1、同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语-61 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)四、Test One(总题数：1，分数：25.00)Excerpt 1: Facebook is facing a backlash from users after replacing email addresses listed in members“ contacts with those provided by its system. The company said it had acted to make details “consistent“ across its site. If Fa
2、cebook“s email system takes off it could drive more traffic (流量) to the firm“s pages helping boost advertising sales. But some users have branded the move “annoying“ and “lame“ (差劲的，蹩脚的) and publicized instructions on how to display original addresses instead of the Facebook ones. Excerpt 2: Faceboo
3、k is trying to force its 900 million users to switch to its own email service. It is removing the personal email address displayed on an individual user“s profile pages and replacing it with a address even if the member never uses it. Excerpt 3: Facebook has promised to address complaints it was re
4、sponsible for wiping email contacts in some users“ mobile phone address books, replacing them with listings. The social network blamed the deletion of users contacts on a software bug. Excerpt 4: When Facebook first floated on the stock exchange earlier this year, it started out at an extreme high,
5、 valued at over $100bn (65bn). Since then, rockier times. From an initial share price of $38, Facebook“s stock dipped to below $29 in May. Excerpt 5: Facebook shares fell 11% in after-hours trade after it reported its first results since its flotation in May. The results were slightly ahead of analy
6、sts“ expectations. The loss was due to having to make payments to early investors, including chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Excerpt 6: Facebook is to allow app developers to advertise their products on its members“ mobile-device news feeds. The network will charge a fee for every time users click
7、on the ads to download the software from elsewhere. Facebook had previously warned its financial health would suffer if it could not find ways to make money out of its mobile users. Excerpt 7: Facebook has announced it is to buy Instagramthe popular photo-sharing smart-phone app. Facebook is paying
8、$1bn (629m) in cash and stock for the takeover. The easy sharing of pictures made it stand out against early rivals. Today, the social network is the world“s largest photo-sharing website.（分数：25.00）(1).Facebook“s practice of forcing its users to switch to its own email service _.（分数：5.00）A.will bene
9、fit its users quite a lotB.helps to make details consistent across its siteC.encounters strong opposition from its usersD.makes it difficult to display original addresses(2).What is the reaction of the social network to Facebook“s practice?（分数：5.00）A.It approves of Facebook“s practice.B.It criticize
10、s Facebook“s practice.C.It admires Facebook“s practice.D.It spread Facebook“s practice.(3).What does the phrase “rockier times“ in Excerpt 4 probably mean?（分数：5.00）A.Difficult situations.B.Negative feelings.C.Adverse influences.D.Lower prices.(4).How does Facebook try to ensure its financial health,
11、 according to one of the Excerpts?（分数：5.00）A.Selling its shares to early investors.B.Charging fees for every click on the ads.C.Improving its service system.D.Deleting illegitimate accounts.(5).It can be learned from Excerpt 7 that _.（分数：5.00）A.it“s Facebook“s great move to buy InstagramB.it“s Faceb
12、ook“s big mistake to buy InstagramC.it“s Facebook“s dream to buy InstagramD.it“s Facebook“s big failure to buy Instagram五、Test Two(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A. Some at Fed Are Urging Pre-emptive Stimulus B. Major Chip Deal Aims to Cut Costs C. Action Needed to Tackle Economy D. Chrysler Posts a 20% Increase in
13、 2nd Qtr Profit 1 DETROIT. Chrysler“s U. S. sales rose 20 percent in June on strong demand across its lineup, from the tiny Fiat 500 to the Ram pickup truck. The automaker“s sales increase last month was in line with expectations for overall industry growth of about 20 percent over last June. Sales
14、were weaker last year because the Japanese earthquake depleted supplies. Other automakers report sales later Tuesday. Demand for Chrysler“s Ram pickupits best-sellerincreased 12 percent as home building perked up. Cars saw much bigger increases. Sales of the Fiat 500 and the Chrysler 300 large sedan
15、 more than doubled over last June. 2 Taibei: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world“s biggest contract chipmaker, has agreed to invest 1.1bn euros ($1.4bn; 850m) in one of its key equipment suppliers in a bid to cut costs. Under the deal, it will invest 276m euro in ASML to develop to
16、ols to make smaller, more cost-effective chips. This comes just weeks after Intel signed a similar agreement with ASML. Dutch firm ASML makes machines used to print circuit patterns onto chips. Shang-yi Chiang, TSMC“s co-chief operating officer, said that one of the biggest challenges facing the ind
17、ustry was “how to effectively control the escalating wafer manufacturing cost“. He said the co-investment programme with ASML to develop future technology will help keep the costs in check in the long run. 3 WASHINGTON: Some Federal Reserve officials are reviving an idea that rose and fell with Alan
18、 Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, as they seek to persuade colleagues to take new action to stimulate growth. Central bankers generally set policy based on their judgment about the most likely path for the nation“s economy. But Mr. Greenspan argued that the Fed sometimes should do more than its f
19、orecast suggested, buttressing the economy against large, potential risks. He described such moves as “taking out insurance.“ On the eve of the Fed“s policy-making committee meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, members who favor additional action argued that the likely path of the economy was itself su
20、fficient reason for action. The committee predicted in June that without new measures unemployment would fall slightly, if at all, in the second half of the year. 4 Madrid: Spain is in an “unprecedented“ double-dip recession and the outlook for the country remains “very difficult“ with “significant
21、downside risks“, the International Monetary Fund has said. Its annual report on the Spanish economy praised Madrid“s “decisive action on many fronts“, but warned further reforms were needed. Actions to cut debt and push financial reform were “critical“, it said. Earlier, figures showed Spanish unemp
22、loyment hitting a fresh high. Almost 5.7 million Spaniards are now out of work, with the jobless rate reaching 24.6% during the April to June quarterthe highest since the 1970s. Despite the worsening jobless figures, Spanish stocks rose sharply on Friday after French President Francois Hollande and
23、German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a joint statement suggesting they were ready to act to save the euro.（分数：20.00）六、Test Three(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A. Philippine Capital Paralysed/Hit by Floods B. BP Posts Unexpectedly Large Loss C. A Former Worker Admits 2.4m Fraud D. Russian Prosecutors Charge Prote
24、st Movement Leader 1 LONDON: Britain Petroleum, Europe“s second-largest oil company, reported a $1.4 billion loss Tuesday for the three-month period ended June 30. The main reason for the loss was $4.8 billion in write-downs on refineries, shale gas assets in the United States and a long-delayed pro
25、ject in Alaska. The earnings will do nothing to assuage the concerns of investors, who are already discontented with the performance of the company and its chief executive, Bob Dudley. BP“s share price was down 4 percent in afternoon trading in London. “This is a very, very disappointing set of resu
26、lts; they missed across all fronts by a wide margin,“ said Peter Hutton, an oil analyst at RBC Capital Markets in London. Stripping out the $4.8 billion in write-downs, BP“s results were still 17 percent below the consensus estimates of analysts, Mr. Hutton Said. 2 MOSCOW: Russian prosecutors charge
27、d the blogger and anticorruption activist Aleksei Navalny on Tuesday with embezzlement, a statute that carries a sentence of 5 to 10 years in prison, the Kremlin“s most direct measure to date against a leader of the protest movement that erupted here in December. The State Investigative Committee ac
28、cused Mr. Navalny of organizing a scheme to steal timber from a state-owned company called KirovLes when he was acting as an unpaid adviser to the governor of the Kirov region, resulting in losses of just under $500,000 to the regional budget. Mr. Navalny was released on his own recognizance but sig
29、ned a promise not to leave Moscow while the charges are pending. 3 London: A former head of security at Lloyds Bank has been charged in connection with an alleged 2.5m fraud. Jessica Harper, 50, of Croydon, south London, is accused of submitting false invoices to claim payments, between September 20
30、08 and December 2011. At the time she was working as head of fraud and security for digital banking and allegedly made false claims totaling 2,463, 750. Ms Harper will appear at Westminster Magistrates“ Court on 31 May. She has been charged with one count of fraud by abuse of position. The bank, whi
31、ch is now 39.7% state-owned after being bailed out by the government during the financial crisis, refused to comment on the charging of Ms Harper. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said she was arrested on 21 December 2011 by officers from its fraud squad. 4 Manila. Flooding caused by torrential rain
32、has paralysed parts of Manila, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes and closing schools, offices and the stock exchange. Officials said that water was up to waist and neck levels in some areas. More than 50 people died when Typhoon Saola struck more than a week ago. Widespread flooding has
33、been reported in the capital and the surrounding provinces, according to a statement from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. The severity of the rain since Monday afternoon has led officials to issue the highest level of alert. For many Manila residents, these rains will be
34、 a reminder of the deadly floods caused by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, which killed more than 400 people, our correspondent adds.（分数：20.00）七、Test Four(总题数：1，分数：20.00)A. YouTube APP Vanishes from iOS6 B. Economy Slumps in Italy and Germany C. Dormant Volcano Erupts after a Century D. IT Glitch Firm Agre
35、es Rescue Deal 1 New Zealand. Mount Tongariro, one of three volcanoes in the centre of the North Island, became active just before midnight local time, with reports of loud explosions, spewing rocks and steam. No casualties or damage have been reported after the eruption. Mount Tongariro last erupte
36、d 115 years ago, and scientists said they did not yet know if this eruption was a single event or if it signaled the start of more activity. Experts said they were caught by surprisethey had recorded some seismic activity in recent weeks but were not expecting an eruption. A number of domestic fligh
37、ts on the North Island had been affected by the volcanic activity, Air New Zealand said. Police said highways that had been closed because visibility was affected after the eruption are now open. 2 California: The app for video clip service YouTube is missing from the next version of Apple“s iOS6 op
38、erating system. Apple said the app had been removed because its licence to produce the program had expired. The Apple-made version of the YouTube app has been a staple on the iPhone“s iOS since the device was first launched in 2007. The fourth test, or beta, version of iOS6 was released by Apple on
39、6 August. The final public version is expected to be ready in September prior to the rumoured launch of a new iPhone. Soon after the software was released many tech news sites noticed it lacked the YouTube app, even though the Apple-made version of this program has been available for years. Not all
40、YouTube functions have disappeared from iOS6 beta, said Apple in its statement, as users can still play video by visiting YouTube with a web browser. They can also still upload films to YouTube from a phone or tablet. 3 New York: Knight Capital has been handed a lifeline after it agreed a $400m (257
41、m) rescue deal with a group of Wall Street firms, enabling it to continue trading. An IT glitch on Wednesday caused its trading to go wrong, losing its $440m. Knight Capital is a major market-maker on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), creating a market for particular shares enabling investors to b
42、uy or sell. The rescuers include financial firms Blackstone and TD Ameritrade. Knight Capital has agreed to sell the consortium of investors convertible securities in exchange for the $ 400m cash injection. The company said that a faulty upgrade to its trading software had caused numerous erroneous
43、trades to be sent. The software glitch is thought to have affected Knight“s trading algorithms, which are computer programs that automatically and speedily send out buy and sell orders based on market data and client requests. 4 PARIS: The Italian economy shrank again in the second quarter, official
44、 data showed Tuesday, and orders for German machinery declined sharply, a reminder that flagging growth continued to complicate European leaders“ quest to restore confidence in the euro zone. Italy“s gross domestic product declined 0.7 percent in the AprilJune period, compared with the first three m
45、onths of the year, according to the country“s official statistical agency, Istat. The economy shrank 2.5 percent in the second quarter a year earlier. In Berlin, the German Economy Ministry said industrial orders fell 1.7 percent in June from May, far more than the economists surveyed by Reuters and
46、 Bloomberg News had anticipated. Factories had 7.8 percent fewer orders than a year earlier. The Economy Ministry noted in a statement that domestic orders were weaker, “with the momentum coming from abroad.“（分数：20.00）八、Test Five(总题数：1，分数：15.00)Sales Director WantedAsia Pacific As an integral member
47、 of our Asia Pacific Executive Leadership Team, you will be responsible for the overall planning, coordination, functional management, and leadership of all of the sales activities of the business across the Asia Pacific Theater. Reporting directly to our Vice President, Global Sales 850m) in one of
48、 its key equipment suppliers in a bid to cut costs. Under the deal, it will invest 276m euro in ASML to develop tools to make smaller, more cost-effective chips. This comes just weeks after Intel signed a similar agreement with ASML. Dutch firm ASML makes machines used to print circuit patterns onto
49、 chips. Shang-yi Chiang, TSMC“s co-chief operating officer, said that one of the biggest challenges facing the industry was “how to effectively control the escalating wafer manufacturing cost“. He said the co-investment programme with ASML to develop future technology will help keep the costs in check in the long run. 3 WASHINGTON: Some Federal Reserve officials are reviving an idea that rose and fell with Alan Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, as they seek to persuade colleagues to take new action to stimulate growth. Central bankers g
