04年3月全国英语等级考试三级真题(2)

　　SEcTIoN Ⅲ Readingprehension（40 minutes）

　　Part A

　　Directions:Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, c or D. mark your answers on ANSwER SHEET 1.

　　Text 1

　　Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. my rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new mediapany started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. “Angel money” it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.

　　with no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capitalpanies. But I was warned they took a huge share of yourpany for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.

　　As I was searching for “angel money”, I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.

　　Bill Becker was an expert inputer programming and image processing at a very famous media Lab at m. I.T. with his arrival, mypany