考研The power and ambition of the giants of the digital economy is astonishing - Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5 billion, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp me

数字经济巨头们的力量和雄心是惊人的——亚马逊刚刚宣布以135亿美元收购高档食品连锁店Whole Foods，但两年前Facebook支付了更高的价格收购WhatsApp me

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级Several opponents have recently emerged, ranging from rival tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon to small bodies representing authors and publishers across the world.

最近出现了一些反对者，从微软和亚马逊等技术巨头的竞争对手，到代表世界各地作家和出版商的小型机构。

2011年12月阅读原文

六级Part of the problem is that almost two decades after Amazon filed the one-click patent, the online retail shopping and buying experience is filled with frictions.

部分问题在于，在亚马逊申请一键式专利近20年后，在线零售购物和购买体验充满了摩擦。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级So, despite all the talk about drone deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a " huge antitrust problem, " the Census data suggest

因此，人口普查数据显示，尽管人们都在谈论无人机送货上门，但所有零售业高管都对消费者上网表示担忧，甚至一位总统候选人也惊叹亚马逊存在“巨大的反垄断问题”

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple's lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several attacks at Apple.

亚马逊公司的杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）最近发布了一款平板电脑，该公司在将硬件、软件、内容和服务整合到一个易于使用的捆绑包中方面做得最好，在这一点上，苹果遭到了几次攻击。

2012年12月阅读原文

高考Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250, 000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

2015年初，金恩花了五个月的时间探索该地区最偏远的角落，该地区位于亚马逊河雨林的边缘，其人口只有25万的一半居住在首都卡宴。

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

六级The changed patterns of winds and rains in the Amazon area

亚马逊地区风和雨的变化模式

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities.

一些科学家认为，碳水平的上升意味着亚马逊河流域以及亚洲和非洲的其他雨林可能会从对抗气温上升的资产变成负债。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级More than drones dropping a new supply of underwear on your doorstep, Apple's massively successful brick-and-mortar-and-glass retail stores and Amazon's small steps in the same direction are what should keep old-fashioned retailers awake at night.

不仅仅是无人驾驶飞机在你家门口扔下新的内衣，苹果巨大成功的实体和玻璃零售店以及亚马逊朝着同一方向迈出的小步应该让老式零售商在晚上保持清醒。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级More than paradise lost, a perishing rain forest could trigger a domino effect - sending winds and rains kilometers off course and loading the skies with even greater levels of greenhouse gases - that will be felt far beyond the Amazon basin.

与《失乐园》相比，正在消亡的热带雨林更可能引发多米诺骨牌效应——将风和雨吹离航道数公里，并给天空带来更高水平的温室气体——这一效应将在亚马逊流域以外的地方感受到。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级Jeff Bezos, Amazon's boss, says that If I see more than two pizzas for lunch, the team is too big.

亚马逊的老板杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）说，如果我午餐看到两个以上的比萨饼，团队就太大了。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级Best Buy, for instance, has been bearing the lion's share of e-waste volume since two of its largest competitors, Amazon and Wal-mart, do not have their own recycling programs.

例如，百思买（Best Buy）在电子垃圾量中占有最大份额，因为它的两个最大竞争对手亚马逊（Amazon）和沃尔玛（Wal-mart）没有自己的回收计划。

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

六级Amazon plants, for instance, hold more than 100 billion metric tons of carbon, equal to 15 years of tailpipe and chimney emissions.

例如，亚马逊工厂的碳排放量超过1000亿吨，相当于15年的排气管和烟囱排放量。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.

在亚马逊地区的每个燃烧季节，边境定居者和开发商故意放火，每年排放近5亿吨碳，使巴西成为世界上温室气体排放量最大的五个国家之一。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world

在亚马逊地区的每个燃烧季节，边境定居者和开发商故意放火，每年排放近5亿吨碳，使巴西成为世界上温室气体排放量最大的五个国家之一

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods Amazon.

在过去的十年中，亚马逊已经为所谓的商业方法授予了数千项专利。

2010年考研阅读原文

六级Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities

一些科学家认为，碳水平的上升意味着亚马逊河流域以及亚洲和非洲的其他雨林可能会从对抗气温上升的斗争中的资产变成负债

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Uncommonly severe droughts brought on by global climate changes have led to forest-eating wildfires from Australia to Indonesia, but nowhere more acutely than in the Amazon.

全球气候变化带来的罕见的严重干旱导致了从澳大利亚到印度尼西亚的森林大火，但最严重的莫过于亚马逊地区。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级So far, the main thing many large retailers have done in response to all this is to open online stores, so people will come to them directly rather than to Amazon and its smaller online rivals.

到目前为止，许多大型零售商为应对这一切所做的主要事情是开设在线商店，这样人们就可以直接找到他们，而不是亚马逊及其较小的在线竞争对手。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级But these waterways seem minute in comparison to the world's two lengthiest rivers—the Nile and the Amazon.

但与世界上最长的两条河流尼罗河和亚马逊河相比，这些水道似乎很小。

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

四级Amazon, by having hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, did the best job in following Apple's lead

亚马逊将硬件、软件、内容和服务捆绑在一个易于使用的捆绑包中，在追随苹果方面做得最好

2012年12月阅读原文

四级Amazon, by far the largest bookseller in the country, reported on May 19 that it is now selling more books in its electronic Kindle format than in the old paper-and-ink format.

亚马逊，迄今为止全国最大的书商，在5月19日报道说，它现在销售的电子Kindle格式的书比旧的纸张和墨水格式的书更多。

2014年6月阅读原文

四级But having made a successful purchase from, say, Amazon, they felt safe buying elsewhere.

但在从亚马逊（Amazon）成功购买后，他们觉得在别处购买是安全的。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple's lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several attacks at Apple

亚马逊公司的杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）最近发布了一款平板电脑。亚马逊公司在将硬件、软件、内容和服务整合成一个易于使用的捆绑包方面，一直追随苹果公司的领先地位，在这方面做得最好。在这次发布会上，苹果遭到了几次攻击

2012年12月阅读原文

六级More than 20 years after the internet was opened to commerce, the Census Bureau tells us that brick and mortar sales accounted for 93 percent of retail sales in the first quarter of 20 Their data show that only 0.8 percent of retail sales shifted from offline to online between the beginning of 2015 and 20 So, despite all the talk about drone (无人机) deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a "huge antitrust problem," the Census data suggest that physical retail is thriving.

在互联网商业开放20多年后，人口普查局告诉我们，20年第一季度实体销售额占零售额的93%。他们的数据显示，2015年初至20年间，只有0.8%的零售额从线下转移到了网上

2019.6六级真题第一套

四级At the recent unveiling of a tablet computer by Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose company is doing the best job of following Apple’s lead in combining hardware, software, content and services in an easy-to-use bundle, there were several attacks at Apple.

亚马逊（Amazon）的杰夫·贝佐斯（Jeff Bezos）最近推出了一款平板电脑，该公司正在尽最大努力效仿苹果，将硬件、软件、内容和服务组合成一个易于使用的捆绑包。在发布会上，苹果遭到了几次攻击。

2012年12月大学英语四级真题（2）

四级Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s boss, says that “If I see more than two pizzas for lunch, the team is too big.

亚马逊的老板Jeff Bezos说：“如果我午餐看到两个以上的披萨，团队就太大了。

2017年6月大学英语四级真题（第2套）

考研The examples of Virtual Vineyards, Amazon .

亚马逊虚拟葡萄园的例子。

1999年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题