Alibaba is moving its base to Beijing because the capital is crucial to business competition.
解题关键是抓住话语本身意义,不能仅凭自己的推测作答。录音明确地解释 . 是因为有志于保持增长,向北方扩展,同时也是为了响应政府的号召,但并没有谈 及首都对企业竞争的重要性。本题的话语重点是because引导的原因状语从句,在听 辨理解中回答这类题目时应该以所听到的内容为依据,而不能超越讲话内容进行推测。
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对作为细节的话语附加信息的敏感性。
[录音原文]
Jack Ma is taking Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. on the road to Beijing. Shifting from its Hangzhou home to the heart of Chinese power shows Alibaba's ambitions to maintain growth, penetrate the northern region where rival JD. com Inc. is based, and answer the government’s call for “national champions” in technology.