Questions1to 5are based an the following passage.

Dropping out of university to launch a start-up is old hat. The twist with Joseph Cohen, Dan Getelman and Jim Grandpre is that their start-up aims to improve how universities work. In May 2011 the three founders quit the University of Pennsvlvania. to launch Coursekit,soon renamed as Lore.whichhas already raised $ 6m to develop what Mr. Cohen, its 21-year-old chief executive, describes as a social-learning network for the classroom".

Lore is part of a trend that builds on the familiarity with social networking that has come with the success of Facebook. It customizes the rules of a network to meet the specific needs of students. Anyone teaching a class would reasonably worry that students using Facebook were gossiping rather than learning useful information from their network of friends. Lore allows teachers to control exactly who is in the network by issuing a class-membership code and to see how they are using it. They can also distribute course materials, contact students, manage tests and grades, and decide what to make public and what to keep private. Students can also interact with each other.

In the academic year after launching its first version last November, Lore was used in at least one class in 600 diversities and colleges. Its goal for its second year, about to begin, is to spread rapidly within those 600 institutions, not least to see what the effects of scale are from having lots of classes signed up within the same institution.

The firm has a fast-growing army of fans in the faculty common room. Lore, says Edward Boches, who uses it for his advertising classes at Boston University, makes teaching "more interactive, extends it beyond the classroom and stimulates students to learn from each other rather than just the professor. "

Among other challenges for the company, there remains the small matter of figuring out a business model. For the moment it has none. Mr. Cohen hopes that eventually Lore could become the primary marketplace for everything from courses to textbooks, but so far the service is free and carries no advertising. Blackboard, the industry incumbent (占有者), charges users for its course-management software. It remains to be seen how it will respond to the upstart(新贵).

The lack of a plan does not appear to bother Lore’s founders or investors, -who seem content to learn a lesson from another university drop-out, Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook: achieve critical mass in your network and the profits will follow. And after that perhaps they can expect an honorary degree from the a/ma mater(母校).

1. What do we learn from the first paragraph about Lore?

A. It specializes in producing old hats.

B. It aims to improve the way universities work.

C. It invests $ 6m in the development of social network.

D. It promotes the communication among classmates.

2. What does Lore enable teachers to do?

A. Meet specific needs of students.

B. Learn useful information from friends.

C. Control the online class membership.

D. Monitor students’ personal privacy.

3. For its second-year goal, Lore is to __

A. increase fans in the faculty common room

B. launch its second version in 600 universities

C. make more classes from 600 institutions signed up

D. spread its influence within the same institution

4. Concerning the prospect of Lore, Mr. Cohen expects it to

A. confront with Blackboard as an equal

B. offer free service to the advertisers

C. cover businesses from courses to textbooks

D. Develop its own come-management software

5. What do we learn about Lore’s founders?

A. They can’t be bothered to design a business model.

B. They learn a lesson from the success of Facebook.

C. They will not make profits without drawing mass users.

D. They desire to receive an honorary degree from the alma mater.

1 B)。由题干中的first paragraph about Lore定位到原文第一段第二句：The twist with Joesph Cohen,Dan Getelman and Jim Grandpre is that their start-up alms to improve how universities work.

详解：事实细节题。本题考查学问公司的相关事实。定位句指出，约瑟夫.科恩.金提曼和吉姆.格兰坡的合作创业旨在提升学校的运作方式，故答案为B)。A)“它专门制造旧帽子”，完全误解了原文句子的意思，故排除;C)“它投资6百万发展社交网络”，由该段最后一句可知，是发展社交学习型的课堂网络而不是全社会的，故排除;D)“促进同学间的交流”，这是社交网络的一个好处，而不是主要意图，故排除。

2.C)。由题干中的Lore enable teachers to do 定位到原文第二段第四句：Lore allows teachers to control exactly who is in the network by issuing a class-membership code and to see how they are using it.

详解：事实细节题。本题考查学问公司对教师的帮助。定位句指出，“学问”使得教师们通过发行课堂成员代码来严格控制上网的学生以及他们如何使用网络，故答案为C)。A)“满足学生们的具体要求”，由该段第二句可知，这是学问公司自己的服务目标而不是给予老师的，故排除;B)“向朋友们学习有用的信息”，这是老师们希望学生们做的，故排除;D)“监控学生们的隐私”，由该段倒数第二句可知，老师们决定学生的隐私该保密，故排除。

3.C)。由题干中的its second.year goal定位到原文第三段第二句：Its goal for its second year，about to begin，is to spread rapidly within those 600 institutions，not least to see what the effects of scale are from having lots of classes signed up within the same institution.

详解：推理判断题。本题考查“学问”的第二年计划。定位句指出，即将开始实行的第二年计划是在600所机构里扩大影响范围，不仅仅是看到同机构里很多班级报名的规模效应，故答案为C)。A)“增加教员休息室的粉丝”文中没提及，只说了已经拥有越来越多的教师粉丝，故排除;B)“在600所大学中发起第二个版本”，该段开头指出使用的是第一个版本，未提及第二个版本，故排除;D)“扩大它在同一所机构中的影响”，文中的not least to see已经表明它们不满足于这个目标，故排除。

4.C)。由题干中的the prospect of Lore和Mr.Cohen定位到原文倒数第二段第三句：协.Cohen hopes that eventually Lore could become the primary marketplace for everything from courses to textbooks：..

详解：事实细节题。本题考查科恩先生对学问公司的期望。定位句指出，他希望最后“学问”能成为自课程到教科书等一切的主要市场，故答案为C)。A)“平等面对黑板公司”，该段最后一句指出，还不知道黑板公司如何对待“学问”这个新贵，故排除;B)“给广告人提供免费服务”，第三句后半部分说carries no advertising，所以没有广告服务;D)“开发它自己的课程管理软件”，该段倒数第二句指出课程管理软件是黑板公司的，它会向使用者收取费用，但没提及“学问”开发此类软件，故排除。

5.B)。由题干中的Lore’s founders定位到原文末段第一句：Lore’s founders or investors，who seem content to learn a lesson from another university drop—out，Mark Zuckerber9，the C0·founder of Facebook...

详解：推理判断题。本题考查学问公司创建者们的创业灵感。定位句指出，他们似乎满足于向另一所大学的辍学者和脸谱网的共同创建者马克·扎克伯格学习经验，故答案为B)。A)“他们没有为形成一种商业模式而困扰”，倒数第二段前两句已经指出，他们现在存在着一个问题，那就是要形成一种商业模式，故有所困扰，可排除;C)“没有大量的用户他们将赚不到利润”，这是陈述事实，不属于推理，故排除;D)“他们期望能得到母校的荣誉学位”，这是作者自己的推测而不是他们自己所想的，故排除。