大学英语六级考试拓展阅读练习(18)_大学英语阅读

大学英语六级考试拓展阅读练习(18)

　　篇章剖析: 这篇文章讲述了Murdoch先生收购道琼斯公司的情况。第一段讲述了一些对Murdoch先生收购道琼斯公司的看法;第二、三段讲述他收购的技巧;第四段讲述了这起收购面临的困难;第五段讲述了股票持有人的看法。词汇注释： salve v. 缓解，减轻 inhibit v. 抑制，约束 astute adj. 机敏的难句突破： So when Mr Murdochs News Corporation offered in April to buy Dow Jones, the owner of the Wall Street Journal, he was already pretty sure that the reply, which eventually came in the early hours of August 1st, would be yes and it was. So when Mr Murdoch s News Corporation offered to , he was already sure that 这是一个复合句，when 引导的是句子的时间状语从句;that 引导的是宾语从句，在该从句中which引导的是定语从句用来修饰前面的replay。因此，当Murdoch先生的资讯集团四月份开始收购《华尔街杂志》的主家道琼斯时，他已经确定答复会是肯定的，而事实也正是如此，他于8月1号的早上得到了这个答复。 He also agreed to various measures to safeguard the Wall Street Journals editorial independence that were just sufficient to salve enough Bancroft consciences, without meaningfully inhibiting his ability to do as he pleases. He also agreed to safeguared , without inhibiting 这是一个复合句，that 引导的定语从句用来修饰independence, 后面的分词结构作为句子的伴随状语。他也同意采取各种措施来保证《华尔街杂志》编辑的独立性，这些措施足以缓解Bancroft在道德上的不安，同时也不会约束他想做任何事的能力。题目分析： 1. Mr Murdoch could successfully purchased Dow Jones at his offer because of the following reasons except_____ 1. Murdoch 先生可以成功地以他的出价收购道琼斯因为除了____外的原因。 he had the situations of the Bancroft family conflicts at his fingertips. 他完全掌握了Bancroft家族的内部斗争 his $5 billion offer far exceeded other bidders and was difficult to be refused. 他50亿美元的出价比其他的出价者要高，很难被拒绝 he promised that the editors would be entitled to a large degree of freedom. 他承诺让编辑能享有很大的自由 he would not interfere with the internal issues as he pleases. 他不会按自己的喜好来插手内部事情 D ☆☆☆ 细节题。从文章第一段可以看出，他之所以能成功收购有几个原因，掌握了内部情况，出价高，保证编辑的独立性，A、B、C选项是正确的;D选项的错误在于文章第一段提到了他也可以随心所欲地插手内部事情。 2.The word inhibiting most probably means _____ 2. inhibiting 最有可能的意思是_____ giving full swing to. 放任自流。 reducing. 减少。 restraining. 遏制。 depriving. 剥夺。 C ☆ 猜词题。根据上下文 He also agreed to various measures to safeguard the Wall Street Journals editorial independence that were just sufficient to salve enough Bancroft consciences, without meaningfully inhibiting his ability to do as he pleases ，虽然Murdoch先生同意给予编辑自由，但是他不会约束他自己随心所欲地权利。因此，选项中C最为符合。 3.The problems Dow Jones were facing when Mr Murdoch decided to buy it were the following ones except _____ 3.Murdoch先生决定要收购道琼斯时，道琼斯所面临的问题不是_____ there was divergence between different generations of the Bancroft family. Bancroft家族不同代之间的成员存在分歧。 the board had some difficulties in making strategic decisions. 董事会下决策时面临很多困难。 the new chief executive was not allowed sufficient time to demonstrate his capability of managing the company. 新的首席执行官没有得到足够的时间来展示他管理公司的能力。 the Bancroft came to the awareness that the company was already trapped into severe problems. Bancroft家族意识到公司已经陷入了严重的问题中。 B ☆☆☆ 细节题。文章提到了公司面临的一些问题，其中文章第二段提到 He read the internal politics of the sprawling Bancroft clan, which owns a controlling stake in Dow Jones, perfectly perhaps better than he reads his own family ，对应于A选项。第三段谈到 The timing of the offer was equally astute, coming after the family had realised that the company faced huge strategic problems, but before the new chief executive they appointed last year had had time to show he could solve them, and so enable Dow Jones to prosper as an independent business ，分别对应于C和D选项。而B选项并不是公司面临的重大问题，因此是正确答案。 4.Pearson and General Electric will probably impede Mr. Murdoch s purchase of Dow Jones because _____ 4.Pearson 和通用电气可能会阻碍Murdoch先生收购道琼斯，因为_____ acquisition of Dow Jones would bring any bidder great profit in the future. 收购道琼斯可以为任何出价人带来巨大的利润。 Dow Jones would be more competitive after the purchase to threat their business. 道琼斯在被收购后会更有竞争力，威胁到他们的商业。 their joint bid would turn out to be more acceptable to the Bancroft family than Mr. Murdoch. 比起Murdoch先生来说，Bancroft 家族更加受欢迎。