daily practice每天学点英语应该看什么英文报纸？

daily practice每天学点英语应该看什么英文报纸？

Arm, a British chipmaker owned by SoftBank Group, a Japanese tech-investment powerhouse, was valued at over $54bn after it priced its initial public offering at $51 a share. It will start trading on Thursday. That valuation is well above the $40bn that Nvidia, an American chipmaker, offered in 2020. Some of Arm’s largest customers, including Apple and Google, have lined up to buy shares.

Arm’s return to public markets, seven years after it was taken private by SoftBank, is the biggest IPO so far this year. A successful sale will boost the prospects of other companies waiting to float, including Instacart, an online grocery delivery company.

Arm’s public listing will also test if investors believe that the company will be as important for the artificial-intelligence economy as it was for the smartphone boom—99% of the world’s smartphones use Arm’s technology. The company’s reliance on China for a quarter of its revenue concerns some investors. Nevertheless expect demand to be high.

英国芯片制造商Arm即将上市，得到了众多大客户的支持。

由日本科技投资巨头软银集团所有英国芯片制造商Arm，其首次公开募股定价为每股51美元，估值超过540亿美元。该公司将于周四开始交易。这一估值远高于美国芯片制造商英伟达在 2020 年提出的 400 亿美元的收购报价。包括苹果和谷歌在内的一些Arm最大的客户已经在排队购买股票。

Arm 在被软银私有化七年后重返股市，这是今年迄今为止最大的 IPO。成功出售将提振其他等待上市的公司的前景，包括在线食品杂货配送公司 Instacart。

Arm 的上市还将检验投资者是否相信该公司对人工智能经济的重要性，就像它对智能手机热潮的重要性一样——全球 99% 的智能手机都在使用 Arm 的技术。该公司四分之一的收入依赖于中国，这让一些投资者感到担忧。不过，预计需求仍会很高。

1. The passage suggests that compared to its past role, Arm's future prospects depend more on:

A) GPS and smartphone technologies.

B) Growth in emerging markets.

C) Competition with Intel and AMD.

D) Applications for artificial intelligence.

2. The word “lined up” is closest in meaning to:

A) Prepared

B) Reluctant

C) Obligated

D) Unable

3. According to the passage, Arm's public listing this week is significant because it:

A) Values the company far above the 2020 Nvidia deal.

B) Is the largest IPO globally so far this year.

C) Makes Arm the world's most valuable chipmaker.

D) Allows Arm to buy back all of SoftBank's shares.

4. Based on the passage, investor concerns about Arm focus on its:

A) Lack of a permanent CEO.

B) Dependence on the smartphone market.

C) Overreliance on Chinese business.

D) Lagging investment in AI research.

5. The primary purpose of the passage is to:

A) Forecast Arm's stock price performance after its IPO.

B) Explain the significance of Arm's return to public markets.

C) Argue Arm should not have relied heavily on China revenue.

D) Criticize SoftBank's management of Arm.

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