大学英语六级（快速阅读）模拟试卷1

大学英语六级(快速阅读)模拟试卷1

一、快速阅读理解(本题共20题，每题7.0分，共20

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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(门户网站).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

(卢布)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.

标准答案：c

知识点露析：原文定位句提及DST在快速发展的美国公司，特别是Facebook,下

了最大的赌注，由此可准知DST持有Facebook的股份，C)Itisalsoashareholder

ofFacebook含义与之相符，故为答案。

2^Accordinglothepassage,Naspers.

A、controlsmanyofthecountry'sleadingwebsites

B、makesmostofitsprofitsfromonlinegames

C、istheoldestmediaccinpanyinCapeTown

D^stilldependslargelyonprintandpay-television

标准答案：D

知识点解析：定位句提及，Itstillmakesmostofitssales...fromprintandpay一

television,即它的收益大部分仍来自于印刷和收费电视，此处it指代的是

Naspers,故D)stilldependslargelyonprintandpay—television含义与之相符，故为

答案。

3、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatTcnccnt.

A、holds35%ofDST

B、isaninvestorinMIH

Csownspartofmail,ru

D、isworthabout$3billion

标准答案：B

知识点解析：定位句提及，Tcnccnt在MIH的印度分支也有股份(interest),由此可

知B)isaninvestorinMIH含义与之相符,故为答案。

4、Whichofthefollowingisaninvestorinibibo?

A、DST.

B、Tencent.

C>Naspers.

D、VinaGame.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：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网

络公司ibibo,由此可推知，ibibo隶属于Naspers,故答案为C)。

5、WiththelessonslearnedfromTencent,DST.

A、abandoneditssocialnetworks

B、mergedmail,ruwithAslrumOnline

C、triedtocreateaudiencewithvirtualgoods

D、createdanewfirmcalledRussian1'cnccnt

标准答案：B

知识点解析:定位句提及,为了效仿腾讯,it(此处指DST)mergedmail.ruwith

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

mail,ruwithAslrumOnline含义与之相符，故为答案。

6、DST'ssuccessinthecaseofFacebookismainlybenefitedfrom.

A^itshighvaluation

B、thefinancialcrisis

C、itscorporatestructure

D、theprivate-equityfunds

标准答案：C

知识点解析：定位句提及，之所以拿下Facebook,是因为DST的公司结构(DST's

corporatestructure)允许它快速做出反应并努力使其泥案难以拒绝，由此可推知DST

成功收购Facebook得益于其公司结构，C)itscorporatestructure含义与之相符，故

为答案。

7、What'stheauthor'sviewonDST'sinvestmentinZynga?

A、Itlookslikeasmartmove.

B>ItwillnotworkonZynga.

C、It'sanobstacletoFacebook.

D、It'saseriousthreattoTencent.

标准答案：A

知识点解析：由定位句可知，作者认为通过Zynga与Facebook合作，DST和

Zynga都会得到快速发展，即作者持肯定观点,A)[tlookslikeasmartmove含义与

之相符，故为答案。

8、WecanseethesuccessofDST'sopeningstrategyisshownbythequalityof

its.

标准答案：recentdealsanditsco-investors

知识点解析：定位句提及，DST开放性政策的成功可以从其最近的交易和共同投

资人的品质上得以体现，同时题干中WecanseethesuccessofDST's

openingstrategybythequalityofits与定位句中Thesuccessofthisstrategyis

demonstratedbythequalityof相对应。题干缺少的是品质的主体，故可推知空档•处

答案为recentdealsanditsco-investorso

9、Accordingtothepassage,TencentmayfollowDSTtomakesomeinvestments

in.

标准答案：Westerncountries

知识点解析：定位句提及TencentmayfollowDSTindoingso,其中doingso指代

的是上文的makeanyinvestmentsinWesterncountries,即在西方国家进行投资，题

干与此定位句部分*:应，由此可推知空格处答案为Westerncountrieso

10>InspiredbyDST'ssuccess,Westernventurefirmsmaytakemoreinterestin.

标准答案：developingcountries

知识点解析：定位句提及，三家网络新兴市场先锋的显著成功可能促使西方投资公

司对发展中国家投以更多关注，同时可知题干中InspiredbyDST'ssuccess与原文

定位句中theapparentsuccessofthethreeemerging-marketInternetpioneersmay

prompt对应,Westernventurefirmsmaytakemoreinterestin与定位句中Western

venturefirmstotakemoreinterestin对应，题干缺少的是西方投资公司关注的对

象，由此可推知题干空格处应填入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(基地组织)?"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(剧增)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.

标准答案：B

知识点解析：题干中thefilmtfcTheLottery'emphasize与原文定位句中thisfilm

addresses对应，由此可推知原文addresses后面的部分thefailuresofthetraditional

publicschoolsystem为答案所在，B)ThefailuresofaNewYorkCitycharterschool含

义与原文相符，故为答案。

12、Whatcanwclearnaboutthepubliceducation'sconditioninAmerica?

A、68percentofstudentscan'tread.

Almostalldrop-outsdon'thaveajob.

C、Itmeansagreatwasteoftaxrevenue.

D、Almosthalfofthedrop-outsareunder24.

标准答案：C

知识点解析：定位句提及，美国公立教育的状况可以用“失败”来形容，同时该段末

句还提及，Thatfailurecostsusbillionsin...taxrevenueo由此可推知美国公立教育的

失败浪费了大量的税收，C)Itmeansagreatwasteoftaxrevenue含义与之相符，故

为答案。

13、ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheRacetotheTopcompetition.

A、holds$4.35billiontorewardthequalifiedstates

B>estimatesteachersaccordingtostudentachievement

C、offers$500milliontoeachofthequalifiedstates

D^hasbeensuspendedunderathreatofPresidentObama

标准答案：B

知识点解析：定位句提及，RTTT支持各州根据学生成绩来评价教师的行为，

B)estimatesteachersaccordingtostudentachievement含义与之相符，故为答案。

14>Adeepermeaningofthefilm"TheLottery"isabouthowto.

A、leteveryoneshareObama'senthusiasm

B、breakthepowerfulteachersunions

C、removeineffectivepublicschoolteachers

D