第一篇CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere,oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit?Itwouldn’tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries,becauseyoucouldn’treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither.WhatdoesittaketomakeaSiliconValley?It’stherightpeople.IfyoucouldgettherighttenthousandpeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffalo,BuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley.Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub（中心）:richpeopleandnerds（痴迷科研的人）.Observationbearsthisout.WithintheUS,townshavebecomestartuphubsifandonlyiftheyhavebothrichpeopleandnerds.FewstartupshappeninMiami,forexample,becausealthoughit’sfullofrichpeople,ithasfewnerds.It’snotthekindofplacenerdslike.WhereasPittsburghastheoppositeproblem:plentyofnerds,butnorichpeople.ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMIT,Stanford,Berkeley,andCarnegie-Mellon.MITyieldedRoute128.StanfordandBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley.ButwhatdidCarnegie-MellonyieldinPittsburgh?AndwhathappenedinIthaca,homeofCornellUniversity,whichisalsohighonthelist.IgrewupinPittsburghandwenttocollegeatCornell,soIcananswerforboth.Theweatheristerrible,particularlyinwinter,andthere’snointerestingoldcitytomakeupforit,asthereisinBoston.Richpeopledon’twanttoliveinPittsburghorIthaca.Sowhilethereareplentyofhackers（电脑迷）whocouldstartstartups,there’snoonetoinvestinthem.Doyoureallyneedtherichpeople?Wouldn’titworktohavethegovernmentinvestthenerds?No,itwouldnot.Startupinvestorsareadistincttypeofrichpeople.Theytendtohavealotofexperiencethemselvesinthetechnologybusiness.Thishelpsthempicktherightstartups,andmeanstheycansupplyadviceandconnectionsaswellasmoney.Andthefactthattheyhaveapersonalstakeintheoutcomemakesthemreallypayattention.56.WhatdowelearnaboutSiliconValleyfromthepassage?A)Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse.B)ItisthebiggesttechnologyhubintheUS.C)Itsfameinhightechnologyisincomparable.D)Itleadstheworldininformationtechnology.57.WhatmakesMiamiunfittoproduceaSiliconValley?A)Lackofincentiveforinvestments.B)Lackoftherightkindoftalents.C)Lackofgovernmentsupport.D)Lackoffamousuniversities.58.InthatwayisCarnegie-MellondifferentfromStanford,BerkeleyandMIT?A)ItslocationisnotasattractivetorichpeopleB)ItssciencedepartmentarenotnearlyasgoodC)ItdoesnotproducecomputerhackersandnerdsD)Itdoesnotpaymuchattentiontobusinessstartups59.WhatdoestheauthorimplyaboutBoston?A)Ithaspleasantweatherallyearround.B)Itproduceswealthaswellashigh-techC)Itisnotlikelytoattractlotsofinvestorandnerds.D)Itisanoldcitywithmanysitesofhistoricalinterest.60.Whatdoestheauthorsayaboutstartupinvestors?A)Theyareespeciallywiseinmakinginvestments.B)Theyhavegoodconnectionsinthegovernment.C)Theycandomorethanprovidingmoney.D)Theyareenoughtoinvestinnerds.参考答案：56.A此题难度不大，根据题干中的“SiliconValley”可定位第一段，第一段尾句“istheresomethinguniqueaboutit?”直接把答案引向第二段。精读第二段“itwouldn’tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries”，可知该句与A选项“Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse.”为同义替换关系，故选A，其他三项均为无中生有。57.B此题难度不大，根据题干中“Miami”可定位至原文第五段，该段表明迈阿密只有有钱人，而缺少“痴迷于技术的人”，所以无法成为科技中心，该含义对应B选项，为统一替换关系，选项中的“therightkindoftalents”替换了原文的“nerds”。58.A此题难度不高，根据题干中的“Carnegie-Mellon”和“Stanford”，“Berkeley”，“MIT”容易定位到原文第六段，第六段段位抛出问题，所以...
