超星 - iExplore 1 Text Understanding

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Which statement about innovation is correct according to the Para.1? ( )

A. It tends to be revolutionary but usually takes a long time to innovate.
B. It helps to improve productivity in the field of digital technology.
C. It is dynamic and changing all the way.
D. Microsoft is the source of innovation.

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Why do Africans relying on farming for a living still buy food from somewhere else? ( )

A. Because there are too many residents consuming food.
Because farmers and markets cannot communicate effectively.
C. Because farming lands are occupied by buildings and factories.
D. Because farmers are becoming less and less.

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What helps the smallholder farmers to connect with the formal marketplace? ( )

A. Specialists
Banks
C. Rails and roads
Digital technology

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The cost of doing business in agriculture will go way down when the agriculture system is _____. ( )

A. physical
B. cooperative
C. efficient
D. digital

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What does it take to build a digital agriculture system according to the last paragraph? ( )

A. equation
B. innovation
C. investment
D. partners

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What is the advantage of America’s economy compared with other nations according to Para.2? ( )

A. It can produce superior products and build world-dominating industries.
B. Its ability to generate start-ups that forever shift the nation’s whole economic structure.
C. It provides job opportunities and raises the living standards of its citizens.
D. It has many technology companies and businesses, like Google and Apple.

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According to Para.7, which is NOT the new model created by the venture capital-financed start-ups? ( )

A. a powerful network and social structure for innovation
B. a product of open thinking
C. a culture that value ideas
D. a venture-capital system

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What is the problem of start-up economy two decades ago according to Para. 3? ( )

A. The start-up economy generated new industries while sacrificing old ones.
B. Many technical experts lost their jobs in the manufacturing industries.
C. Nobody would like to take the manufacturing jobs despite of high salary.
D. Economy developed more slowly than before with the rise of start-ups.

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What did the business leaders and entrepreneurs worry about during and after the Great Depression in Para. 6? ( )

A. the technology for new start-ups
B. the possibility to attract federal investment
C. the economy’s ability to recover former vitality
D. the capability to hire top faulty for research

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In Para. 5, what are the elements that make Silicon Valley a fertile ground for start-ups according to a humorous person? ( )

A. great research university
B. ambitious leaders
C. human resources
D. venture capital

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