News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with heated di

News that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with heated discussion by many Internet users on Friday. Here are some responses:
Mark Galeassi of Kansas City, Missouri
This is the best move for both parties. Yahoo has the ideas and Microsoft has the money to finally market these ideas correctly. Microsoft and Yahoo are a perfect fit and the deal will be good for consumers.
Scott G of New Jersey
I was a Yahoo user for years along with Hotmail from Microsoft. Then Google came along: Google Earth, Google Toolbar and Gmail. Google is so innovative (创新的) with everything they do. Yahoo and Microsoft... same old story... I don’t think the merger (合并) will do anything for either company except improve the Yahoo shareholders’ bank accounts.
Michael Glosser of Estero, Florida
Right now, Yahoo offers a lot of features and tools at no cost for all different levels of Internet users. Microsoft seeks nothing but profit. Undoubtedly, they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non-priced features. Microsoft’s greed will ruin the great thing that Yahoo currently is.
Toni Suarez of Hacienda Heights, California
Perhaps it would bring better high technology innovations to e-mail and help in researching and developing a better Internet!
Antonio Simmons of Parkville, Maryland
Microsoft purchasing Yahoo would be nothing more than an attempt from Microsoft to further impose upon the users their poor-quality software and obtain more wealth for the company. In my opinion, they will never be able to compete with Google because Yahoo and Microsoft’s current search engines are too inferior (差的) to compete. Even if combined, they still lack.
【小题1】Who is in favor of the merger of Microsoft and Yahoo?A．Antonio Simmons. B．Michael Grosser. C．Scott G.D．Mark Galeassi.【小题2】In the opinion of Scott G , .A．the merger will contribute to MicrosoftB．Yahoo and Microsoft are lacking in innovationC．Google is getting short of management experienceD．the merger will allow Microsoft to overtake Google【小题3】Michael Grosser is afraid that .A．the merger will cost Yahoo’s free featuresB．the merger will lead to Microsoft’s defeating YahooC．the increased competition will force Google out of the gameD．Internet users will have to buy Microsoft’s expensive software【小题4】What is Antonio Simmons’ attitude towards Google?A．Doubtful.B．Disapproval.C．Positive.D．Negative.D

(答案→)D 解析：本文是关于5个人对于微软收购雅虎的不同观点。【小题1】推理题。文章第二段中Mark Galeassi.的观点可知他是支持收购的。【小题2】细节题。根据Scott G观点的第2,3行Google is so innovative (创新的) with everything they do. Yahoo and Microsoft... same old story...可知他认为雅虎和微软缺乏创新。【小题3】细节题。根据Michael Grosser观点的2,3行Undoubtedly, they’ll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoo’s formerly non-priced features.答案为A。【小题4】推理题。文中Antonio Simmons观点的3,4行中In my opinion, they will never be able to compete with Google because Yahoo and Microsoft’s current search engines are too inferior (差的) to compete. Even if combined, they still lack.得知他对于谷歌的前途很乐观。

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