单选题 Why does At Home want to buy Excite?

A、 Because Tom Jermoluk wants to control his strongest competitor.
B、 Because it wants to expand its business through Excite's present resources.
C、 Because both companies are based in Redwood City, California.
D、 Because it has lost $9.7 million in the last three months.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 根据第三段第三、四句，At Home现有33万用户，与Excite的交易可以使其获得Excite公司2000多万网上用户；以及该公司的目录开发能力。另一方面，Excite认识到自己已落后于像Yahoo!这样的公司，想寻找强大的伙伴，在网址管理公司目前的兼并潮中站稳脚跟。