A press report stating that Microsoft has restarted talks to buy Yahoo's search business for 20 billion U. S. dollars. It has no basis in fact, the San Francisco Chronicle said on Monday.
The Times of London reported on Sunday that the deal under discussion would put former AOL CEO Jonathan Miller and Ross Levinsohn, a former president of Fox Interactive Media, in charge of Yahoo. The report also said executives (管理人员) at both panies had agreed to the broad terms of a deal.
In fact, there are no current talks between the two panies. The Chronicle quoted an executive at one of the firms who requested his name to be kept secret as saying. Furthermore, the 20-billion-dollar price mentioned in the Times of London article for Yahoo's search business appears questionable given that the market capitalization (资本总额) for all of Yahoo is 16 billion dollars, said The Chronicle.
Yahoo and Microsoft had had on-again, off-again talks over several months earlier this year about a 47. 5-billion-dollar takeover, and later a proposal focused only on Yahoo's search business. Discussions regarding both plans collapsed without an agreement.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said repeatedly that he is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo, but that he is open to some sort of partnership involving their respective search businesses.
Brad Williams, a Yahoo spokesman, said Sunday We don't ment on rumors. Frank Shaw, a Microsoft spokesman, declined to ment.
Yahoo's shares have plummeted since Microsoft withdrew its 33-dollar-a-share acquisition offer earlier this year, leaving people to think that discussions would eventually be restarted. Yahoo's shares closed Friday at 11. 51 dollars, nearly one-third of the original offer.
【小题1】
1. From this passage, we can know that . A．Microsoft has given up buying all of Yahoo but its search businessB．Microsoft has already taken over the whole pany of Yahoo C．the market capitalization for all of Yahoo is over $ 20 billion D．the market capitalization for all of Microsoft is only $ 6 billion【小题2】
2. What is the author trying to convince readers of in the third paragraph?A．Yahoo and Microsoft are talking about takeover. B．Microsoft is buying Yahoo’s search businesses for $ 20 billion. C．Yahoo would like to sell its search businesses to another pany. D．There are no current talks between Yahoo and Microsoft.【小题3】
3. What does the underlined word “plummet” in the passage most probably mean?A．develop rapidlyB．increase quicklyC．fall quicklyD．keep balanced【小题4】
4. You can find this passage most probably in . A．an entertainment websiteB．an economical newspaperC．a sports magazineD．a biological dictionaryA
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(答案→)A
解析：
1.A细节理解题。根据Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer所说的话he is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo, but that he is open to some sort of partnership involving their respective search businesses可知A项正确。
2. D主旨大意题。根据这一段内容分析可以推断作者想通过这一段说明微软和雅虎正在谈判的说法是不可信的。
3. C词义猜测题。根据这一段内容分析可知雅虎股票已经跌至原来的三分之一，由此可知这里plummet表示“下跌，下降”。
4. B文章出处题。根据这篇文章的内容谈论有关经济问题，因此应该在经济类报刊找到这样的文章。