- 阅读理解A
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题目：Why does At Home want to buy Excite?（） - A 、Because Tom Jermoluk wants to control his strongest competitor
- B 、Because it wants to expand its business through Excite’s present resources
- C 、Because both companies are based in Redwood city, California
- D 、Because it has lost $ 9.7 million in the last three months
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
根据第三段第三、四句，At Home现有33万用户，与Excite的这场交易可以使他获得（give it access to）Excite公司2000多万网上用户，以及该公司的目录开发能力。另一方面，Excite认识到自己已落后于像Yahoo! 这样的公司，想寻找强大的伙伴，在网址管理公司目前的兼并潮中站稳脚跟。
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