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　　31. What is true about Wunderlist and Sunrise after their acquisitions?

　　A. Their market values declined.

　　B. Their engineers were retained.

　　C. Their tech features improved.

　　D. Their products were re-priced.

　　答案句：Both apps, however, were later scrapped, after Microsoft said it had used their best features in its own products. Their teams of engineers stayed on.

　　解析：这句话强调的是这两家公司随后都被解体，只有工程师留在了母公司。B选项考了一个词 retained ，注意此处动词为被动语态，表示“被保留”，同义替换了原句中的 stayed on。A选项讲的是他们的市值降低，原文中并未提及。C 选项“两家公司的科技特色得以提升”，但原文内容为两家公司被拆解，其核心技术用在了微软自己的产品中, 所以这里提升或者改变的是微软产品的科技特性。D选项讲的是他们的产品被重新定价，原文中未提及任何关于产品定价的内容。所以这道题选B。

　　32. Microsoft’s critics believe that the big tech companies tend to

　　A. Exaggerate their product quality

　　B. Treat new tech talent unfairly

　　C. Eliminate their potential competitors

　　D. Ignore public opinions

　　答案句：To Microsoft’s critics, the fates of Wunderlist and Sunrise are examples of remorseless drive by Big Tech to chew up any innovative companies that lie in their path.

　　解析：这句话强调了评论家表示，作为微软这样的科技巨头，对这两家新兴公司的收购体现了科技巨头在商业上吞并小公司的无情和冷酷。A 选项，科技大公司夸张其产品质量，未提及。B选项，对新的科技人才不公平，未提及。C选项，消除潜在的竞争对手，是对原文的同义改写。D选项，忽视公众意见，未提及。

　　33. Paul Arnold is concerned that small acquisitions might ____

　　A. Weaken big tech companies

　　B. Worse market competition

　　C. Discourage start-up economy

　　D. Harm the national economy

　　答案句：I think these things are good for me, if I put my selfish hat on. But are they good for the American economy?

　　解析：定位句意为： “如果我自私一些，我认为这些事情对我来讲是好的。但是这样真的对美国的经济有益吗?”从该句中转折词but可知，由于but前一句中good表肯定和正面，因此but后句子表示的一定是否定和负面的。此外，原文中提到了American economy，同意替换national economy，正确选项只能是D，危害国民经济。

　　34. The US Federal Trade Commission intends to ____

　　A. Surprise start-up’s operations

　　B. Encourage research collaboration

　　C. Limit Big Tech’s expansion

　　D. Examine small acquisitions

　　答案句：the US Federal Trade Commission says it wants to find the answer to that question. This week, it asked the five most valuable US tech companies for information about their many small acquisitions over the past decade.

　　解析：题干的问题是，美国联邦交易委员会打算做什么，首先，选项D出现了原词，并且，asked…for information about, 向…索要信息，可以理解为检查，调查。其他三个选项都未在原文中出现过。干扰项是 C选项，过度推断，但是原文中并未提及从联邦贸易委员会的角度，这些公司的扩张需要被遏制，故排除。

　　35. For the five biggest tech companies, their small acquisitions have ____

　　A. Raised few management challenge

　　B. Brought little financial pressure

　　C. Set an example for future deals

　　D. Generated considerable profits.

　　答案句：the five companies(Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Facebook have spent an average of only $3.4bn a year on sub-$1bn acquisitions over the past five years- a drop in the ocean compared with their massive financial reserves, and the more than $130bn of venture capital that was invested in the US last year.

　　解析：这道题需要联系上下文，理解过去五年这些大公司每年在收购小公司上的花费，与他们的盈利来比较，只是沧海一粟- a drop in the ocean. 因此答案选B.

　　此题中答案D为干扰选项，由于题干说的是 小型收购至今为止的作用，因此D选项在原文中并没有直接提及。文中表示公司每年收入都非常可观，但没有直接表示这些利益是因为小型收购而带来的。对小公司的收购，最直接的利益应该是保证他们的垄断地位，消除竞争对手。如果原文中再多一句，说垄断地位为这些公司带来了巨大商业利润，那么D选项这个逻辑才能形成闭环，故排除。

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