Passage 3
Google, the Internet search-engine company, has announced it will give more than twenty-fivemillion dollars in money and investments to help the poor. The company says the effort involves usingthe power of information and technology to help people improve their lives.
Aleem Walji works for Google. org—the part of the company that gives money to good causes. Hesaid the company's first project will help identify where infectious(传染性的)diseases are developing.In Southeast Asia and Africa, for example, Google. org will work with partners to strengthen early-warning systems and take action against growing health threats.
Google.org's second project will invest in ways to help small and medium-sized businesses grow.Walji says microfinance(小额信贷)is generally small, short-term loans that create few jobs. Instead,he says Google. org wants to develop ways to bring investors and business owners together to create jobsand improve economic growth.
Google. org will also give money to help two climate-change programs announced earlier this year.One of these programs studies ways to make renewable(可再生的)energy less costly than coal-basedenergy. The other is examining the efforts being made to increase the use of electric cars.
The creators of Google have promised to give Google. org about one percent of company profits andone percent of its total stock value every year. Aleem Walji says this amount may increase in the future.
The purpose of Google's investments is to________.
根据第一段第一句“Google,the Internet search-engine...to help the poor.”可知，谷歌将提供超过2,500万美元的资金和投资物来帮助穷人。故选A。
According to Aleem Walji, the company's first project is to ________.
根据第二段第二句"He said the company's first project will help identifywhere infectious diseases are developing.”可知，公司的第一个项目将帮助确定传染病开始的地方。故选B。
What kind of businesses will benefit from Google. org's second project?
根据第三段第一句“Google.org's second project will invest in ways to helpsmall and medium-sized businesses grow.”可知，Google.org的第二个项目将投资并帮助中小型企业成长，即中小型企业可从Google.org的第二个项目中受益。故选D。
From the fourth paragraph, we leam that Google's money is also invested to help________.
根据第四段第一句"Google.org will also give money to help two climate-changeprograms announced earlier this year.”可知，Google.org还将资助今年早些时候宣布的两个气候变化项目。由此可知，谷歌也将出资帮助开展与气候变化有关的研究。故选D。
From the last paragraph, we learn that the investments by Google. org come from _________.
根据最后一段第一句"The creators of Google have promised to give Google.orgabout one percent of company profits and one percent of its total stock value every year.”可知，谷歌的创始人承诺每年给予Google.org公司利润的1%和其总股票价值的1%。故选A。