单选题 Excerpt 1:
Facebook is facing a backlash from users after replacing email addresses listed in members" contacts with those provided by its @facebook.com system. The company 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 helping boost advertising sales. But some users have branded the move "annoying" and "lame" (差劲的,蹩脚的) and publicized instructions on how to display original addresses instead of the Facebook ones.
Excerpt 2:
Facebook is trying to force its 900 million users to switch to its own email service. It is removing the personal email address displayed on an individual user"s profile pages and replacing it with a @facebook.com address even if the member never uses it.
Excerpt 3:
Facebook has promised to address complaints it was responsible for wiping email contacts in some users" mobile phone address books, replacing them with @facebook.com listings.
The social network blamed the deletion of users contacts on a software bug.
Excerpt 4:
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.
Excerpt 6:
Facebook is to allow app developers to advertise their products on its members" mobile-device news feeds. The network will charge a fee for every time users click on the ads to download the software from elsewhere. Facebook had previously warned its financial health would suffer if it could not find ways to make money out of its mobile users.
Excerpt 7:
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.
单选题 Facebook"s practice of forcing its users to switch to its own email service ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查的是考生根据文章内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问:Facebook强迫用户使用它自己的电子邮件服务系统______。摘要1开头即指出,Facebook将用户通讯录中的电子邮件地址信息统一改为Facebook自有的电子邮件服务,这一做法遭到用户的强烈反对,部分用户认为这种做法“令人非常恼火”、“非常无聊”。摘要3提出,Facebook承诺对用户的抱怨作出回应。由此可以判断,Facebook的做法遭到了用户的反对。所以本题正确答案是C。
干扰项A:将使用户受益匪浅;干扰项B:有助于保证其网址下信息的统一;干扰项D:使得显示先前的电子邮件地址非常困难。这三个选项的内容与原文不符。
单选题 What is the reaction of the social network to Facebook"s practice?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查的是考生根据文章内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问:社交网络对于Facebook擅自更改用户电子邮件地址的做法有什么反应?摘要3第二小段提出,社交网络谴责Facebook利用软件系统漏洞删除用户联系方式的做法。因此,对于Facebook擅自更改用户电子邮件地址的做法,社交网络进行了谴责。所以本题的正确答案是B。
干扰项A:它赞同Facebook的做法;干扰项C:它仰慕Facebook的做法;干扰项D:它将Facebook的做法进行推广。这三个选项的内容与原文不符。
单选题 What does the phrase "rockier times" in Excerpt 4 probably mean?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 词组含义
此题考查的是考生根据上下文内容推断词组含义的能力。问题问:摘要4中的“rockier times”是什么意思。第四篇摘要提出,Facebook以极高的发行价上市,总市值超100亿美元。但从那以后便是“rockier times”,至5月份,其股价由上市首日的38美元跌至不足29美元。由此可以判断,Facebook上市后不久即陷入了困境。所以本题正确答案是A。
干扰项B:消极情绪;干扰项C:负面影响;干扰项D:低廉的价格。这三个选项的内容都与原文不符。
单选题 How does Facebook try to ensure its financial health, according to one of the Excerpts?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查的是考生根据文章内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问:Facebook如何试图确保其财务健康?摘要6提出,Facebook允许app程序开发商在其用户移动设备的新闻推送上做广告。当用户点击广告图标下载软件时,Facebook会收取费用。Facebook先前提醒到,如果不想办法从移动用户那里捞钱的话,其财务健康状况将会变糟。由此可以判断,Facebook保证其财政健康的举措是,用户点击广告图标下载软件时须付费。所以本题的正确答案是B。
干扰项A:向早期投资者发售股票;干扰项C:改进其服务系统;干扰项D:删除非法账户。这三个选项的内容原文都没有提及。
单选题 It can be learned from Excerpt 7 that ______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 引申推断
此题考查的是考生根据文章内容进行引申推断的能力。问题问:根据摘要7内容能作出什么推断。摘要7提出,Facebook宣布以10亿美元现金加股票的方式收购在线照片共享服务商Instagram。摘要同时指出,照片共享服务使Facebook从与早期竞争对手的竞争中脱颖而出。由此可以推断,收购Instagram是Facebook一个巨大举措。所以本题正确答案是A。
干扰项B:收购Instagram是Facebook犯的严重错误。这一内容与原文相反。干扰项C:收购Instagram是Facebook的梦想;干扰项D:收购Instagram是Facebook一个巨大的失败。选项C和选项D的内容原文都没有提及。