News (March 6, 2008) that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with heated discussion by many Internet users on Friday. Here are some responses:

    Mark Galeassi of Kansas City, Missouri

    This is the best move for both parties. Yahoo has the ideas and Microsoft has the money to finally market these ideas correctly. Microsoft and Yahoo are a perfect fit and the deal will be good for consumers.

    Scott G. of New Jersey  

    I was a Yahoo user for years along with Hotmail from Microsoft. Then Google came along... Google Earth, Google Toolbar and Gmail. Google is so innovative (創(chuàng)新的) with everything they do. Yahoo and Microsoft... same old story... I don’t think the merger(合并) will do anything for either company except improve the Yahoo shareholders’ bank accounts:

    Michael Glosser of Estero, Florida

Right now, Yahoo offers a lot of features and tools at no cost for all different levels of Intemet users. Microsoft seeks nothing but profit. Undoubtedly, they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non-priced features. Microsoft’s greed will ruin the great thing that Yahoo currently is.

    Toni Suarez of Hacienda Heights, California

    Perhaps it would bring better high technology innovations to e-mail and help in researching and developing a better Internet!

    Antonio Simmons of Parkville, Maryland

    Microsoft purchasing Yahoo would be nothing more than an attempt from Microsoft to further impose upon the users their poor-quality software and obtain more wealth for the company. In my opinion, they will never be able to compete with Google because Yahoo and Microsoft’s current search engines are too inferior (差的) to compete. Even if combined, they still lack.

77. Who is in favor of the merger of Microsoft and Yahoo?

 A. Antonio Simmons.  B. Michael Grosser.    C. Scott G.      D. Mark Galeassi.

78. In the opinion of Scott G.,   

 A. the merger will contribute to Microsoft

 B. Yahoo and Microsoft are lacking in innovation

 C. Google is getting short of management experience

 D. the merger will allow Microsoft to overtake Google

79. Michael Grosser is afraid that

 A. the merger will cost Yahoo’s free features

 B. the merger will lead to Microsoft’s monopoly (壟斷) of the market

 C. the increased competition will force Google out of the game

 D. Intemet users will have to buy Microsoft’s costly software

80. What is Antonio Simmons’ attitude towards Google?

 A. Doubtful.          B. Disapproval.    C. Positive.       D. Negative.

77--80   DBAC  


解析:

77．D。根據(jù)“This is the best move for both parties... Microsoft and Yahoo are a perfect fit and the deal will be good for consumers．”可知Mark Galeassi是贊成Microsoft和Yahoo合并的。

78．B。根據(jù)“Google is so innovative(創(chuàng)新的)with everything they do．Yahoo and Microsoft... same old story...”可知Scott G。認(rèn)為Yahoo和Microsoft總是老一套，缺少創(chuàng)新精神。

79．A。根據(jù)“Undoubtedly，they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non—priced features”可知Michael, Grosser擔(dān)心合并可能會(huì)使Yahoo喪失很多免費(fèi)功能。

80．C。根據(jù)他的最后兩句話可知Antonio Simmons認(rèn)為 Microsoft和Yahoo無法與Google競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，可見Antonio Simmons對(duì)Google持肯定、贊同態(tài)度。

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