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单选题The European online fashion business __________.A has gone through the most difficult timesB was in a big boom some time agoC lost support of all its stockholdersD made much money from urban sportswear last year

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单选题
The European online fashion business __________.
A

has gone through the most difficult times

B

was in a big boom some time ago

C

lost support of all its stockholders

D

made much money from urban sportswear last year


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3.The music industry and You Tube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.For years the music industry has argued that You Tube exploits the lack of legal protection around music videos being viewed on its service to pay minimal amounts to artists and labels YouTube got a bloody nose in last months vote but its supporters are expected to gather the MEPs needed to challenge that decision and force a vote by all 751 members of the parliament Last month's vote was a fantastic result,but I'm sure there will be some push back.YouTube is the biggest music service,full stop,by some margin and has been a severe imbalance in what artists receive.It is righting a wrong really.said Martin Mills,founder of Beggars Group.Taylor Swift has led the fight for artists to get a better share of revenues in the age of the digital music giants.In 2014,she pulled her music from Spotify,saying artists receive a tiny royalty per song play and has been the catalyst for the much better deals struck by record labels with Spotify in the past 18 months“Despacito would probably not have become the global phenomenon it did without YouTube,”says Mark Mulligan,analyst at MIDiA Research.Last year,Luis Fonsi and daddy Yankee's reggaeton hit took the world by storm,becoming the most streamed song of all time You tube is the number one place where young people discover music.If you are going to create global hits you need You Tube and it is becoming more important to musicians."YouTube makes money from advertising and last year paid 856m(&650m)in royalties to music companies-an estimated 67 cents from each of its 1.3 billion music lovers annually.In the UK,record labels and artists earn more than double the royalties from the sale of 4.1m vinyl records than they did from the 25bn music videos watched on YouTube last year Musician Billy Bragg says the battle against You Tube is less about the potential financial windfall that artists might get,and more about making sure the new digital music power players play fair.We,ve all seen how,with the recent data protection legislation,the European Union has shifted power to the individual online,he says.u Now theyre seeking to do the same for artists.All were asking for is a level playing field.rebalancing the power between artists and the internet tech giants who are making massive profits while paying tiny royalties You Tube has made moves to mollify the industry,launching a premium subscription service-two days before the crucial European vote-a move Jean-Michel Jarre,electro-pioneer and president of music body Cisac,has cynically called"indirect lobbying"to try to improve its image The word"catalyst"(Line 3,Para.4)meansA.contributing factor B.refraining element C.adverse effect D.sudden inspiration

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  • 第1题:

    The music industry and You Tube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.For years the music industry has argued that You Tube exploits the lack of legal protection around music videos being viewed on its service to pay minimal amounts to artists and labels YouTube got a bloody nose in last months vote but its supporters are expected to gather the MEPs needed to challenge that decision and force a vote by all 751 members of the parliament Last month's vote was a fantastic result,but I'm sure there will be some push back.YouTube is the biggest music service,full stop,by some margin and has been a severe imbalance in what artists receive.It is righting a wrong really.said Martin Mills,founder of Beggars Group.Taylor Swift has led the fight for artists to get a better share of revenues in the age of the digital music giants.In 2014,she pulled her music from Spotify,saying artists receive a tiny royalty per song play and has been the catalyst for the much better deals struck by record labels with Spotify in the past 18 months“Despacito would probably not have become the global phenomenon it did without YouTube,”says Mark Mulligan,analyst at MIDiA Research.Last year,Luis Fonsi and daddy Yankee's reggaeton hit took the world by storm,becoming the most streamed song of all time You tube is the number one place where young people discover music.If you are going to create global hits you need You Tube and it is becoming more important to musicians."YouTube makes money from advertising and last year paid 856m(&650m)in royalties to music companies-an estimated 67 cents from each of its 1.3 billion music lovers annually.In the UK,record labels and artists earn more than double the royalties from the sale of 4.1m vinyl records than they did from the 25bn music videos watched on YouTube last year Musician Billy Bragg says the battle against You Tube is less about the potential financial windfall that artists might get,and more about making sure the new digital music power players play fair.We,ve all seen how,with the recent data protection legislation,the European Union has shifted power to the individual online,he says.u Now theyre seeking to do the same for artists.All were asking for is a level playing field.rebalancing the power between artists and the internet tech giants who are making massive profits while paying tiny royalties You Tube has made moves to mollify the industry,launching a premium subscription service-two days before the crucial European vote-a move Jean-Michel Jarre,electro-pioneer and president of music body Cisac,has cynically called"indirect lobbying"to try to improve its image
    What can be inferred about Martin Mills'remark in Paragraph 3?

    A.You Tube gained an outright win in last month's vote fbi
    B.Youtube cannot give reliable music service.
    C.Last month's vote rectifies You tube's wrongdoings
    D.You Tube will fight for the rights of popular artists.

    答案:C
    解析:
    推理题。根据题干关键词Martin mills可以定位到第三段。

  • 第2题:

    共用题干
    Transport and Trade

    1.Transport is one of the aids to trade.By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are scarce,transport adds to their value.The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer,the better for trade.When there were no railways,no good roads,no canals,and only small sailing ships,trade was on a small scale.
    2.The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade.Bigger and faster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand,for instance.Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business, drawing supplies from,and selling goods to,all parts of the globe.Big factories could not exist with-out transport to carry the large number of workers they need to and from their homes.Big city stores could not have developed unless customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goods delivered to their homes.Big cities could not survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
    3.Transport also prevents waste.Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inland towns.Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no longer have to live on what is produced locally.Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now, be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
    4.By moving fuel,raw materials,and even power,as,for example,through electric cables, transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas where they would have been impossible before.Districts and countries can concentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply than others and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quicker transport becomes,the longer the distance over which goods can profitably be carried.Countries with poor transport have a lower standard of living.
    5.Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information. Means of communication,like telephones,cables and radio,send information about prices,supplies,and changing conditions in different parts of the world.In this way,advanced communication systems also help to develop trade.

    Transport has made it possible for people to eat whatever food they want_______.
    A:to send goods to various parts of the world
    B:at any time during the year
    C:has greatly promoted trade
    D:is it possible to produce on a large scale
    E:the transport of goods
    F: it is possible to produce on a large scale

    答案:B
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是运输对贸易发展的重要性。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是段落的最后一句话:运输提升了生活质量。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是与运输密切相关的产业和贸易的诞生。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是信息对商业贸易的作用。
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段的第一句“The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段的第三句“Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business , drawing supplies from, and selling goods to,all parts of the globe."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第四句“Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第五段第一句“Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information."

  • 第3题:

    资料:The business announced that revenues had grown by 10.2 percent year-on-year to RMB 18.264 billion ($2.748billion). However, profit fell to RMB 2.866 billion ($431.3 billion), a 17.4 percent decrease from the same period in 2015.
    Robbin li, Chairman and CEO of Baidu, said:"The challenges Baidu faced in the second quarter served as a healthy reminder to stay focused on the key drivers of growth, sustainability and leadership; delivering the best user experience and staying at the forefront of technology. As we enter the next chapter of the Internet, led by artificial intelligence, Baidu has never been better positioned to serve our users and work with our customers and partners, and change the world through technology." The business has been rocked by a series of high profits issues with its advertising business this year. Baidu was called out for its practices around selling access to forums early this year. Not long after it also agreed to overhaul the way it delivers its search ads, including the volume of ads served, after a huge public backlash saw Baidu taking some of the blame for the death of a student who died after taking experimental cancer treatment that be found from a search ad.
    The overhaul has been welcomed by the industry which believes will create a better experience, particularly on mobile.
    The business said the revenue from mobile was growing as it represented 63 percent of total revenues for the second quarter of 2016, compared to 50 percent in 2015. According to Baidu, mobile search monthly active users were 667 million for the month of June 2016, an increase of 6 per cent year-over-year. It said users of its mobile maps service grew by 13 percent and the number of activated Baidu Wallet accounts reached 80 million, representing a 131 percent year-on-year growth.

    According to the last paragraph, what action will Baidu possibly take?

    A.Modify its business strategy.
    B.Launch more marketing campaigns.
    C.Expand its business to other areas.
    D.Continue developing its mobile business.

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查的是细节理解。
    【关键词】last paragraph; what action; Baidu take
    【主题句】最后一个自然段The business said the revenue from mobile was growing as it represented 63 percent of total revenues for the second quarter of 2016, compared to 50 percent in 2015. 商家说,与2015年的50%相比,来自手机的收入增长了,占2016年第二季度总收入的63%。
    【解析】题目意为“根据最后一个自然段,百度很可能采取什么行动?” 选项A意为“修改其业务策略”;选项B意为“发起更多的营销活动”;选项C意为“把业务拓展到其他领域”;选项D意为“继续开展移动业务”;根据主题句可知,百度的手机收入比2015年有所增长,因此很有可能会继续开发手机业务,故选项D正确。

  • 第4题:

    In your database, online redo log files are multiplexed and one of the members in a group is lost due to media failure? How would you recover the lost redo log member?()

    • A、 import the database from the last export
    • B、 restore all the members in the group from the last backup
    • C、 drop the lost member from the database and then add a new member to the group
    • D、 restore all the database files from the backup and then perform a complete recovery
    • E、 restore all the database files from the backup and then perform an incomplete recovery

    正确答案:C

  • 第5题:

    单选题
    According to the last paragraph, it will be the most difficult for a person who has lost the hearing in one ear to tell ______.
    A

    where the source of a sound is

    B

    how loud a sound is

    C

    when a sound starts to appear

    D

    what makes a sound


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节理解题。根据文章最后一句话The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.可知,对于一只耳朵有听力障碍的人来说,判断声源的位置是最困难的。

  • 第6题:

    单选题
    I lost my wallet last week, but _____,it didn't contain much money.
    A

    luckily

    B

    hopefully

    C

    gladly

    D

    normally


    正确答案: C
    解析:

  • 第7题:

    单选题
    Your database is configured in NOARCHIVELOG mode. Due to a media failure, you have lost one of the datafiles belonging to a read-only tablespace. You know that the last backup was performed after the tablespace was made read-only. Which action should you take to restore the missing datafile in the minimum amount of time?()
    A

     Restore all the datafiles from the backup.

    B

     Restore only the lost datafile from the backup.

    C

     Restore all the datafiles for the lost tablespace from the backup.

    D

     Restore all the datafiles for the lost tablespace and all the SYSTEM and SYSAUX datafiles from the backup.


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    It seems obvious that you don"t give away your product for free but this is exactly what indie rock group The Crimea did earlier this year. The band"s reasoning goes like this: more people will download the free album than would pay for it. Therefore more people will heat. The Crimea"s music. These people will then pay money for concerts by the band and perhaps buy a T-shirt or other merchandise. If the band play regular concerts to crowds of 200 or 300 people they can make more money than they would from sales of a CD. There will always be some people who want something they can hold in their hands so they will release the CD into the shops too—but making money through sales of their music isn"t the top priority. The story illustrates the creative thinking going on in the music business in response to dramatic changes over the last few years in the way that people buy music. Sales of music digitally—to computer, phones and MP3 players rose to $2 billion in 2006—an increase of almost 100 percent on the previous year—yet overall record company sales are down. People are simply not buying CDs in record shops in anything like the numbers they used to. This trend looks set to continue, so the big question for the music industry is whether they can successfully manage the move to being primarily a digital industry without profits falling to unacceptable levels. There are both positive and negative signs. On the plus side, more and more people are buying music on mobile phones, which allows people to make impulse purchases—they can buy a song as soon as they hear it. Research by the UK mobile operator 3 suggested that 75 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to buy a track they liked as soon as they heard it. With so much competition for people"s disposable income, a product that you can sell immediately is a big advantage. The bad news for record companies, however, is the amount of music that is downloaded illegally. Piracy—usually in the form of cheaply copied CD—has long been an issue for the music business but the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing sites on a large scale than ever before. It is this situation that leads bands to start giving away their music for free and promises to make the next few years a very interesting time in the music business.What effect has the Internet had on music piracy
    A

    It has made it easier to fight piracy.

    B

    It has increased the number of pirate CDs available.

    C

    It has made it easier to illegally copy music.

    D

    It has reduced the number of pirate CDs available.


    正确答案: B
    解析: [解析] 推理判断题。题干的大意是:互联网对音乐盗版有什么影响从文中第五段第二句“the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing on a large scale than ever before”可知,互联网使得非法拷贝音乐更容易,故选项C正确。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    The European online fashion business __________.
    A

    has gone through the most difficult times

    B

    was in a big boom some time ago

    C

    lost support of all its stockholders

    D

    made much money from urban sportswear last year


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节题。该篇文章主要讲述online fashion business,第一段第四句提到“Those once stellar online brands expanded too fast, spent much more than they earned……”(那些曾经的网上主要品牌扩展得太快,花的比赚的多得多……)。由此可知网上时装店曾经很繁荣。因此选B。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    In your database, online redo log files are multiplexed and one of the members in a group is lost due to media failure.  How would you recover the lost redo log member?()
    A

    import the database from the last export

    B

    restore all the members in the group from the last backup

    C

    drop the lost member from the database, and then add a new member to the group

    D

    restore all the database files from the backup, and then perform a complete recovery 

    E

    restore all the database files from the backup, and then perform an incomplete recovery


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    In a married falls rig at the after end of a hatch , a boom is rigged in a fore and aft line through its heel . Stresses on the outboard guy will be least if the guy is made fast at a point().
    A

    abreast the heel

    B

    at right angles to the boom when viewed from above

    C

    aft of the heel

    D

    forward of the spiderband


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    A manufacturer wishes to create a site where its resellers can get real-time quotes and order from distributors of the manufacturer’s products. Which is the most appropriate WebSphere Commerce business model to support this requirement?()
    A

    B2B Direct

    B

    Demand Chain

    C

    Hosting

    D

    Supply Chain


    正确答案: C
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第13题:

    The music industry and You Tube are set to go head-to-head this week in a crucial vote in brussels that could force the digital giant to pay billions of dollars in fees to popular artists such as Taylor Swift Ed Sheeran and Katy Perry.For years the music industry has argued that You Tube exploits the lack of legal protection around music videos being viewed on its service to pay minimal amounts to artists and labels YouTube got a bloody nose in last months vote but its supporters are expected to gather the MEPs needed to challenge that decision and force a vote by all 751 members of the parliament Last month's vote was a fantastic result,but I'm sure there will be some push back.YouTube is the biggest music service,full stop,by some margin and has been a severe imbalance in what artists receive.It is righting a wrong really.said Martin Mills,founder of Beggars Group.Taylor Swift has led the fight for artists to get a better share of revenues in the age of the digital music giants.In 2014,she pulled her music from Spotify,saying artists receive a tiny royalty per song play and has been the catalyst for the much better deals struck by record labels with Spotify in the past 18 months“Despacito would probably not have become the global phenomenon it did without YouTube,”says Mark Mulligan,analyst at MIDiA Research.Last year,Luis Fonsi and daddy Yankee's reggaeton hit took the world by storm,becoming the most streamed song of all time You tube is the number one place where young people discover music.If you are going to create global hits you need You Tube and it is becoming more important to musicians."YouTube makes money from advertising and last year paid 856m(&650m)in royalties to music companies-an estimated 67 cents from each of its 1.3 billion music lovers annually.In the UK,record labels and artists earn more than double the royalties from the sale of 4.1m vinyl records than they did from the 25bn music videos watched on YouTube last year Musician Billy Bragg says the battle against You Tube is less about the potential financial windfall that artists might get,and more about making sure the new digital music power players play fair.We,ve all seen how,with the recent data protection legislation,the European Union has shifted power to the individual online,he says.u Now theyre seeking to do the same for artists.All were asking for is a level playing field.rebalancing the power between artists and the internet tech giants who are making massive profits while paying tiny royalties You Tube has made moves to mollify the industry,launching a premium subscription service-two days before the crucial European vote-a move Jean-Michel Jarre,electro-pioneer and president of music body Cisac,has cynically called"indirect lobbying"to try to improve its image
    According to Paragraph 1,which of the following is true about Youtube?

    A.It includes unreasonable provisions in the contract.
    B.It pays music artists considerably less than its rival services.hune.es ariosto
    C.It demands other digital giants to pay in full to artists.I.vs ns bed,snarls se borner
    D.It exploits legal leaks to pay artists poorly for media sales

    答案:D
    解析:
    细节题。根据题干信息,可以定位到第一段。

  • 第14题:

    共用题干
    Transport and Trade

    1.Transport is one of the aids to trade.By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places where they are scarce,transport adds to their value.The more easily goods can be brought over the distance that separates producer and consumer,the better for trade.When there were no railways,no good roads,no canals,and only small sailing ships,trade was on a small scale.
    2.The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade.Bigger and faster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand,for instance.Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business, drawing supplies from,and selling goods to,all parts of the globe.Big factories could not exist with-out transport to carry the large number of workers they need to and from their homes.Big city stores could not have developed unless customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goods delivered to their homes.Big cities could not survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
    3.Transport also prevents waste.Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could not be taken quickly to inland towns.Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we no longer have to live on what is produced locally.Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now, be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
    4.By moving fuel,raw materials,and even power,as,for example,through electric cables, transport has led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas where they would have been impossible before.Districts and countries can concentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply than others and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quicker transport becomes,the longer the distance over which goods can profitably be carried.Countries with poor transport have a lower standard of living.
    5.Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information. Means of communication,like telephones,cables and radio,send information about prices,supplies,and changing conditions in different parts of the world.In this way,advanced communication systems also help to develop trade.

    Only when goods can be carried to all parts of the world quickly_______.
    A:to send goods to various parts of the world
    B:at any time during the year
    C:has greatly promoted trade
    D:is it possible to produce on a large scale
    E:the transport of goods
    F: it is possible to produce on a large scale

    答案:D
    解析:
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是运输对贸易发展的重要性。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是段落的最后一句话:运输提升了生活质量。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是与运输密切相关的产业和贸易的诞生。
    本题考查的是对所读材料大意与主旨的掌握。本段中心意思是信息对商业贸易的作用。
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段的第一句“The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big increase in trade."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第二段的第三句“Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business , drawing supplies from, and selling goods to,all parts of the globe."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第三段第四句“Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a part of the year can now be obtained all through the year."
    本题考查的是对文章阐述的主旨事实与细节的了解。依据是第五段第一句“Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and information."

  • 第15题:

    It seems obvious that you don"t give away your product for free but this is exactly what indie rock group The Crimea did earlier this year. The band"s reasoning goes like this: more people will download the free album than would pay for it. Therefore more people will heat. The Crimea"s music. These people will then pay money for concerts by the band and perhaps buy a T-shirt or other merchandise. If the band play regular concerts to crowds of 200 or 300 people they can make more money than they would from sales of a CD. There will always be some people who want something they can hold in their hands so they will release the CD into the shops too—but making money through sales of their music isn"t the top priority. The story illustrates the creative thinking going on in the music business in response to dramatic changes over the last few years in the way that people buy music. Sales of music digitally—to computer, phones and MP3 players rose to $2 billion in 2006—an increase of almost 100 percent on the previous year—yet overall record company sales are down. People are simply not buying CDs in record shops in anything like the numbers they used to. This trend looks set to continue, so the big question for the music industry is whether they can successfully manage the move to being primarily a digital industry without profits falling to unacceptable levels. There are both positive and negative signs. On the plus side, more and more people are buying music on mobile phones, which allows people to make impulse purchases—they can buy a song as soon as they hear it. Research by the UK mobile operator 3 suggested that 75 percent of 16 to 24-year-olds wanted to buy a track they liked as soon as they heard it. With so much competition for people"s disposable income, a product that you can sell immediately is a big advantage. The bad news for record companies, however, is the amount of music that is downloaded illegally. Piracy—usually in the form of cheaply copied CD—has long been an issue for the music business but the Internet means music can be copied and distributed freely through file-sharing sites on a large scale than ever before. It is this situation that leads bands to start giving away their music for free and promises to make the next few years a very interesting time in the music business.What effect has the Internet had on music piracy

    • A、It has made it easier to fight piracy.
    • B、It has increased the number of pirate CDs available.
    • C、It has made it easier to illegally copy music.
    • D、It has reduced the number of pirate CDs available.

    正确答案:C

  • 第16题:

    问答题
    Passage 1  Britain is still home to some of the world’s best scientists—but when it comes to giving them the money to turn their ideas into world-beating companies we are third-rate. True?  “That’s gulf,” is the impatient response of Anne Glover, a leading venture capitalist.  She believes this is the best time since the short-lived dot corn bubble for anyone looking to get their idea funded: “It’s never been better, except during the boom for a short nine-month period.”  Not from the perspective of Noah Freedman, who has tried to get venture capital firms interested in Ionscope, a firm using world-leading science from Imperial College and Cambridge University. “I don’t think the situation has improved in the UK over the last decade,” he says.  But Anne Glover, whose venture capital firm Amadeus Capital has backed businesses such as lastminute, corn, Cambridge Silicon Radio and Plastic Logic, points to the figures.  Last year £lbn of venture capital money was invested in young firms in the UK—that’s more than a third of all the money invested across Europe.  “We get beaten up all the time,” says Ms Glover, “but which other sector has as big a share of the European market?”  And just as in other industries there are fashions in venture capital. What’s hot right now? Mobile technology, semi-conductors, and consumer internet firms, according to Amadeus—rather similar to what was getting funded during the last booming 2000.  That ended with a bust which sawn many start-ups disappear and “was followed by several years in which venture capitalists seemed to have gone into hiding. But Anne Glover says they’ve come through the experience stronger.  “The ones who have survived the boom and bust are experienced and well-funded and have similar global aspirations to the best entrepreneurs.”  But Noah Freedman, an entrepreneur who was previously involved in Brainspark, an incubator for technology start-ups, says there is still a funding gap.  Ionscope, which makes very high resolution microscopes, was not able to raise venture capital until it had sold its first products. “The bottom line is that in the UK, it may be easy to get venture capital money to fund growth of an established concept or business, but it is exceptionally difficult to get seed and start-up money for real innovation.”  Anne Glover says the real problem is a lack of ambition, from both investors and entrepreneurs.  “We maybe spread our money too thinly rather than concentrate on the best ideas. When we’ve got a world-leading company that’s the point where we need to finance it properly.”  She says she spends more time trying to raise the ambitions of start-up firms rather than lower them.  So what’s the lesson from those who have made it? Alex van Someren is one entrepreneur who did raise the money to create a successful global business.  His Cambridge-based internet security company Ncipher raised venture capital money between 1996 and 2000, and then floated just in the nick of time before the stock market crash.  He believes we are making progress: “Both investors and the people they invest in have become much more sophisticated.” He says the problem is not a lack of money or ideas. “There is plenty of both—but ideas are not the same as investable businesses.”  But he says young companies are now more likely to turn to business angels—often people who have built their own firms—rather than venture capitalists: “Angels have done it themselves, so they bring more added value—and they’re willing to invest in businesses too small for venture funds to look at.”  What Britain doesn’t have—despite attempts to brand Cambridge as Silicon Fen—is one area that can compete with Silicon Valley as a place which produces innovative businesses and the investors to fund them.  But Anne Glover says we shouldn’t get hung up on the comparison: “You would find the same inferiority complex in Indiana or Wisconsin—Silicon Valley is unique. It’s difficult to raise venture capital anywhere in the world. Entrepreneurship is hard and don’t expect it to be easy.”  The good news is that, when it comes to innovation, Britain has a growing number of entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.  Many are now starting new firms or investing in other start-ups. Their only fear is that the latest boom in technology investment could melt away like the last one.  1. Briefly describe the last boom.  2. What advantages have the companies which survived last boom got?  3. What is the difference on capital choice for young companies between the last boom and this latest one? Why?

    正确答案: 【参考答案】
    1. It happened in 2000 and lasted nine month. / It focused on Mobile technology, semi-conductors, and consumer internet firms. / It ended with many start-ups disappear and venture capitalists seemed to have gone into hiding.
    2. They are experienced and well-funded and have similar global aspirations to the best entrepreneurs.
    3. They are more likely to turn to business angels rather than venture capitalists because angels have done it themselves, so they bring more added value./Business angels are willing to invest in businesses too small for venture funds to look at.
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第17题:

    单选题
    The European online fashion business.
    A

    has gone through the most difficult times

    B

    was in a big boom some time ago

    C

    lost support of all its stockholders

    D

    made much money from urban sportswear last year


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    细节题。该篇文章主要讲述online fashion business,第一段第四句提到“Those once stellar online brands expanded too fast, spent much more than they earned…”(那些曾经的网上主要品牌扩展得太快,花的比赚的多得多…)。由此可知网上时装店曾经很繁荣。因此选B。

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    What can be inferred from the passage?
    A

    A better way for online business is to do it on a small scale.

    B

    Most of the investors are near-sighted in online business.

    C

    It is a wise thing to do online business other than fashion clothes.

    D

    Online business must link to a big successful enterprise.


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    推断题。文章首段指出那些曾经是网上主要品牌的商家由于扩展得太快而以失败告终。最后一段给出Dressmart的例子,指出其现已缩小规模。由此可以推断,对于网上生意来说,一个比较好的出路就是小规模经营。故选A。

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    _____ our great surprise, our company has made much more profit than we expected last year.
    A

    For

    B

    In

    C

    With

    D

    To


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    句意:让我们吃惊的是,我们公司的盈利大大超出了我们去年所预计的。本题考查固定搭配。to one’s surprise是固定用法,表示“让某人吃惊的是……”。因此D项正确。

  • 第20题:

    单选题
    Your test database is configured to run in NOARCHIVELOG mode. One of the data files in the USERS tablespace is lost due to a media failure. You notice that all the online redo logs have been overwritten sincethe last backup.  What would you do to recover the data file()
    A

    Take the USERS tablespace offline and re-create the lost data file.

    B

    Shut down the instance, restore the data file from the last consistent backup, and restart the databaseinstance.

    C

    Shut down the instance, restore all the database files from the last consistent backup, and restart thedatabase instance.

    D

    Take the USERS tablespace offline, restore all the data files of the USERS tablespace from the lastconsistent backup, and make the tablespace online


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    In a married falls rig at the after end of a hatch,a boom is rigged in a fore and aft line through its heel.Stresses on the outboard guy will be LEAST if the guy is made fast at a point().
    A

    Abreast the heel

    B

    At right angles to the boom when viewed from above

    C

    Aft of the heel

    D

    Forward of the spiderband


    正确答案: B
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    In your database, online redo log files are multiplexed and one of the members in a group is lost due to media failure? How would you recover the lost redo log member?()
    A

     import the database from the last export

    B

     restore all the members in the group from the last backup

    C

     drop the lost member from the database and then add a new member to the group

    D

     restore all the database files from the backup and then perform a complete recovery

    E

     restore all the database files from the backup and then perform an incomplete recovery


    正确答案: A
    解析: 暂无解析

  • 第23题:

    单选题
    Online retailer Dressmart _______.
    A

    proved right to do too much in a short time period

    B

    carried out the plan of doing its business at home first

    C

    made great profits by expanding its business abroad

    D

    contracted its business from abroad before complete failure


    正确答案: D
    解析:
    细节题。第六段最后一句提到“Dressmart, on the verge of bankruptcy and searching for a backer, has now scaled back and operates only in Sweden.”(Dressmart曾经濒临破产而需要寻找支持者,现已缩小规模,只在瑞典运作了)。scale back意为“按比例缩减,相应缩减”,和选项D中的contracted表达意思相一致。

  • 第24题:

    单选题
    —We’ve no money and the last bus has gone. Any ______ ideas?—Oh, Tom’ll drive home from work at this time. Ask him for a ride?
    A

    funny

    B

    bright

    C

    opposite

    D

    correct


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    句意:——我们没带钱,最后一班公交车也走了。有什么好主意没?——Tom这时候会开车回家,让他带上我们吧?本题考查形容词词义辨析,B项bright符合题意,意思是“高明的,明智的”。funny好笑的。opposite相反的。correct正确的。