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1、第一篇第一篇CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhereistheresomethinguniqueaboutitItwouldn’tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountriesbecauseyoucouldn’treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither.WhatdoesittaketomakeaSiliconValleyIt

2、’stherightpeople.IfyoucouldgettherighttenthouspeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffaloBuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley.Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub（中心）:richpeoplenerds（癡迷科研的人）.Observationbearsthisout.Wi

3、thintheUStownshavebecomestartuphubsifonlyiftheyhavebothrichpeoplenerds.FewstartupshappeninMiamifexamplebecausealthoughit’sfullofrichpeopleithasfewnerds.It’snotthekindofplacenerdslike.WhereasPittsburghastheoppositeproblem

4、:plentyofnerdsbutnorichpeople.ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMITStanfdBerkeleyCarnegieMellon.MITyieldedRoute128.StanfdBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley.ButwhatdidCarnegieMellonyieldinPittsburghwhathappenedinItha

5、cahomeofCnellUniversitywhichisalsohighonthelist.IgrewupinPittsburghwenttocollegeatCnellsoIcananswerfboth.Theweatheristerribleparticularlyinwinterthere’snointerestingoldcitytomakeupfitasthereisinBoston.Richpeopledon’twant

6、toliveinPittsburghIthaca.Sowhilethereareplentyofhackers（電腦迷）whocouldstartstartupsthere’snoonetoinvestinthem.DoyoureallyneedtherichpeopleWouldn’titwktohavethegovernmentinvestthenerdsNoitwouldnot.Startupinvestsareadistinct

7、typeofrichpeople.Theytendtohavealotofexperiencethemselvesinthetechnologybusiness.Thishelpsthempicktherightstartupsmeanstheycansupplyadviceconnectionsaswellasmoney.thefactthattheyhaveapersonalstakeintheoutcomemakesthemrea

8、llypayattention.56.WhatdowelearnaboutSiliconValleyfromthepassageA)Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse.B)ItisthebiggesttechnologyhubintheUS.C)Itsfameinhightechnologyisincomparable.D)Itleadsthewldininfmationtechnology.“MIT”

9、容易定位到原文第六段，第六段段位拋出問題，所以順勢往第七段找答案。第七段中詳細(xì)描述了卡內(nèi)基梅隆大學(xué)所在的匹茲堡的不同之處：“Theweatheristerrible”，“richpeopledon’twanttoliveinPittsburghIthaca”，這些信息都指向了A選項，為高度概括關(guān)系。59.D該題難度較高，根據(jù)題干中的“Boston”可定位至原文的第七段。原文提到Boston的句子為“asthereisinBoston”，

10、as在這里表對比，意為“波士頓卻有”，那么前文一定指出了匹茲堡沒有某物，所以關(guān)鍵句在于具體是什么，故往前文查找，發(fā)現(xiàn)前文提到的是“there’snointerestingoldcitytomakeupfit”，意思是匹茲堡不僅天氣惡劣，而且也沒有有趣的老城區(qū)，但是波士頓卻與之相反，固選擇D，表示“波士頓有著很多歷史古跡”。60.C本題難度不高，根據(jù)核心名詞概念“startupinvests”可定位到原文最后一段，原文清晰地表述了，sta

11、rtupinvests不僅能夠提供資金幫助，還能提供很多建議，所以C選項“他們不僅能提供資金”是最好的答案，和原文關(guān)系為高度概括。第二篇第二篇It’snicetohavepeopleoflikemindaround.Agreeablepeopleboostyourconfidenceallowyoutorelaxfeelcomftable.Unftunatelythatcomftcanhindertheverylearningthatc

12、anexpyourcompanyyourcareer.It’snicetohavepeopleagreebutyouneedconflictingperspectivestodigoutthetruth.Ifeveryonearoundyouhassimilarviewsyourwkwillsufferfromconfirmationbias.(偏頗)Takealookatyourownwk.Doyoucontactsshareyour

13、pointofviewonmostsubjectsItyesit’stimetoshakethingsup.Asaleaderitcanbechallengingtocreateanenvironmentinwhichpeoplewillfreelydisagreearguebutasthesayinggoes:Fromconfrontationcomesbrilliance.It’snoteasyfmostpeopletoactive

14、lyseekconflict.Manyspendtheirlivestryingtoavoidarguments.There’snoneedtogooutfindpeopleyouhatebutyouneedtodosomeselfassessmenttodeterminewhereyouhavebecomestaleinyourthinking.Youmayneedtostartbyencouragingyourcurrentwkto