托福閱讀的關(guān)鍵是在于多看多練，為了幫助廣大考生更好的復(fù)習(xí)，小編為大家整理提供托福閱讀材料:google的發(fā)展歷程，以供各位考生復(fù)習(xí)參考，生活中有很多事情需要大家細(xì)心觀察和發(fā)現(xiàn)，閱讀文章不僅可以鍛煉能力還能了解各方面的知識。在托福閱讀練習(xí)中大家要多找些托福文章練習(xí)，小編也會經(jīng)常找些文章讓大家參考的，下面開始今天的托福閱讀吧。

Growth

Whiletheprimarybusinessinterestisinthewebcontentarena,Googlehasbegunexperimentingwithothermarkets,suchasradioandprintpublications.On17January2006,Googleannouncedthepurchaseofaradioadvertisingpany"dMarc",whichprovidesanautomatedsystemthatallowspaniestoadvertiseontheradio.ThiswillallowGoogletobinetwonicheadvertisingmedia—theInteandradio—withGoogle'sabilitytolaser-focusonthetastesofconsumers.Googlehasalsobegunanexperimentinsellingadvertisementsfromitsadvertisersinofflinenewspapersandmagazines,withselectadvertisementsintheChicagoSun-Times.Theyhavebeenfillingunsoldspaceinthenewspaperthatwouldhavenormallybeenusedforin-houseadvertisements.

Acquisitions

Since2001,Googlehasacquiredseveralpanies,mainlyfocusingonsmallstart-ups.

In2004,GoogleacquiredapanycalledKeyhole,Inc.,whichdevelopedaproductcalledEarthViewer,renamedin2005toGoogleEarth.

InFebruary2006,softwarepanyAdaptivePathsoldMeasureMap,aweblogstatisticsapplication,toGoogle.Registrationtotheservicehassincebeentemporarilydisabled.ThelastupdateregardingthefutureofMeasureMapwasmadeon6April2006andoutlinedmanyoftheknownissuesoftheservice.

Inlate2006,GoogleboughttheonlinevideositeYouTubefor$1.65billioninstock.Shortlyafter,on31October2006,GoogleannouncedthatithadalsoacquiredJotSpot,adeveloperofwikitechnologyforcollaborativeWebsites.

On13April2007,GooglereachedanagreementtoacquireDoubleClick.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$3.1billion.

On2July2007,GooglepurchasedGrandCentral.Googleagreedtobuythepanyfor$50million.

On9July2007,GoogleannouncedthatithadsignedadefinitiveagreementtoacquireenterprisemessagingsecurityandpliancepanyPostini.

OnAugust52009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofvideosoftwaremakerOn2Technologiesfor$106.5million-itsfirstacquisitionofapublicpany.

On24November2009,GoogleannouncedthepurchaseofTeracent,aCaliforniabasedstartuppany,foranundisclosedprice.ThisisanotheracquisitiononGoogle'sbehalfinaseriesofadvertisingrelatedpurchases-AdMob,DoubleClick.

以上就是今天的托福閱讀材料，每天做幾篇閱讀，堅持下來，一定會有不小的進(jìn)步，閱讀的同時不要忘記，積累陌生詞匯與優(yōu)秀的句子，以便考試的時候能派上用場，英語不是一朝一夕的事，所以大家一定要勤加練習(xí)。

想了解更多請咨詢武漢英孚少兒:houxue/xuexiao/21600/