题目内容
18.New research offers fresh insight on when to launch a product or service,and shows that being first to market isn't always a competitive advantage.In 2004,David Cohen had an idea for a social network for mobile phones that would connect users in the real world.His company,called iContact,launched a beta version ( 测试版 ),and seemed ready to tap the muchpublicized mobile software market.Cohen,then 36,had already founded a successful software company. (51)C,after 18 months,he was unable to get phone carriersto distribute his software,and he closed the company.
Bets on mobile applications didn't begin to (52)D until Apple's iPhone app storeopened the market in 2008.
Conventional (53)B says being first to market creates a competitive advantage.Reality is more complicated.Market opportunities are (54)C opening and closing,and a hit idea at one point could be a failure a year earlier or a yawning"me too"business a year later.It's tough---likely (55)A---to identify the best moment to enter a market,but common sense dictates new entrepreneurs ( 创业人 ) can improve their odds ( 机会 ) if they (56)C how much they bearto gain or lose by waiting.
New academic research suggests one way entrepreneurs can (57)Bwhether they should enter a market first or wait on the sidelines.The decision depends on how hostile ( 不利的 ) the learning environment is; (58)C,how much entrepreneurs can learn by observing other players before they (59)A,compared to what they learn from participating after they enter,according to Moren Levesque,an entrepreneurship researcher at the University of Waterloo.Levesque,along with professors Maria Minniti of Southern Methodist University and Dean Shepherd of Indiana University,used a mathematical (60)D to weigh the risks and benefits of entering the market early.Their research is among the first to explore"how different learning environments may influence the entry behavior of entrepreneurs."
The key to the academics'findings on timing is this:In a hostile learning environment,entrepreneurs gain relatively (61)C benefit by watching others.For example,if the relevant knowledge is (62)Bintellectual property,studying the market before entering wouldn't yield much advantage.In these situations,the trade-off ( 权衡利弊 ) (63)A entering early.But in less hostile learning environments,where entrepreneurs gain valuable information (64)Bto increase their success just by watching other companies,companies benefit from waiting and learning lessons from earlier players.IContact's successors,for example,may have learned from watching the company's trouble in getting mobile networks to distribute their software,a barrier that was (65)D by the iPhone's app store.
51.A.Otherwise | B.Moreover | C.However | D.Therefore |
52.A.pay in | B.pay back | C.pay for | D.pay off |
53.A.custom | B.wisdom | C.habit | D.experience |
54.A.completely | B.confusingly | C.constantly | D.increasingly |
55.A.impossible | B.possible | C.potential | D.manageable |
56.A.imagine | B.interpret | C.weigh | D.measure |
57.A.value | B.evaluate | C.ensure | D.convince |
58.A.after all | B.as a result | C.in other words | D.in addition |
59.A.launch | B.campaign | C.strike | D.function |
60.A.version | B.pattern | C.example | D.model |
61.A.few | B.many | C.little | D.much |
62.A.provided | B.protected | C.shared | D.improved |
63.A.favors | B.dislikes | C.opposes | D.concerns |
64.A.unlikely | B.likely | C.unbelievable | D.questionable |
65.A.lowered | B.created | C.resolved | D.removed |
分析 文章论述了产品进入市场时间的早晚是不确定的,并不是优先进入市场就是有力优势,要根据不同的学习环境而定.
解答 51-65 CDBCA CBCAD CBABD
51题答案是C.根据after 18 months,he was unable to get phone carriersto distribute his software,and he closed the company.和前文的成功形成对比,所以用转折连词however.故选C.
52题答案是D.根据until Apple's iPhone app storeopened the market in 2008可知苹果应用市场开始应用之后移动应用才开始取得成功.故选D.
53题答案是B.根据 being first to market creates a competitive advantage.Reality is more complicated可知是传统的至理名言是先进入市场先获取竞争优势.故选B.
54题答案是C.根据上下文可知市场机遇是不断地开开合合的.故选C.
55题答案是A.本文论点,进入市场的最佳时机是不可能确定的.故选A.
56题答案是C.句意是如果他们能衡量好等待带来的回报和损失,用动词weigh表示"衡量".故选C.
57题答案是B.下文给出的建议是确定是否先进入市场还是等等看.故选B.
58题答案是C.后文是对前文的具体解释,用in other words表示"也就是说,换句话说".故选C.
59题答案是A.句意是他们在投入市场之前先观察别人.故选A.
60题答案是D.句意是通过数学模型来衡量风险与利益.故选D.
61题答案是C.根据In a hostile learning environment,entrepreneurs gain relative可知不利的学习环境里,通过等待获取的优点是很少的,故选C.
62题答案是B.intellectual property(知识产权)是被保护的,故选B.
63题答案是A.前面讲的是不利的学习环境里,学习市场是没有优点的,所以权衡利弊没有早点进入市场好.故选A.
64题答案是B.句子表达的是观察其他公司更有可能获得成功.故选B.
65题答案是D.障碍是被移除.故选D.
点评 这是一篇经济类的议论文.解答此类题目,首先需要通读全文,掌握文章大意;其次分析每一个空格前后的语意和语境,进而根据相关语法选择正确的答案.