同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语-61
(总分100,考试时间90分钟)
Test One
Directions:In this ction, you are required to read veral excerpts from newspapers and/or magazines. The excerpts are followed by four questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choo the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Excerpt1:
Facebook is facing a backlash from urs after replacing email address listed in members" contacts with tho provided by its @ system. **pany said it had acted to make details "consistent" across its site.
If Facebook"s email system takes off it could drive more traffic (流量) to the firm"s pages hel
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ping boost advertising sales. But some urs have branded the move "annoying" and "lame" (差劲的，蹩脚的) and publicized instructions on how to display original address instead of the Facebook ones.
Excerpt2:
Facebook is trying to force its 900 million urs to switch to its own email rvice. It is removing the personal email address displayed on an individual ur"s profile pages and replacing it with a @ address even if the member never us it.
Excerpt3:
Facebook has promid to **plaints it was responsible for wiping email contacts in some urs" mobile phone address books, replacing them with @ listings.
The social network blamed the deletion of urs contacts on a software bug.
Excerpt4:
When Facebook first floated on the stock exchange earlier this year, it started out at an extreme high, valued at over $100bn (65bn). Since then, rockier times. From an initial share price of $38, Facebook"s stock dipped to below $29 in May.
Excerpt 5:
Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trade after it reported its first results since its flotation in May. The results were slightly ahead of analysts" expectations. The loss was due to having to make payments to early investors, including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
Excerpt6:
Facebook is to allow app developers to adverti their products on its members" mobile-device news feeds. The network will charge a fee for every time urs click on the ads to download the software from elwhere. Facebook had previously warned its financial health would suffer if it could not find ways to make money out of its mobile urs.
Excerpt7:
Facebook has announced it is to buy Instagram—the popular photo-sharing smart-phone app. Facebook is paying $1bn (629m) in cash and stock for the takeover. The easy sharing of pictures made it stand out against early rivals. Today, the social network is the world"s largest photo-sharing website.
同义词典1. Facebook"s practice of forcing its urs to switch to its own email rvice ______.
A. will benefit its urs quite a lot
B. helps to make details consistent across its site
C. encounters strong opposition from its urs
D. makes it difficult to display original address
2. What is the reaction of the social network to Facebook"s practice?
A. It approves of Facebook"s practice.
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B. It criticizes Facebook"s practice.
C. It admires Facebook"s practice.成长的烦恼第一季
D. It spread Facebook"s practice.
3. What does the phra "rockier times" in Excerpt 4 probably mean?
A. Difficult situations.
B. Negative feelings.
C. Adver influences.
D. Lower prices.
急切的意思4. How does Facebook try to ensure its financial health, according to one of the Excerpts?
A. Selling its shares to early investors.
B. Charging fees for every click on the ads.important什么意思
C. Improving its rvice system.
清华幼儿英语D. Deleting illegitimate accounts.
5. It can be learned from Excerpt 7 that ______.
A. it"s Facebook"s great move to buy Instagram谢孟媛英语音标发音全集
B. it"s Facebook"s big mistake to buy Instagram
新东方夏令营C. it"s Facebook"s dream to buy Instagram
D. it"s Facebook"s big failure to buy Instagram
Test Two软件培训
Directions:In this ction, you are required to read four pieces of news and decide which of the four titles marked A, B, C, and D is best suited to each of them. Choo the best an
swer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. Some at Fed Are Urging Pre-emptive Stimulus
B. Major Chip Deal Aims to Cut Costs
C. Action Needed to Tackle Economy
D. Chrysler Posts a 20% Increa in 2nd Qtr Profit
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DETROIT. Chrysler"s U. S. sales ro 20 percent in June on strong demand across its lineup, from the tiny Fiat 500 to the Ram pickup truck.
The automaker"s sales increa last month was in line with expectations for overall industry growth of about 20 percent over last June. Sales were weaker last year becau the Japane earthquake depleted supplies. Other automakers report sales later Tuesday.
