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13、nshipbetweenthepairedpassages.AnswerthequestionsonthebasisofwhaisstutedCrimpliedinthpassagesandinanyintroductorymaterialthatmaybeprovided.Questions6-9arebasednthefollowingpassages.Passage1Duringtherapidexpansionin(henumberofInternetcompanies(4*dot-cost)inthe1990s,alotofentrepreneursthoughttheInterne
14、thadchangedeverything.UneTheysawanopportunity,goireallygreedy,andmadealot5ofbaddecisions.Astheirbigplanswentbellyupbecausetleyhadntfiguredomhowtocontinuemakingmoney,cracksstalledtoshow.WhentheInternetcompaniesstartedlosingmoney,thepublicwhichhadinitiallyrushedtobuystockinthesenewcompaniesrefused/Oto
15、fundanymoreriskyexperiments.ThemarketforstockinInternetcompaniescollapsed,entrepreneurslookedforopportunitiessomewhereelse,andthesurvivorsstruggleon.Bm!Endofstory.Passage2Therearcmanysimilaritiesbetween(heInternet/5expansionandBritainsrailwaymaniainthe1840s.Justaftertherailroadwasinvented,would-bcra
16、ilmillionairesraisedvastSUmSofmoneytofinanceproposedlines.MosxrailwayComPaniCSneverpaidapennybacktoinvestors,andmanycompanieswentbus.Anyonewhobough(stock20sharesintheGreatWesternRailwayatitslaunchin1835andheldthemuntil1913wouldhaveseenanUnmmarkabkannualreturnofonly5percent.Evenso.railroadsbroughthug
17、ebenefitsIotheeconomylongaftershaepricescrashed.ThelessonisthattheInternetmaystillproduce25long-termeconomicgains,eventhoughmanyinvestorscouldlosetheirshins.6.BothauthorsimplywhichofthefollowingaboutpeoplewhoinvestedinInternetcompanies?（八）Unusualgreedwastheprincipalmotivatingfactor.(B)Lackofhistoric
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25、tdonotstrikethelaypersonascrazy22.Inthefinalsentenceofthesecondparagraph(lines2326),theauthorsuggeststhat（八）thoroughtestingofascientifictheoryisfrequentlycompromised(B)themoreradicalanewtheoryis,themorerigorousthetestingitwillface(C)subtlepromotionofanewideacanbemoreimportantforitsacceptancethantestingis(D)atheorydesignedtobedifficuitotestisrarelyappreciatedbyotherscientists(E)uncriticaladvocacyofone
