本篇原文是美国著名程序员、风险投资家PaulGraham（保罗·格雷厄姆）于06年在自己的博客所写的一篇由硅谷发展引起的对如何投资和发展信息技术公司的思考的文章的节选。
原文地址http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html
CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere， oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit？
Itwouldn'tbesurprisingifitwerehardtoreproduceinothercountries， becauseyoucouldn'treproduceitinmostoftheUSeither. Whatdoesittaketomakeasiliconvalley？
Itistherightpeople. IfyoucouldgettherighttenthousandpeopletomovefromSiliconValleytoBuffalo， BuffalowouldbecomeSiliconValley.
Youonlyneedtwokindsofpeopletocreateatechnologyhub： richpeopleandnerds.
Observationbearsthisout： withintheUS， townshavebecomestartuphubsifandonlyiftheyhavebothrichpeopleandnerds. FewstartupshappeninMiami， forexample， becausealthoughit'sfullofrichpeople， ithasfewnerds. It'snotthekindofplacenerdslike.
WhereasPittsburghhastheoppositeproblem： plentyofnerds， butnorichpeople. ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMIT， Stanford， Berkeley， andCarnegie-Mellon. MITyieldedRoute 128. StanfordandBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley. ButCarnegie-Mellon？ Therecordskipsatthatpoint. Lowerdownthelist， theUniversityofWashingtonyieldedahigh-techcommunityinSeattle， andtheUniversityofTexasatAustinyieldedoneinAustin. ButwhathappenedinPittsburgh？ AndinIthaca， homeofCornell， whichisalsohighonthelist？
IgrewupinPittsburghandwenttocollegeatCornell， soIcananswerforboth. Theweatheristerrible， particularlyinwinter， andthere'snointerestingoldcitytomakeupforit， asthereisinBoston. Richpeopledon'twanttoliveinPittsburghorIthaca. Sowhilethereareplentyofhackerswhocouldstartstartups， there'snoonetoinvestinthem.
Doyoureallyneedtherichpeople？ Wouldn'titworktohavethegovernmentinvestinthenerds？ No， itwouldnot. Startupinvestorsareadistincttypeofrichpeople. Theytendtohavealotofexperiencethemselvesinthetechnologybusiness. Thishelpsthempicktherightstartups， andmeanstheycansupplyadviceandconnectionsaswellasmoney. Andthefactthattheyhaveapersonalstakeintheoutcomemakesthemreallypayattention.
56.原文第一段第一句反问句“CouldyoureproduceSiliconValleyelsewhere， oristheresomethinguniqueaboutit？”可得知答案选A——Itssuccessishardtocopyanywhereelse. 选项copy同义改写原文的reproduce.
57.由题干大写字母Miami定位到原文第五段“FewstartupshappeninMiami， forexample， becausealthoughit'sfullofrichpeople， ithasfewnerds. It'snotthekindofplacenerdslike.”由因果关系词because找到原因——这里既是有很多富裕的人，却几乎没有nerds（痴迷科研的人）.所以答案选B——Lackoftherightkindoftalents.
58，由题干大写字母Carnegie-Mellon， MIT， Stanford， Berkeley等定位到第六段，问CM和其他的是哪里有不同.“ThetopUSComputerSciencedepartmentsaresaidtobeMIT， Stanford， Berkeley， andCarnegie-Mellon. MITyieldedRoute 128. StanfordandBerkeleyyieldedSiliconValley. ButCarnegie-Mellon？ Therecordskipsatthatpoint.”原文讲到了MIT， Stanford， Berkeley都yielded产生了很有名的sciencedepartment，而Carnegie-Mellon呢？这个记录可以直接跳过忽略.言下之意就是CM没有出名的sciencedepartment，所以答案选D——Itdoesnotpaymuchattentiontobusinessstartups.
59题，由题干大写字母Boston定位到倒数第二段.定位句“Theweatheristerrible， particularlyinwinter， andthere'snointerestingoldcitytomakeupforit， asthereisinBoston”说到了Boston是一个无聊的老城市，而定位句的下一句“Sowhilethereareplentyofhackerswhocouldstartstartups， there'snoonetoinvestinthem”说到了这样的城市无法吸引投资.所以答案选C——Itisnotlikelytoattractlotsofinvestorsandnerds.
60题，由startupinvestors定位到最后一段.Startupinvestors不仅富有，他们一般都经验丰富，而且能给提供一些建议，所以答案选C——Theycandomorethanprovidingmoney.
61. C——Itmaypreventyourbusinessandcareerfromadvancing.
62. B——Encouragepeopletodisagreeandargue.
63. C——Toremovemisunderstanding.
64. D——Theytakecarenottohurteachother'sfeelings.
65. D——Acknowledgetheircontribution.