On September 10, 2018, Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced his successor(继任者)at the company he founded 19 years ago. Jack Ma will quit his role as chairman on September 10, 2019. Surprisingly, in a country where 70 to 80 percent of private companies are still family run, Mr. Ma did not name a family member. Rather, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies will be led by Daniel Zhang, an 11-year Alibaba old hand chosen only for his “professional talent.”
The history of many countries can be marked by a trend away from dependence on family succession in business, or the belief that qualities of leadership flow through bloodlines. Ma is a true innovator(创新者)in many ways, most famously for building an innovative online shopping market worth more than the economies of most countries. But his legacy(遗产)may lie in showing how China as well as much of Asia can produce founders of successful organizations unwilling to pass the torch to relatives.
“Alibaba was never about Jack Ma,” he stated in announcing his succession plan. Instead, the former schoolteacher who came from lowly origins is stepping back from day-to-day operations because he has built a system that takes root in a company culture based on innovation, transparency, and responsibility. “For the last 10 years, we kept working on these ingredients,” he stated.
The company’s future will depend on developing a wealth of talent that drives innovation, he said. And in a society with a long tradition of cautious distrust toward those outside the family circle, Ma has built an “architecture of trust” with customers, who number over half a billion. Chinese now readily rely on Alibaba’s online payment system, its ratings of products and services, and other trust-building systems or methods pioneered by the company.
China’s rapid growth now produces a new billionaire almost every day. Many of them, like Ma, have favored systems of management based on talent and honesty. As many countries have discovered as they progress, it is better to swim in a talent pool, not a gene pool.
1.What do we know about Daniel Zhang from the passage?
A.He’s a talented professor.
B.He’s an experienced employee.
C.He’s a successful founder.
D.He’s Chairman of Alibaba.
2.Where does Ma’s legacy lie in?
A.Becoming a successful innovative founder.
B.Casting doubt on traditional succession plan.
C.Providing creative answers to succession problems.
D.Representing trends towards non-family-run companies.
3.What seems to be the recipe for the company’s future success?
A.Trust-building methods.
B.The “architecture of trust”.
C.A culture of talent development.
D.The latest successful innovations.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Prefer Qualities to Blood.
B.Train a Potential Successor.
C.Favor Genes over Talents.
D.Provide New Management.
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On September 10, 2018, Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced his successor(继任者)at the company he founded 19 years ago. Jack Ma will quit his role as chairman on September 10, 2019. Surprisingly, in a country where 70 to 80 percent of private companies are still family run, Mr. Ma did not name a family member. Rather, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies will be led by Daniel Zhang, an 11-year Alibaba old hand chosen only for his “professional talent.”
The history of many countries can be marked by a trend away from dependence on family succession in business, or the belief that qualities of leadership flow through bloodlines. Ma is a true innovator(创新者)in many ways, most famously for building an innovative online shopping market worth more than the economies of most countries. But his legacy(遗产)may lie in showing how China as well as much of Asia can produce founders of successful organizations unwilling to pass the torch to relatives.
“Alibaba was never about Jack Ma,” he stated in announcing his succession plan. Instead, the former schoolteacher who came from lowly origins is stepping back from day-to-day operations because he has built a system that takes root in a company culture based on innovation, transparency, and responsibility. “For the last 10 years, we kept working on these ingredients,” he stated.
The company’s future will depend on developing a wealth of talent that drives innovation, he said. And in a society with a long tradition of cautious distrust toward those outside the family circle, Ma has built an “architecture of trust” with customers, who number over half a billion. Chinese now readily rely on Alibaba’s online payment system, its ratings of products and services, and other trust-building systems or methods pioneered by the company.
China’s rapid growth now produces a new billionaire almost every day. Many of them, like Ma, have favored systems of management based on talent and honesty. As many countries have discovered as they progress, it is better to swim in a talent pool, not a gene pool.
1.What do we know about Daniel Zhang from the passage?
A.He’s a talented professor.
B.He’s an experienced employee.
C.He’s a successful founder.
D.He’s Chairman of Alibaba.
2.Where does Ma’s legacy lie in?
A.Becoming a successful innovative founder.
B.Casting doubt on traditional succession plan.
C.Providing creative answers to succession problems.
D.Representing trends towards non-family-run companies.
3.What seems to be the recipe for the company’s future success?
A.Trust-building methods.
B.The “architecture of trust”.
C.A culture of talent development.
D.The latest successful innovations.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Prefer Qualities to Blood.
B.Train a Potential Successor.
C.Favor Genes over Talents.
D.Provide New Management.
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Jack Ma, the chairman and founder of China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, took down on Google’s artificial intelligence AlphaGo at the Big Data Expo1. (hold) in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, and urged Chinese enterprises not to develop such things 2. AlphaGo. Chinese Go player Ke Jie, current world No. 1, has admitted defeats in his three3. (match) against computer program AlphaGo in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, 4.led to heavy online discussions regarding the future of mankind and AI.
“Machines must have its own special thinking and must do thins human cannot do,” Ma added, 5. (believe) AI should work for humans to do useful things that human are unable to achieve, rather than just spoiling human’s fun.
But speaking for myself, I don’t really care. I6.(especial) advised that many fellow enterprises should not develop such things and we can do many other useful things.”
Ma also explained7. he didn’t like AlphaGo: “Go game is8.interesting and fun thing where I can wait for my competitor 9.(play) wrong and I can win. But the machine never plays wrong and it can work out the next 300 steps10.you can only think about the next three.”
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Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of China’s Alibaba Group, has a $28.6 billion fortune, ______making him the richest person in China.
A. it B. one C. that D. which
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All eyes were on Jack Ma. The chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd stepped down on Teachers' Day from leading the e-commerce giant he founded 20 years ago.
"I still have lots of dreams to go after." Ma wrote in an open letter last year to announce his parting. "The world is big, and I am still young, so I want to try new things." The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by arriving at his farewell panty（欢送会）dressed up like a rock star.
In fact, his rags-to-riches（白手起家的）story is a good example of doing something different. Visiting the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a shared apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. With all the challenges, the company slowly brought e-commerce to China.
Although his success has inspired a number of Chinese tech businessmen. Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. "It's the dreams that keep us never afraid of setbacks（挫折）."Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9.
Now the experienced businessman is looking to focus on education. What can he offer? "I'm not going to teach English; I'm not going to teach business. But I'm going to teach young people how to face challenges," he told Bloomberg News.
Skilled sailors were never made on calm waters. As Ma said. "Today is cruel. Tomorrow is crueler. But the day after tomorrow is beautiful."
1.What did Jack Ma announce on Teachers' Day?
A.His retirement from Alibaba. B.His plan to return to teaching.
C.His dream of becoming a rock star. D.His plan to enlarge his online business.
2.What is Paragraph3 mainly about?
A.The important role of Alibaba.
B.How Ma got the idea for his business.
C.Difficulties Ma went through to found Alibaba.
D.How Ma inspires others to do something different.
3.What does Ma think dreams mean to us?
A.Dreams can lead us to offer more to society.
B.Dreams can give us confidence and courage.
C.Dreams can guide us to further our education.
D.Dreams can push us to set up new businesses.
4.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Practice can help people succeed.
B.Confidence is the key to success.
C.Challenges allow us to develop new abilities.
D.Good conditions can't help people grow and learn.
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______ Jack Ma has stepped down as chairman of Alibaba, he still remains on its board of directors.
A. Since B. Before
C. While D. Until
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Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of Alibaba Group. He was one of the 100 global "future leaders" of the 2001 World Economic Forum and the "commercial leader" of 2001 elected by US Commercial Association of Asia.
Born in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Ma graduated from Hangzhou Teachers Institute in 1988 (he failed the entrance exam twice) and became a lecturer in English and International Trade.
In 1985, a one-month visit to see an Australian pen pal he had met in Hangzhou changed his life. "Everything I'd learned in China was that China was the richest country in the world," he said. "When I arrived in Australia, I realized it's totally different. I started to think you have to use your own mind to judge, to think." After his return, Ma became the chairman of the Students' Union of the whole city.
Jack Ma founded Alibaba.com in 1999, a China based business to business marketplace site. In 2003, Alibaba launched Taobao.com, a consumer to consumer auction (消费者拍卖) website similar to eBay.
Ma said that he got most of his ideas while taking very long, hot showers. He likes to spend time walking his four dogs and playing chess and poker. He said, "I've learned a lot of business philosophy by playing poker."
Looking ahead, Ma said that he dreamed of using his group's resources to improve the lives of all Chinese people, especially the 900 million farmers. "There must be some way of using our experience, our know-how, and make their life easier," he said.
1.We can know from this passage that Jack Ma is ________.
A. the number one of the 2001 global future leaders
B. a great success and very influential in economy
C. the chairman of the Students' Union of Hangzhou Teachers Institute
D. the founder and CEO of eBay
2.It was ________ that changed his mind greatly.
A. his pen pal
B. his experience in China
C. his failure in the entrance exam
D. his experience in Australia
3.We can infer from the third paragraph that ________.
A. Ma loves China very much
B. Ma knew about Australia well before his visit
C. Ma didn’t know the differences between China and Australia before the visit
D. Ma used to judge things with his own mind
4.The underlined word launched in paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. started B. bought C. sold D. landed
5.From the last paragraph, we can know that ________.
A. Jack Ma will do what he can to make the farmers life easier
B. Jack Ma will devote a lot of money to help the Chinese farmers
C. they will teach the farmers how to use their resources
D. Alibaba groups resources will be given away to the farmers
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Jack Ma is the founder and CEO of the alibaba.com, 1. is the biggest e-commerce company in China. The website is an English-language site. It aims to offer suppliers and consumers 2. direct means to communicate, and thereby save time and money 3. (efficient). This model of business 4. (refer) to as B2B (business to business), and it has attracted millions of users worldwide. On the back of this success. Jack Ma and his team developed Taobao in 2001. Today, alibaba.com is considered by many to be one of the best B2B 5. (site), with over 7 million users 6. (come) from more than 200 countries and religions. Jack Ma 7. (become) the first Chinese businessman to appear on the cover of the famous magazine Forbes in the past 50 years. Jack Ma is respected by people not just because of his success, but also because of his 8. (person). Although modest, Jack Ma is a very 9. (ambition) man. When asked about his future plan, he once said, ‘I believe that in the next ten years, _ 10. the top three Internet companies in the world, one will be from China—and we want to be that company.’
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group, resigned 1.Teachers’ Day from leading the e-commerce giant he 2.(set) up 20 years ago. The 55-year-old businessman showed that he was ready for new things by 3.(dress) up like a rock star at his farewell party.
In fact, his rags-to-riches story is 4.example of doing something different. 5.(visit) the United States in 1995, Ma saw the internet and had the idea of setting up his own trading website. In 1999, he founded Alibaba with a group of friends in a 6. (share) apartment, struggling for years to get it off the ground. Although 7. (face) with great challenges, the company 8. (gradual) brought e-commerce to China. His success has inspired a number of Chinese tech 9. (businessman). Ma pointed out that the key is having a dream. “It’s the dreams 10.keep us never afraid of setbacks.” Ma said in a video posted on Sept 9.
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。
Alibaba founder, Jack Ma graduated from the Hangzhou Teacher’s Institute in 1988 with a major in English language education, and went on to teach at another university in the city. He gave up 1. university teaching job after 2. （discover）the Internet.
Ma became excited __3. the Internet during a visit to the United States in 1995 and wanted to find a way 4.（bring ）the online world to China. In 1999, he persuaded friends to give him $60,000 to start an e-commerce firm called Alibaba.
Seeing an opportunity for small businesses to buy and sell their goods online, he started Alibaba, firstly running the company out of his apartment in the 5. （east） city of Hangzhou. Alibaba Group includes Tmall.com for business-to-consumer trade and Taobao, China’s 6. （popular ）online consumer marketplace with hundreds of millions of products and services listed. Now the company is 7. Internet giant and Ma—a former English teacher---is among China’s most super-rich.
On his long road to riches, Jack Ma says his 8. （inspire） has been the film character Forrest Gump.
“I like that guy. I 9. （watch） that movie about 10 times,” he said in an interview with CNBC.
“Every time I get frustrated, I watch that movie.”
Ma said the lesson he learned from the film featuring Tom Hanks was 10. “no matter what changes, you are you. I’m still the guy I was 15 years ago when I earned $20 a month.
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—Is there any possibility of Jack ________chairman at the conference?
—Not in the least because audience generally think little of him
A. to elect B. electing C. to be elected D. being elected
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