考研英语阅读理解精读100篇：UNIT 6

考研英语阅读理解精读100篇（高分版）：UNITSIXTEXTONEMaintaininginternalE-mailsystemshaslongbeenthebaneoftheuniversityinformation-technologydirector.Serversareunwieldyandunreliable,andinthepastseveralyears,thenumberofstudentcomplaintshasgrownexponentiallyasforward-movingproviderslikeYahooMail,Hotmail,andGmailhaveincreasedexpectationsofwhatE-mailshouldoffer.ThesolutionforanumberofcollegeshasbeentowavethewhiteflagandoutsourceE-mailhostingtotheexperts.Microsoft,whichownsHotmail,andGoogle(Gmail)arethebiggestplayersintheeducationalE-mailhostingmarket.Alongwiththeneat-operipheralgizmoslikemessaging,calendars,andcollaborationtools,theoutsourcedsystemsaremorestable,havebetterspamfilters,andprovidemuchmorestoragespacethanthetypicaluniversity'sin-housesystem.AttheUniversityofPennsylvania,itsoldE-mailservicegavestudents60megabytesofstorage,just3percentofthe2gigabytesWindowsLivenowprovides.Inreturn,GoogleandMicrosoftgetalmostnothing,atleastmonetarilyandintheshortterm.Microsoft'[e-mail]ofrevenue,thetwotechgiantsstrippedtheirrespectiveservicesofadvertisinginanefforttoaccommodateeducators'concerns.Microsoftbreaksevenontheventure(itdoesrunadsonnon-E-mailserviceslikeinstantmessaging),whileGoogle,whichmakesalmostallitsmoneythroughadvertising,runsataloss.Butwhatmoneytheydon'tmakeatthemomentwill—thecompanieshope—paygreatdividendsintheformoflifelongusersinthefuture,saysGoogle'sJeffKelter.Asquicklyastheyshuffleoutofcommencement,graduatesseetheirE-mailtransitiontothetraditionalad-basedformatsofGmailandHotmail.Andunlikebefore,whenuniversitiescouldn'taffordtohostthousandsofalumni,GoogleandMicrosoftcanmaintaineveryaccountindefinitely,retainingcustomersaslongascustomersstillwantthem.Notallschoolsarereadytooutsourcetheirtechdirtywork,withprivacyandsecuritytoppingthelistofconcerns.CriticsworrythatbyhandingovertheresponsibilityofE-mailhosting,collegesalsorelinquishthefreedomtokeeptheinformationsafeinthebestwaytheyseefit.Eveninthecorporateworld,thereisgreatskepticismofconsumertechnologieslikeGoogleApps.YetmostuniversityITmanagersagreethatoutsiderswoulddoabetterjobprotectingindividualE-mailfromvirusesandspamthantheirownsmalloperations,andstrongword-of-mouthpraisehasdonewonderstosupplementthealmostnonexistentmarketingbudgetsfortheseMicrosoftandGoogleprojects.Thepricetag—orlackofone—isn'tabadsalespitcheither.RaminSedehi,thevicedeanforfinanceandadministrationatPenn,says30percentofPenn'sstudentsalreadyforwardtheirmessagestooutsideclients,andhepredictsuniversitieswilleventuallybeoutoftheE-mailhostingbusinessaltogether.BallStateUniversityandtheIndianaUniversityAlumniAssociationarenowonWindowsLive,andArizonaStateUniversityswitchedtoGoogleAppsinOctober2006,alreadyconvertingatleast40,000ofits65,000studentstothenewsystem.PennStateUniversityandCaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity,tonametwo,havebeenintalks,whileotherschoolsarewatchingandwaiting.1.Thenumberofstudentcomplaintshasgrownexponentiallybecause_____[A]theschoolserversareunwieldyandunreliable.[B]theinformation-technologydirectorisnottheexpertinprovidingIT-relatedassistance.[C]theinternalE-mailsystemsaremuchmorebackwardthanthosecommerciallysuccessfulemailsystems.[D]therearenocollaborationtoolsintheinternalE-mailsystems.2.MicrosoftandGoogledonotrunadsontheE-mailsystemsforschoolsbecause_____[A]theywanttocatertotherequirementsoftheirclients.[B]theyaresponsoredbyschoolsanddonotneedtherevenuefromads.[C]theywanttobuildupauniquecommunitywithlife-longloyalty.[D]theywanttomaintainthestabilityofthesystemsatthepresent.3.Comparedwiththeuniversities,theadvantageofGooleandMicrosoftinhostingaccountsofalumniis_____[A]thattheycanreserveeveryaccountwithminimumcharge.[B]thattheycanretaineveryaccountatcustomers’wish.[C]thattheycanmaintaineveryaccountaslongasthecustomerswant.[D]thattheycankeepeveryaccountfrofreeinalongterm.4.ThetwogiantspersistinprovidingtheE-mailservicesthoughtheyrunatalossbecause_____[A]theybelievetheywillhavegoodreturnsfromthewould-belifelongusersinthefuture.[B]itispartoftheirsocialcommitmenttoreturnthesocietythroughcontributingtoeducation.[C]theirstrategyistomakeprofitthroughadvertisementtouniversityalumni.[D]theywantthestudentstopropagandizefortheirprojects.5.Theword“relinquish”(Line3,Paragraph4)mostprobablymeans_____[A]lose.[B]abandon.[C]exchange.[D]waste.文章剖析：这篇文章介绍了大学将自己的电邮系统外包给微软、谷歌等公司。第一段讲述大学自己经营电邮系统的缺陷；第二段讲述外包电邮系统的优点；第三段讲述外包商的策略；第四段讲述外包存在的一些问题；第五段讲述目前大学电邮系统外包的情况。词汇注释:banen.祸害；害人精unwieldyadj.难操纵的,难控制的exponentiallyadv.指数地，幂数地gizmon.小玩意儿，小发明spamn.兜售信息[邮件，广告，新闻，文章]dividendn.红利shuffleoutofv.笨拙地脱下alumnin.毕业生,校友relinquishv.放弃难句突破：(1)Serversareunwieldyandunreliable,andinthepastseveralyears,thenumberofstudentcomplaintshasgrownexponentiallyasforward-movingproviderslikeYahooMail,Hotmail,andGmailhaveincreasedexpectationsofwhatE-mailshouldoffer.[主体句式]Seversare…,andthenumberhasgrown…[结构分析]这是一个并列句，后面分句结构比较复杂；该分句是带有as引导的原因状语从句的复杂句，前面inthepastseveralyears是状语。[句子译文]在过去的几年中，学生抱怨的数量呈指数增长，而不断进步的供应商如雅虎邮件、Hotmail、Gmail更多考虑电子邮件能提供什么服务。(2)Yet