专业英语四级（阅读）模拟试卷309
选择题
(1) As a track star in high school, Sallie Krawcheck ranked among her state\’s best at the high jump. But she hasn\’t jumped for anyone since, and her unshakable independence has propelled her career on Wall Street to heights unimaginable to a girl coming of age in Charleston, S. C, in the 1970s. Then, Krawcheck—always an outstanding student—thought mostly of cheerleading and \\
1.The author begins this passage by________.(A)
A. making a comparison
B. posing a contrast
C. justifying an assumption
D. explaining a phenomenon
解析：推理判断题。由题干定位到第一段，本段提到了in high school和Today两个阶段，克劳切克都表现特别出色，强调二者的共性，因此采用了比较的方法，故A为正确答案，同时排除B“对比”。选项C“证明一个假设”和选项D“解释一个现象”在第一段均未涉及，故排除。
2.Krawcheck’s success depends on________.(B)
A. how well she can regain the firm’s reputation
B. how well she can save the firm’s credibility crisis
C. how well she can raise the firm’s stock
D. how well she can fulfill her own plan and aim
解析：细节理解题。由题干定位到第二段“How far she climbs depends on how well she meets her latest challenge: closing the credibility gap at financial-services giant Citigroup…”，由此得知，克劳切克之所以成功，主要依赖于她成功应对了最近的挑战：在政府调查使公司名誉及其股票罩上一层阴影之后，她解决了金融服务巨头花旗集团的信用危机，故B为正确答案。选项A和C意思分别是“她使公司重新获得声誉”和“她提升了公司的股价”，文中只是提到公司声誉和股价受损，并未提及她是否使公司重获声誉和公司股价提升，故排除。选项D中的“实现计划和目标”在原文中未提及，故排除。
3.From the passage we learn that Krawcheck is________.(D)
A. timid
B. soft-hearted
C. sensitive
D. strong-minded
解析：推理判断题。由题干定位到第三段。本段开头提到“This large stage leaves Krawcheck outwardly undaunted. She’s relaxed and confident, with a self-deprecating sense of humor.”，由此得知，她的特点有：无所畏惧、轻松自信、自贬式的幽默。本段中间提到“But this soft-spoken humility belies a toughness present from the start. ”，作者话锋一转，从前面的表面特点转向了深层的特点，即克劳切克表面上温和谦逊，实际上从一开始就很坚韧，故D为正确答案，同时排除A“害羞的”。选项B“心软的”和C“敏感的”文中未提及，故排除。
(1) Focus on what you do best. This age-old strategy has worked well for RealNetworks, Microsoft\’s main competitor in multimedia software for the Internet. Now, the smaller Seattle-based firm is trying a novel way to contain the software giant. On October 29th, it released the underlying recipe, or source-code, of its RealPlayer software and will soon do the same for its other programs—giving away a big chunk of its intellectual property.
(2) This may sound like a desperate echo of 1998, when Netscape, struggling in Microsoft\’s chokehold, published the source-code of its web browser (an initiative that yielded few real results until this June, when the first serious new version of the open-source browser, Mozilla, was released). Yet RealNetworks is not playing defense. It is trying to encourage the creation of a common multimedia software infrastructure for every kind of file format and device, thus thwarting Microsoft\’s ambitions in this promising market.
(3) The firm hopes that others in the industry (volunteer programmers, media firms and hardware makers) will take the code, called Helix DNA, improve it and make it run on new devices, such as mobile phones and home stereos, turning RealNetworks\’ software into an industry standard. Clever licensing terms are supposed to ensure that this standard does not splinter and that the firm still makes money.
(4) Individual developers, universities and other non-profit organizations can modify the software as t
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