第六章测试1.
Banked Cloze
A. dropping B. emphasis C. generally D. acquired E. underlying
F. estimated G. leaving H. enroll I. exchange J. currently
K. financial L. achieved M. entrepreneurial N. merging O. inspired
Musk was born and grew up in South Africa, the son of a South African engineer and a Canadian-born mother who has worked as a New York City dietitian and modeled for fun. His father 1.________ his love of technology and Musk bought his first computer at age 9 and taught himself
how to program; by the age of 12 he sold his first commercial software, a space game called
Blaster.
He immigrated to Canada in June 1989 at age 17. He left Canada in 1992 after getting a
scholarship to study business and physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned an
undergraduate degree in economics and stayed on another year to finish a second bachelor’s
degree in physics. Musk then considered three areas he wanted to get into that were “important problems,” as he said later. “One was the Internet, one was clean energy, and one was space.
In 1995, Musk moved to California to 2.________ in a graduate program in high energy physics at Stanford, in which he stayed exactly two days before 3._________ out to start Zip2, which provided online content publishing software for news organizations.
In March 1999, Musk co-founded X.com, an online 4.________ services and email payments company. One year later, X.com 5.________ Confinity, and the combined entity focused on email payments through the PayPal domain. In February 2001, X.com changed its legal name to PayPal. In October 2002, PayPal was acquired by eBay for US$1.5 billion in stock.
In June 2002, Musk founded his third company, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), of which he is 6.__________ the CEO and CTO. SpaceX develops and manufactures space launch vehicles, with a(n) 7._________ on low cost and high reliability.
In addition to his business activities in 8._________ space, Musk is the principal owner and Chairman of the Board of Tesla Motors, which builds a high-end luxury electric vehicle. He is also the primary investor and Chairman of the Board of SolarCity, a photovoltaics products and services startup company. The 9.__________ motivation for funding both companies is to help combat global warming.
Musk’s fortune is 10.___________ at US$328 million.
答案:
2.
According to Text A, Musk has a happy childhood memory. ( )
A:对 B:错 3.
According to Text A, Musk has shown his genius in science at a young age. ( )
A:对 B:错 4.
According to Text A, Musk is keen on future development of science.( )
A:对 B:错 5.
According to Text B, it is difficult for a corporation to maintain its market value as prices fluctuate. ( )
A:对 B:错 6.
According to Text B, innovative products will eventually succeed even without proper marketing. ( )
A:错 B:对
