2017年12月大学英语六级仔细阅读练习题（43）思维导图

Droppingoutofuniversitytolaunchastart-upisoldhat.ThetwistwithJosephCohen,DanGetelmanandJimGrandpreisthattheirstart-upaimstoimprovehowuniversitieswork.InMay2011thethreefoundersquittheUniversityofPennsvlvania.tolaunchCoursekit,soonrenamedasLore.whichhasalreadyraised$6mtodevelopwhatMr.Cohen,its21-year-oldchiefexecutive,describesasasocial-learningnetworkfortheclassroom".

LoreispartofatrendthatbuildsonthefamiliaritywithsocialnetworkingthathascomewiththesuccessofFacebook.Itcustomizestherulesofanetworktomeetthespecificneedsofstudents.AnyoneteachingaclasswouldreasonablyworrythatstudentsusingFacebookweregossipingratherthanlearningusefulinformationfromtheirnetworkoffriends.Loreallowsteacherstocontrolexactlywhoisinthenetworkbyissuingaclass-membershipcodeandtoseehowtheyareusingit.Theycanalsodistributecoursematerials,contactstudents,managetestsandgrades,anddecidewhattomakepublicandwhattokeepprivate.Studentscanalsointeractwitheachother.

IntheacademicyearafterlaunchingitsfirstversionlastNovember,Lorewasusedinatleastoneclassin600diversitiesandcolleges.Itsgoalforitssecondyear,abouttobegin,istospreadrapidlywithinthose600institutions,notleasttoseewhattheeffectsofscalearefromhavinglotsofclassessignedupwithinthesameinstitution.

Thefirmhasafast-growingarmyoffansinthefacultycommonroom.Lore,saysEdwardBoches,whousesitforhisadvertisingclassesatBostonUniversity,makesteaching"moreinteractive,extendsitbeyondtheclassroomandstimulatesstudentstolearnfromeachotherratherthanjusttheprofessor."

Amongotherchallengesforthecompany,thereremainsthesmallmatteroffiguringoutabusinessmodel.Forthemomentithasnone.Mr.CohenhopesthateventuallyLorecouldbecometheprimarymarketplaceforeverythingfromcoursestotextbooks,butsofartheserviceisfreeandcarriesnoadvertising.Blackboard,theindustryincumbent(占有者),chargesusersforitscourse-managementsoftware.Itremainstobeseenhowitwillrespondtotheupstart(新贵).

ThelackofaplandoesnotappeartobotherLore'sfoundersorinvestors,-whoseemcontenttolearnalessonfromanotheruniversitydrop-out,MarkZuckerberg,theco-founderofFacebook:achievecriticalmassinyournetworkandtheprofitswillfollow.Andafterthatperhapstheycanexpectanhonorarydegreefromthea/mamater(母校).

A.Itspecializesinproducingoldhats.

B.Itaimstoimprovethewayuniversitieswork.

C.Itinvests$6minthedevelopmentofsocialnetwork.

D.Itpromotesthecommunicationamongclassmates.

A.Meetspecificneedsofstudents.

B.Learnusefulinformationfromfriends.

C.Controltheonlineclassmembership.

D.Monitorstudents'personalprivacy.

A.increasefansinthefacultycommonroom

B.launchitssecondversionin600universities

C.makemoreclassesfrom600institutionssignedup

D.spreaditsinfluencewithinthesameinstitution

A.confrontwithBlackboardasanequal

B.offerfreeservicetotheadvertisers

C.coverbusinessesfromcoursestotextbooks

D.Developitsowncome-managementsoftware

A.Theycan'tbebotheredtodesignabusinessmodel.

B.TheylearnalessonfromthesuccessofFacebook.

C.Theywillnotmakeprofitswithoutdrawingmassusers.

D.Theydesiretoreceiveanhonorarydegreefromthealmamater.

56B)。本题考查学问公司的相关事实。定位句指出，约瑟夫.科恩.金提曼和吉姆.格兰坡的合作创业旨在提升学校的运作方式，故答案为B)。

57.C)。本题考查学问公司对教师的帮助。定位句指出，“学问”使得教师们通过发行课堂成员代码来严格控制上网的学生以及他们如何使用网络，故答案为C)。

58.C)。本题考查“学问”的第二年计划。定位句指出，即将开始实行的第二年计划是在600所机构里扩大影响范围，不仅仅是看到同机构里很多班级报名的规模效应，故答案为C)。

59.C)。本题考查科恩先生对学问公司的期望。定位句指出，他希望最后“学问”能成为自课程到教科书等一切的主要市场，故答案为C)。

60.B)。本题考查学问公司创建者们的创业灵感。定位句指出，他们似乎满足于向另一所大学的辍学者和脸谱网的共同创建者马克·扎克伯格学习经验，故答案为B)。