第1段
When Microsoft bought task management app Wunderlist and mobile calendar Sunrise in 2015,it picked two newcomers that were attracting considerable buzz in Silicon Valley.
當微軟在2015年收購任務管理應用Wunderlist和移動日歷Sunrise時，它選擇了兩個新成員，這兩個新成員在矽谷引起了相當大的反響。 ?
Microsoft's own Office dominates the market for"productivity"software,but the star-ups represented a new wave of technology designed from the ground up for the smartphone world.
微軟自己的Office主導著“生產力”軟件市場，但這些初創企業代表了壹波為智能手機世界從頭開始設計的新技術。 ?
第2段
Both apps,however,were later scrapped after Microsoft said it had used their best features in its own products. 幹擾項目出處
然而，這兩個應用程序後來都被廢棄了，因為微軟表示，它在自己的產品中使用了它們最好的功能。 ?
?Their teams of engines stayed on?, making them two of the many"acqui-hires"that the biggest companies have used to feed their great hunger for tech talent。
他們的引擎團隊留下來了，使他們成為最大的公司用來滿足對技術人才的巨大需求的許多“人才並購”中的兩名。 ?
31.What is true about Wunderlist and Sunrise after their acquisitions? 判斷題
對於他們的需求獲取，哪項是正確的？
[A] Their market values declined. 他們的市場價值正在下滑 ×無中生有
[B] Their engineers were retained. 他們的工程師被保留了下來。√ 原文替換：stayed on
[C] Their tech features improved.他們的技術特征得到了改進? ×原文是微軟自己的產品技術用了最好
[D] Their products were re-priced. 他們的產品重新定價 ×無中生有
答案∶B
第3段
?To Microsoft's critics , the fates of Wunderlist and Sunrise are examples of a remorseless drive by Big Tech to ? chew up any innovative companies ? that lie in their path.
對微軟的批評者來說，Wunderlist和Sunrise的命運是大型科技公司無情打擊任何在其發展道路上存在的創新公司?的例子。 ?
"They bought the seedlings and closed them down,"complained? Paul Amold a partner at San Francisco-based Switch Ventures, putting an end to businesses that might one day tum into competitors. Microsoft declined to comment.
總部位於舊金山的Switch Ventures的合夥人保羅?阿莫德(Paul Amold)抱怨道:“他們買下了這些幼苗，然後把它們關了。”這樣，可能有壹天會變成競爭對手的企業就被終結了。?微軟拒絕置評。
32.Microsofts critics believe that the big tech companies tend to_____.
[A]exaggerate their product quality 誇大產品質量
[B]treat new tech talent unfairly 不公平地對待新科技人才
[C] eliminate their potential competitions 排除潛在的競爭對手? 原文替換：chew up any innovative companies? 吃掉創新公司
[D] ignore public opinions 無視公眾意見
答案∶C
第4段
Like other start-up investors,Mr.Arnold's own business often depends on selling start-ups to larger tech companies,though he admits to mixed feelings about the result:"I think these things are good for me,if I put my selfish hat on. ?But are they good for the American economy? I don't know."
和其他初創企業的投資者壹樣，他說:?阿諾德自己的生意通常依賴於將初創企業出售給規模更大的科技公司，不過他承認，他對這樣做的結果有復雜的感受:“如果我戴上自私的帽子，我認為這些事情對我是有好處的。?但它們對美國經濟有好處嗎?我不知道。” ?
33 .Paul Arnold is concerned that small acquisitions might 推斷題
[A] weaken big tech companies 削弱大型科技公司
[B] worse market competition 更糟糕的是市場競爭
[C]discourage start up investors 不鼓勵創業投資者
[D] harm the national economy 危害國民經濟 But are they good for the American economy?
答案∶D
第5段
The US Federal Trade Commission says it wants to find the answer to that question. (沒有對應選項，往下看）
This week, it asked the five most valuable US tech companies for information ab out their many small acquisitions over the past decade.
本周，該機構詢問了美國市值最高的5家科技公司，詢問它們在過去10年裏進行的許多小規模收購。 ?
Although only are search project at this stage,the request has raised the prospect of regulators wading into early-stage tech markets that until now have been beyond their reach.
盡管目前還只是搜索項目，但這壹要求增加了監管機構涉足早期科技市場的可能性，而迄今為止，監管機構還無法涉足這些市場。 ?
34. The US Federal Trade Commission intends to _____.
[A] supervise start-ups' operations 監督初創公司的運營? 原文只說調查，並沒有采取行動
[B] encourage research collaboration 鼓勵研究合作 × 無中生有 過度腦補 Although only are search project at this stage
[C] limit Big Tech's expansion 限制了大型科技公司的擴張 × 無中生有 過度腦補
[D] examine small acquisitions.檢查小規模收購 /對小規模收購進行調查
答案∶D
第6段
Given their combined market value of more than $5.5trillion, rifling through such small deals-many of them much less prominent than Wunderlist and Sunrise-might seem beside the point.
考慮到它們的總市值超過5.5萬億美元，瀏覽這些小交易(其中許多遠不如Wunderlist和sunrise那麽重要)可能顯得無關緊要。 ?
?Between them, the five biggest tech companies have spent an average of only S 3.4 billion a year on sub-SI billion acquisitions over the past five years— a drop in the ocean compared with their massive financial reserves, and the more than S 130 billion of venture capital that was invested in the US last year.
他們之間,五大科技公司花費了平均只有34億年代sub-SI十億收購過去五年下降海洋與大規模金融儲備相比,超過1300億的風險投資,去年在美國投資。 ?
第7段
However, critics say the big companies use such deals to buy their most threatening potential competitors before their businesses have a chance to gain momentum,in some cases as part of a"buy and kill "tactic to simply close them down.
然而，批評人士表示，大公司利用此類交易，在自己的業務有機會獲得發展勢頭之前，收購最具威脅性的潛在競爭對手，在某些情況下，這是壹種“買了就殺”(buy and kill)策略的壹部分，目的只是讓它們倒閉。 ?
35.For the five biggest tech companies , their small acquisitions have_____.
對於五家最大的科技公司來說，它們的小規模收購已經產生了什麽影響？?
[A] raised few management challenges 提出了壹些管理上的挑戰
[B] brought little financial pressure? 幾乎沒有財政壓力
[C] Set an example for future deals 為未來的交易樹立榜樣
[D] generated considerable profits? 產生可觀的利潤
答案∶ B
fate
talent
unfairly
eliminate
potential
innovative
supervise 監督
operations 運營
collaboration合作
expansion 膨脹