiWeingartenstrugglingtotellinterviewerCharlie

RosewhyonlyahandfulofNewYorkCity'slensofthousandsoftenuredpublicschool

teachershavebeenfired.Afterabortionandhealthcare,there'sprobablynosubjectthat

generatesasmuchdivisiontodayaseducationreformandteachersunions.Whyelse

wouldPD'seditor-in-chiefMelindaIlennebergerask,assherecentlydidonWomanUp's

weeklytalkshow:"WhendidweputtheAmericanFederationofTeachersequalwithal-

Qaeda(基地組織)?"Thai'sagoodquestion.Charterschooladvocatesinsisttheyarenot

antiunion,andthattheyarejusttryingtobringinnovationandcompetitionintothe

publicschoolsystem.AsDeborahVeneyRobinson,vicepresidentofcommunicationsat

theNationalAllianceforPublicCharterSchools,toldme,"We'renotpro-unionoranti-

union.We'repro-kid."Indeed,charterschoolsarehelpingtomakethepublicschool

systembetterthanithaseverbeen.But,basedonthefactsaspresentedin"TheLottery/

Ihaveseveralconcerns:UnionsTheHarlemSuccessAcademysaysitdocsnothire

unionteacherssoitcanfocusonimprovingstudentperformance.Butthereisno

correlationbetweensaidperformanceandattendanceatunionizedornon-unionized

schools.TheHSAcanrightlybeproudthat95percentofitsihird-graders*scoredas

proficientorhigheronstandardizedtests,butstudentsattheunionizedRenaissance

CharterSchoolscoredevenhigher.PerformanceTheacademicperformanceofcharter

schoolsisdecidedlymixed.AJunereportfromtheDepartmentofEducationfinds:

"Amongcharterschoolspopularenoughtoholdlotteries,overall,ourresultssuggestthat

theyarenomoresuccessfulthannearbytraditionalpublicschoolsinboostingstudent

achievement."A2009reportfromStanfordUniversityfoundthatonly17percentof

charterschoolsperformedsignificantlybelterthantraditionalpublicschools,while37

percentofcharterschoolsperformedworse.Thereareother,relatedissuesthatconcern

me,thoughadmittedlytheyapplytoallschools,notjustcharterones:TestingMany

parentsfeelthattestingdeadensaloveoflearning.AlesiaDun-combe,amotheroffour

inCorvallis,Ore.,explainedherfearsabouttestingelementaryschoolchildren:"My

biggestconcern...wasthefocusontestingandtestresults,"shetoldmeinane-mail."I

reallydidnotwantmykidstobelabeledatthattime,nordidIwantthemtofocuson

gettinggoodtestscores.Instead,Iwantedthemtofeeltheintrinsicvalueofknowing

something,towanttherewardofgrowingtheirowncapabilities.Ididnotwantthemto

judgetheireffortsbasedonother'smetrics."CheatingIworrythatifhigherstudenttest

scorestranslateintojobsecurityforteachers,thensometeacherswilldowhateverit

takes,includingcheating,topushthosescoreshigher.Thisconcernisnotmerely

hypothetical:Teachercheatingspiked(劇增)upwardinthe400,000-studentChicago

publicschoolsystemaftertestscoreswereusedtoevaluateteacherperformance.The

saddestpartabout"TheLottery"comesattheend.Aswesuspectedallalong,notallof

thekidsprofiledareluckyenoughtogainadmissiontotheprizedschoolwithitsfancy

computers,newlypaintedfloorsandextratutoring.So,whatdoesthefilmteachus?

Unfortunately,itdoesn'tteachusthatchildrenshouldstudyhardandtrytogain

admissiontoamagnetschoolorthattheirparentsshouldpushtheirteachers—al

whateverschoolchildrenattend-todotheirjob.No,itteachesthatkidsmustrelyonluck

or"thehandofGod"tomaketheirdreamscometrue.Thatapproachisnotgoingto

changeAmerica'sfailingpublicschoolsystem.Instead,itwilljustperpetuatethedivide

betweenthoseluckyenoughtogetagoodeducationandthosewhocomeupempty.

11、Whatdoesthefilm"TheLottery"emphasize?

A>Thedifferencesbetweenpublicandcharterschools.

B>ThefailureofaNewYorkCitycharterschool.

C^Theunpleasantfactbehind"WaitingforSupennan'1.

D、Theadvantagesofthetraditionalpublicschoolsystem.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：題干中thefilmtfcTheLottery'emphasize與原文定位句中thisfilm

addresses對(duì)應(yīng)，由此可推知原文addresses后面的部分thefailuresofthetraditional

publicschoolsystem為答案所在，B)ThefailuresofaNewYorkCitycharterschool含

義與原文相符，故為答案。

12、Whatcanwclearnaboutthepubliceducation'sconditioninAmerica?

A、68percentofstudentscan'tread.

Almostalldrop-outsdon'thaveajob.

C、Itmeansagreatwasteoftaxrevenue.

D、Almosthalfofthedrop-outsareunder24.

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：C

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，美國(guó)公立教育的狀況可以用“失敗”來形容，同時(shí)該段末

句還提及，Thatfailurecostsusbillionsin...taxrevenueo由此可推知美國(guó)公立教育的

失敗浪費(fèi)了大量的稅收，C)Itmeansagreatwasteoftaxrevenue含義與之相符，故

為答案。

13、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheRacetotheTopcompetition.

A、holds$4.35billiontorewardthequalifiedstates

B>estimatesteachersaccordingtostudentachievement

C、offers$500milliontoeachofthequalifiedstates

D^hasbeensuspendedunderathreatofPresidentObama

標(biāo)準(zhǔn)答案：B

知識(shí)點(diǎn)解析：定位句提及，RTTT支持各州根據(jù)學(xué)生成績(jī)來評(píng)價(jià)教師的行為，

B)estimatesteachersaccordingtostudentachievement含義與之相符，故為答案。

14>Adeepermeaningofthefilm"TheLottery"isabouthowto.

A、leteveryoneshareObama'senthusiasm

B、breakthepowerfulteachersunions

C、removeineffectivepublicschoolteachers

D