15.Mark Zukerberg is the founder and CEO of Facebook,an extremely popular social working website that started in the United States.
Now,millions of student users visit Facebook daily and the website is one of the top ten most widely visited sites on the internet worldwide.College and high school students use Facebook to communicate with friends and share both information and pictures for free.The company earns money through advertising.
Many other companies have been rumored(谣传) to be interested in buying Facebook.Just a few years after Mark started the company,he was approached by Terry Semel,who was the CEO of Yahoo.Terry offered Mark one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000)to sell Facebook to Yahoo.Mark said no,though.He lives for his dream even at the very beginning.He knows this.Maybe he was smart.Now Facebook is rumored to be worth billions of dollars and bigger companies like Microsoft or Google want a share of the company.Some private firms are also interested.Facebook could sell 15billion dollars if Mark decided to sell it at all.Perhaps Mark will just keep working from his California office to continue his dream of building something cool.
32.Facebook makes money fromD.
A.members
B.students
C.pictures
D.advertisements
33.Terry Semel was the CEO ofB.
A.Microsoft
B.Yahoo
C.Google
D.Facebook
34.The underlined word"this"(Paragraph 3)most probably refers toD.
A.buying companies
B.fighting rumors
C.sharing information
D.his dream
35.Which of the following words best describe Mark Zukerberg according to the passage?A
A.Determined
B.Humorous
C.Gentle
D.Selfless.
分析 文章介绍了著名的社交网站Facebook的CEO Mark Zukerberg坚持自己的理想创办Facebook的故事.告诉我们做任何事情都要坚持,坚持自己的理想不放送就会有很好的结果.
解答 32.D 细节题.根据第一段最后一句The company earns money through advertising.说明他是靠广告挣得的大量的金钱,故D正确.
33.B 细节题.根据第三段第二行he was approached by Terry Semel,who was the CEO of Yahoo说明B正确.
34.D 推理题.由后面的句子not be bought out by another company可以推出时自己管理,故选D.
35.A 推理题.根据第三段2,3,4行Terry offered Mark one billion dollars($1,000,000,000)to sell Facebook to Yahoo.Mark said no,though.He stands behind his dreams at the very beginning.说明他坚持自己的理想,不想出售Facebook.故A正确.
点评 本文是人物故事类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.