2021年6月英語六級閱讀模擬試題及詳解答案七

PAGEPAGE12019年6月英語六級閱讀模擬試題及詳解答案匯總Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.ItwouldbealltooeasytosaythatFacebook'smarketmeltdowniscomingtoanend.Afterall,MarkZuckerberg'ssocialnetworkburnedasmuchas$50billionofshareholders'wealthinjustacouplemonths.Toputthatincontext,sinceitsdebut(初次登臺)onNASDAQinMay,FacebookhaslostvaluenearlyequaltoYahoo,AOL,Zynga,Yelp,Pandora,OpenTable,Groupon,LinkedIn,andAngie'sLbined,plusthatofthebulkofthepubliclytradednewspaperindustry:Asshockingasthisutterfailuremaybetothenearly1billionfaithfulFacebookusersaroundtheworld,it'snosurprisetoanyonewhoreadtheinitialpublicoffering(IPO)prospectus(首次公開募股說明書).Worsestill,allthecrisesthatemergedwhenthecompanydebuted-overpricedshares,poorcorporategovernance,hugechallengestothecorebusiness,andadamagedbrand-remaintoday.FacebooklookslikeaprimeexampleofwhatWallStreetcallsafallingknife-thatis,onethatcancostinvestorstheirfingersiftheytrytocatchit.Startwiththevaluation(估值).TojustifyastockpriceclosetothelowerendoftheprojectedrangeintheIPO,say$28ashare,Facebook'sfuturegrowthwouldhaveneededtomatchthatofGooglesevenyearsearlier.Thatwouldhaverequiredincreasingrevenuebysome80percentannuallyandmaintainingfitmarginsallthewhile.That'snothappening.Inthefirsthalfof2012,Facebookreportedrevenueof$2.24billion,up38percentfromthesameperiodin2011.Atthesametime,thecompany'scostssurgedto$2.6billioninthesix-monthperiod.Thisso-soperformancereflectstheAchilles'heelofFacebook'sbusinessmodel,whichthecompanyclearlystatedinalistofriskfactorsassociatedwithitsIPO:ithasn'tyetfiguredouthowtoadvertiseeffectivelyonmobiledevices,ThenumberofFacebookusersaccessingthesiteontheirphonessurgedby67percentto543millioninthelastquarter,ormorethanhalfitscustomerbase.Numbersareonlypartoftheproblem.ThemountingpileoffailurecreatesanegativefeedbackloopthatthreatensFacebook'sfutureinotherways.Indeed,themoreFacebook'sdisappointmentinthemarketiscatalogued,theworseFacebook'simagebecomes.Notonlydoesthatthreatentoruboffonusers,it'sbadforrecruitmentandretentionoftalentedhackers,whoarethelifebloodofZuckerberg'screation.YetthebrilliantCEOcanignorethesadnessandcomplaintsofhisshareholdersthankstothesuper-votingstockheholds.Thisarrangementalsowasfullydisclosedatthetimeoftheoffering.It'sapitysofewinvestorsapparentlybotheredtodotheirhomework.61.WhatcanbeinferredaboutFacebookfromthefirstparagraphA.Itsmarketmeltdownhasbeeneasilyhalted.B.Ithasincreasedtradewiththenewspaperindustry.C.Ithasencounteredutterfailuresinceitsstockdebut.D.Itsshareholdershaveinvested$50billioninasocialnetwork.62.ThecrisesFacebookisfacing_____A.havebeendisclosedintheIPOprospectusB.aretheuniversalrisksWallStreetconfrontsC.disappointitsfaithfulusersD.haveexistedforalongtime63.Tomakeitsstockpricereasonable,Facebookhasto____A.narrowtheIPOpricerangeB.cooperatewithGoogleC.keepenormouslyprofitableD.investadditional$2.6billion64.Itcanbeinferredfromthecontextthatthe"Achilles'heel"(Line1,Para.5)refersto____A.deadlyweaknessB.problemunsolvedC.indisputablefactD.potentialrisk65.WhateffectwillFacebook'sfailureinthemarkethaveA.Itsusers'benefitswillbethreatened.B.Talentedhackerswilltakedownthewebsite.C.TheCEOwillholdthesuper-votingstock.D.Thecompany'sinnovationstrengthwillbedamaged.參考答案61.C)。本題考查第一段的主旨大意。此種題型可以使用排除法，將各選項代入原文來驗證對錯。A)“臉譜網(wǎng)的市場崩潰已被輕而易舉地制止了”，原文開篇指出，說臉譜網(wǎng)的市場崩潰將要結(jié)束未免太簡單了.A)與原文不符，故排除;B)“臉譜網(wǎng)增加了與報紙業(yè)之間的商務(wù)往來”，原文首段末句plusthatof…中的that指的是value，意指臉譜網(wǎng)自登陸納斯達克以來，損失的價值等同于幾個大型互聯(lián)網(wǎng)企業(yè)加上大部分報業(yè)價值的總和，B)與原文不符，故排除;C)“臉譜網(wǎng)自股票上市以來遭遇了巨大失敗”，由第一段中的burned，lost等詞可以推斷臉譜網(wǎng)上市后遭遇了巨大失敗，故為答案。62.D)。事實細節(jié)題。D)‘‘已經(jīng)存在很長時間了”，與定位句中remaintoday的意思相同，故為答案。63.C)。本題考查臉譜網(wǎng)如何才能使其制定的股價合理，題干中的reasonable對應(yīng)原文中的justify。定位句提到，要實現(xiàn)接近其公開募股說明書上的較低股價，比如每股28美元，這就要求臉譜網(wǎng)年收益增長