2022有道英语唐迟阅读阅读的逻辑2010-2021年01（英语二）(1).pdf

慢Q有道考神来米考研英语（二）阅读真题的逻辑2021年阅读真题唐迟章晋林！编著公顶尖考研专属赠品Care seeking effective ways to cut calorie intakeDare trying to grow new varieties of grains30.The authors attitude to food self-sufficiency in the UK isAdefensiveBdoubtfulCtolerantDoptimisticText 3When Microsoft bought task management app Wunderlist and mobile calendarSunrise in 2015,it picked two newcomers that were attracting considerable buzz inSilicon Valley.Microsofts own Office dominates the market for productivitysoftware,but the start-ups represented a new wave of technology designed from the ground up forthe smartphone world.Both apps,however,were later scrapped,after Microsoft said it had used their bestfeatures in its own products.Their teams of engineers stayed on,making them two ofthe many acqui-hiresthat the biggest companies have used to feed their great hungerfor tech talent.To Microsofts critics,the fates of Wunderlist and Sunrise are examples of aremorseless drive by Big Tech to chew up any innovative companies that lie in theirpath.They bought the seedlings and closed them down,complained Paul Arnold,apartner at San Francisco-based Switch Ventures,putting an end to businesses that mightone day turn into competitors.Microsoft declined to comment.Like other start-up investors,Mr.Arnolds own business often depends on sellingstart-ups to larger tech companies,though he admits to mixed feelings about the result:Ithink these things are good for me,if I put my selfish hat on.But are they good for theAmerican economy?I dont know.The US Federal Trade Commission says it wants to find the answer to that question.This week,it asked the five most valuable US tech companies for information abouttheir many small acquisitions over the past decade.Although only a research project at06