四级Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

柯达申请破产的决定(破产）对于一家领先的美国公司来说，保护是一个悲伤但并非意外的转折点。这家公司开创了消费摄影并主宰了电影市场几十年，但最终未能适应数字革命。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研Companies are unlikely to file many more patents for human DNA molecules - most are already patented or in the public domain.

公司不太可能为人类DNA分子申请更多的专利——大多数已经获得专利或在公共领域。

2012年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and locked away in a file cabinet

曾经有一段时间，我们收集的任何个人信息都被打印在一张纸上，锁在一个文件柜里

2013年6月听力原文

四级Let's start with the bad news that Americans are terrible at technology skills, using email, naming a file on a computer, using a link on the web page, or just texting someone.

让我们从一个坏消息开始，美国人在技术技能、电子邮件、电脑文件命名、网页链接或发短信方面都很糟糕。

2017年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section B

考研In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them.

2005年，IBM在一份法庭文件中指出，尽管它质疑授予商业方法专利的法律依据，但它已经获得了300多项商业方法专利。

2010年考研阅读原文

考研In 2005, IBM noted in a court filing that it had been issued more than 300 business-method patents, despite the fact that it questioned the legal basis for granting them.

2005年，IBM在一份法庭文件中指出，它已经获得了300多项商业方法专利，尽管它质疑授予这些专利的法律依据。

2010年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

四级There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and locked away in a file cabinet.

曾经有一段时间，我们收集的任何个人信息都被打印在一张纸上，锁在一个文件柜里。

2013年6月听力原文

四级A Hills dale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, "How did that student graduate?

去年成为校长的Hills dale的一位老师记得，他和其他老师坐在一起看着学生们排着队走出毕业典礼，彼此惊讶地问：“那个学生是怎么毕业的？

2012年6月阅读原文

六级So I quickly designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the printer.

所以我很快在我的电脑上设计了一条裙子，并将文件加载到打印机上。

2016年12月听力原文

六级The problem relates to the way data is stored on large websites: While your personal computer only keeps one copy of a file, large-scale services like Facebook rely on what are called content delivery networks to manage data and distribution.

这个问题与大型网站的数据存储方式有关：虽然你的个人电脑只保存一份文件副本，但像Facebook这样的大型服务依赖所谓的内容交付网络来管理数据和分发。

2010年12月听力原文

四级Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution

柯达申请破产的决定(破产）对于一家领先的美国公司来说，保护是一个可悲但并非意外的转折点。该公司开创了消费摄影并主宰了电影市场几十年，但最终未能适应数字革命

2013年6月阅读原文

四级USPS urges those without standing addresses to file change-of-address forms with their new location.

USPS敦促那些没有固定地址的人向新地址提交地址变更表。

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

四级We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” file (档案) or into a wastepaper basket.

我们希望我们写的任何东西都能被阅读，从第一个单词到最后一个单词，而不仅仅是被扔进一些“待阅读的字母”文件中(档案) 或者放入废纸篓中。

1993年1月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级Customers can also improve future shopping experiences by filing complaints to the retailer, instead of complaining to the rest of the world.

顾客还可以通过向零售商投诉来改善未来的购物体验，而不是向世界其他地方投诉。

2008年12月英语四级考试真题

四级A Hillsdale teacher who became principal last year, remembers sitting with other teachers watching students file out of a graduation ceremony and asking one another in astonishment, “How did that student graduate?

希尔斯代尔的一位去年成为校长的老师记得，他和其他老师坐在一起，看着学生们从毕业典礼上排成一排，惊讶地问对方：“那个学生是怎么毕业的？”？

2012年6月英语四级考试真题

四级Kodak's decision to file for bankruptcy (破产) protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

柯达申请破产的决定(破产) 对于一家领先的美国公司来说，保护是一个可悲但并不意外的转折点，该公司开创了消费摄影的先河，并主导了电影市场数十年，但最终未能适应数字革命。

2013年6月大学英语四级考试真题(第2套)

四级Kodak’s decision to file for bankruptcy（破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

柯达申请破产的决定(破产）对于一家领先的美国公司来说，保护是一个可悲但并不意外的转折点，该公司开创了消费摄影的先河，并主导了电影市场数十年，但最终未能适应数字革命。

2013年 6月大学英语四级考试真题

四级Kodak’s decision to file for bankruptcy (破产）protection is a sad, though not unexpected, turning point for a leading American corporation that pioneered consumer photography and dominated the film market for decades, but ultimately failed to adapt to the digital revolution.

柯达申请破产的决定(破产）对于一家领先的美国公司来说，保护是一个可悲但并不意外的转折点，该公司开创了消费摄影的先河，并主导了电影市场数十年，但最终未能适应数字革命。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第3套)

考研But the 47-year-old manicurist isn’t cutting, filing or polishing as many nails as she’d like to, either.

但这位47岁的美甲师也没有随心所欲地修剪、锉削或抛光指甲。

2004年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题