Verizon has agreed to pay 4.83 billion forYahoo, the companysaid before markets opened Monday.The sale completes Yahoo’s evolution from influential search pioneer and web portal company to, in the end, a once-dominant brand that lost its way.Parties as diverse as Warren Buffett and The Daily Mail were interested in buying Yahoo. But after a sale process that dragged on for months,Verizon, long viewed as the frontrunner, is walking away with Yahoo’s more than one billion monthly active users.Current Yahoo shareholders will keep the company’s profitable investments in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. They will be changed into a separate, yet-to-be-named, publicly traded company. The deal also excludes some patents and Yahoo’s cash.The Verizon deal must be approved by regulators and is expected to be finalized over the next six months.1.What is the news mainly about?A) Yahoo’s investments in Alibaba.B) Yahoo’s transfer of shareholders.C) Verizon’s agreement to purchase Yahoo.D) Verizon’s cooperation with The Daily Mail.2.What can we learn about Yahoo from the news report?A) It has made profits by investing in Alibaba.B) It will sell Yahoo Japan and some of its patents.C) It has about one billion active users every day.D) It is now facing serious financial difficulty.

Verizon has agreed to pay $4.83 billion forYahoo, the companysaid before markets opened Monday.The sale completes Yahoo’s evolution from influential search pioneer and web portal company to, in the end, a once-dominant brand that lost its way.Parties as diverse as Warren Buffett and The Daily Mail were interested in buying Yahoo. But after a sale process that dragged on for months,Verizon, long viewed as the frontrunner, is walking away with Yahoo’s more than one billion monthly active users.Current Yahoo shareholders will keep the company’s profitable investments in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Yahoo Japan. They will be changed into a separate, yet-to-be-named, publicly traded company. The deal also excludes some patents and Yahoo’s cash.The Verizon deal must be approved by regulators and is expected to be finalized over the next six months.1.What is the news mainly about?A) Yahoo’s investments in Alibaba.B) Yahoo’s transfer of shareholders.C) Verizon’s agreement to purchase Yahoo.D) Verizon’s cooperation with The Daily Mail.2.What can we learn about Yahoo from the news report?A) It has made profits by investing in Alibaba.B) It will sell Yahoo Japan and some of its patents.C) It has about one billion active users every day.D) It is now facing serious financial difficulty.