[中国建设银行贷款]2020中国建设银行校园招聘考试英语笔试题

知识点：阅读理解题——六级常规篇

Jeez, Europe, what more do you need? Great universities. Fantastic transit systems. More than twice the population of the U.S. The finest cars, watches, wine, beer — OK, the Americans do better beer now, but still. So many glorious advantages. And yet Europe, as ever, continues its reign as the globe’s consumer — tech underachiever.

?The heyday of Nokia Corp. and Ericsson AB is a distant memory, and Europe doesn’t have anything remotely comparable to Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, or Facebook, or Alibaba or Tencent, companies with market values ranging from $400 billion to $1 trillion and counting. With apologies to Stefon, Europe’s hottest tech business is Spotify ($34 billion); the only one into nine figures is SAP ($140 billion), the German maker of the world’s most boring business software.

The good news for Euro startups is that they’ve got their best chance in a good, long while to make something of themselves. China’s champions are struggling to expand in markets for which they haven’t adequately tailored their services. And Silicon Valley is two years into a string of unforced errors: fake news. On Aug. 13 the Associated Press reported the latest outrage — Google has been tracking app users’ locations and storing that data even if users change their privacy settings to forbid it from tracking their location activity. Facebook Inc. and Google are persuasively if unintentionally making the case that the world needs alternative visions of the future — all Europe needs to do is find some. Over the past few years, Europe has brought in the kind of money it used to lack, worn down some barriers to regional expansion, and built a handful of startup hubs in its national capitals. “Europe’s tech ecosystem has the talent, ambition, and velocity to produce companies of comparable scale to the Facebooks and Ubers of the world,” says Manish Madhvani, managing partner of GP Bullhound LLP, a tech-focused investment adviser. And still, many of the continent’s best efforts keep laming out or selling out too early. It’s worth taking a tour through this lovely land of walkable cities and missed business opportunities to figure out what’s gone wrong, and what may finally be right.

Europe is also no stranger to unforced errors. London, its largest financial and technology hub, has unsurprisingly been one of the best places on Earth to start a financial tech company. In the U.S., companies have to contend with each state’s banking and insurance regulators, and laws may vary widely. A company regulated by European Union financial authorities can operate in all 28 EU countries without applying to individual agencies. And since January, any EU citizen who wants to try the services of a financial startup can demand that his existing bank share his account data with the upstart. But, you know, Brexit. If the U.K. leaves the EU next year, that British leg up will vanish.

11. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A. Europe could have done better in the tech field.

B. Universities and transit systems are the advantages of Europe.

C. The best cars, watches and wine are in Europe.

D. Population is a weakness of Europe.

12. The good news for Euro startups is that they’ve got their best chance in a good, long while to make something of themselves. What is not the “chance” for Europe?

A. Europe has found the money it needs and removed some barriers.

B. Brexit gives Europe another advantage to develop tech industry.

C. The Silicon Valley is involved in a series of negative news.

D. The tech companies of China still need time to adapt to the local markets.

13. The example of Google in the third paragraph is cited to explain that ______.

A. Google is no longer the pride of Americans

B. users are not satisfied with Google

C. it is a chance for Europe to build an alternative tech giant

D. Google has invaded its users’ privacy

14. According to the passage, why does Europe not have tech giants like Apple or Facebook?

A. The passage does not tell.

B. Because Europe rests on its laurels.

C. Because America has a Silicon Valley while Europe does not.

D. Because Europe does not have the business environment for tech companies.

15. Which one of the following statements is true?

A. London is much better than any other cities to build a financial tech company.

B. Companies in EU face more complicated regulations than their American counterparts do.

C. Europe has the tech ecosystem to build businesses comparable to the Facebook.

D. The hottest tech business in Europe is SAP with nine figures.

11.【答案】A。解析：推断题。根据题干定位到文章第一段，本段说到欧洲已经有了很多优势了：一流的大学、顶尖的运输系统，人口多达美国的两倍，还有最好的汽车、手表、红酒……但即便有这么多优势，欧洲依然并且一直是全球技术的消费者——高科技产业中的“差等生”，由此可知，欧洲本应该借助其众多优势在技术领域做得更好，故选项A说法正确。选项B、C都是原文中的内容，不需要推断，不符合题意，排除；D项“人口是欧洲的劣势”，文章第一段明确把人口众多放在了欧洲的优势之中，故D说法错误，排除。

12.【答案】B。解析：细节题。题干问哪一项不是欧洲的“机会”，定位到文章第三段China’s champions are struggling to expand in markets for which they haven’t adequately tailored their services.中国的各大科技公司正在扩张，但是还未完全适应新的市场，即中国公司还需要时间适应当地市场；And Silicon Valley is two years into a string of unforced errors: fake news.硅谷这两年陷入新闻造假事件中，负面新闻缠身；Over the past few years, Europe has brought in the kind of money it used to lack, worn down some barriers to regional expansion…欧洲在过去的几年得到了一直短缺的资金，去除了一些区域扩张的障碍。对照原文，选项A、C、D都为欧洲发展创造了机会，只有B项没有体现，故本题应选B。

13.【答案】C。解析：推断题。根据题干定位到文章第三段，Google被曝出窃取app用户的隐私信息，… Google are persuasively if unintentionally making the case that the world needs alternative visions of the future — all Europe needs to do is find some.这一事件证明，世界需要Google等技术巨头公司的替代者，欧洲要做的就是创建这些替代公司，由此可知，选项C说法正确。A项“Google已经不再是美国人的骄傲了”和B项“用户对Google感到不满”文章都没有提到；D项“Google侵害了用户的隐私”，这是事例本身的内容，并不是引用事例的目的。综上所述，本题选C。

14.【答案】A。解析：推断题。题干问根据本文，为什么欧洲没有像苹果和脸书这样的科技巨头？文章第三段后半部分提到欧洲有良好的科技生态系统可以创建与脸书和优步相匹敌的公司，但是其努力最终都未能成功。欧洲值得一游，我们需要从这些错过的商机中找出原因，看看到底是哪里出了问题，该如何解决。文章最后一段则继续通过与美国的创业环境相比，说明欧洲在创办科技企业方面的优势：金融管控灵活自由。但是作者依然没有给出欧洲缺乏科技巨头的具体原因。B项“因为欧洲在吃老本”文中未提到；C项“因为美国有硅谷而欧洲没有”过于片面；D项“因为欧洲没有科技公司的经营环境”明显与原文不符，原文最后一段说了与美国相比欧洲创建科技公司方面的优势。因此本题答案为A。

15.【答案】C。解析：细节题。题目要求从四个选项中选出正确的表述，需要我们逐个选项分析。A项：伦敦比其他任何城市都更适合创办金融科技公司。根据London定位到文章最后一段第二句London, … has unsurprisingly been one of the best places on Earth to start a financial tech company.可知伦敦是世界上创办金融科技公司的最佳城市之一，所以A项表述错误，排除。B项：与美国公司相比，欧盟公司要面临更加复杂的管控。同样定位到文章最后一段，根据In the U.S., companies have to contend with each state’s banking and insurance regulators, and laws may vary widely. A company regulated by European Union financial authorities can operate in all 28 EU countries without applying to individual agencies. 可知，B项表述明显错误，应该是美国公司要面临的管控比欧洲公司复杂。C项：欧洲有高科技生态系统，可以创办与Facebook相匹敌的公司。根据tech ecosystem定位到文章倒数第二段“Europe’s tech ecosystem has the talent, ambition, and velocity to produce companies of comparable scale to the Facebooks and Ubers of the world,”…可知C项表述正确。D项：欧洲最热门的科技公司是SAP。根据关键词定位到文章第二段最后一句Europe’s hottest tech business is Spotify ($34 billion); the only one into nine figures is SAP ($140 billion)，可知欧洲最热门的科技公司是Spotify，故D项表述错误，排除。综合以上分析可知，正确答案为C。

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