考研人數逐年增加，競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值，而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。

學習步驟如下：

1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解

2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入

3.強化記憶重點單詞（以記憶其漢語意思為主）

When Microsoft bought task management app Wunderlist and mobile calendar Sunrise in 2015, it picked two newcomers that were attracting considerable buzz(注意力） in Silicon Valley. Microsoft's own Office dominates the market for"productivity"software, but the start-ups（初創公司） represented a new wave of technology designed from the ground up for the smart phone world.

Both apps, however, were later scrapped（拋棄） after Microsoft said it had used their best features in its own products. Their teams of engineers stayed on, making them two of the many"acqui-hires" that the biggest companies have used to feed their great hunger for tech talent（人才）.

短文翻譯

2015年，當微軟收購任務管理應用 Wunderlist和移動日歷 Sunrise時，它挑選的是兩家在硅谷引起相當大轟動的新公司。微軟自己的 Office主導著“高效辦公”軟件市場，但這些初創企業代表了完全為智能手機服務的新一波技術。

但是，在微軟表示已在自己的產品中使用了它們的最佳功能之后，這兩個應用程序便被廢棄了。它們的工程師團隊留了下來這使之成為大型公司為滿足對科技人才的巨大需求而采取的“人才并購”方式中的兩個實例。

核心詞匯一覽

真題練習

*一定要做題哦

31. What is true about Wunderlist and Sunrise after their acquisitions?

A. Their market values declined.

B. Their engineers were retained.

C. Their tech features improved.

D. Their products were re-priced

題目解析

31.【解析】 根據名詞Wunderlist，Sunrise和acquisition定位到原文第二段的both apps，第二行，由their teams of engineers stayed on, making them two of the many...used to feed their great hunger for tech talent（他們的工程師團隊留下來了……用來滿足他們對科技人才的巨大渴望）可知此處選擇B選項Their engineers were retained.（他們的工程師被保留）。【A】項： 他們的市場價值下降了。無中生有；【C】項：他們的科技功能得到了改善。并沒有改善，只是使用了某些功能，偷換概念；【D】項：他們的產品被重新定價，無中生有。