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1、PartI Writing (30minutes)Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledTheWaytoSuccessbycommentingonAbrahamLincoln’sfamousremark,“Givemesixhourstochopdownatree,andIwillspendthefirstfourshar
2、peningtheaxe.”Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsbutnomorethan200words. PartII ReadingComprehension(SkimmingandScanning) (15minutes)Directions:Inthispart,youwillhave15minutestogooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsonAnswerSheet1.Forquestion
3、s1—7,choosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).Forquestions8—10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Google’sPlanforWorld’sBiggestOnlineLibrary:PhilanthropyOrActofPiracy?Inrecentyears,teamsofworkersdispatchedbyGoogle
4、havebeenworkinghardtomakedigitalcopiesofbooks.Sofar,Googlehasscannedmorethan10milliontitlesfromlibrariesinAmericaandEurope—includinghalfamillionvolumesheldbytheBodleianinOxford.Theexactmethoditusesisunclear;thecompanydoesnotallowoutsiderstoobservethe
5、process.WhyisGoogleundertakingsuchaventure?Whyisiteveninterestedinallthoseout-of-printlibrarybooks,mostofwhichhavebeengatheringdustonforgottenshelvesfordecades?Thecompanyclaimsitsmotivesareessentiallypublic-spirited.Itsoverallmission,afterall,isto“or
6、ganisetheworld’sinformation”,soitwouldbeoddifthatinformationdidnotincludebooks.Thecompanylikestopresentitselfashavingloftyaspirations.“Thisreallyisn’taboutmakingmoney.Wearedoingthisforthegoodofsociety.”AsSantiagodelaMora,headofGoogleBooksforEurope,pu
7、tsit:“Bymakingitpossibletosearchthemillionsofbooksthatexisttoday,wehopetoexpandthefrontiersofhumanknowledge.”DanClancy,thechiefarchitectofGoogleBooks,doesseemgenuineinhisconvictionthatthisisprimarilyaphilanthropic（慈善的）exercise.“Google’scorebusinessis
8、searchandfind,soobviouslywhathelpsimproveGoogle’ssearchengineisgoodforGoogle,”hesays.“Butwehaveneverbuiltaspreadsheet（电子数据表）outliningthefinancialbenefitsofthis,andIhaveneverhadtojustifytheamountIamspendingtothecompany’sfounders.”Itiseasy,talkingtoCla
