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B. take
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B. take
C. bring
D. fetch
第1题
______ a better education for their children is the wish of most of the parents.
A.To get
B.Getting
C.Gotten
D.Have gotten
第2题
According to the passage, Sergey Brin and Larry Page______.
A.are highlighted in Randall Stross' book
B.bring Silicon Valley the most advanced technology
C.are pioneers in the technology industry
D.never stop trying to make the world better
第3题
According to the passage, Sergey Brin and Larry Page ______.
A.are highlighted in Randall Stross' book
B.bring Silicon Valley the most advanced technology
C.are pioneers in the technology industry
D.never stop trying to make the world better
第4题
Who was the greatest dramatist in the 18th century?______.
A.Oliver Goldsmith
B.Richard Brinsley Sheridan
C.Laurence Sterne
D.Henry Fielding
第5题
Why is White so good at business management?
A.Because he is 65 years old.
B.Because he brings a different approach.
C.Because he is good at producing steel.
第6题
According to paragraph 2, why did Robinson want a stone monument in South Dakota?
A.To bring visitors to South Dakota.
B.To honor four great presidents.
C.To honor western heroes.
D.To educate people about history.
第7题
Which of the following can help avoid potential problems in family businesses?
A.Don't bring friends into your business.
B.Clarify each family member's responsibility.
C.Ask your friends what you should do during tough times.
D.Persuade others to like the person you introduce.
第8题
The popular Internet search engine e-mailed investors registered to bid on its shares that it priced the initial public offering at $85 a share. That was the low end of the new expected range, which was already reduced from $135.
Also, 【B2】______ , and several big shareholders said they would not sell anything in the IPO.
The upshot, rather than raising $3.1 billion in what would have been the 13th biggest initial public offering, the sale would raise just $1.7 billion— 【B3】______ .
Under the symbol GOOG, Google is expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq Thursday.
Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who would have been worth $4.6 billion midway in the original IPO range, saw the value of their post-sale stakes shrink to $3.2 billion. Still, 【B4】______ .
A series of missteps by Google and renewed turmoil in tech stocks proved a powerful problem for what has been billed as the most anticipated IPO since the tech bubble burst. "Google has stumbled badly out of the gate, even before it was out of the gate," says David Garrity of research firm Caris & Co.
Late Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission granted Google's request to certify the IPO, after delaying the offering 24 hours. Separately, Google said the SEC was investigating whether its co-founders had violated "quiet period" rules. Soon after the SEC decision, 【B5】______ .
Despite the blemishes, the IPO is another big accomplishment for the company. Started less than six years ago, Google has thrived letting consumers search the Internet for free while it charges advertisers for putting links on its Web site.
A. that would rank them near 50th on the Forbes richest Americans list
B. Google's two founders cut in half the number of shares they expected to sell as part of the offering
C. Google on Wednesday slashed the price and size of its much-hyped IPO
D. which would rank Google in the top 5 IPOs
E. Google closed the unusual auction for its shares and notified winning bidders
F. Google began to sell its shares at the price of $105 a share
G. which would not even rank it in the top 25 IPOs
H. Google decided to size down its number of employees
【B1】______
第9题
Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have always had an air of niceness about them: after all, Google was the first company to promise "not to be evil" in the prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO). Bat it appears as if the founders of the world's biggest Internet search engine have a touch of naivety about them too. In April, as they were planning Google's IPO, they gave an interview to Playboy magazine. Alas, such interviews can fall foul of America's tight rules on stock market flotations, which are designed to prevent companies from hyping their stock ahead of a listing. And so, just as the bidding for the shares got under way on Friday August 13th, it looked like the IPO might have to be pulled.
In the end, it didn't come to that. The Securities and Exchange Commission, America's main financial regulator, reportedly gave the IPO the go-ahead after Google refiled its offering document with the Playboy article attached. And so the innovative Dutch auction for the firm's shares is expected to wind up on Wednesday, with investors who hid at or above a market-clearing price paying that price. Google shares are likely to begin trading on the Nasdaq market on Thursday. The company and its bankers have declined to give details of bidding levels, but the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that most bids are within or above Google's own estimated range of $108-$135 per share, valuing the company at up to $36 billion.
The Playboy fiasco is simply the latest controversy to befall Google over the past few months. It has already had to offer to buy back shares improperly issued ahead of the flotation. And at the end of July, Google's website was crippled by an Internet worm, MyDoom. Of course, there are many investors with an interest in playing up Google's problems and talking down its worth, so as to get the shares more cheaply in the Dutch auction. And Wall Street banks, whose lucrative stranglehold on IPOs is threatened, are also keen to prove that companies cannot list without the help of banks in finding buyers for them. But even some supporters of the auction admit that Google's shares may be wildly overvalued, and that investors may not be taking into account threats to its dominance of the Internet-search market.
While Google is the undoubted leader in online searches, with more than a third of the market in June, its profits are still modest: it made $143m after tax in the first half of the year. At the expected valuation, it would be worth a staggering 187 times current earnings. Such a valuation implies a future of rapid growth and high profit margins. But, while most expect Google's revenues to continue to soar, its ability to make money from such sales is in doubt.
Google makes most of its money from so-called sponsored links—discreet ads that come up with any search—and can do so because of its dominance in search. But that lead is under threat. Until this year, Yahoo!, an Internet portal, used Google to power its searches, paying a license fee for the technology. But Yahoo! has acquired a number of other search engines, and in February cut its ties to Google. Google's share of all searches has fallen from 75% at its peak to around half, and Yahoo! is not far behind. Moreover, Yahoo! has a key advantage over Google: because of its vast base of registered users (100m people use its e-mail, travel and other services), it is in a better position to tailor searches to users' needs. Microsoft poses a threat to Google too. The software giant is developing its own search service,
A.Because Playboy has an editorial style. in stark contrast to that of Google.
B.Because Playboy is an important strategic partner of Google.
C.Because Playboy's interview of some Google executives implicated the IPO of Google.
D.Because Playboy offers a sound platform. for Google to proceed with its IPO.
第10题
Человек, который свои ошибки и исправляет их, никогда славы не теряет.
A.признает
B.узнает
C.познает