单选题 Passage Three
Burn rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. "Angel money" it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances, I found the number got small.
With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
As I was searching for "angel money", I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a Media Lab at M.I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology "guy" in-house.
Katherine Henderson, a fihnmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer.
We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.
Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no garantees of success.
She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms bad been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope with a check for $ 500,000.
I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.
"I have confidence in your plan," she said. "You'll do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it's satisfying when you build your own company."
Who would have thought l'd find an angel so close to home. There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed.

单选题 For a newly-established business, burn rate refers to______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】细节题。文章首段首句提到，“燃烧速率”是指新兴公司花钱的速度，由此可知本题选D。
单选题 By saying "angel money", the author refers to ______
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】推断题。文章首段提到，当我的新媒体公司开业时，燃烧速率是每月五千美元，于是我到处寻找首批个人投资，人们称之为Angel money，由此可以推断Angel money就是第一批投资商投入的资金，故选D。
单选题 To get help from a venture-capital company, you may have to ______
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】推断题。文章第二段提到，由于没有其他的选择，所以我开始和风险投资公司见面。但人们警告我，投资公司会拿走公司相当大的一部分股份。由此可以推断这种交易是不公平的，故选A。
单选题 The author easily built a team for his company because ______
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】推断题。文章第三段提到，作者说团队里每一个人都很信任他，即使自己没有钱可以付他们工资。由此可见，作者很容易就为他的公司建立了一个团队是因为团队成员对作者及其创办的公司都很有信心，故选C。
单选题 Louise decided to lend money to the author because ______
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节题。文章倒数第五段提到，Louise一直在密切关注作者的进展情况，她知道我需要钱而且有前途，文章后面又提到，Louise递给作者一个信封，里面装有一张50万美元的支票，并说她对作者的计划有信心。由此可知Louise决定借钱给作者是因为她知道他的计划会成功，故选C。建立团队是在Louise借给我钱之前，故排除B。